Shading Spheres and Ribbons

Beginning Art - Today we will again practice shading spheres to create the illusion of three dimensional form. The above artist is M.C. Escher. Click on the link to find out how and why Escher made art. After you've read his biography, sharpen you pencils, grab you erasers and get ready to Draw!

Value Study

 Beginning Art - Today you will learn about Value as an element of art. Using your Ebony pencil you will create a value scale.  To draw a value scale you must control the pressure of your pencil. Next, we will draw the geometric shapes on the table and try to create the illusion of form and space by adding value. Be sure to consider what direction your light source. What direction are the shadows cast?

Maria Martinez, Handbuilding with Clay

TITLE: Maria Martinez, Handbuilding with Clay                                                     

CURRICULAR CONTEXT: part of Social Studies, U.S. History, Southwest Pueblo

Indians

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this activity:

1)  Students will be able to compare different styles of pottery from the

Southwest.

2)  Students will be able to identify world-famous potter Maria Martinez and her style of pottery.

CONCEPTS/INFORMATION:

• The Pardee Home Museum’s collection of Southwest Pottery.

• Different styles, colors, shapes, usages.

• Maria Martinez, world-famous potter from San Ildefonso, New Mexico.

INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE:

1)  Develop students’ interest by asking whether they have ever made something out of clay, whether they know what a potter does and how he/she works.

2)  Introduce the Pardee Home Museum, and show photos of different Southwest pottery at the Pardee Home Museum.

3)  Distribute handouts and let students work in groups to analyze the different styles of pottery. Let them guess about usage, age and how the pots might have been collected and brought into the museum.

4)  After about 20-30 minutes, let students report back from their groups and share their answers.

5)  Introduce Maria Martinez; show a map of New Mexico to students.

6)  Ask students whether they have thought of pottery as an art, and explain why

Maria Martinez is seen as an artist. Finally, Students will create their own coil pot decorated with geometric designs

Exquisite Corpse

 A Blind Collaborative  
Beginning Art - Among Surrealist techniques exploiting the mystique of accident was a kind of collective collage of words or images called the cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse). Based on an old parlor game, it was played by several people, each of whom would write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to conceal part of it, and pass it on to the next player for his contribution.
The technique got its name from results obtained in initial playing, "Le cadavre / exquis / boira / le vin / nouveau" (The exquisite corpse will drink the young wine). Other examples are: "The dormitory of friable little girls puts the odious box right" and "The Senegal oyster will eat the tricolor bread." These poetic fragments were felt to reveal what Nicolas Calas characterized as the "unconscious reality in the personality of the group" resulting from a process of what Ernst called "mental contagion."

We are going to try this classic Verbal and Visual collage to a collective level in the Art room today. The game was adapted to the possibilities of drawing, and even collage, by rotating the small collages to each player as the various parts are added the create the surreal collage.

What you need:

Background

Heads

Arms

Legs

Body

Funny little objects

We will start by all finding a background, we will next pass what you started to another classmate and then begin finding a head, then we will switch again and all find a body, and so on…….

Collaborative Color Reduction Printmaking

Today we are going to talk about printmaking! Have you ever created a print? What different types of printmaking can you name? Visit the MOMA! The MOMA is also known as the Museum of Modern Art, in NY. Click the link to interactively learn how to create all different types of prints.You are going to design your dream Beach House, from your design you will create a collaborative color reduction print that you will all put together for our unique beach community!

Combination Weaving

 Earth’s inhabitants have used fibers throughout time. Birds weave fibers into nests.  People have long used the same principle to create dwellings, clothing, and useful items such as baskets and rugs. Any material that can be formed into strands and manipulated so that it interlocks with itself or other strands can be considered a fiber. 

Vocabulary to Know

1.Loom: A device used for weaving

2.Warp: The lengthwise yarn wound onto the loom.

3.Weft: The yarns used to weave horizontally across the warp.

4.Heading: The first few inches woven onto a new warp in plain weave before actual weaving begins.

5.Tapestry: the art of joining together rows or sections of woven color to create a design

Types of Weaves

1.Plain weave: The weft moves across the warp, going under one warp, then over the next and repeating this movement across the warp. Also known as tabby weave

2.Variation tabby weave: any variation of the weft moving across the warp. ie: over one warp, under two; over two warps, under two; over two warps, under one; over three or more warps and under however many you choose etc.

3.Rya knots: these are the "fuzzy" looking yarns on a weaving created by lying the yarn over two warps, circling under those from the sides and coming back between the same warps

4.Vertical slit: an area that is woven on both sides and where they meet, they do not cross but turn and go back in the opposite direction and leave an area without yarn thus forming a slit.

5.Diagonal weave: when the weave is decreased or increased by one warp each time or every other time before turning back in the opposite direction to continue weaving.

How to begin Combination Weave:

         Start by creating your loom. Stacking 4 pieces of white paper, cutting 4 of the same shapes and glue together. This will be the foundation for your colorful collage. Work abstract! Layer the colorful paper and create negative and positive shapes. Plan for the areas on your collage that will be the warp.  To start your heading, begin with the weft, weaving over and under. Incorporate all 5 types of weave. When you have completed your Combination Weave take a photo and journal about your artwork!