May 24, 2010

PORTRAITS DUE TOMORROW 5/25

Intro to new project

You need:

Pen/Pencil

Paper

Imagination

Mixed Media Collage

Name: Date: Period:

Composition:an arrangements of elements that create an appealing and unified whole

Abstract:

Abstract Collage 2. James Abbey

simplified or changed from real life

Abstract art can focus more on

elements & principles of

design.

Media:In art, refers to different materials such as ink, paint, clay, marker, pencil, wood etc.

Mixed Media:

Footloose & Fancyfree. Nubby Twiglet

A technique involving the use of two or more media that are combined in a single composition

A. Nubby Twiglet

Collage:

a design created by attaching mostly flat elements (newspaper, wallpaper, text, photos, etc) to a surface

Kryptonite. Mark Bradford. 2006

Still Life:an artwork whose subject is inanimate objects

Untitled. Peter Dickinson.

Graphic Design:

• Usually in the form of illustrations, commercials, advertisements, fonts, labels, posters, covers etc.

The art and profession of selecting and arranging visual elements to convey a message to an audience.

Movement(principle of art) effect that leads the viewer’s eye across a page

Emphasis:

Today’s Families. Richard Cardona. 2005

(principle of art)focus of the painting or drawing

Unity:

Estate. Robert Rauschenberg. 1963

(principle of art) feeling of completeness in an artwork

Easy Ways to Create

Unity

• Repeating shapes (vary sizes)

• Repeat color (limit your colors)

• Overall texture

• Clustering (put things closer together)

Terms to review and use:

• OVERLAP

• BACKGROUND

• FOREGROUND

Overview of project:

• Creating our own collage materials (no magazines will be available) from cut ink drawings & select color paper

• Designing a thought provoking and/or inspiring word in a unique way to become part of the collage.

• Arrange our cut pieces in an appealing way to create Movement, Emphasis and Unity.

• GLUE!

Student Samples:

What we do tomorrow:

• Using India ink and a brush, you will draw several still life drawings from the objects set at your table.

• These drawings WILL BE cut up or drawn on and become your collage materials.

Write your summary

• Consider the artwork shown

• What you will be doing

• How the vocabulary is important to the project