Drawing: Remember these

Concepts that help artists imagine subjects as 2-Dimensional and therefore easier to "copy:"

A) The Picture Frame; Selected area of space which limits the composition to a specific format. When observing (perceiving/viewing) a viewfinder can help. When drawing (recording/rendering), placing a margin around the page you're drawing on can help.

B) The Picture Plane; An imaginary plane (pane/facet) of 2-dimensional space a few inches in front of your face onto which artists imagine their subjects are flattened: so that instead of a model sitting several yards ahead with mountains several miles behind that, foreground, middle-ground and background are all just a flat picture, as if they're a photo, poster or already a drawing that the artist merely has to copy. Other things that help include closing one eye to reduce the interference your natural of stereo-optic depth-perception.

Review pages 98-101 in Edwards' 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' to help you further understand these concepts.



REVIEW- The 5 Perceptual Skills that make up the global skill of Drawing;

1) Perception of Edges, contours, frontiers between forms and spaces (deals mainly with the sensory element of line)
2) Perception of Spaces, not just figure/ground or foreground/background but placement and arrangement within a format or composition (deals especially with the sensory element of space, negative-space in particular, bur also with the general application of the formal principles of design)
3) Perception of Relationships, parts-to-whole and subject-within-context (deals with informal perspective, placement, and especially the formal principle of proportion)
4) Perception of Light & Shadows, shading and "light-logic" concepts like density, contrast, range, modeling, chiaroscuro (deals with the sensory element of value)
5) Perception of Gestalt, a sense of completion or closure, cohesion and "oneness." (deals mostly with the formal principles of unity and harmony)

Illustrating Principles with Principles

This covers two assignments. I'm having my HS Commercial Art class illustrate quotes, poems or songs. This is from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. My 8th Grade Art class is learning about the Principles of Design, I asked them to use visual principles to illustrate/express democratic principles ( I also teach their Civics class). This is my humble offering. I'm also going to make a stamp version (ink and rubber, instead of in photoshop).

YRBK 2 TO DO LIST:

YRBK 2 TO DO LIST:

• Devise Ladder/enter on http://www.yearbookavenue.jostens.com
• Revise/Finish-Out Potential Ad Client List 
• Tag names in Image Gallery
• Staff Locker Decs!
• Begin Designing Layouts for:
  • MS/HS Football
  • MS/HS Volleyball
  • MS/HS XC
  • Fall Cheer
  • Softball
  • Baseball

EIGHTH GRADE ART- Week of 8/25-29

MON 8/25

• Read, Discuss pp. 4-5
• Notes on Elements of Design
• Begin Hexagonal Selfies

TUE 8/26
"Studio Time" to work on Hexagonal Selfies


WED 8/27

Finish Hexagonal Selfies

Homework:

DUE: "Check Your Understanding Questions" 1-5 on page 5

THUR 8/28

• Quick Quiz on Elements of Design
• Self-Critique/Discuss Hexagonal Selfies

DRAWING- Week of 8/25-29

MON 8/25

• DRSB pp.16-20
• Line as Language

TUES 8/26

"Studio Time" to work on signature-self portraits

WED 8/27

• "Show&Shine" Signature-Selfies
• Two Modes (DRSB p.44) Notes

THR 8/28

"Studio Time" to work on "My Two Brains" Collage

FRI 8/29

• Show&Shine My 2 Brains
• Flea-Sized Astronaut Profiles

CIVICS- Week of 8/25-29

MON 8/25-

• Five Soc. Studies Standards Question generation/discussion
• Book Check-Out

TUE 8/26-

Notes on 5 Basic Human Needs


WED 8/26-

Discuss/Compare Basic Human Needs to Natural Rights Concepts


THR 8/27-

Begin Chapter 1 | Sec 1 Notes

Homework:

DUE: BASIC HUMAN NEEDS INVENTORY

FRI 8/28-

Chapt. 1, Section 2 Notes

Homework:

DUE: Section Review questions 1-5 p. 8

COMM.ART- Project One: Illustration

Design Process | Step One, Define the Task
Illustrate each of the following-

• A Song
• A Poem
• A Childrens' Book or Story
• A Quotation or Proverb
• A Novel

You will work on all 5 for Design Process Steps One through Four,
you will narrow it down from 5 to just 2 or 3 for steps Five and Six of the Design Process.
Eventually you will only be responsible for 1 or 2 for step Seven
and you'll only have to have 1 finished project (Step Eight). Refer to your notes from Thurs 8/21 for the Nine steps in the Graphic Design Process.

MON 8/25 | Step Two, Research

Spend class looking through poetry books, browsing through magazines, or using computers in the Yearbook Lab or your own devices to help you begin generating ideas and notes. You may want to look for examples or better yet, start compiling a "morgue" of images of subject matter to base your sketches on.

TIP- you may print things off or cut them off and paste them in your sketchbook, or if you prefer working digitally, you may want to save some items to your device or "pin" them on Pinterest.

TUES 8/26- WED 8/27 | Step Three, Brainstorming

• TUES- Presentation from Mr. Mallory on the purpose & methods of brainstorming
• WED- "Studio Time" to continue research, brainstorm on your own or begin sketching

THUR 8/28- Representative from the Creative Center in Omaha

FRI 8/29 | Step Four, Sketching

Spend time creating several thumbnail sketches (as small as you like, but no bigger than 3x5 inches).

MON SEP 1 "FRIDAY CHECK-IN" | Mr. Mallory will meet with each student during class to review their individual progress, make sure you've been working on steps One thru Four for all for options, and discuss which 2 or 3 you'd like to drop and which 2 or 3 you'd like to keep pursuing.

NEXT WEEK (SEP 1-5) | You will advance to Step Five, Design Direction, where you'll have time developing a few of your sketched further. Then we'll have some Peer Feedback time where we'll meet either in groups or as a class to help give each other figure out how to start executing our comps and final projects.