YHS Art Blog

Due Friday: Janaury, 18th

Use the following web sites to assist you in the exercises below:

http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/drawings/PerspectiveDrawing/TwoPointPersp/TwoPointPersp.htm

Student Examples:

http://yhs.yarmouth.k12.me.us/Art%20Department/yhs.web/perspective/FrameSet.htm

http://yhs.yarmouth.k12.me.us/Art%20Department/a.yhs.web.03/2pt.persp/index.htm

Draw a cityscape in two-point perspective that includes the following:
• 4 buildings in 2 pt. perspective
• 2 buildings in 1 pt. perspective
• 2 roads
• windows and doorways in the buildings
• trees, lamp posts, or street signs that diminish into the distance
• other details to help describe your scene

Do some sketching/brainstorming before you begin

Use 9 x 12 white drawing paper, oriented horizontal
Refer to your practice exercises as needed
Make a conscious decision about where to put the horizon line

Perspective Unit
1. What information, instruction, parts of assignments have been the most confusing or challenging for you up to this point? What specific questions do you have concerning one-point or two-point perspective?

2. What assignments, instruction and/or information has been the most helpful in your understanding of one-point and two-point perspective?

Famous Artists
1. What strategies, activities and assignments, have you done in class and/or for homework, are helpful in assisting you to know, understand, and/or recognize famous artists and their artwork?

2. Is there anything that we could do differently that might help you in your understanding of and knowing this knowledge? Please be specific.

If you choose to bring in your own photograph, your photograph must include strong perspective qualities & strategies. As you photograph or choose a photograph, think about the following:

• Where is your horizon line? Is it low or high?
• Where is your vanishing point?
• Are you creating a one or two-point perspective?

Refer to the perspective strategies web site for additional ideas.

Try to incorporate:
• A road, and/or a fence,
• Buildings
• Trees diminishing in space
• Telephone poles
• Street signs

Use the following web sites to assist you in the exercises below:

http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/index.html

Also, please view previous student work on the web site below:

http://hs.yarmouth.k12.me.us/Pages/YSD_YHSTeachers/YSD_YHSMENo/noack0607/onept/onept.html

http://yhs.yarmouth.k12.me.us/Art%20Department/a.yhs.web.03/perspect.one/index.htm

Draw the inside of a room in one-point perspective
and include the following:
• door
• window
• rug
• tile ceiling
• tv
• table
• bed
• wood floor
• skylight

Additional Criteria:
Please experiment first. Use newsprint to get you started.
Draw your interior room LIGHTLY with pencil.
Using colored pencil, color the room.
The choice of color should demonstrate a limited color palette and may or may not be realistic choice of color.

Quality Craftsmanship counts.

Due: Thursday, January 10th

We will begin this in class, to make sure you are on the “right” track.

After looking at and studying the examples of perspective strategies on the following web site, complete the following:
http://www.wiu.edu/art/courses/design/depth.htm

• Find and print a painting that is an example of one of the perspective strategies. Using Google, type in “perspective painting” or “perspective photograph” and click on “image”. You are not limited to these search tools, however, it might be a good place to start. If you choose a photograph, it must be color.

• Tape or Glue the painting to one page of your sketchbook and write the title, date, and artist of the painting.

• One the next page in your sketchbook, copy, not trace, as close as possible, the composition of the painting, being sure to follow the perspective strategy used.

• Using colored pencil, closely match the color scheme of your selected work of art. We understand your colors will not match exactly, but use laying to help achieve a variety of values.

• Pay close attention to detail in the composition and color scheme.

This assignment will be collected and graded as a homework assignment. It is due at the beginning of class on Friday, January, 4th.

Use the following web sites as resources to find the answers to the questions below:
http://www.mpsaz.org/arts/online_lessons/persp/
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/Glossary.html#linear
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeonardosPerspective.html

1. During what time period did artists become interested in making two-dimensional works of art look three-dimensional?

2. What is linear perspective?

3. How did artists represent depth prior to the concept of perspective?

4. Define the following terms:
a. vanishing point
b. horizon line
c. one-point perspective
d. two point perspective
e. orthogonal lines

5. Draw the following, on 2 different sheets of paper:
a. A rectangle or cube from three different perspectives, points of view: from above the horizon line, below the horizon line, and on the horizon line.
b. Three buildings in two point perspectives.

Please answer the following questions, thoroughly, thoughtfully, and using at least four complete sentences.

Type in a word document, save and print a hard copy to pass in. You will also post the painting on your blog, along with this written assessment.

1. Discuss three important concepts you learned in this unit and explain why they are important to you and understanding of color.

2. Are you satisfied with your results? What would you change or do differently, if you could do this again?

3. Reflect on the color unit; why do you think we asked you to create a painting based on a professional painting?

Checklist for Final Painting Portfolio:
o Print out of the painting from which you worked, along with the answers to questions
o 6 x 9 test painting
o Completed Painting
o Completed Rubric
o Written Assessment

Please mark where your work falls on each standard:
Technical AND Creative Skills

Technical Skills

Exceeds the Standard
o Portfolio is passed in on time.
o All required information is present, complete, passed in on time, and is high quality.
o Care, control, and quality in the painting are obvious and superior.
o Attention to detail is outstanding: pencil lines are not visible, edges are carefully defined, and no white spaces are showing.

Meets the Standard
o Portfolio is passed in on time.
o All required information is present. Craftsmanship and presentation of the painting, as a whole, is good quality.
o Painting techniques are consistent and good quality.
o Attention to detail is apparent and consistent.

Partially Meets the Standard
o Portfolio is passed in late.
o Some of the required information is either missing and/or incomplete.
o There are problems with the presentation and craftsmanship of the painting.
o Extraneous marks, folds, or bends begin to take away from the visual impact and/or are distracting.
o The work lacks attention to detail.

Does Not Meet the Standard
o Portfolio is passed in more than a week late.
o The assignment is incomplete and/or does not meet the criteria of the project.

Creative Problem-Solving Skills

Exceeds the Standard
o This painting is especially creative and innovative: painting demonstrates a clear understanding of the chosen color scheme.
o Mixing beyond secondary colors is apparent and used well.
o Limiting the color palette, layering, and texturing of the paint demonstrates an obvious understanding of painting qualities.
o The color scheme and painting style are combined effectively to clearly communicate the mood.

Meets the Standard
o The painting reflects the criteria of the assignment; painting demonstrates a basic understanding of the chosen color scheme.
o A good attempt has been made to mix beyond the secondary colors.
o Limiting the color palette, layering, and/or texturing of the paint demonstrates a basic understanding of painting qualities.
o The color scheme and/or painting style contribute to communicate the mood.

Partially Meets the Standard
o There are some problems with communicating the criteria of the assignment; it is difficult to see an understanding of the chosen color scheme.
o There is little evidence of mixing beyond the secondary colors.
o There is little evidence of the following: Limiting the color palette, layering, and/or texturing of the paint.
o The painting style and color scheme do not communicate the chosen mood.

Does Not Meet the Standard
o The painting does not meet the criteria of the project and/or it is incomplete.

Due Friday 12/7, post on blog before class.

By tomorrow, all students should have posted FOUR “Photos of the Week”.

Criteria:
Photograph INCREDIBLE & AMAZING photographs. Post your favorite image to your blog and explain why your posted it and explain the strategies/elements of design/composition that we have discussed and that you have learned in class.

This should be done with a digital camera. If you do not have access to a digital camera, come and see me AHEAD OF TIME, to make arrangements to do this.

Foundations in Art
Sketchbook assignment due December 14 (Friday)

Assignment:
A careful drawing, in which you:
• Find the correct proportions of objects
• Find the relationship between objects
• Find the objects’ relative positions in space
• Use a variety of marks to define the forms

You will use three (3) objects:
• A regular sized Styrofoam coffee cup or similar standard cup
• A lemon, lime, egg, apple, or pear
• An easily recognizable standard size milk or juice container (quart or half gallon)

You should:
• Draw as close to life size as your page will allow.
• Orient your page vertically
• Stand the bottle and cup up. Do NOT lay them on their sides.
• Position the three objects so that they OVERLAP each other
• As you begin your drawing, mark location points to help you figure out proportions and placement of objects on the page.
• Use line variation (light/dark, thin/thick) to indicate the light source, the structure, and detail.
• Define the shapes of your objects using colored pencils. Think about mixing colors just the way you do when you mix paints.
• Use the same color scheme you are using for your mood painting in class. Name the color scheme and the mood – in writing at the bottom of the page.
• When this homework is placed next to your painting, the two should be clearly related because they have the same color scheme.
Materials:
Sketchbook
Pencil, eraser, colored pencils
Three objects

EXTRA CHALLENGE:
Include a second cup lying on its side, with the open end towards you.