Chiaroscuro: word of the day!

Chiaroscuro is the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting, in order to create the most contrast possible.

What are you made of?

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What are you made of? Fill the image of your choice (silhouette of you, anatomical heart or ribs) with 10 realistic symbols that represent you... Each symbol must be shaded realistically, with no outlines. You can choose to use smooth pencil shading, stipple, hatching or cross-hatching. Have fun! Due next Friday.

Today's focus is on using light layers to create a portrait.

Using other shading techniques

Let's continue to use a variety of values (not outlines) to create a 3D looking object, except lets add cross-hatching, hatching, and stippling in to our toolbox.

Ball shading

Today we will be working on shading a simple form like a sphere. Without shading, forms often look flat and lifeless. Once you start playing around with shading, things begin to appear more life like. This website has some great directions for getting you started. Today in class we'll watch this video as well. This drawing will be due at the end of class.

Watercolor August and September

Let's splatter! Next we'll be building layer upon layer to create value and depth. For this technique please only use one color.

Magazine art inspiration

Today we roll some more... But aren't these cool?

Abstract Expressionist Timelines are due on Monday

We're still working on our timelines, but today's focus is on adding value to your work with colored pencils and ballpoint pen. Tomorrow we'll add more color with watercolors and markers.

Watercolor June and July

Today we'll use the dry on dry technique, and a graduated wash technique.

Magazine Bowls

Today we'll start these magazine bowls...

Adding alcohol and salt to Watercolor

These "fish eyes" are characteristic of the alcohol technique.

These frosty looking shapes are characteristic of salt.

What techniques do you see in this painting? Today: April and May

Outline your pencil lines today

Today finish up your pencil drawing and ink all of your lines. Focus on varying the width of your lines!

masking fluid for watercolor

This watercolor technique was done using masking fluid.

Watercolor Technique Calendar

Today you should complete the first page of your 12 month calendar. The technique I'd like you to focus on is called wet on wet.

Bird Feeder Sculpture

How to make your own ceramic pottery bird feeder out of clay!

Finish Tattoo and Time Line List

Today you should complete the tattoo we started yesterday. I would like for you all to trace over your pencil lines with a sharpie, and then go back and make your lines thicker and erase your pencil lines. Make sure your initials are in the lower corner and tape it up on a bin shared with your table. Next, work on the events in your timeline.

Abstract Time Line

Helen Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea. 1952. Abstract Expressionism. The painters who came to be called "Abstract Expressionists" shared a similarity of outlook rather than of style-- an outlook characterized by a spirit of revolt and a belief in freedom of expression, and freedom from realism.

For the next week (or so) students will be creating a time line of their lives that will use abstract symbols to represent their 10 most important life events. The finished work will be 2 x 28 inches long and will use ink, colored pencils, glue, collage, paint and anything else we can find around here.

Objectives:
utilizing life experiences as subject matter
communicating in an abstract way Day 1: fold a sheet of paper in 1/2 and number from 1 - 10 on one side. Here you'll list (in order) the important events in your life. When your done listing these, keep it folded and put it away.

Welcome back!

Today all of my students will fill out this visual form, so that I can get to know them better and therefore, better serve them. We will also go over the syllabus, class expectations, and also the course outline. Fun, fun, fun!