Friday, February 12, 2010

Mr. Klausing's Art Classes

Painting I
The monochromatic watercolor self-portrait is due Thursday, February 18th. If you have had extended absences during the time we've worked on these, please talk to Mr. Klausing about arranging a new due date for your painting project. Remember, the grading criteria for the monochromatic self-portrait. They are:
- Quality of Drawing/Likeness
- Use of Value Contrast in Painting
- Craftsmanship/Control and use of Watercolor Techniques
- Detail/Complexity/Difficulty of Challenge
- Neatness and Presentation of Project

All students need to provide a high-contrast photo for their next watercolor activity- Lift-Off Painting in Watercolor. Students should have these photos with them when they come to class on Tuesday, February 16th.

Students will also be doing a reading activity from the ARTFORMS textbook which will cover the background and history of various painting techniques. This activity will be done in class Monday and Tuesday of the week of February 16th - February 19th.

IB Visual Art and Portfolio II
Students have their Investigation Workbooks for the first 6 weeks due Tuesday, February 16th.
The second Independent Study Project for the 6 weeks is due Thursday, February 18th. During the next week(February 14- 19), IB Visual Art students will begin to work on their Candidate Statements which are part of the required materials which will be turned in with their Candidate Record Booklet prior to their IB Visual Art Exam.

The IB Visual Art Exams/Interviews for 2010 have been extended to include Saturday, March 27th as well as Monday, March 29th. All IB Visual Art and Portfolio II students are required to participate in the set-up on Friday, March 26th, and also expected to be in attendance at the IB Visual Art and Portfolio Art Exhibit and Reception on Sunday, March 28th, at 7:00 pm. The reception will begin at 7:00 pm and run till approximately 9:00 pm. Friends, family, and faculty are invited to attend the event. IB Visual Art students and Portfolio students are expected to help provide the refreshments for the reception.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Mr. Briscoe's Class: 12/18-1/11

Well, life is hectic and I haven't had a chance to post in a couple of weeks...I apologize. What we've been up to...

Foundations of Drawing:
Foundations of Drawing has been continuing to work with contour lines. Contour line drawings are drawings that defy the outer and inner line by prohibiting lifting of the pencil. In other words contour line drawings teach you to view all lines as significant, forcing the artist to focus on detail. This is important because many people tend to focus on just the outline or just the obvious lines...well, not in my class!

Creative Hands Project:
We began a project using sign language letters to guide our drawing. Each student chose a series of words or a phrase, perhaps even their name, to sign with one hand. With the other hand they were asked to draw a contour line drawing of their own hand. Again this was used to practice focusing on detail by forcing the artist to look back and forth between the object and the paper.

Rubric:
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of contour line, value & overlapping. - 15 pts
2. Student used 10 or more hand gestures - 10 pts
3. Student used high degree of detail - 10 pts
4. Effort - Student took time to develop idea and complete project - 20 pts
5. Craftsmanship - Neat, Clean, Complet - 20 pts.

Shoe Drawings
Foundations of Design also started another contour line drawing but this time of shoes placed in a still life.

Rubric:
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of contour line - 15 pts.
2. Student filled space and used overlapping. - 10 pts
3. Student used high degree of detail - 10 pts
4. Effort - took time to develop idea and complet project. - 20 pts
5. Crafsmanship - Neat, Clean, Complete. - 20 pts

Foundations of Design:
We have spent the last two weeks talking about positive and negative space. Positive space is the space that represents the "object" or the space occupied. Negative space is the area all around the the "object".

We did a packet that practiced this concept worth 50 pts.

We also started a new project dealing with pos/neg relationships using transfer paper. The class is overlapping lines and reversing out the pos/neg space.

Rubric:
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of pos/neg space. - 15pts
2. Student filled space and used overlapping. - 10 pts
3. Student used high degree of detail. - 10 pts
4. Effort - took time to develop idea and complete project. - 20 pts
5. Craftsmanship - Neat, clean, complet. - 20 pts

Again, feel free to e-mail me with questions: brandon.briscoe@leesummit.k12.mo.us