ceramics slab box ppt!

take notes!

all the dates are posted on teacherease as well!!!

dont forget to take photos of your work!!!!!!

and check out artsonia.com/schools/randolph4 to see photos of your work!!

have fun!

check this out!

Color Chart

painting sketchbooks for 2nd marking period

Painting Sketchbooks
Due Dates and Assignments for the 2nd marking period

• Due on the first A Day of each week.
• Each sketch is worth 15 pts, each week’s sketchbook assignment is worth 75 pts.
• Sketchbooks will only be accepted up to 3 days after the due date and will not receive more than 40 pts. All sketchbooks MUST be turned in at the beginning of the period so that they may be returned to you on the same day.
• Label each page of your sketchbook with the following info in the lower right hand corner of each assignment:
Skeetchbook #, Assignment #, Date Completed
example: SB1 #2 11.15.08

Sketchbook #1: Due Nov 19 (last day to turn in for ½ credit: Nov 21)
• 1-4. Go outside and draw from direct observation the same object/composition on 4 different days at 4 different times. Use colored pencil or watercolor to add color to your 4 drawings, which must be on 4 different pages. You will have the same basic drawing on 4 pages of your sketchbook, but using colored pencil, you will let the viewer know what time of day it was by how the shadows fall and how you use the color. (Try drawing at 7am, noon, 5pm, and then 2pm on a cloudy day.)
• Google “monet, haystacks” or “Monet Rouen Cathedral Series” to get an idea of what your drawings should look like. It is all about using color to create the impression of light on a scene. Your drawings must include at least one natural element (ie, a tree) and at least one architectural element (ie. a gazebo).
• Please be creative with your compositions. Take your time, fill up the entire page and show me effort!
• In addition to the above label, please label your drawings with the time of day you completed the drawing.

Sketchbook #2: Due Nov 25 (last day to turn in for ½ credit: Dec 1 )
• 1. A very detailed blind contour self portrait. Use a mirror, do not look at your paper, and do not lift up your pen. Detailed means drawing every line and shape of your face. Take your time and fill up the page.
• 2. Your eye. Use a mirror to focus in on all the details of your eye. Draw just one eye (or you can draw both), but you must fill up the page with your eye(s). Use a pencil to add value and detail to create a realistic looking eye.
• 3. Your nose. Same as above, your nose should fill up the page.
• 4. Your lips. Same as #2. Can be open, closed, making some sort of goofy or dramatic expression
• 5. Research the following terms: chiaroscuro, grisaille, tenebrism, sfumato, & impressionism (try using artlex.com or wikipedia.org)
o Include the following information:
• the definition and your source
• name of an artist that used or invented the term/technique
• title and a sketch (thumbnail) of a painting or work of art which exemplifies or illustrates the term/technique

Sketchbook #3: Due Dec 4 (last day to turn in for ½ credit: Dec 8)
• 1. A self portrait by candle light. Turn off all the lights in your room and light one candle. You may include the candle in your drawing, but you do not have to. Using a mirror, draw your self portrait. Fill up the entire page with value and detail. Pay attention to the direction of the light source (the candle) and the shadows that are created. Take your time and pay attention to detail.
• 2. A portrait of a family member. Fill up the page. You may do this in any medium, just pay attention to the light source and details.
• 3. A figure study. Have someone pose for you for 15 minutes. Draw the entire figure (head to toe).
• 4-5. Fill up two pages that face each other with very quick gestural drawings of people in various poses. Each drawing of each individual person should take about 10 seconds. There should be about 10 different poses between your two pages. Drawings may overlap, if they do, use different colors. Google “gesture drawing” or go to http://sunshine-elaine.blogspot.com/2008/05/gesture-drawing.html to get an idea of what it should look like.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_scheme#On_the_color_wheel

On the color wheel

Color schemes are often described in terms of logical combinations of colors on a color wheel. Different types of schemes are used.[2][3][4]
[edit]Monochromatic color scheme
A monochromatic scheme consists of different values (tints and shades) of one single color. These color schemes are easy to get right and can be very effective, soothing and authoritative[5]. They do, however, lack the diversity of hues found in other color schemes and are less vibrant. A special case is a two-color black-and-white scheme.
[edit]Analogous color scheme


Analogous color scheme
Also called harmonious colors, are colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. Some examples are green, light green, and yellow or red, orange and yellow. Analogous color schemes are often found in nature and are pleasing to the eye.
When using the analogous color scheme, one should make sure there is enough contrast between the colors.
[edit]Complementary color scheme
Complementary colors are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel, such as blue and orange, red and green, purple and yellow.
The high contrast between the colors creates a vibrant look, especially when used at full saturation. Complementary colors can be tricky to use in large doses.
[edit]Split-complementary color scheme
A color scheme that includes a main color and the two colors on each side of its complementary (opposite) color on the color wheel.
[edit]Tetradic color scheme
Tetrads (or quadrads[4]) are any four colors with a logical relationship on the color wheel, such as double complements.

website!

so, i like to brag when you kids do good work...

so, ive been posting images on a website...

go check it out, and show it off to your friends and family!

artsonia.com/schools/randolph4

enjoy!!!

and remember, everything is due on Monday and Wednesday of this week!!!!

ceramics ppt!

Painting Sketchbook #4

Painting Sketchbook #4
Due: Oct 28
1.A building. Draw from direct observation using light pencil lines. This drawing must fill the entire page. Divide the drawing in half using a light pencil line. On the first half, fill in the dark areas with one color marker (i.e. blue) and the light areas with its complement (i.e. orange). On the second half, do the inverse, using the same colors. Fill up the entire page.
2.Use a pencil to draw an architectural element from direct observation. Then use a colored pencil to add value to your drawing. Use the complementary color to add to the darker areas. Fill up the entire page
3 - 5. Find or take 3 really interesting photos of “architecture” (that you have taken!) that you would want to use as a photographic reference for a painting. Print the 3 photos and glue them into your sketchbook on 3 separate pages with a brief written explanation of when and where you took the photo, why you would want to paint it and why it makes a good composition.

Painting Sketchbook Due Oct 21

1. A blind contour portrait of a family member. This should take at least 20 min, so take your time, do not look at the paper, and fill up the entire page.
2. Find a crumpled paper bag. Use a regular pencil to draw it, use a range of values from 1-10. Show every wrinkle, shape, edge, etc. Drawing should touch at least 3 edges of your paper.
3. and 4. A building. Use two pages that face eachother. On the left page use a pencil to lightly draw the building/ Fill in the dark areas with a solid marker. On the right page, draw the same building again, but fill in the light areas with the solid marker (positive/negative study of architecture).
5. An architectural element, use a pencil ad a range of values from 1-10. Fill up the entire page.

ceramics

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slr cameras

here is a link to b&h for 35mm slr film cameras

if you are buying a camera, please make sure that it comes with a lens! (if it says "body" or "body only", it does not come with a lens, and that is what makes a camera expensive...)

if you have questions and are shopping online you can always email me the link and i can double check it for you.

make sure you ask your family if they've got one stashed away somewhere first!!!

here are some more cameras...
a nikon
a vivitar
and this is the kind of film that we use...

pinhole cameras

check this out...
http://www.pinholeday.org/

and wikipedia is a wealth of knowledge...

and check out the cameratruck... biggest pinhole camera ever!

and this guy even made a pinhole out of a mr potato head!

the possibilities are endless!!!!

this is my schedule!

welcome back!!

and we are off to another fabulous year of spectacular art making at randolph!

to all of my new students,

this is where i will post notes, assignments, and other fun things relevant to your class.

and my photo students have their own separate blog at rhscreativephoto.blogspot.com!

please check back here for updates!

good luck and happy painting/shooting/being awesome!

A print is a shape or mark made from a block or plate or other object that is covered with wet color (usually ink) and then pressed onto a flat surface, such as paper or textile. Most prints can be produced over and over again by re-inking the printing block or plate. Printmaking can be done in many ways, including using an engraved block or stone, transfer paper, or a film negative. The making of fine prints is generally included in the graphic arts, while the work of artists whose designs are made to satisfy the needs of more commercial clients are included in graphic design.

Principles of Design
1. Emphasis (focal point)
2. Repetition
3. Variation
4. Movement
5. Balance

Vocabulary
frottage - The technique of rubbing with crayon or graphite on a piece of paper which has been placed over an object, or an image achieved in this way. Also simply referred to as rubbing. Such impressions are usually made from such highly textured subjects as leaves, wood, wire screen, gravestones, and manhole covers. It was a technique especially employed by surrealists, one of whom, Max Ernst (German, 1891-1976), first introduced frottage in his works in 1925, often employing such rubbings as part of a collage, or combining frottage with painting techniques.
relief printing - Printing methods in which a block of wood, linoleum or some other material's surface is carved so that an image can be printed from it — un-carved areas receiving ink which transfers to another surface when the block is pressed against it. Block printing. Also see brayer and woodcut.
Linocut: linoleum cut, linocut, or lino-cut - A linoleum block or plate used for making relief prints. Linoleum is a durable, washable material formerly used more for flooring as vinyl flooring is used today. It is usually backed with burlap or canvas, and may be purchased adhered to a wooden block. The linoleum can be cut in much the same way woodcuts are produced, however its surface is softer and without grain. Also refers to a print made with this method. Linoleum cuts have been made by Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) and Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973).
monotype - A one-of-a-kind print made by painting on a smooth metal, glass or stone plate and then printing on paper. The pressure of printing creates a texture not possible when painting directly on paper. Not to be confused with a monoprint.
monoprint - One of a series of prints in which each has some differences of color, design, texture, etc. applied to an underlying common image. Not to be confused with a monotype.

Printmaking!

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