Color pastel landscapes
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| Color pastel with color pencil |
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| Working out details with color pencils and adding light pastel washes over some heavy forms |
Use next darker color or complements for Oil Pastel studies
- Start by warming your color palette for both the light and dark tones.
- Then layer the mid and dark tones as needed. Apply unexpected color, broken color to shadows and creamy heavy tones to highlights.
- We use very little white and black.
- Mix grey tones with primary color-R,Y,B--Try out both warm and cool color palette for darker shadows. Also consider complement color tones for dark shadows.
Hand and Oil pastel
Surrealist Penwork technique drawing exercises
SURREALIST BRAINSTORMS
-Automatic drawing and writing
-Surrealist corpses
-MacLab resources
-Surrealist collage
Art 2- Surrealist pen and ink drawing
reflection
Name______________________
Out of 10 points______________
Surrealism: How well did you develop a
Surrealist concept?
Surrealist
works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions.
Composition: How well did you use the elements
and principles of design? Elements of design- Line, shape, size, pen work
technique textures, value. The principles of design- Balance, movement,
contrast, emphasis, unity.
Perspective: Did you create a sense of space? Is
the space created unique and differ from our everyday experience? Is there is a
strong sense of space that show evidence of foreground, mid ground and
background?
Craftsmanship:
How much effort was made to finish your piece? Please describe what
steps you took that demonstrate your patience and focus. Be concrete and
specific.
Watercolor leaf study
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| Premix colors, float color on top on damp surface |
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| After watercolor dries, layer more color |
Watercolor Palette Painting
Rubric
Name_______________
Emerging
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Proficient
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Distinguished
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Composition
(25%)
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Composition
is incomplete or has several areas in which the eye stops: i.e. horizontal
space or negative space that is imbalanced
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The
composition is dynamic, leading the viewer’s eye around the page. Positive
and negative space is complicated but complement each other.
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Proficient,
plus student incorporates all design elements leading the viewer’s eye,
including color.
Positive
and negative space is complicated but complement each other.
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Use
of Materials/ Technique (25%)
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Paint
is uneven and unconsidered. Brush is used merely as a vehicle to get paint on
surface. Palette is a mess.
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Student
mixes clearly on the palette and controls the paint with a brush. Student
applies watercolor using many layers to get progressively darker. Understands
the importance of drying time to create a successful watercolor.
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Proficient
plus student is able to control brushstrokes and mark making with a variety
of wet on wet and dry on dry techniques. Student is conscience of
using transparent layers. Understands the importance of drying time
to create a successful watercolor.
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Color
(25%)
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Palette
and incremental steps between colors are minimal and unclear
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Student
uses at least 3 colors and carefully considers fading values. Student
consciously mixes colors and thinks about color schemes (complement,
analogous, tertiary colors) and does not just use color straight from the
tube.
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Student
uses more than 3 colors and cleverly fades values within each color.
Student
consciously mixes colors and thinks about (complement, analogous, tertiary
colors) and does not just use color straight from the tube.
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Watercolor still life
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| Start out with floating gradient washed for background |
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| Premix your gradient tones and start layering the lighter tones first |
FIGURE DRAWING MARATHON
Charcoal
New artists are often encouraged to begin drawing with charcoal as soon as start life drawing. This is because charcoal is ideal for making a variety of different lines very quickly. You can smudge charcoal with your fingers or some paper to shade it, remove small sections quickly for highlights, or use an edge to create a hard line. Because new artists often have to practice drawing the same lines over and over again, using a versatile tool like charcoal allows the artist to produce a variety of effects to get the desired style quickly and without needing to take the time to select and reselect materials. Charcoal also applies to the paper with little pressure, so the artist is able to work quickly and for long periods of time without fatigue.
Just like pencils, charcoal comes in a variety of different hardness ratings. The harder the charcoal you use, the lighter the line it will produce on the paper. Some people prefer to use very soft charcoals for their ability to blend or make deeper lines, while others prefer to use a medium rating that lies between hard and soft.
Charcoal doesn’t have to be compressed into a stick or placed in a pencil, sometimes you can use a piece of charcoal that is made from burned sticks or other items.Vine charcoal is a popular drawing medium that is sold in long sticks. It’s made of charred pieces of grape vine and has a long, thin and slightly curving shape. Vine charcoal is a little bit harder than compressed charcoal, as well as being more delicate. It’s perfect for creating very light, fine lines and shading throughout a drawing.
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| Dynamic super hero positions |
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| Rhythmic lines and drawing through the form |
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| Simplify the movement, use side of charcoal |
Art 2: The figure
Goal- loosen up with gestures
Look at action figure drawings and ask students what do they see –
cylinders, spheres, spine lines, sketch lines, etc all make up the human form
Materials- charcoal, easels, drawing boards
Display and shoe teacher figure drawings
Set up easels and have students pose for 60 seconds each
Demo gesture drawing. Have students try –fit two pose per page- 4 pieces of
charcoal paper
Negative space exercise – Drawing the space around the object
Goal –negative space
Display the negative space plant photo and student board
Easy negative space- half open pair of scissors
More difficult negative space exercise
Materials- Tripods and cameras, plants, chairs, white curtain as back drop,
easels, kneaded eraser and charcoal
Demo- what is it not and what it is
Negative space figurative sketches
Figurative drape drawing
Goal- simplify with angle
Material- charcoal, kneaded eraser, easels, skeleton partially covered with
drapery
Step
1. Start
with the largest shape
2. Don’t
look for folds or other details. This first shape is abstract.
3. Start
linear with straight lines, keep curves controlled
4. Think
shape-Think simple
5. Find
individual planes of forms as angles and volume
6. Find
shadow patterns- start with darkest value
7. Start
with edges and ask yourself- what type of edge? Hard, soft, loose, firm- map
them accordingly
8. The
tones filled up to the edges should be the same value.
Figure model long pose
Sight-measuring and handouts- have student copy handout and grab a partner
to sight measure
Long pose- ReductiveValue drawing in charcoal
FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTED LANDSCAPE
Materials- composition with viewfinder, slide
frames, pencil, eraser
Four mini sketches : horizontal sketches-what part of the figure looks more a landscape--ZOOOM UP
Material- nupastel, color blending, kneadable
eraser, large pastel paper
- Become familiar with painting with the bamboo brush and ink washes. What different types of marks and strokes can you make with the brush to add texture, depth and dynamism to your picture? How is this process different than working with charcoal?
- Continue to draw the figure from observation paying attention to:
Proportion - sight measuring
Shading - try to use as wide a variety of shades of gray and black as possible, in order to add depth and drama to your picture.
Figure’s placement in the picture space - how close to the edges of the frame is it?
Background - how can you differentiate it from foreground through value? Foreground should probably have more intense darks and/or lights.
Gesture - continue to use gestural strokes to capture the essence of model’s pose.
3) Clean up - more involved than charcoal. We will leave at least 10 minutes at the end of class to clean brushes and palettes.
Gesture Drawing to Music
Charcoal allows one to put down large areas of tone quickly and expressively. Here are some gesture drawings I made with charcoal while listening to and watching an improvisational jazz group called Adventure in Sound in Cambridge, MA:
The 2nd to last drawing was drawn with my eyes closed; just reacting to the sounds that were appearing in front of me. I would often draw in rhythm with the music. These musicians create music that is particularly fun to respond to this way as their music is very dynamic. They explore many different sonic textures, rhythms and melodies. They are constantly in the moment, responding to each other in what at times seems to be telepathy. In the future I would like to video tape myself (or someone else) drawing in this manner to live music and have the video projected behind the band while they are performing.
Here is an example of this same group playing live (I shot this video):
Here is an example of this same group playing live (I shot this video):
BodyWorlds
Scientific and figurative anatomy
LEONARDO Da VINCI as natural scientist
One of the most fully achieve human beings who ever lived, Leonardo remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world's most famous painting, philosopher, builder.
During the late 1480s, Leonardo embarked on a group of studies on the proportions of the human body, on anatomy and physiology. He began a book with the title "On the Human Figure". He took measurements and systematic studies of two young men.
Please read attached current event article about Leonardo's Vitruvian man.
Do you think that Vitruvian man should be on loan at the Louvre? Answer in your google site -create a new page title "Artist reflections".
Artistic anatomy
Artist spotlight: Hyman Bloom
Featured at Museum of Fine Arts till Feb. 2020
In search of an inner truth- Spiritual and Artistic figure drawing, paintings
Boston painter Hyman Bloom (1913–2009) combined the physical and the spiritual on canvas. In his paintings from the 1940s and 1950s of the human body after death, of autopsies, skeletal trees, and archeological excavations, he got beneath the surface of things, exploring form and seeking significance. Committed to figurative painting at a defining moment of American art when abstraction was on the rise, Bloom employed thick paint in jewel-like tones to make gripping and beautiful works that challenge our concepts of beauty and our understanding of the true meaning of “still life.” As writer and painter Elaine de Kooning described it, Bloom “seems to think with his brush,” revealing complicated philosophical meanings “in the action of [his] painting.”Reflection question:
Please read the articles below.
Can one make a horrifyingly beautiful painting?
Could you?
How would you describe it?
What media, tools, theme would you explore?
Hyman Bloom artcle
Alternative watercolor techniques:
1. Salt resist
2. Saran wrap
3. Straw blowing
4. Watercolor blob
Alternative watercolor use with color pencil drawing
MONSTER BLOBS
what can you create with a blob of paint?
ACRYLIC PEPPER PAINTING
ART 2 STUDENT PEPPER STUDIES
JANET FISH INSPIRED WATERCOLOR/ACRYLIC PAINTING
Please take a look at the glass objects and recreate a mini still life set ups. (2-3 objects).Sketch 2 different compositions with pencil in your sketchbookStudents decide on composition1. Viewfinder or photograph- come up with two thumbnails2. Determine which one is strongest- pos/neg space and arrangement of objects.3. Must have at least three visible objects. Can crop object to create edge tension4. Sight-measuring, drawing in proportion, and finding accurate anglesDepending on comfort level and experience, students can choose size of canvas and how many objects to include.Students transfer drawing onto canvas panel- Draw to scalePractice painting on watercolor paper- Sketch 2 objects from your composition to practice your color mixing and painting techniqueShow teacher color palette demo1. The set-upTwo different size flat brushes (stiffer brush)\-pencil and eraser to sketch-palette-palette knife for mixing colors-smock-cup of water-towels-tubes of paintCOLOR VALUE SCALE PRACTICETeacher demo: matching still life colorsStudents will watch teacher’s approach to mixing colors.Thinking process:1. There is local color, and optical color.LOCAL COLOR is the color we commonly associate with an object asseen under even lighting with no shadows or reflections ‹ an orange pumpkin,a yellow shirt.2. OPTICAL COLOR treats color as a function of lighting conditions,rather than an unchanging attribute of an object. Optical colorchoices are based on how the subject appears at a given moment. Using optical colormeans acknowledging that conditions such as weather, time of dayand proximity to other colors alter the perception of local color.There are at least three layers of paint on one object. These categories of color represent the Highlight, Mid tone and shadows.
RubricProportion and scaleAccurate color and valueHandling of paintExpression and movementDesign and compositionClean up procedure
RubricProportion and scaleAccurate color and valueHandling of paintExpression and movementDesign and compositionClean up procedure
SCULPTURAL PAPER MIXED MEDIA PROJECT
TECHNIQUES: PAPER FOLDS, CUTS, CREASES
WHAT KIND OF MIXED MEDIA DRAWING, AND/OR PAINTING CAN YOU CREATE WITH A CURVED, CREASED, CUT OUT SURFACE?
Art Historical influenced still life painting
1. Who is your artist? Why did you choose he/she?
3. What influenced your artist's work?
4. What techniques or skills do you hope to try out on your still life painting?
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Who is your artist? Why did you choose this Artist?
-Please
describe and explain his/her artistic style and art historical period.
-What skills
and techniques did you learn from he/she?
1.
What parts of this process did you
enjoy?
2. What parts of
your final piece do you think are successful, and why?
3. Were there any
parts of this entire process that you struggled with, why or why not?
4. Do you feel that you know more about not only your
chosen artist, but some of the artists that your peers chose?
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