Art Is Good

For those of you who made bones, they were on the National Mall in Washington DC this past week. Pretty neat! If you missed it, there are loads of news articles about it still available online.

Comparing Art Pencils to Markers by FabulousPanda

How Art Relates Popplet by FabulousPanda

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Minimalism Gallery by Fabulous Panda.

1. Teacher assigned criteria:
2. Essential Standard Learning Target:
3. Basic Idea Summarize your goal in 1 sentence:
4. Inspiration and Research: 3 artists who inspire this work.  Cut and Glue images, make thumbnail sketches, post images of their work, discuss their style.  Notes, images and links on new art techniques and processes.  New Vocabulary.
5. Materials:
6. Size:
7. Timeline:
8. Thumbnail Sketches: 3 different viable ideas, sketched out in mini-form (quick, but high quality)
9. Pre-Work Teacher Conference Signature:_______________________________
10. Publish: Images of final work, work process and self reflection/evaluation.

http://www.ncarts.org/

Learn about “How the Camera Learned to Lie.”
Click the links below. Look at the photos and read about the change between Camera as Truth and the Low Down Lying Camera.

Introduction: Tampering With Perfection

Montages, Multiples & Mischief

Do You Believe? Spirit Photography, 1868-1935

Seeing Double: Creating Clones With a Camera

Faux Snow: Climate Change In the Studio

“Did You Ever Have a Dream Like This?”

Home-Grown Surrealism by Wm. H. “Dad” Martin

Reading: “The Camera Does Not Lie”

Use Microsoft work to create a quiz with pictures

Step 1. Brainstorm to define your personal aesthetic. What do you like in a work of art? graphic design? product package? Favorite colors? landscapes? cityscapes? watercolor? How do you feel about realism? abstraction? non-objective work?

Go to wordle.net and type your text as you free think about your personal aesthitic.

Right Click to remove words that don’t work in your finished wordle. Click Randomize to create variations of the wordle.   PrintScreen and crop to save your image and post it to your blog (no blog? edmodo then).

Step 2: Find 5 works of art that appeal to your personal aesthetic and post them in a gallery under your wordle.

Extension: Apply your personal aesthetic in the creation of a work of original art.