7th/ 8th- Art Intro/ Exquisite Corpse

Hello and Welcome to Artimus Prime and the Art Room!

My goal for you this semester is to learn about all different aspects of art. From artworks to art careers we will take a look at many different aspects of the art world. This year we will be using this blog as a space to find information and ask questions about your art projects. Every project and sketchbook assignment will be posted on this blog for you to reference whenever you need to.

Today we will discuss the blog, sketchbooks, and regular class procedures. As we begin, take a look at these videos about art and creativity. I hope they will inspire and challenge you to create some awesome artwork as we continue throughout this year.

Exquisite Corpse

Create an exquisite corpse drawing with the people in your class.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_corpse

5th/6th- Art Introduction/ Artimus Prime/ Google Classroom

HELLO!

Welcome to Artimus Prime! This is where you will find all of your information to make it through middle school art this year. We will make many artworks throughout the year utilizing many different art methods and techniques. I hope that you enjoy my class and the challenge that being creative brings to you. Work hard and turn in your work to Artsonia on time and we will have a GREAT year!

Today we will discuss some art rules and procedures that will need to be followed everyday in class for everyone to be successful in the art room. 

Create a Name Tag

Your first project is to create a name tag for your box. Use bubble or block letters to write your name and fill the space with color. 

AR Standards 5th: P.4.5.1 P6.5.1 R7.5.2 CN11.5.1
AR Standards 6th: P4.6.1 P6.6.1 R7.6.2 CN11.6.1

5th- Design a Shoe

Shoe designers are fashion designers who develop original footwear for an independent label or a company. You must have a good understanding of texture, color and fashion while developing creative new concepts. You also need an extensive knowledge of shoe construction materials, the ability to identify attractive patterns through fashion trend analysis and an understanding of the fundamentals of footwear construction.

There are many shoe factories in the US alone, in fact there are over 900! 

According to these stats on this website this is a thriving market in the US with lots of competition for artists and designers. 

10 Sneaker Collabs

5 of the Most Expensive SB Nike Dunks

DIRECTIONS

For your project you will be designing a 3d shoe based on the Nike SB Dunk. You will be given the basic template and you will choose how to create your shoe.  

You may use a brand that exists or. you may come up with your own brand and logo for your shoe.  

YOUR SHOE NEEDS TO BE BASED ON SOME KIND OF THEME- (Mario, Basketball, Chess, Skittles, anything you can think of!)

You will completely color your shoe, cut it out, and fold it to create a 3d mockup of your shoe design. You will then add shoelaces using one of the many types of thread that I have. 

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

8th-Drawing from Observation/Sign Language Hands

This project is based on drawing from observation or drawing from life. You will use your hand as a reference for all of the hand drawings that you create.

Here is some info about sign language

7 Things You Should Know About Sign Language

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

DAY 1-2

Our first day we will spend practicing drawing hands together while using different mediums.

You must draw 4 hands using 4 different drawing mediums

Each drawing will take about 8-10 minutes

Practice different hand poses

Use a different medium (pencil, pen, crayon, colored pencil, marker, pastel, charcoal)

Each drawing should fill half a page

DAY 2-6

The final project will be to draw your hands spelling a word in sign language and illustrating that word in the background of your piece.  

Your background image should represent the word you chose to draw.

Your word must contain at least 4 letters and your background must be in full color. 

You may create your artwork as a drawing or collage/mixed media piece.

"Tree"

7th-Papercutting and Calligrams

Artists are going to create a calligram, using only colored paper. A calligram is a word or piece of text in which the design and layout of the letters creates a visual image related to the meaning of the words themselves. (Examples below)

Paper was invented in China during the first century and has been a popular media choice for artists ever since. Because paper is fairly fragile, we have no way of knowing how long papercutting has been a part of Chinese culture. Archaeologists have found evidence dating it back as far as the 6th century, but it is believed to have begun a few centuries earlier. Either way, it is clear that papercutting is an art with strong roots in the art of China.

Day 1

Brainstorm ideas for your calligram. You should think of multiple words that could be used for the project. Today you should create 4 different ideas, using 4 different words.

Day 2-6

Following the steps below, create your calligram. You can not have any drawn elements. Everything must be made out of paper. All details must be made out of paper. 

7th AR Standards: CR1.7.1 CR2.7.1 CR3.7.1 R7.7.1 CN10.7.1

6th-Kawaii Art Doodles

 

Often mentioned alongside anime and manga, kawaii refers to a cultural style that incorporates bright, pastel colors and childlike imagery. In Japanese, the word kawaii has a meaning that sits more or less at the juncture of "cute," "tiny," or "lovable." The cute aesthetic—with its bold, nearly cartoon-like lines and rounded forms—informs a large segment of Japanese popular culture. As scholar Joshua Paul Dale writes, "[kawaii] communicates the unabashed joy found in the undemanding presence of innocent, harmless, adorable things."

The most famous example of kawaii culture is probably Hello Kitty, the ubiquitous white feline character whose image emblazons an ever-expanding range of products and accessories. The character was commissioned by a company called Sanrio, founded by Shintaro Tsuji, in 1974, with a plastic coin purse as the first product bearing the image. Now Hello Kitty is found on everything from backpacks to food trucks to duct tape to kitchen appliances to adult toys. Even though the character was originally intended for preteen girls, its limitless branding has pushed it into essentially every demographic and business sectors that have nothing to do with childhood.

But kawaii is about more than just fashion. It's often about endowing seemingly mundane things with personality..........Click to finish the article.

Top 10 list of Kawaii characters from Japanese culture

https://yumetwins.com/blog/top-10-kawaii-japanese-characters

You will create a Kawaii Doodle filled page based on a theme of your choice.