Tutorial: Watercolor Washes

Watercolor Techniques on Prezi

Three Part Drawing: Figure & Still Life

3 Major Stylistic Stages of Abstraction - Mr. Briscoe

This week we began discussing the stylistic differences between the different historical "Stages of Abstraction". Prior to the 1400's art was primarily made as a reflection of spiritual or political ideas. It wasn't until the Renaissance that representationalism was the universal focus of artists. The Renaissance was a time of innovations in technology and sciences. During this period their was a focus away from spiritual-thought and a greater focus on self-interests. Across the board artists had a desire to depict real-life with a sense of awe and a fascination for the reality and the human form. Even paintings in churches were less stylized and were done with greater sense of realism.

















Paolo Vernese, The Wedding of Cana

Representationalims is the deptiction of the natural world exactly the way it is seen. In other words, when artists make artwork with the intention that it is extremely accurate they are making representational art.

Several hundred years later, the invention of the camera, artists found reasons to make artwork that focused on the essence of reality. Artist began departing from representationalism, abstracting the natural world around them. Abstraction is art that may refer to reality but strives to represent thoughts, ideas and emotions through the alteration of reality.




Many artists who are talented at representationalism have chosen abstraction as a more creative way of expressing ideas. Pablos Picasso is a well-known 20th Century artist that worked in both representationalism abstraction. See some his progression and diversity below. Notice how the work early work was more representational but over time he abstracted the human form by depicting it using geometric shapes, pattern and eccentric color.

Many contemporaries of Picasso and other abstract artists were not satisfied by using abstraction to depict the essence of reality. Many artists throughout the last 120 years have departed completely from realism by working in pure abstraction or non-objective. Non-objectivism is based on artist pure imagination and creative impulses and has no obvious visual connections to reality. Many artists have and continue to use pure abstraction (non-objectivism) as a way of creating work. See some examples below.









Kandinsky, Comp 8






Willem De Koonig













Jackson Pollock working on one of his floor paintings.



Jackson Pollock, #8

Foundations of Drawing - Still Life 11/14

Hallway One-Pt. Perspective Studies

Mr. Briscoe - Elements of Design

This is a children's video describing the Elements of Design. Its pretty simple but a good introduction. Peep this:

Mr. Briscoe - One & Two Pt Perspective

Rubrics:
Foundations of Drawing & Visual Arts
One Pt. Perspective
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of one point perspective - 15
2. Student demonstrated high degree of complexity and filled composition - 15
3. Student used overlapping to create depth - 5
4. Effort - Good use of class time, complete project, focused. - 15
5. Craftsmanship - Neat, clean, complete. - 15

Drawing 1
Hallway Drawing
1. Student demonstrated an understanding of one point perspectpective within an enclosed space - 15
2. Student demonstrated an understanding of spacial proportion, overlapping, placement and depth. -15
3. Student demonstrated an understanding of texture, value & line - 15
4. Effort - Good use of class time, complete project, focused - 15
5. Craftsmanship - Neat, clean, complete. - 15