Test 2--Study Guide

Know these terms as defined in your book... Test on March 4th.

Chapter 6--Drawing

cartoon
cross-hatched
tooth
wash

Chapter 7- Painting

pigment
binder
vehicle
tempera/ egg tempera
watercolor
opaque
calligraphy
true fresco/ buon fresco
encaustic
acrylic paint
oil paint
airbrush/ spray paint

Chapter 9- Photography

camera obscura
daguerreotypes

Chapter 10- Moving Images: Film and Digital Arts

cinematography
persistence of vision
shot
film editing
montage
film noir

A good example of a Photo Essay

Extra Credit #3--Photo Essay

Due Monday, March 14th.

Please title your post...

Lastname, EC #3

Make a Photo Essay.Take original pictures (Not ones you find on the internet) and post five pictures that tell a story. You cannot use titles or write explanations--Your images must tell the story from beginning to end.

I can search images on the internet, just like you. It is easy for me to find out if they are original or not...

Be sure to post them in order or your story will not be understood!

What is a Photo Essay? (By Christina N. Dickson)

A photo essay is very simply a collection of images that are placed in a specific order to tell the progression of events, emotions, and concepts. Used by world class photojournalists such as Lauren Greenfield and James Nachtwey, and Joachim Ladefoged to name a few, the photo essay takes the same story telling techniques as a normal essay, translated into visual images.

5 Photo Essay Tips

A photo essay isn’t simply for photojournalists however. Every human being is drawn to stories. Whether you are an amateur or a professional, the photo essay is a brilliant way to bring your images to life and touch your family, friends, and coworkers.
1. Find a topic: Photo essays are most dynamic when you as the photographer care about the subject. Whether you choose to document the first month of a newborn in the family, the process of a school drama production, or even a birthday party, make your topic something in which you find interest.

2. Do your research: If you document a newborn’s first month, spend time with the family. Discover who the parents are, what culture they are from, whether they are upper or lower class. If you cover the process of a school’s drama production, talk with the teachers, actors and stage hands; investigate the general interest of the student body; find out how they are financing the production and keeping costs down. If you photograph a birthday party, check out the theme, the decorations they plan on using, what the birthday kid hopes to get for his or her gifts. All of these factors will help you in planning out the type of shots you set up for your story.
3. Find the “real story”: After your research, you can determine the angle you want to take your story. Is the newborn the first son of a wealthy family on whom the family legacy will continue? Or does the baby have a rare heart condition? Is the drama production an effort to bring the student body together? Or is it featuring a child star? Is the birthday party for an adolescent turning 13, or the last birthday of a dying cancer patient? Though each story idea is the same, the main factors of each story create an incredibly unique story.
4. Every dynamic story is built on a set of core values and emotions that touch the heart of its audience. Anger. Joy. Fear. Hurt. Excitement. The best way you can connect your photo essay with its audience is to draw out the emotions within the story and utilize them in your shots. This does not mean that you manipulate your audience’s emotions. You merely use emotion as a connecting point.
5.Plan your shots: Whether you decide to sit down and extensively visualize each shot of the story, or simply walk through the venue in your mind, you will want to think about the type of shots that will work best to tell your story. I recommend beginners first start out by creating a “shot list” for the story. Each shot will work like a sentence in a one-paragraph story. Typically, you can start with 10 shots. Each shot must emphasize a different concept or emotion that can be woven together with the other images for the final draft of the story.

Here are some great examples of photo essays if you need inspiration...
12-most-amazing-photo-essays-of-2013

Chapter 10-Moving pictures

No Power Point was used for this lesson. The images you can use for your sketchnotes will come from these links...


 The Story of Film--Episode 1

A Concise History of the Origins of Cinema

A timeline of world cinema--video series

A Trip to the Moon--Georges Méliès 1902

Metropolis

Photography--Chapter 9

World's first photograph

POWER POINT
Applications of Photography

Chapter 9--Power Point--Photography


 A short history of Photography

How to make a camera obscura

 A really energetic Kiwi makes a camera obscura...


 These videos are all about the development of the development of the process to make photography...
The Photographic process series

Mistakes to Avoid as a Beginner Photographer

Natgeo--Proof: The Photographers on Photography 

Amended course schedule

 Here is our updated class schedule. As with the previous schedule, this one may be changed as needed.

Week 1 – Introduction-- What is Art? / Sketchnotes

Week 2 – Awareness, Creativity, and Communication

Week 3 – Visual Elements and Principles of Design

Week 4 – Visual Elements and Principles of Design (test1)

Week 5 – Drawing   

Week 6 – Painting       

Week 7 – Photography and Film (Test 2)                                       

Week 8 – Spring Break

Week 9 – Sculpture             

Week 10 – Printmaking and Graphic design 

Week 11 – Prehistoric and Classical art

Week 12 – Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque

Week 13 – Asia, Africa, Oceania (test 3) April 11th

Week 14 – Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Week 15 – Twentieth Century and Contemporary

Week 16 – Final Exam

Painting--Chapter 7

Link to Power Point


Tint and shade

sphere painting 1

Sphere painting 2

Sphere painting 3

Blending

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Ink Wash activity

Intro to Gouache

Watercolor painting tips

How to paint clouds--acrylic

Acrylic Silhouette Painting - Green Forest Light  

How to fresco

What you need to oil paint

How to paint a pear with oil paint

BLU--stop motion graffiti

Announcement about class and drawing assignment

Class will meet in downstairs Martin Hall (by all the couches/ Moorer auditorium/religion department) for Wednesday, February 17th.

We are going to be working on One-Point perspective drawing...bring a ruler if you want really crisp lines!

There are videos and info about One-Point perspective on the Chapter 6-Drawing post.


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Drawing assignment:

Draw a human face using the proportion tricks shown on the Power Point and in the videos in the Chapter 6-Drawing  post.

I will check your work on February 24 during class.

Drawing...Chapter 6

Link to Drawing Power Point

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_i88-WqAFJadTc5c2hocHJFWW8/view?usp=sharing


Here are videos to support our study of drawing. These will help you understand the basics of drawing and help you improve your skill!

Virtual Instructor--the illusion of space

Virtual Instructor tutorial on one point perspective...

Virtual instructor...drawing a human head

Face proportion techniques

Alphonso Dunn--drawing techniques

ink drawing...stippling

Pen and ink drawing tutorial play-list

Terms for Test on Friday the 19th

 These terms are defined in your book and in the Power Point, "Elements and Principles of Design."---The test will consist of multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions. Know these terms and their definitions and you are certain to do well on Friday's test!

Have your sketchbooks ready for me to look at on Friday--I will check them while you are taking  your test...

Elements of Design
Line
Form
Space
Texture
Shape
Color/ Hue
Value

Principles of Design
Emphasis
Movement
Unity
Rhythm
Contrast
Variety

 Chapter 1
medium
outsider artists
representational art
abstract art
nonrepresentational art
figurative art

Chapter 2
aesthetics
monochromatic
painterly
                                           
Chapter 3
two-dimensional
three-dimensional
geometric shapes
organic shapes
positive shapes
negative shapes
shade
tint
saturation
primary hues
secondary hues
intermediate or tertiary hues
cool colors
warm colors
complementary colors

Chapter 4
composition
symmetry
asymmetry

Orisarayi EC#2

COLOR!!!

Color theory basics

Weird facts about color

How we see color

Color in art


COLORS!
3 Primary colors!

Elements and Principles of design--Power Point and videos...

Here is the link to the Power Point
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_i88-WqAFJaNWM2SFptZTBVMzQ/view?usp=sharing

Elements of art videos...


Here is a link to the playlist
Line Shape Color Texture Form Value Space

Watch all Seven!

Check out this sketchy break-down of the elements!
http://www.lwsd.org/school/mann/SiteCollectionDocuments/Activities/artdocent/10.%20%20ABC's%20of%20Art.pdf

Beatty EC#1

Cunningham EC #1

Luecke EC # 2

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/497647827546894341/

Luecke WR #1

Creativity is the ability to come up with a new idea that holds some form of value and relevance. People tend to think the term creativity is only relevant to artists, when in reality creativity is present in many other aspects of life that are not even focused on art itself. For example, the trait networking means that one is willing to interact and learn from others, even if they have opposite viewpoints. This is something that people do every day. The other traits of creativity include Associating, questioning, observing, and experimenting. I believe that the trait I use more frequently is associating. This trait is defined as the ability to make connections across seemingly unrelated fields. I use this trait while I study to help me better remember the material by relating it to other things. Overall, creativity is something that is used on a daily basis, even when people do not know they are using it.

Brown WR #1

The gamut of creativity within an individual includes associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. Throughout the day I employ all five of these traits in order to fully express my creative being. I associate unrelated words and thoughts in order to create humorous puns while simultaneously questioning the expected way of accomplishing tasks within the college atmosphere. I observe the actions and reactions of respected elders and fellow students to perceive how they have succeeded in their pursuits; experimenting with them to see how effectively they fit my lifestyle. The most significant trait in one's life can be seen as how one relates to others and interacts with different individuals that come from various backgrounds. It is how we work together and consistently improve over what we were yesterday that makes us experts at art and life.

Esclovon WR #1

The five traits that define creativity are: Associating, Questioning, Observing, Networking, and Experimenting. I employ these creative solutions every day by being more outspoken, curious, learning and listening, and being more adventurous. Since I've been to Mobile, I've came out of my shell a lot more. I want to be involved with people and the environment around me. Listening and learning is something I use a lot , besides from a student and teacher stand point. I like to conversant with older peers around me , so they can drop knowledge on me, that I could use the future. I am a very adventurous person when I comes down to trying new things. I think being adventurous is a wonderful trait to have, because it allows you not the fear as much with new things. Many individuals are gifted with many things but don't explore.

NJorden EC#2

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjP84iGt-fKAhXBQSYKHSpRCIsQjB0IBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fweddingphotography.com.ph%2F10210%2F40-portraits-disguise-carnival-of-venice-creative-mask-design%2F&psig=AFQjCNG3qwxkTfXLAkurgZqHUzHh_ZqkTQ&ust=1454995347849561&rct=j

Lenaz EC #1

Treherne WR #1

What is creativity? Well, up until I began this class, I believed it was something I did not have. However, I have recently learned that is not true. Creativity is to bring something new that has value. Though I am not an artist by any means, I do have creativity. I believe everyone has a sense of creativity. There are five creativity traits that include associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. I believe my greatest trait is networking. I say this because networking is being able to interact with others around me and learn new ideas from them. Though I am not "artsy" I do enjoy the art in itself. I love to hear why the artist chose to do a piece, or see their technique in doing their piece. I enjoy learning new styles of art. I have been challenged to step out of my comfort zone and allow my mind to open up to new and creative ways.

Lenaz WR #1

Lenaz WR #1

Creativity is something that is seen in everyday life. It is not always something extravagant; creativity has the potential to be anything. In my personal life I am very observant. One way I express this trait is through my photography. Everyday I see different places, objects, and people that have so much artistic potential. The best way to focus on this potential is view people, places, and things in their natural habitat. I enjoy photography and it is how I express myself and my creativity. 

Luecke EC#1

Chiasson EC #2

Loving the masquerade masks

Lee EC #1

Kelp featuring the San Diego coastline

Road sign off of I-10

Found a boost of self-confidence while strolling the beach

Lee WR #1

    Creativity and skill are two separate things. Many people believe that they are not creative simply because they don't have a developed skill to express it. However, one can be skillfully good at painting, but lack creativity. How? Creativity is the ability to bring in new ideas. A talented painter could have just copied his work from another painting. The five traits of creativity vary from person to person. The first trait, associating, is something that hasn't come naturally to me. Usually I need someone else to tell me where the connection lies between two subjects because I have trouble doing it on my own. Through practice, I have improved my associating. The next trait, Questioning, is one that I believe everyone has. It is human nature to question things. Number three, observing is another everyone naturally has. If they can see, they can observe. The fourth trait, networking is just the ability to go out and not only share your ideas, but listen to others. I tend to keep my creativity to myself, but I love hearing the ideas of others. The last trait, experimenting, means to not be afraid of trying something out.

Chiasson WR#1

Ken Robinson once said: Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture. I personally think creativity is something you can achieve, connecting with things, getting out of a pattern in order to look at things differently, it is basically a new way of thinking. While studying creative people in several disciplines, they found five traits that define creativity: Associating, Questioning, Observing, Networking and Experimenting. These traits refer to my everyday life in so many ways. I associate so many things together, for me it is a way of learning. I am someone that question things too much, many of my friends would tell me to go with the flow and stop trying to figure everything out. Who doesn't like driving around and looking at the beauty of everything that surround us, the world is such an amazing place. Observing is the main reason I want to travel the world, to see things in search for new insights. Networking is one of the traits I prefer, I'm very social, I love interacting with people especially the ones with different cultures and different way of thinking, you learn so many new things and get to see life in different ways. Your knowledge and wisdom grows. I believe experimenting things is the only way to improve yourself, trying new things is the way you get to figure yourself out and one of the key of success to knowing who you really are. Experimenting is where you try, succeed and fail, and learn from it.

“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.” this quote by Osho relates to some of the traits.

Chiasson EC #1

Endless adventure, like everyone is looking at the world with no fear. All those lines we make to get down the slopes, feeling bold.

The beauty in Jeep rides. The happiness you have when you are riding with the top off and the music loud. Everything looks better and feel better.

This picture makes me think of so many things, when I took this picture it was not just a plane wing and clouds, it was far more than only a beautiful view, it was like a hand reaching for my heart. At this moment, time stopped and I felt amazing.

Orisarayi WR#1

       Fortunately I'm bIessed enough to consider myself amongst the society of creative people. I believe that the reason I am is due to the surroundings of my early life. From as young as I can remember my house was filled with people practicing their talents as well as I, my own. My mother and father were both musically gifted and so it was almost second nature for my brothers and I to jump in and acquire the characteristic of being musically savy. My grandmother was an artist, so she felt it was necessary to teach me how to draw. My aunts were alway being industrious and creating or deigning something , and I naturally couldn't help but watch. Chaper 1 of the textbook describes the five basic creative traits to be the capabilies of associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. The few that I feel I most closely identify with are questioning, observing, and experimenting.
        I've always been considered "the rebellious kid" just because it was never possible to give me directions and expect me to follow them without explanation. The question "why" was almost an involuntary response for me. I always felt the need to understand things thoroughly. In addition to my being inquisitive, I was also quiet. Seems like an ironic pairing but I realized early on that it  was easier to realize how things worked of you just watched. Therefore, a lot of the questions I had were answered through observation. My experimenting side is one that is demonstrated through an embarrassing habit that I have. After eating with friends or family I always end up mixing the remnants of our meals together to create what I consider to be a masterpiece. I often go for the most contrasting elements and then add what I think would be complimentary to the taste. My brother has grown accustomed to being my guinea pig and almost always tastes my concoctions, and sometimes he actually likes them!

Cunningham WR #1

Creative solutions I employ within my daily activites are being curious, stepping out side of my comfort zone, seeing beyond the image, and able to evaluate things around me. I use my creative thinking not only when visualizing art or places around, but with people. When meeting new people I am often quiet, because I want to be able to read them without actually talking to them. My friends that already are familiar with the way I act believe its often strange, but always a great trait or characteristic that I have. I am always curious to know what type of person I am meeting, for example, is their personality labeled as an introvert or extrovert. Then once I get to know them better I would continue noticing the type of person they are, but I would step outside of my comfort zone and let them get to know me. I would not judge a person by how they look or the way they dress, therefore I am not only looking at their image but actually who they are. This is a strange way that I use my creative traits by evaluating anyone that I meet. Remember, anything is art! 

Announcement about Monday's class

We will not have class on Monday, February 8th.


EXTRA CREDIT---

A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both artistic, ceremonial and practical purposes. They are usually worn on the face, although they may also be positioned for effect elsewhere on the wearer's body.

Post a picture of an interesting mask that you see while out and about!

Please title your post

Last name EC #2

 a-survey-of-iconic-masks-in-visual-art

Chapter 2 Power Point

 Use this link to view your Chapter 2 Power Point



https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_i88-WqAFJaWjFNWm42V3o5SWM/view?usp=sharing

Beatty WR #1

The source of all arts and sciences is human imagination, and while studying creative people in other disciplines, five traits of creativity were discovered. Those five traits were Associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. Theses types of creativity are found in almost everyone's every day lives. The most common type of creativity found is visual creativity, or the use of imagery to communicate beyond what mere words can say. My own personal creative traits that i possess are questioning, observing, networking, and experiencing. The one that i use the most out of those would be experimenting. Owning my own antique shop causes me to constantly be creative because i not only have to change things up around the store, but i also have to make the way everything gets displayed is appealing to the sight of the consumer.

Felts EC #1

This photo I took at Roland Cooper State park a few days before Governor Bentley called for the closing of the state park. It features two of my friends in the distance and sunshine rays hitting the camera at an awesome angle causing the color dots.

This photo I took on the way back from Gulf Shores with some friends a few weekends back. I love the simplicity of the blur and how it makes downtown look so beautiful.

This photo was taking on a back road in my small town. I loved the close up of the yellow line and the sun dots that caught the "cameras eye." I took this over Christmas break. 

Felts WR #1

"Creativity has the potential to influence future thought or action and is vital to most walks of life." This quote is found on page five of Prebles' Artforms book and it really stuck out to me. I am a very creative person. I love trying new things and making something out of what may seem like nothing. I always tell my friends, "beauty if found in the most ridiculous things, you just have to stop and look." Most of them think I am crazy, until they actually try it for themselves. I use creativity in every aspect of my life; from school, church, friendships, and family.  Peebles' breaks down creativity into five traits; associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. For me, I feel like I fall into more of the observing and experimenting categories. I always look at things for what they are and find beauty in that; it is one of my most favorite things to do. As for experimenting,  I have always loved trying new things and doing old things in new ways. 

Wood WR #1

According to our text, creativity is composed of four traits: associating, questioning, observing, and networking. I know that I learn and study by association. Similarly, I network my thoughts together with information that I learn. I am also quiet oberservative about traits that I see in people, which i then associate with strengths that they probably posess. I dont often find myself questioning everything. I often take everything as it is and leave open the possibility that it could be wrong. So I guess, according the that I am 75% creative.

Lyons WR #1

Lyons WR #1

Creativity is found in all people, even though one may doubt their creativity.  What is creativity? In Prebles Art forms, creativity is defined as associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting.  And I have no doubts that I contain these traits.  

     Since I can remember I have used weird associations to help me remember things, like in school, work, or extracurriculars.  The trait of associating is also seen in some of my art (even though it is not that good).  When I was younger I would draw people as different flowers, because I associated beauty with flowers.  I sometimes miss the younger me's thinking and I try everyday to incorporate this thinking into my everyday ( and sometimes annoying) encounters.

     I have always been the "black sheep" of nearly every social setting you can think of, which is why I have always found myself thinking differently than everyone else.  Status quos and the word "normal" have always made my skin crawl.  I find myself questioning societies standards.  I often think "who said so?" or "why is this the way it is?".  This thinking also carries over into my creativity.  Often people say my art is "weird" or "creepy" but i think it is beautiful.  I try to find beauty in even the weirdest things.  At first I thought that I was wrong for thinking differently but now I know that this is a gift not a curse.

      Anyone who has a conversation with me usually experiences loads of questions.  Usually based on the views and opinions they express. Most people would take this offensively as if I was questioning their intelligence, but really I just want to know their opinions and their ways of thinking.  Networking has really nourished my outlook on life, because I do not just think with my mind, but with others.  I try to whole heartedly listen to other people and sometimes I will even adopt some of their views.  Even when I am coloring or painting, if I see that someone else's skills are better than mine or if they have some new imaginative way of art I will ask them to teach me.   The trait of networking is extremely helpful and I think more people should give it a try.

     I have always love experimenting with new things, especially in art. There is a never-ending spectrum of objects and supplies that can be used or turned into art.  Creation in itself is art, mankind is art.  I have found that when I experiment it opens a whole new door to creativity and imagination.

     Since I was young I have always loved watching people (observing) and learning about their reactions to the world around them. I have found that this trait has helped me to be able to see the many spectrums of emotions people are capable of, and how everyone is unique.  Also it is very interesting to sit back and observe the way other people interact with and see the world.

Tulip Drawings--Georgia O'Keefe Style