All classes are working on Drawing Techniques and considering the Elements
of Art and the Principles of Design. Drawing Techniques covered are: Contour,
Gesture,Scribbling, and Groping Line. Students should have very good examples
of each in folders before end of MP1.
Handouts to be duplicated are: Basic Shapes, Contour, Groping Line,
Gesture, choice of wine glass, apple,.
ALL CLASSES ARE WORKING ON MOVIE NOTES AS WELL: due by end of MP 1..
WATERCOLOR CLASS is working on original floral drawing and executing in
watercolor pencil.
CREATIVE ARTS is working on original floral drawing and executing in
colored pencil, pastel,and/or gel pen.
DRAWING AND PAINTING students are working on free form designs and
executing in marker, crayon, colored pencil, pencil, and/or acombination of
these media.
AP STUDIO ART 2D DESIGN PORTFOLIO students are expected to continue making
art outside the classroom and museum visits on their own throughout the
process.
AP Studio Art 2D Design...this is the list of ongoing homework
pieces .....you may work on them either at home or during class if you
choose. Vary your media. You have until the end of MARKING PERIOD ONE to
complete these homework assignments. Please email me or see me directly with
any questions.
1. Self-portrait. Arrange interesting side lighting and be sure to add a
background or setting (no floating heads). Make use of dramatic lighting,
maybe even a flashlight held from below.
2. Set up a still life with a srong light source, near a window or with
a flashlight. Try eggs on torn or crumpled paper, tin cans or glass jars,
fruit on drapery, or raid the refrigerator. Again, be sure to compose the
entire page.
3. Magnify a Metallic Object. Zero in on a section of a metallic
object, such as a close-up of part of a bike or motorcycle, or spoons, or an
eggbeater. Make use of hard-edge metal reflections. and cast shadows.
4. Landscape. Do a drawing on location- the beach, thepark, looking
down your street, your backyard, or a study of part of a tree form.
Suggested media: do not do ALL the works in pencil. If you use pencil in
some..think about different values from light to dark and be dramatic. Try
black ballpoint pen., crosshatched, or try colored pencils, charcoal pnecil,
pastel, markers, mix them in on piece for mexed media effect..Remember to
use the entire page!