PAINTING CLASSES

MURAKAMI & RILEY PAINTING
Combining the work of Superflat artist, "Murakami" and Op Art artist, "Bridget Riley" you will be creating a new painting incorporating qualities from both painters.
In your piece we want to see simple OpticalI llusions combined with the vibrant colors of Superflat.

FOUNDATIONS IN VISUAL ARTS

NOTAN PROJECTS DUE!

We're moving on to the next project soon. 

Make sure you turn in your:

1. Notan Project (sign it!) and practice Notan

2. Notan Critique (Principles of Design)

3. Japanese Prints Reading and Worksheet

Youth Art Month

Lighting, Emilia McGrath

March is Youth Art Month

Come see artwork by Mt. Ararat High School students at 3 venues this month!

Friday, March 9th Coleman-Burke Gallery, Fort Andross, Brunswick, Maine

5pm - 7pm (6:30 Awards for high school students)

Saturday, March 10th at Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine

4pm - 7:30pm

Thursday, March 22nd, Orion Center, Mt. Ararat Middle School, Topsham, Maine

5pm (Awards to follow opening)

2nd SEMESTER

PAINTING: Wyeth Compare and Contrast

 

N.C. Wyeth, Dark Harbor Fisherman

Andrew Wyeth, Adrift

Jamie Wyeth, Lighthouse Garden

Wyeth Painting Compare and Contrast Paper

Answer the following questions below in COMPLETE SENTENCES and use vocabulary from the Elements and Principles of Design to support your statements.

1a. Describe - literally describe each painting in detail.
  
   N.C. Wyeth, “Dark Harbor Fishermen”:
 

Andrew Wyeth, “Adrift”:
 

Jamie Wyeth, “Lighthouse Garden”:


1b. What are the similarities about each painting?


2. Analyze - formally describe each painting in terms of the Elements & Principles of Design. (Elements: line, shape, space, value, form, texture, color) (Principles: movement, unity, variety, balance, focal point, contrast, proportion, pattern)

3. Interpret - assign meaning to the paintings; what's being expressed, what it means, what it might symbolize.

a. What is “Dark Harbor Fisherman” about? What is its deeper meaning? 

b. What is “Adrift” about? What does the boat represent?

c. What is “Lighthouse Garden” about? What do the “flower pots” look like?
 

4. Judge - use all of the above to form a personal response to the write about your favorite of the three Wyeth paintings.

BOSTON MUSEUMS FIELD TRIP, TUESDAY NOV. 22nd

If you are attending the Boston Museums Field Trip, here are some links you will want to check out before you get on the bus.

Institute for Contemporary Art

ICA Audio Tour download for cell phone, mp3, or iPod

Museum of Fine Arts

Museum of Fine Arts Floorplan/Map

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Art Museum

Arthur Ganson (sculptor) TED talk

Eating and Shopping in Harvard Square, Cambridge

***DON'T FORGET! You have an assignment to do BEFORE you get on the bus. Make sure you have the paperwork completed BEFORE you get on the bus.***

The schedule for our trip is as follows:
7:30am DEPART MTA HS
10:00am ICA
12:00pm LUNCH at MFA (brown bag)
12:30pm MFA
4:00pm MIT
5:00pm Harvard & Harvard Square (dinner out in groups of 4)
8:30-9:00pm ARRIVE MTA HS (depending on traffic)

PAINTING: JAMIE WYETH PAINTING

We will be finishing up our painting based on the work of Maine artist, Jamie Wyeth.
Your painting needs to focus on the TEN descriptive words you listed when we first looked at Jamie's work. Be sure to design your piece using the "Rule of Thirds". Also be careful to mix all your colors, rather than using them straight from the tube. Texture and Space are the foremost considerations.

FOUNDATIONS IN VISUAL ARTS

We are continuing to work on our Painting Unit. Once you've completed the Color Chart and Negative Space/Black & White Painting, you will begin the 3-painting series of color paintings.

The first painting in the series is a MONOCHROMATIC piece. Choose one SECONDARY color that you will TINT and SHADE. The basis of your painting will use circles in a VARIETY of sizes with an ASYMMETRICAL composition. The focus of your MONOCHROMATIC Painting are edge control, tinting and shading, as well as creating various transparencies and opacities.

The second painting in this series is based on the work of British artist, BRIDGET RILEY (above) and OP ART. Your painting will use COMPLEMENTARY colors in a design that creates an OPTICAL ILLUSION.  Tinting and Shading will also play into your piece. The initial drawing of your painting is crucial to its success.

The third painting in the series asks you to create a SYMMETRICALLY designed composition using INORGANIC or GEOMETRIC lines and shapes. The color scheme for this piece will utilize ANALOGOUS colors plus TINTING and SHADING.

Along with these 3 paintings, please complete the Reading and Worksheet on 

"OP ART: Featuring Bridget Riley."

AP DRAWING

BOSTON FINE ART MUSEUMS FIELD TRIP
Institute of Contemporary Art
Museum of Fine Arts
Mass. Institute of Technology Museum

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

First Meeting: Period 2, Friday October 14th

Receive information and field trip Permission Slips

due October 24th

PAINTING

 In Painting classes, we are continuing our work on a monochromatic self-portrait. Please be sure to read the Scholastic Art magazine about American painters, John Singer Sargent and Shepard Fairey and complete the questions. 

Both the painting and written work will be due shortly.

DRAWING

We're continuing our work on large self portraits based on the work of American artist Chuck Close. Drawings will be due shortly. If you need to take your work home, sign out pencils and a drawing tube from the classroom.

FOUNDATIONS IN VISUAL ARTS

Our Japanese Notan design pieces will be due on Friday, October 14th. If you need more time to complete them, don't forget that Art Club happens every Thursday afternoon. 

Also, make sure you read the Scholastic Art magazine about Takashi Murakami, located in the file box.

AP DRAWING

Edward Hopper at Bowdoin

Thursday, October 6th

9:30am

Please be sure to have your Permission Slips turned in by Tuesday, October 4th!

 

PAINTING CLASS

COLOR QUIZ on Monday, September 26th. 

Study the following terms at Quizlet:

Black

White

Complementary colors

Hue

Monochromatic

Palette

Primary colors

Secondary colors   

Tint

Shade

   

FOUNDATIONS IN VISUAL ARTS

FOUNDATIONS IN VISUAL ARTS CLASSES

LINEAR PERSPECTIVE QUIZ 

Click the link below for the Study Guide at Quizlet:

"ARTJAM PERSPECTIVE"

Don't forget to read the article in class about DaVinci and The Renaissance as well as reviewing your Elements of Design handout.

DRAWING CLASS: VOCABULARY QUIZ

For our upcoming Vocabulary Quiz, please study the following terms at Quizlet.

Background

Base Tone

Blind Contour

Cast Shadow

Continuous Line Drawing

Contour Line

Foreground

Gradation

Half Tone

Middle ground

Negative Space

Picture Plane

Positive Space

Proportion

Reflective Light

Value

MECA at MTA

All interested students:

The Maine College of Art will have a representative in the Art Room (103) on Thursday, October 13th at 9:10am. Please attend if you are thinking about art school--no matter where!

All Systems Go!

If you're looking at this then it's time you bookmarked it!

This website keeps you up-to-date on assignments and due dates and anything else we need to keep track of. 

Whether you're in a class or Advisory, this is where you'll find most everything you need to stay in touch with what's going on. 

Check out the links on the right; there you'll find your class calendar as well as my email. Feel free to email me at anytime about anything.

DRAWING CLASS FINAL EXAM REVIEW

DRAWING CLASS

FINAL EXAM REVIEW

Click on the link below to go to the Review Materials:

http://quizlet.com/4179905/artjam-drawing-flash-cards/

PAINTING CLASS: FINAL EXAM REVIEW

PAINTING CLASS: FINAL EXAM REVIEW

Click the link to go to the Final Exam Review:

http://quizlet.com/4144607/artjam-painting-flash-cards/

PAINTING CLASS

Painting Students! Don't forget that you will need a food item (or else!) for your upcoming Wayne Thiebaud assignment.

AP DRAWING

Here is the flickr Homework assignment for this MONDAY: 1. Review each of your classmate's Concentration Sets on their flickr page. 2. In the Comment box (below the drawing), Critique ONE drawing from each student's Concentration Set that is done well. 3. In the Comment box (below the drawing), Critique ONE drawing from each student's Concentration Set that needs work. *** If two people have already critiqued a work, you have to critique a new drawing. 4. After reviewing each Concentration Set, email/flickr mail each student and tell them what you think their concentration is about. You might begin by saying, "Your Concentration is about...."

PAINTING CLASS

Recognize these objects? Here are several photos of the still-life objects we've been working with in class. Find your perspective from the above photos. Drag it to your desktop, then into iPhoto. In iPhoto, click "Edit" where you can use "Effects" to turn into a Black and White image. Adjust the Contrast in "Adjust" to see the range of Values more clearly.

PAINTING CLASS

COLOR QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY

Find Color Terms to study here: http://quizlet.com/4144607/artjam-painting-flash-cards/

DRAWING CLASS

DRAWING CLASS

REMINDER:

QUIZ WEDNESDAY: ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN:

http://quizlet.com/subject/artjam/

Don't forget to take portraits of yourself (both full and 3/4 portrait) for Wednesday. Use a lighting source such as a lamp or window.

And...

...don't forget your Pencil Shading worksheets are due as well.

DRAWING CLASS

DRAWING CLASS

FINAL EXAM

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Click below for the Study Guides:

Quizlet: Elements and Principles + ARTJAM Drawing

Perspective Drawing/Linear Perspective

Still Life Drawing

Portrait Drawing/Proportions/Features

PAINTING CLASS

PAINTING CLASS:

FINAL EXAM

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Study Guide here at: http://quizlet.com/4144607/artjam-painting-flash-cards/

ALL CLASSES

 

Any and All Late Work NEEDS TO BE TURNED IN ON THE DAY OF YOUR EXAM.

Painting Class DUE DATE: MONDAY JANUARY 24

MONOCHROMATIC SELF-PORTRAIT 

We'll be working with self-portraits next in Painting. You will mix up a monochromatic color of your choice, then using tints and shades produce a photorealistic self-portrait. In this manner, the details of you will be simplified and the basic forms will be reduced to a handfull of values. Using iPhoto and Photoshop, we will alter a photo of yourself that we  The goal is to produce a simplified and recognizeable resemblance of you.
                               
                      DUE DATE: MONDAY JANUARY 24

Drawing Class DUE DATE: MONDAY JANUARY 24

  N.C. Wyeth Drawing
  DUE DATE: MONDAY JANUARY 24 

Our latest drawing project is an illustrative piece based on the work of Maine artist, N.C. Wyeth. We will illustrate an historical event (such as Paul Revere's ride, top) or a moment from a well-known story (such as Robin Hood, bottom) using the compositional and artistic techniques of Wyeth.
In his day, N.C. Wyeth used live models dressed in full costume to pose as cowboys or vikings for him in his studio. From there he would incorporate a setting and a background to place them in context.

Your drawing will require you to use figures found on the internet or posed for you and then incorporated in to your own drawing.

No matter if your piece is historical or fictional, your drawing should demonstrate the following:

Figure or Figures (human) 

Position of Viewer

Asymmetrical compostion

Foreground, middleground, background

Diagonals

Dramatic spotlighting

Symbolism

Triangular compostion

ALL CLASSES: PORTLAND'S FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK IS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!

 

DON'T FORGET!: Holiday First Friday Art Walk this Friday, December 3rd throughout Portland. See or email an art teacher for suggestions and directions.

PAINTING CLASS

Painting Class: Our first project following the Thanksgiving break will be painting from observation. We'll look at the work of French painter Paul Cezanne and other still life painters, like Morandi and Chardin. We'll start with the classic "white objects" first...you'll love it.

DRAWING CLASS: JAMES ROSENQUIST

Drawing Students: Our first project following the Thanksgiving break will be our drawing based on the work of contemporary American artist, James Rosenquist (www.jimrosenquist-artist.com).
(see handout for project requirements and qualities)
3 sketches are due Friday, December 3rd. We will begin work on the final drawing on Friday as well.
DUE DATE TBA

Boston Field Trip

BOSTON FIELD TRIP Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Be at the high school at 7am
Bring a lunch and drink as well as snacks
Bring money for dinner in Cambridge/Harvard Square
Plan on being home between 8pm and 9pm
If you have any questions feel free to email or call the high school directly. 

ALL CLASSES: QUARTER CLOSES Friday, November 5th

 

Edvard Munch, "The Scream", 1893

Do you have all your work in? Missing anything? 

See Mr. Dragonette or check the Portal if you think you are.

AP DRAWING

HOMEWORK: Don't forget that your two pen-and-ink drawings (ballpoint and alphabet) are due on Thursday, October 19th.

COMPOSITION, PHI, THE GOLDEN RATIO, AND DONALD DUCK

 

Click the image above for the video. 

Disney's "Donald in Mathmagic Land" explains the idea of the Golden Ration and Phi just about as well as anybody could ever hope to. In 1959, it was nominated for an Academy Award (Short Subject-Documentary). We have recently explained mathematics in a film and in that way excited public interest in this very important subject."

PAINTING CLASS

PAINTING CLASS HOMEWORK

Don't forget to bring your image of your favorite landscape (without structures) for this Thursday's class!