AP SCORES ARE IN!

Katie and Samantha are smiling because they have recieved their StudioAP scores. 5 and 4 resectively. A good showing for the first year. They are both bound for MICA in the fall. Good Luck, you two.

Charlie's Toolbox

Mike Grieg

Mike painted this 24x36 oil from direct observation in the APStudio Class in answer to a homework problem: Household tools - interesting viewpoint

mike is going to New Hampshire Institute of Art next year

SUSPENDED

For 20% Exam credit you will complete a DIPTYCH of suspended objects of your choosing. Your paintings will be "ABOUT " conveying a sense of HEAVY vs LIGHT or

WEIGHT vs WEIGHTLESSNESS. Your focus wil be on rendering objects accurately but with a minimum of detail, cast shadows and playing up the tension between opposites. This is a painting about an idea over the objects themselves.

Painting Maggie

When sketching a pet, or any animal for that matter, one needs to work quickly. Students sketched our model for the day, Maggie, and had to stop when she moved and concentrate on other parts of their drawing, then return. We made 5 second gesture drawings that stretched into a 20 min sketch. A lot of fun.

FOOD

Wayne Thiebaud

Your next painting will be OF food. But it will be ABOUT light, the colors of white, and thick textured paint.

sketchbook assignment: full page drawing of food on a plate with:

Dramatic lighting 5pts

size, view, placement 5pts

3 mapped gray tone shapes 5pts

raking shadow 5pts

due friday

YOUR CLASS PAINTING WILL BE A 5X7IN

MICROLAB OF THE PASTRY OF YOUR CHOICE

3/4 portraits using the "formula"

In these oil paintings the students had to use 'THE FORMULA"

Their compositions had to inclide an "escape hatch" to lead the viewers eye back out of the picture and include at least 3/4 of a figure.

They were their first large oil paintings.

snow day homework

(Painting by MICA student)

Honors and AP Studio students will complete a drawing in any media that shows "the formula" that is something in the foreground leading you into the middle of the picture with the subject in the middle and an escape hatch, like a door or window behind. You may draw from life or use the photographs you have shown me. This can be a 2PAGE SPREAD in you sketchbook or on 11x14 paper. Use at least 3 tones or include as much information(detail) as you can OR Create a mood with light and shadow. Leave no white unless its an important shape. IMPRESS ME! No quick sketches will be accepted. due the day you return to class. Probably Tues.

POWER PORTRAITS

ON YOUR BLOG PAGE ………………………
3 THINGS I LEARNED FROM THIS EXERCISE.
1.
2.
3.
WHAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING I NEEDED TO SOLVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL?

WHAT WAS THE MOST FUN PART OF THIS EXERCISE?
pick another student whose work you think is successful. Comment on their page. What did they do that you could learn from for your next picture?

The Christmas Drawing

Over the break, pick one ornament with and interesting shape, surface, or story and do a one page drawing in your sketchbook.

Make it a drawing you are proud of.

student survey

Studio Students- please take a minute and fill out the survey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wkyy595 to let me know your opinions.
thanks

Self Portraits showing the mirror

Questions to be answered on your blog page:
WHAT WERE YOU PORTRAYING ABOUT YOURSELF IN YOUR SELF PORTRAIT? (REQUIRED)
HOW DID YOU PORTRAY THIS?
DESCRIBE COMPOSITION( SIZE VIEW PLACEMENT) WHY DID YOU SELECT THIS COMPOSITION?
DESCRIBE THE LIGHTING
HOW DID YOU CREATE FORM( A SOLID 3D LOOK)
DESCRIBE YOUR BACKGROUND. HOW DOES IT REINFORCE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT YOURSELF?
WHAT RISKS DID YOU TAKE IN YOUR PORTRAIT?( GREATEST CHALLENGE., FEARS)

Letter to Santa (from an Art Student)

Dear Santa,
Instead of socks or underwear some art supplies would really be nice. I could even paint a picture for the family room! Here is a list of possible things I could use:
First choice could be an oil painting kit of some kind or you could get individual colors as follows: KITS RUN AROUND $50
OIL PAINT 1.25oz to 6.75oz.(200ml) The bigger the tube the longer it lasts.
WATER SOLUABLE OIL PAINT-ARTISAN BRAND
There are many sets available. Good OIL brands are Winsor& Newton (best),Daler-Rowney, van gogh.
Grumbacher,

COLORS:
· Cadmium yellow
· Alizarine crimson
· Cadmium red
· Cerulean blue
· Cobalt blue
· Ultramarine blue
· Titanium white (2)
· Yellow ocher
· Dioxazine purple
· ODORLESS TURPENTINE
CANVAS PANELS options:
Pre-stretched canvas 8x10, 11x14,18x24
· ARTIST EASEL..The most versatile is the Winsor& Newton Travel easel in some stores for $95 but I have seen it on line for much less.
· OIL PASTELS 12 and up Sakura “expressionist” cray-pas are a good brand
· WHEN YOU BUY THE “HUE” OF A COLOR IT IS CHEAPER!• 4-6 brushes in a variety of sizes #2, #4, #6,#8, #10."Filberts"and"Rounds" are the styles of brushes I like to use.(You should still have brushes from last year)

• Toolbox or paintbox to put paints in

• 3—5 ebony or sketching pencils•

White eraser•

Oil pastels ( last years)

• Apron or old shirt

***A portfolio case, plastic or zippered- 18x24 or next size up or down

Where to find: MICHAEL’S(Bel Air),A.C. MOORE (White Marsh), PLAZA (york rd.across from Recher theater AND Barns & Noble Towson) THE ART ROOMS(Havre de Grace)
ON LINE :jerrysartarama.com , magicmountain.com , dickblick.com

"LEFTOVERS" Sketchbook assigment due nov.30

Fairfield Porter (detail)

How would you interpret the word LEFTOVERS?
1. Color a 2 page spread with dirty paint water, ink, coffee of tea.
2. On one page try out different ideas
· Dishes on table?
· What’s left of the turkey?
· Food on a plate?
· People?
AGAIN….How would you interpret "LEFTOVERS"?
3. On facing page, sketch your idea with A SINGLE LINE black pen (no shading needed)

OR YOU MAY USE OIL PASTEL

5 POINTS EACH
____ interesting view
---------- interesting idea
____ use of “the formula”(have something lead the eye into your picture)
_____ realism is achieved
_____ line is dark and image is clearly recoginized

LAYERS -

Our next class assignment will be manipulating a

mirror and light in interesting and unexpected ways to create self portraits that have emotional impact.

SKETCHBOOK GRADING CRITERIA

· Unique S-V-P . 5pts· Dramatic lighting. 5pts· Composition touches 3 sides . 5pts· Map your shapes and have strong dark to light values. Or strong lines. 5ptsSketches can be in pencil, ballpoint pen or oil pastel. DUE ON MONDAYS WITH WED. BEING DO-OVER DAY FOR A BETTER GRADE. 0 GRADE AFTER THAT

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AP ART

Friday mornings are sacred in the JCAPstudio. We have our 1 hour session first period and everyone has some donuts and gets to work. In the senior studio many different things are happening at once. Each student is exploring their own issues as their "concentration" begins to come together. It's a bit like a three (or more ) ring circus. ART! WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY.