6th- Giuseppe Archimboldo "Creating Portraits from Objects"

During the Renaissance one artist was centuries beyond his time--Giuseppe Arcimboldo. While the Great Masters such as Michelangelo and Raphael focused on rendering human figures realistically, Giuseppe Arcimboldo created surreal portraits of his subjects made of vegetables, plants, fruits, sea creatures, tree roots, and books. In this class we will create our own paintings mimicking Arcimboldo’s unique style using fruits and vegetables.

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (also spelled Arcimboldi; 1527 - July 11, 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books - that is, he painted representations of these objects on the canvas arranged in such a way that the whole collection of objects formed a recognizable likeness of the portrait subject.

Arcimboldo was born in Milan in 1527, the son of Biagio, a painter who did work for the office of the Fabbrica in the Duomo. Arcimboldo was commissioned to do stained glass window designs beginning in 1549, including the Stories of St. Catherine of Alexandria vitrage at the Duomo. In 1556 he worked with Giuseppe Meda on frescoes for the Cathedral of Monza. In 1558, he drew the cartoon for a large tapestry of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, which still hangs in the Como Cathedral today.

CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW ARCIMBOLDO'S COMPLETE WORKS -> 

http://www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org/

CLICK THIS LINK TO READ SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ARCIMBOLDO ->
http://mentalfloss.com/article/72126/15-strange-facts-about-giuseppe-arcimboldos-unusual-portraits

CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW SOME NEAT SCULPTURES INSPIRED BY ARCIMBOLDO ->

http://www.papermag.com

UNITY - A principle of art, unity occurs when all of the elements of a piece combine to make a balanced, harmonious, complete whole. Unity is another of those hard-to-describe art terms but, when it's present, your eye and brain are pleased to see it.

VARIETY - A principle of art concerned with combining one or more elements of art in different ways to create interest.

How does Arcimboldo create unity in his artworks?

How does Arcimboldo create variety in his artworks?

How will your create texture on your items to make them look realistic?

YOUR PROJECT is to create a portrait of a person using vegetables, fruits, or other objects  to make the person's face. 

You may use any items you would like to make your person. Like Arcimboldo, your items should all relate to each other to create a theme for your portrait.

AR Standards: CR1.6.2 CR2.6.1 R7.6.1 R8.6.1 CN11.6.1

5th- Robots and Doughnuts with Eric Joyner

Our next project takes a look at contemporary artist Eric Joyner and creating a metallic effect with colored pencils by blending them together. 

Contemporary art is the art of today, produced by artists who are living in the twenty-first century. Contemporary art provides an opportunity to reflect on contemporary society and the issues relevant to ourselves, and the world around us.

Take a look here for more examples of contemporary art:

http://arthistory.about.com/od/current_contemporary_art/f/what_is.htm

http://www.art21.org/teach/on-contemporary-art/contemporary-art-in-context

Pulled from Eric Joyner's website.

In 1999, I started to enter various juried shows at Artisans Gallery in Mill Valley, CA. and the work was well received. Shows in other galleries, (usually group shows) were positive as well. In 2000, after years of painting other people’s pictures, I made the decision to only paint things that I liked. Four series of paintings of different subjects were started; they were: San Francisco urbanscapes, paintings of old newspaper cartoons characters, Mexican masks, and last but not least, Japanese tin (toy) robots. Though all four series of these subjects were enjoyable to do, I chose to focus on the tin robots, as they were the most popular and seemed to have the most possibilities. So, armed with a small collection of tin robots and spaceships I began painting them in earnest. In attempt to bring them to life without losing their charm, I showed them where they belonged: outer space. By 2002 the paintings were looking good, but they still needed something to play off of… perhaps a nemesis. After a month or so of searching for a ‘nemesis’ I had an epiphany while watching the movie ‘Pleasantville.’ In one of the scenes, Jeff Daniels paints a still life of…donuts. With thoughts of Wayne Thiebaud’s pastries always close at hand, it wasn’t difficult to see the battle scene of robots retreating from 300-foot tall donuts when I went to bed that night. The rest, as they say, is history.

This video is a tutorial showing some different colors you can blend together to create some metallic textures. 

Directions:

Create a robot artwork inspired by Eric Joyner.

Add donuts (or another type of sweet treat) to your robot drawings like Eric Joyner. 

Create a metallic texture on your robot using the blending techniques we worked on in class. 

There are many robot part examples below here for inspiration. 

AR Standards: CR1.5.2 P6.5.2 R7.5.1 

7th- Creating the Illusion of Space: Linear Perspective/Connected Boxes

There are many ways to create depth and show space on a 2d surface. Artists will take a look at the different ways we can achieve this effect.

http://www.noupe.com/design/turning-2d-into-3d-seeing-the-new-angle.html

1. Linear Perspective- By using either 1 point perspective, 2 point perspective, or 3 point perspective, an artist can create the illusion of space.  Linear perspective is a drawing method that uses lines to draw objects in space.

2. Overlapping- When one object is positioned in front of another object, part of the object behind it may be blocked from view.  This is called overlapping. 

3. Size- Objects that are closer to a viewer appear larger than objects that are further off in the distance.

4. Placement on the Surface- Generally, objects that are positioned lower on the picture plane will appear closer than objects that are positioned higher on the picture plane.

5. Color and Value- Objects that are closer to a viewer appear darker in value and warmer incolor.  Objects that are further away appear lighter in value and cooler in color.

6. Detail- Objects that are closer appear more detailed than objects that are further away.

Six ways to create the illusion of space are illustrated in this video...

DAY 1-2:

After watching the video, use the worksheet to draw 6 complete drawings in the sections provided that show the six ways to create space. These should be complete drawings in full color. They should not be the same simple artworks from the video. 

DAY 3-6:

Connected Boxes

Your linear perspective project will task you with drawing 5 to 7 boxes in linear perspective and then connecting  them with some sort of line (rope, water hose, yarn, etc.)

Here is a simple example. Notice the step by step instructions along the right side of the example.

Step by step instructions

Here is my example with some step by step pictures below:

Here are a couple more links with a bunch of examples of this project.

Examples

Examples/ Step by Step

7th AR Standards: CR1.7.1 R7.7.1 CN10.7.1

8th Grade- Color Theory Soda Cans

During this lesson, we will take a look at graphic design, basic color theory and different color schemes used in art.

After completing a color theory worksheet you will create four unique soda can designs. Each can must include a different color scheme,different logo, design, and original name.  We will also take a look at the graphic design process and discuss logos in society.

For now take a look at the websites below to get some inspiration and instruction in color theory and graphic design.

HERE is a site on basic color theory that lists some color schemes.

Here is a video that will explain all ten color schemes that are discussed in class and on your worksheet.

Day 1- Color Theory Intro

Compelete the worksheet on color theory.

Day 2-4 Soda Can Logo Designs

After looking at the color theory information and completing the worksheet, you will begin creating logos for your soda cans. Before you begin that here are a few examples of logos and a LINK to a website about logo evolution for you to look at.

As you create your logos for your soda cans, keep in mind that artists try and incorporate an image and text into one, easy to read, interesting design.  Here is one more LINK to an article showing 50 different logos that contain a hidden meaning.

Soda Can Designs

Each can must contain a different name and logo design.

Each can must use a different color scheme.

Label each can with the appropriate color scheme.

8th- Surrealism Digital Collage

 

This art project is brought to you by That Art Teacher. Click on their name to bring up the link and some videos and examples. 

This project will take a look at the surrealism art movement and dada art movement. We will look at artist Hannah Hoch for inspiration for our collage. You will create your collages on Photopea and use remove.bg to help you remove backgrounds from images. 

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79018

https://www.moma.org/artists/2675

DIRECTIONS:

Your project will be to create two surrealistic colllages using photopea. 

We will discuss how to cut images out of photos and how to layer your images to create a collage.

You will create a landscape and a portrait for your collages, like the two examples below.  

There are examples below for each type of collage. Note that these are made with paper and glue, but we will use photopea to create ours. 

Surreal Portrait

Surreal Landscape

DAY 1:

Begin researching surrealism and finding images to use for your artwork. 

Google Surrealism, Surrealism Collages, Digital Colllages

You can also look at Hannah Hoch. Romare Bearden or anyone from this link: https://lonewolfmag.com/contemporary-surrealist-collages/

Here is a pinterest post with a lot of images for collage

DAY 2:

Today we will talk about some of the tools you will use in Photopea. 

You will probably also find remove.bg to be a helpful website for this project. 

Awesome step by step guide for digital collage!

6th- Digital Mosaics in Google Drawings

 Our next project will take a look at the art of mosaics and stained glass. Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. They were typically made from clay tiles, pebbles and sometimes glass. They often depicted religious subjects or were purely decorative. You will be able to choose any photo you would like to create for your mosaic and we will discuss how to use the Google Drawing tools in class. Take a look at the links below for inspiration and some of my examples in the photos.

https://www.artsyshark.com/2019/11/18/featured-artist-carol-davis/

https://www.mountainliving.com/hand-cut-stained-glass-mosaics/

https://jkmosaic.com/translucent-stained-glass-mosaic/

DIRECTIONS:

Find an image to recreate as a mosaic and save it.

Upload your photo into Google Drawings.

Using the tools we discuss in class, create your mosaic. 

5th- Embellished Portraits with Victoria Villasana

For this project we will take a look at artist Victoria Villasana. She uses yarn and fabrics to embellish portraits of vintage photographs. "Embellish" means to make something more attractive by adding decorative details or features. We will use Google Drawings to create an embellished portrait in her style. Click on the link to take a look at some of her art examples, then take a look at my example of Adam Sandler. We will discuss how to use the Google drawing tools in class. 

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/10/embroidered-vintage-photos-victoria-villasana/

https://victoriavillasana.com/

DIRECTIONS:

Find and image of a celebrity of your choice.

Upload it into Google Drawings.

Turn it black and white.

Embellish your portrait with colorful lines to create shapes and patterns.