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The intent of these projects are to work with the materials you currently have at home. Be creative with what you have at home already; find and recycle materials to draw or paint on.
The intent of these projects are to work with the materials you currently have at home. Be creative with what you have at home already; find and recycle materials to draw or paint on.
Great Things To Learn This Week
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Week 1: April 6-10
Week 1: April 6-10
Learning Goal:
Learning Goal:
I can understand the similarities between rhythm in visual art and music and express rhythm in an original two-dimensional artwork.
Estimated Time for The Week: 1 Hour
Estimated Time for The Week: 1 Hour
Suggested Materials:
Suggested Materials:
- Choice media and surface. Be creative with what you have!! Even coffee grounds and dirt can make a mark ;)
Learn & Practice:
Learn & Practice:
Read and Observe:
Art History
- Historians tend to categorize art works and styles into “art movements”. They use things like subject matter, style, medium, techniques, and concept (the idea behind a work) to categorize visual art. Art is categorized just like things are categorized in science so that people can study things by comparing and contrasting one from the other, and understanding each individually.
- In art we have popular movements like Impressionism, Surrealism, and the Pop Art. However, there are many movements that are not so popular. One of these is Orphism.
- Orphism was a short-lived abstract art movement which followed Picasso and Braque’s Cubism movement. Orphism artists include Robert and Sonia Delaunay and František Kupka. The movement was named after the musically talented Greek god, Orpheus.
- The work of artists that practice Orphism in art : Sonia Delaunay, and Robert Delaunay and František Kupka.
Vocabulary
- Modern Art: 1860s-1970s-- during this time, artists wanted to step away from representational or naturalism (artwork that shows a recognizable image that exists in the natural work, example- portrait of a person/animal, still life, or landscape). They wanted to focus on self-expression using simple shapes/forms, patterns and rhythm, while exploring the effects of color.
- Non-objective art: is artwork that does not represent objects from the natural world. See the difference between non-objective and abstract art.
- Orphism: was a short-lived art movement that emphasized the use of color, line, and shape to represent the rhythm similar to music.
Create:
- Create a non-objective artwork that represents the rhythm in your favorite song. Think about how you will use line, value, and shapes to create rhythm in your composition.
Share:
- Don’t forget to share your finished artwork with your teacher!! We would love to see it!! **** Follow your individual teacher’s instructions. ****
Further the Fun: Sketchbook ideas to keep you creating
Week 2: April 13-17
Week 2: April 13-17
Learning Goal:
Learning Goal:
I can create an original found object assemblage using the principles of design and composition. I can creatively photograph my assemblage and edit my photographs by cropping and applying filters.
Estimated Time for The Week: 2 hours
Estimated Time for The Week: 2 hours
Supplies:
Supplies:
● Found objects from around the home
● Camera (phone camera is appropriate)
Learn & Practice:
Learn & Practice:
Read and Observe:
- Art History:
- The Found Objects movement consists of artworks created from objects that an artist found and placed on a surface.
- Louise Nevelson is an artist from the Found Objects movement.
- In Louise Nevelson’s Big Black 1963, Nevelson arranged unrelated wooden objects in a manner that brought unity to her composition.
Visual Research:
- Look up examples of “found object photography” on the Internet.
- Use your research, as a springboard for ideas and possible concepts for your photos.
Gather your found objects:
- For this assignment, found objects could simply be assembling sports gear and equipment, objects in a purse, in a car, the kitchen or in your bedroom.
- Consider what the group or of objects could symbolize
- Self portrait?
- Current mood
- Things you are longing for (normalcy during this pandemic?)
- Consider what the group or of objects could symbolize
Arrange the objects:
- Consider your background and lighting
- Consider principles of design (eg: balance, unity, movement)
Capture images:
- Consider different points of view
- Close up, birds eye, worm’s eye, etc.
- Consider composition
- Play with framing
- Close up, far away?
- Negative space
- Design principles
- Emphasis
- Unity
- Play with framing
Edit your photographs:
- Experiment further with cropping and filters
- Consider your focal point
- Could a filter help support the meaning of your work?
Reflect and Share:
- Don’t forget to share your finished artwork with your teacher!! We would love to see it!! **** Follow your individual teacher’s instructions. ****
- Included the following reflection:
- How do the items in your photograph represent you?
- How did you arrange your photos into a composition?
- Describe your focal point.
- How is your work unified?
- Included the following reflection:
Week 3: April 20-24
Week 3: April 20-24
Learning Goal:
Learning Goal:
I can create three dimensional forms with salt dough that demonstrate aesthetic decisions with higher level thinking skills.
Estimated Time for The Week: 1-3 hours
Estimated Time for The Week: 1-3 hours
Supplies:
Supplies:
● Salt, flour, water, oven with baking sheet or microwave.
● Optional Materials: Olive oil, cooking spray, wax paper, aluminum foil, rolling pin, pencils, toothpicks, etc.
Learn & Practice:
Learn & Practice:
● Click through these slides to work through the learning content.
Week 4: April 27 - May 1
Week 4: April 27 - May 1
Learning Goal:
Learning Goal:
Using photography, students will notice and record the often unnoticed world of close-ups and learn to emphasize unique textures through the manipulation of lighting conditions and compositions.
Estimated Time for The Week: 2.5 hours
Estimated Time for The Week: 2.5 hours
Supplies:
Supplies:
● A smartphone or digital camera
● Items and objects in and around your home, lamps, and sunlight
● Optional materials: flashlights, candles used with adult supervision, mirrors to capture light, moon light, various fabrics like lace that cast unique shadows.
Learn & Practice:
Learn & Practice:
● Click through these slides to work through the learning content.
Week 5: May 4-8
Week 5: May 4-8
Learning Goal:
Learning Goal:
I can create original digital photographs by experimenting with photography techniques using translucent found objects as filters. I can critique personal artwork based on thoughtful inquiry.
Estimated time for the week: 1-2 Hours
Estimated time for the week: 1-2 Hours
Supplies needed:
Supplies needed:
- Digital Camera or camera phone
- Translucent items
Optional Supplies: Photo editing app or software
Optional Supplies: Photo editing app or software
Learn & Practice:
Learn & Practice:
- Click through these slides to work through the learning content.
Week 6: May 11-13
Week 6: May 11-13
Learning Goal:
Learning Goal:
I can create an original installation using found objects from nature and the principles of design. I can utilize the photography skills from previous distance learning lessons to photograph my work.
Estimated Time for The Week: 2 hours
Estimated Time for The Week: 2 hours
Supplies:
Supplies:
- Found objects from nature
- digital camera or camera phone
Learn & Practice:
Learn & Practice:
- Click through these slides to work through the learning content.
Further the Fun:
Further the Fun:
- Click on the following to find inspiration for creating this summer
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