gr 11: to death and back- exploring the link between spirituality and art

Grade 11
This infographic is not compulsory, but for interest sake you may like to explore the site referenced below.
image from an Etruscan tomb


http://the202cool.blogspot.com/2011/07/etruscans-national-geographic-museum.html

link to how art made the world site

Grade 10: Shape Poster

http://taliamarkham.blogspot.com/2012/11/dress-for-your-body-shape_30.html


http://edgalaxy.com/journal/2012/8/5/great-collection-of-3d-shape-nets-to-download-and-print.html



http://www.fun-stuff-to-do.com/geometric-shapes-worksheets.html

link to elements and principles presentation
Shape presentation link

Working online

http://legacy.bowlinggreen.kctcs.edu/LRC/Documents/Student%20Learning%20Outcomes%20SoftChalk/BGTCLibraryUnit8/BGTCLibraryUnit8_print.html

remember that you can't save your work on the netbooks, rather work on google docs... see link below

google drive link

link to previous posts about prezi and online learning

Creating a Google Blog

link to powerpoint on creating a blog

Banksy....

see more at http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=720

Rachel Corbett states that:

Banksy gave up spraying freehand graffiti back in the early 1990s when he discovered that stencils were more “quick, clean, crisp, and efficient,” as he once told an interviewer. He didn’t care that other artists in his Bristol crew considered it cheating. “As soon as I cut my first stencil I could feel the power there. The ruthlessness and efficiency of it is perfect.”

 Read more at:

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/861579/the-banksy-brand-how-the-elusive-street-artist-played-the-art

link to Banksy-pulls-audacious-stunt--secret-exhibition-Bristol-museum

Link to Mrs Moore's post about Banksy

link to article about Banksy's secret identity

link to article on a book about Banksy

link to images of Banksy's work

Grade 8: Ndebele Customs

http://www.axisgallery.net/store/store-bop.html
Web Reference #: BOP17
AUTHOR: Margaret Courtney-Clarke
TITLE: Ndebele: The Art of an African Tribe
DATE: 1986
NOTES: A 5-year photographic project on the mural art, beadwork, and ceremonies of the Ndebele people of South Africa. 203 pages, color illustrations throughout. Cloth.

In this book it states that:

"Wela (rite where young men are sent away for 3 months to attend Ndebele initiation schools) is possibly the most important incentive behind the young women's role as an artist.  Before the young men leave for the schools, the women carefully replaster the walls of their homes and reconstruct the entranceways.  They then paint- and repaint each year- their impressions of everyday life, interspersed with geometrical designs, on the wall and surfaces. while the young men are away, their homes are proudly opened to visitors and relatives, many of whom travel enormous distances to attend.. A white flag hoisted on a tall pole outside signifies that a mother has a son at Wela."

link to Ndebele artist Esther Mahlangu

see the art room library for more information.

Grade 8: Advertising Challenge

You have been asked to create an intriguing advert for your brand.  You need to photography letters in interesting places...see examples below for inspiration:
http://alookintomymind.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/weekly-photo-challenge-my-letter-perspective/



http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2007/11/letters-in-the.html


http://letteryourlegacy.com/pages/letter-art-photography

http://www.realphotographersforum.com/abstract-still-life/3328-alphabet-photography.html

http://andrewemberson12.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/the-word-photography-spelt-out-using-signsobjects/

You can also use positive and negative shapes
see example from a book called Graphic Design the New Basics



http://blog.francinekizner.com/tag/design/


http://www.buamai.com/image/17391

You can use free photo editing programs such as:
Link to Photoscape

Link to online editor fotoflexer

Link to GIMP

Link to Picasa download

Grade 8 & 9: Texture Rubbings

Place a piece of white paper over various textures and 'rub'over it with a crayon or pencil or charcoal to create a texture rubbing.  You will then create a colllage or pattern with your rubbings.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/sep/19/drawing-guide-rubbings-texture



See Susan Lee's example below:
http://soulaura777.deviantart.com/art/25-Texture-Rubbings-163986920

 


https://www.msu.edu/~lonerga1/texture%20projects.htm

See more of Susan Wieselnick's work at : http://graphicemotion.com/cad_binkiefence.html



Kayla Race has turned her textures into a stamp!
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/texture-rubbings-pattern-linocut-print-kayla-race.html

Grade 8: Textile Design

Check out this link to an intriguing South African Design site: Design Kist

Joburg CBD

Grade 10: Rubric for a perfect poster :-)

 

RUBRIC FOR A PERFECT POSTER!                             Rate yourself! (10 is perfection)
LEGIBILITY Can you ‘read’ it from 1m away? Contrast? Font size? Picture resolution?
CHUNKING Do you have between 4 / 5 grouped chunks? Is there a focal chunk?
Balance Do you have a 50:50 balance between visual and verbal info? Is there a balance between hand-drawn and ‘cut & paste’ visuals?
CONTENT Is the content interesting, informative & well spelt?
AESTHETICS Is the poster ‘beautiful’ and well made? Is the decoration relevant to the topic?

Grade 9: Cosmetics drawings

Don't forget to bring cosmetics for our drawing lesson!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jelles/1802525483/



http://genxsters.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/edm-challenge-11-draw-glasses-or-sunglasses/



http://www.examiner.com/article/yum-yum-fall-09-shoe-preview


http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-19672890-cosmetic-products-collection.php
http://juliaminamata.blogspot.com/2012/02/recent-additions-to-my-collection.html




http://exhibition30days.wordpress.com/

http://lenythegreat.wordpress.com/2008/04/
http://www.makeupmuseum.org/home/trends/