studio 2-41

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Grade 10 Colour Poster (Due 27 May 2013)

Grade 10s so far you have completed the following activities for your poster in class,

a colour wheel in pencil crayon or magazine images + a colour 'cloud'
swatches of watercolours matched to magazine strips in your cloud
chromatic greys
notes on how you mixed certain colours
a graded wash

You are currently working on:

a watercolour painting based on Mrs Moore's photograph ( you can add details using black ink or pencil crayon) also make sure you use chromatic greys for the background
taking your own photograph for your own composition
Creating your own watercolour painting

Chromatic Greys

What are they?
[Define them and explain how to make them]

Make the following:
(Name them with their ‘common’ names!)

1.Light warm grey - 2 different types

2.Cool dark grey - 2 different types

3.Mid cool grey - 2 different types

4.Light cool grey - 2 different types

http://studio2-41.blogspot.com/2012/04/colour-and-tone.html

link to an animation on the colour wheel

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Grade 10 Watercolor egg project

Two exquisite egg paintings by Shirley Royal, a family friend of mine.

Posts From Mrs Moore's blog:

Egg photo

Beautiful egg 'landscape' by Grade 10 learners. (Tayla & Taylin?) Look at some of Dali's landscapes to appreciate how 'surreal' this photo already is.

Egg project

For my Grade 10s .....

Try this composition of mine in watercolours.

Look at your collage and watercolour 'cloud' for paint guidance.

Now try your own photoshoot.....

Use the photographic references you have taken.

Start the painting by drawing in soft, light pencil. Remove the excess graphite.

Do the under-painting with watercolour washes – work over the wholepage with the lightest value colours. Pat out some whites.

Let dry.

When dry, add darker transparent washes over some of the under-painting to add illusions of form. Hard edge = no wet paper; blurry blended edges = on dampened paper.

Repeat as necessary………

Scan to document the painting as it grows.

Lastly, work over the painting with pen & ink.

Grade 9: Exercise

Use your worksheet to assist you in identify the elements of art in this image from Mrs Moore's blog.

Record your answers using full sentences and descriptions of the examples found in the image of the Weeping Woman with the Red Hat by Picasso.

Weeping Woman with Red Hat

Picasso

Identify & describe each of these terms in a sentence with colourful adjectives: (TWO of each if possible……?)

(20 marks content + 5 for style = 25 marks)
This mark is for your CASS year mark, and you will get 'unseen' activities like this in your exams.

1.positive shapes

2.negative shapes

3.geometric shapes

4.organic shapes

5.patterned shapes

6.textured shapes

7.plain shapes

8.high contrast between shapes

9.low contrast between shapes

10.bright shapes

11.dull shapes

Foreshortening notes

fore·short·en (fôr-shôr

tn, f

r-)

tr.v. fore·short·ened, fore·short·en·ing, fore·short·ens

1. To shorten the lines of (an object) in a drawing or other representation so as to produce an illusion of projection or extension in space.

2. To reduce the length of; curtail or abridge.

The following notes were taken from http://www.idrawdigital.com/2010/04/tutorial-foreshortening-tricks/

Monday, 20 May 2013

Grade12 Theory Revision

In Mrs Moore's words
"Let's concentrate on our collection of chosen artworks that are good examples for the themes we have studied in class.

Dust off your infographics, grab some Post-it notes (these are a great way to add extra points to your work) - we're going for 100% for your upcoming theory exam!

Optional:
Order your CD collection or put the collection on your flash. However, your infographics should already have all the content you need.

Theme 3 - Art & Politics
Willie Bester - The Chair
Brett Murray - The Spear
Alexander- Butcher boys

Theme 4 - Craft & Applied Art

Dube & Verster collaboration

Nesta Nala - an ukhamba (see blog)

Bell - Journey Pot

Ardmore Ceramics

Theme 7 - New Media
Kentridge - Stereoscope
Botha - Afrikander c 1600
Dunywa - Ufunani kimi?

Farber- Installation for Dislocation Relocation

Theme 8 - Art & the Spiritual Realm
Mbatha -The Ethiopian
Bell - Shining through the Shadows
Rorke's Drift Artists- Nkosi - Pain on the Cross

Theme 9 - Art & Gender Issues
Magwood-Fraser - any of two pieces
Galdhari - Irony
Siopis - Dora & the Other Woman

Farber- Implanting Africa - part of Dislocation Relocation and issue of Mail-order brides

Andries Botha- Afrikander c 1600- issues of masculinity