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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Christmas Final Exam...


This is the blank bulb the students are given on an 8by10 inch piece of computer paper.
They are graded bast on intricacy and creativity of design idea (20 pts.), use of space (40 pts.), and neatness of coloring and lines (40 pts.). 
I tell them if the bulb is very detailed, that the background does not have to be as detailed, vise versa. 
I stress the idea of proving themselves through their time and effort put into the work. 

I allow them to use their faith as part of their design if desired... 
or 
just think of the bulb as a hanging sphere that is needing to be filled with design. 
YAY!!!! Schools out, have a great break.
 


Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Cubism Portraits



What is CUBISM?

 THE ART MOVEMENT
Early 20th Century Paris, France
Who stARTed CUBISM?
Pablo Picasso and George Braque

Pablo Picasso Cubism Portrait

Georges Braque Cubism Portrait


To capture the idea of Cubism, try to understand that it is seeing one object from multiple perspectives at one time. Imagine me taking a picture of a student from the front, back, and side. 
Then I take the tangible pictures of them and cut them up into pieces. 
I rearrange them in a different order, then draw the new arrangement.
There may be 3 eyes, 2 noses, and features from different angles... 
but that is the point!
My definition. Creating like you are seeing something as if it was in a shattered mirror. 
Things are shifted, titled, and out of order. 

Notes from  my Journal: 
MANY ARTIST HAVE BEEN 
INSPIRED BY CUBISM
KatoCreative.com
Brenda Cato

She used to teach High School and Elementary Art like me, 
but is now a successful freelance artist, children's book illustrator and more. 
I may like her portraits more than Picassos!



TEACHER EXAMPLES

CUBISM PORTRAIT COLLAGE


This is a cubism self portrait collage. 
I drew my eyes, nose, lips, and things I use often scattered on paper. I drew some on other pieces of paper too & pieces it together, 

CUBISM PORTRAIT DRAWING



1. On 12 by 18 white paper, divide the area into a variety of sections using a pencil.
Have 10-15 areas somewhat evenly drawn out.
2. In each section, draw at least 2 eyes (each from different angle), 1 nose, 1 mouth, and an ear.
They can also include parts of hair, neck, chin, cheeks, accessories, but do not need to include body parts below the neck. 
3. Emphasize the pencil lines with either a sharpie, other markers, or use a harder line of whatever they are coloring with. This is keep the details they worked so hard on from disappearing after the coloring process.
4. After emphasizing, color using a theme
 (blue period, rose period, neutral tones, or abstract colors).

The above examples of mine is sort of a cubist self-portrait drawing using crazy abstract colors.
I tried to keep things in the relative area they are naturally in.

This example of mine is using more neutral tones 
and it is harder to see who the person is in the portrait.
This is because the features are more various and jumbled around in the composition.
 
ARE YOU READY?

Before you begin, practice each facial feature seperately. 
GO HERE FOR HELP
https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2023/10/drawing-face.html

THE HANDOUT


Plan it Out…



Here are some
STUDENT EXAMPLES
6th grade art


Angel Suarez

Haley Ackerman

Dacy Moss

Josh

Matthew

Taylor 
Casey Stubblefield








Overlapping Rainbow Leaves


Mariana 8th grade

8th period art
Tania & Briana

Breanna, Marco, Chevelle & Preciosa


9th Period Art 2019
Lyndie, Luke & Gage

1st Period Art 2019
Ambria, Katie & Yuka

2nd period Art 2019

Chris, Francie, Addyson, 

Moses & Lucy

3rd period Art 2019

Kaylee, Brooklyn, 

Anonymous & Danielle

4th period Art 2019

Athena, Maddy, 

Alisa & Bethany 



We start by going outside to collect our leaves. 
Hunt for leaves that are bigger than your palm, whole and untorn & unique in shape. 
Bring them back to the classroom, dust them off and trace them on paper. 
Fit as many as you can, then begin putting some underneath the others and overlapping them in your drawing. When something overlaps, remember that the leaf underneath is hidden in part. So, do not trace the entire leaf if it is supposed to look like it is underneath. 

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Start with a pencil when tracing. Draw the veins of the leaf. 
Then trace with a permanent marker when done. 
You don't have to trace...
This girl above is doing free handed leaves using her computer as a reference. 
You can too!

Overlapping is the hard part. 
After you make an entire top layer of leaves, outline them. 
Then put new leaves under them , only tracing or drawing the area that would be showing. 
You should not see through a leaf into another one. 

Once entire page is filled with leaves, outline with permanent marker and paint... 
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Before we did this project, we did a sample project for watercolor.. 
See here... 
These three techniques below are from the previous project here. 

Three Techniques for Leaves

1. Wet on Wet watercolor
or watercolor wash

 2. Watercolor Pencil

 3. Marker Bleed




More detail on Watercolor Pencils. 
I teach this project to teach kids how to overlap to create depth, to blend common colors on the wheel, how to use watercolor pencils, and the anatomy of a leaf.
I have a collection of card stock leaf stencils that I made from real leafs for the students to trace onto the paper. We use 12 by 18 inch paper that is medium to heavy weight to allow for water. Students trace leaves with pencil, draw in the veins of the leaf, then outline with permanent black marker. 

I then take all students to the back when they are ready for coloring to demonstrate the proper use of watercolor pencils. I use the color wheel to show them what kind of colors should be blended as well as what kind of colors should be next to each other (opposites or complements) to avoid visual flatness.  They use the pencils lightly on each leaf. Each leaf should contain at least 2 colors (to show blending of color knowledge). These pencils are NOT colored pencils (only look similar), so they do not need to be used as such.

After all leaves are colored,  students use a medium to small size brush to blend the two colors on each leaf together. Each leaf should be blended individually. Do not use water and brush in one continual sweep over paper. Blending all colors on the page together at one time will result in a muddy color (neutral) appearance.

After water is used to blend each leaf, 
I have the students do the last part. 
EMPHASIS!
They can use colored pencils or markers to pop out the outside line and veins visually. This seems like an unnecessary step, but you would be surprised at how they come to life after this.

STUDENT EXAMPLES...
Emily

Celeste

Jeremiah