End of 2nd Six Weeks- Assignments Due

The end of the second six weeks is rapidly approaching, and it is VERY important that you turn in all assignments to avoid incomplete or failing grades.

The following assignments are due by Friday:

1- Sketchbook (TEST GRADE)
    a.  Art Criticism steps (if you missed these, see Steps in Art Criticism)
    b.  Artist Page- over Ansel Adams or Georgia O'Keefe (must include artist name, 5 biographical              facts, historical significance of artist, titles of 3 works, and an illustration of the artist or one of            their works, as well as list the websites where you found your information. )
    c.  An eye
    d. A wild animal in your house
    e. The Things you want to do today

2-  Major Project (TEST GRADE)
     Art I- Surrealism Watercolor painting
     Art II- Idiom drawing
     Art III and IV- Project of your choice

3-  Tell-Tale Heart Illustration (in Sketchbook, Daily Grade)

4- Outline for Midterm Project; over the American artist of your choosing (can be a musician,                  costume designer, painter, sculptor, makeup artist, fashion designer, architect, animator, etc.)

We will also be completing two additional daily assignments this week in class- please make sure you are caught up!

Happy Weekend!

As you head into this long weekend, take some time to admire the street art of Joshua Allen Harris. He is a New York City artist who is re-imagining trash! 


Joshua Allen Harris: New York City Street Art


Enjoy your Monday off; I'll see you all on Tuesday!

Meso-American Art History and John James Audubon

The following links will take you to the presentations we viewed earlier in the week- if you missed them or just want to go over your notes- visit the links below!

John James Audubon

Meso-American Art History and Civilizations

Sketchbook Pages- 1st Week

Page 1- Your Name
Pages 2-5- Sketchbook Assignments (including Elements of Art
Page 6-Foreshortening (Draw your friend!)
Page 7- Negative Space Assignment (Figure and Ground in Cool and Warm Colors)

Remember- a "*" tells me not to grade that page!

Elements- COLOR,VALUE, SPACE

Here are today's notes! Please include these in your Elements of Art page- next week we will be moving on to something much more exciting!

Color Wheel

Color Wheel Explanation

The Primary Colors: Blue, Red, Yellow

The Secondary Colors: Violet, Orange, Green 

     -made up of two primary colors

The Tertiary Colors: Blue-Violet, Red-Violet, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green

     -made up of primary colors in a 2:1 ratio

Other Notes About Color

The complementary colors are blue-orange, red-green, and yellow-violet.  Mixing complementary colors results in a sort of muddy-brown.

Warm colors are red, yellow, orange.

Cool colors are blue, green, purple.

Value

Value is the range of a color.  Adding black makes a shade, adding white makes a tint.

Space

Positive space is figure.  Negative space is ground.

Elements of Art- Line, Shape, and Form

Below you will find the class notes we added to our Elements of Art sketchbook page.

We are halfway through the first week of school- hang in there!

The Elements of Art!

You can't create art without the elements of art! The video below explains the elements of art and principles of design. Follow the link below to learn more about the Elements and Principles! Hope you all had a wonderful first day, and I will see you tomorrow!

The Elements of Art and Principles of Design