Modigliani and Modeling Paste

Modigliani, an artist know for his elongated and elegant portraits with a twist or distortion to the neck and body.  Traits also include hollow eyes, long noses, small mouths.... With all of this Modigliani inspiration, how are we going to make our portraits look like us?
Think about the little things that make us who we are:
Hair: length and type
Piercings: face and ears
Accessories: necklaces and apparel

Modeling Paste is going to make the background have some texture.
We will be creating stencils for our patterned background or design.  It doesn't need to be a pattern, but give it some variety: size, shape, detail
Xacto knives with be used to cut your stencils: Safety First.
 An example from online....

this is done with plastic, we are using paper

Time of Day. Weather. Season.

Clay- Relief Sculpture Project.

We reviewed Hiroshige- a famous Japanese Artist, with a focus on his wood block prints, identifying what time of day, weather, or season was occurring in the prints.

Examples:  Identify what is possible within the prints.  All may be possible, but all may not.

Next up:  Clay Vocabulary!

Put in the Work.

That is what this week is.... work.  AND we need to use it wisely.
We do not wait for everyone to finish before we move on to another project, so you have to be able to keep up or realize what needs to be done in order for you to complete your projects.  We only have a semester together, and NOT getting to something isn't an option.

With that being said... lets talk more about these again...
Color will be considered an option and needs to be minimally used in your work.

Shading Shapes into Forms

Contour Line + Shoes

Contour Lines - also known as the outlines of a subject will be focused on today.
&
Composition - the arrangement of objects (in our case, on our paper)

This began yesterday- the ability to use line to draw what we see (not what we think we see, but what is really there)

So today we move into a simple subject that all of us have brought with: one of our shoes.
(HOW EXCITING!  Air one of those feet out as it's shoe sits right in from of you to draw! -YES)

Some examples of contour lines-

Art @EJH.... We begin...

today was the longest you may ever hear me talk... I love working and diving into our projects!
So Lets GO!

Remember the Goal:   RESPECT.
 webster: a feeling or understanding that someone or something is important, serious, etc., and should be treated in an appropriate way
We are important.  You are important.  Mistakes will happen.  Misunderstandings will happen.  
How we choose to interact and relate to each will be unique to each of us, but it will be appropriate and it will value the understanding that each of us is important.

Project 1-
The StickMan
Drawing.  using a variety of tools to create a 2D medium visual artwork

We will be working on some practice pieces, using a variety of tools, and understanding the importance of value in our work and advancing our abilities in optical illusions- flat 2 3d through the use of shading.

After the completion of our practice pieces... this is our final project goal, on a smaller scale.
This is why the shading practice is necessary- this is going to look AWESOME!

It's official....

Tonnstodoinart is going to change a bit for the upcoming year....
I am in need of some 'blog-separation' ...

TonnstodoinArt will be specifically for my secondary level art classes and students.
I will be teaching an 8/9 class this next year and with the unknown always in the future it is going to be great to keep the levels separate because instruction and design is very different between the two.
I really find this to be an excellent tool in the classroom and with a bit of a remodel and some work, I am excited to get with our excellent 'big kids' for an hour a day in the 2014-15 school year and share in work with a wonderful colleague of mine....


Elementary will be entirely on the Howe Elementary blog of Smocks&Splatter!

Welcome Summer... be safe, find time for family, friends, and laughter!  -mrsT