Holiday Homework

O Joy! O Rapture! but this is an easy one. Take pictures of your living room SAME VANTAGE PT. before Christmas morning and After. 2 shots. Order/ Dis- order, Before/After, wherever you celebrate. You may include people as long as the shots are not posed. Post side by side on your blog.

Xmas list for AP and HONORS

SANTA’S ART SUPPLY

MY XMAS LIST

Dear Santa,

Instead of socks or underwear some art supplies would really be nice. I could even paint a picture for the family room! Here is a list of possible things I could use:

First choice could be an oil painting kit of some kind or you could get individual colors as follows: KITS RUN AROUND $50

OIL PAINT 1.25oz to 6.75oz.(200ml) The bigger the tube the longer it lasts.

WATER SOLUABLE OIL PAINT-

ARTISAN BRAND----WINSOR & NEWTON BRAND

DUO AQUA BRAND---GRUMBACHER –MAX ARTIST BRAND ALL GOOD!

COLORS:

· Cadmium yellow

· Alizarine crimson

· Permanent green light. or sap green

· Lemon yellow

· Cadmium red

· Cerulean blue

· Ultramarine blue

· Titanium white (2) or large 200ml tube

· Yellow ocher

· Burnt sienna

· 4-6 brushes sizes 2,4,6,8,10 (Filbert style my favorite) you should already have these

CANVAS PANELS options: one LARGE canvas (36 in on one side) OR a hollow core door any size or width.

A portfolio case, plastic or zippered- 18x24 or next size up or down

Where to find: MICHAEL’S(Bel Air),A.C. MOORE (White Marsh), PLAZA (york rd.across from Recher theater AND Barns & Noble Towson) THE ART ROOMS(Havre de Grace)

ON LINE :jerrysartarama.com , magicmountain.com , dickblick.com

NY Trip

Using images from internet or from observation sketch at least 6 small paintings you saw in NYC. Use color pencil or pastels. also include any photographs of galleries , the city or people.
Create a 2 page spread

Sketchbook assignment due Dec1

“LEFTOVERS”

How would you interpret this word?

1. First color a 2 page spread with dirty paint water, ink, coffee of tea.

2. On one page try out different ideas

· Dishes on table?

· What’s left of the turkey?

· Food on a plate?

· People?

AGAIN….How would you interpret this word?

3. On facing page, sketch your idea with A SINGLE LINE (no shading needed)

5 POINTS A PIECE

____ interesting view

---------- interesting idea

____ use of “the formula”(have something lead the eye into your picture)

_____ realism is achieved

_____ line is dark and image is clearly recoginized

PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING REFLECTION/EVALUATION

DUE MONDAY

On your blog use ALL the questions and criteria below. Your self evaluation, reflection, content,and painted image will be the basis of this assignment.

REFLECTION:

Describe your experience with a palette knife:

· What surprised you?

· What frustrated you?

· How did you overcome any frustration?

· Would you use it again?

Why not? Why? Under what circumstances?

· What did you learn about painting and your “thinking” by using a palette knife?

PAINTING EVALUATION:

Have you shown reflected color and shapes?

Choice of composition draws the eye through the painting from front to back. (not side to side) Tell where and how.

All objects ( shoes, cups, fabric,etc) appear to be in same light.

Did you SUMMARIZE, generalize, OR ITEMIZE the visual information. Refer to specific areas of your painting and be specific.

Kudos to another artist- whose work from among your classmates do you think met the criteria best? WHY?

this weeks assignments due by friday

• 5 jpgs that addresss the question " what do I obsess about?" or " show movement and silence in the same picture"


• comment on 5 or more classmates blogs


• ONE MAJOR ART PIECE - either Black on Black or what is your personal choice.

AP students have to turn in their CONCENTRATION idea papers

Due by Friday- I will be reviewing this weekend

1. Create your blog at blogger.com


2. Download photos from JPG challenge


3. Answer the question, explain your choices for each category


4. Show your Joy Series and explain.


5. E mail me your link URL address


6. CLASSWORK DUE FRIDAY:

ž B&W drawing or thumbnails of waterglass

ž Painting of waterglass.

ž Any revisions must be done by classtime on MONDAY