Student Work - 3rd Period
Class Overview: Week 1, Getting to know you.
Lecture: Go over class rules and syllabus.
Syllabus - Parent Signature Required
Unit 1: Blog Creation - Weebly.com
The purpose of this assignment is create a learning community.
Research: Each Student will Create a Pinterest Site research of ideas.
Create a new folder for each assignment.
Unit 2: Safety Lecture & Test
Lecture: Go over class rules and syllabus.
Syllabus - Parent Signature Required
Unit 1: Blog Creation - Weebly.com
The purpose of this assignment is create a learning community.
Research: Each Student will Create a Pinterest Site research of ideas.
Create a new folder for each assignment.
Unit 2: Safety Lecture & Test
Abstraction - Create an abstract Piece to go with your Young Arts Portfolio
Abstraction - art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures.
Concept Map - Due Prior to First Grading Period
Concept Map – what should be included?
Tutorial for Making Complex Shapes
Tutorial for Making a Logo
Size - 8.5 x 10 - Must be designed in Illustrator
Name / Logo
Make Sure You Use A Color For Each of the Different Types of Information
Info Graphic – For this assignment we are going to create what is known as an infographic.
Definition - a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data
Tutorial for Making Complex Shapes
Tutorial for Making a Logo
Size - 8.5 x 10 - Must be designed in Illustrator
Name / Logo
Make Sure You Use A Color For Each of the Different Types of Information
- Main Idea
- Sub Ideas – what will each image include (Basic Idea)
- Elements of Design
- Principles of Design
- Techniques
- Genre
- Story Board
- Photo/Film - Lighting Ideas
- Photo/Film - Location Ideas
Info Graphic – For this assignment we are going to create what is known as an infographic.
Definition - a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data
Influence Map - Due Prior to End of First Grading Period
How to Start the Research Process
Show me any artists you intend on using as influence so that I can help you make sure you find artists that are the orig source of ideas.
•Look for artists that do the type of work you think you want to do.
•Find images that are similar in genre, or subject matter.
•Find some work that has details you like.
•Find work that has the color, line, lighting…. (Elements/Principles of design) that you want to use.
•Look at work that is outside your genre that can give your work something new and unexpected.
•Look at work that is the same topic you are interested in.
•Figure out what you like.
What should be on the Final Influence Map
1.) You must have 2 or more artists as influence
2.) Select images that best represent how the artist influenced you.
3.) You need images / Names of each artist
4.) Create a list of how the artist influenced you. Be Specific > Example > Elements/Principles of Design, Technique, Subject
5.) Use the Same or Similar Colors / Mood as your Concept Map > Logo > Self Promo
6.) Use a Similar Style > Font > Mood > Make Sure it Matches your Overall Body of Work
7.) Logo / Name
Size 17 x 11 - Must Use Illustrator
Show me any artists you intend on using as influence so that I can help you make sure you find artists that are the orig source of ideas.
•Look for artists that do the type of work you think you want to do.
•Find images that are similar in genre, or subject matter.
•Find some work that has details you like.
•Find work that has the color, line, lighting…. (Elements/Principles of design) that you want to use.
•Look at work that is outside your genre that can give your work something new and unexpected.
•Look at work that is the same topic you are interested in.
•Figure out what you like.
What should be on the Final Influence Map
1.) You must have 2 or more artists as influence
2.) Select images that best represent how the artist influenced you.
3.) You need images / Names of each artist
4.) Create a list of how the artist influenced you. Be Specific > Example > Elements/Principles of Design, Technique, Subject
5.) Use the Same or Similar Colors / Mood as your Concept Map > Logo > Self Promo
6.) Use a Similar Style > Font > Mood > Make Sure it Matches your Overall Body of Work
7.) Logo / Name
Size 17 x 11 - Must Use Illustrator
Artist Signature
Prior to signing your work, please read the following webpage. More information about how to create a signature can be found here. LINK
1.) Your signature acts as a copy write
2.) It's a part of your artwork, and should not take away from your image.
3.) It's a part of history, and dates your work.
4.) It acts as a catalogue, and when you give away work or sale it you should keep track of the owner.
5.) It keeps people from stealing your ideas
6.) Signature are important but you can leave it off when you are young.
7.) You can keep it hidden on the back or outside of the image
LinkWORK - The Goal of the first six weeks is to come up with an idea, and create an map of your idea, and your artists influences.
1st Grading Period - Process - Step one is Ideation
The Due Dates Are Set In Stone.
Blog Creation - Your website must have a page that is for your senior project. (Due Week 2, SEPT 7th)
Influence Map - Your Influence Map must describe at least two artists and clearly show how you will use these artists as influence for your senior project. (Due week 1) This work will be printed out and shown with your work. (Due Week 4, SEPT 7th)
Brainstorming / Concept Map - This is a map of your ideas, and the changes in your idea. This map will change over time so make sure you keep it up to date as your idea changes. (Due Week 6, End of Grading Period)
Each Student is Required to Attend 1 Session Per Week
Critique Sign-Up (small group & one on one)
Each student is required to meet one on one with me to go over the requirements of these assignments, and to critique your work. Be ready to show me your work in progress. You will be given a grade at the time of your critique.
2nd Semester - Step 2 CREATION
Scoring Rubric - We use same guidelines as AP-2D
Artist Statement (Article on how to write a statement) Link
Include written artist statement. This is a quick turn around time so you need to be very focused and prolific.
See prompts for statement below.
Business Card (Size is 3.5 X 2) Must be one sided, and created in Illustrator or Indesign.
Senior Project Assignment - Senior EX
Group & Individual Critiques - Every Week
(25% of your grade)
Project Requirements
Photo - 13 Images / Senior Ex Quality Portfolio (10 will be graded)
Illustration/Painting - 8 Images / Senior Ex Quality Portfolio
3-D - 6 Pieces / Senior Ex Quality Portfolio
Weebly Creation - Portfolio, and Reflections
Influence Map
Concept Map
Business Card
Self Promo - with image examples and written Artist Statement
Edit
Refine Portfolio - Redo images that do not pass if you have time.
Written Work
Artist Statement - Must be approved by English teacher (Link for Prompts)
Business Card - 12 Cards
Brochure or Self Promo - See Samples (8x10 PDF)
Show/Presentation - Dates, and Locations Below
Library Presentation - Dates are May 20 - 23 (Jury = Tancredi-Baese, Patton, Choi, Kazimi, TBD)
Matt, Frame, and Hang Images for Practice and Photo for Show
Art Show Set Up, Planning, and Exhibition (Attendance Required) Date TBD
Senior Project Rubric:
Developing: C Grade - Although the work may show emerging level of accomplishment, overall the work is at a moderate level.
Decision making is sporadic, and work demonstrates little sense of investigation or discovery.
Generally, demonstrates very few original and innovative ideas.
Transformation may be discernible, but growth is limited.
The work demonstrates emerging technical competence.
Engagement in work is 80% or less on task.
The student’s artistic voice is developing.
Emerging: B Grade - Although the work may show varying levels of accomplishment, overall the work is at a strong level.
Decisions are thoughtful. Decision making and discovery demonstrated in some of the work.
Work generally demonstrates original and innovative ideas.
Technical competence and skills are generally good.
Overall accomplishment – productive but still not prolific.
Image quality – lighting, size, and elements & principles of design used in a creative and purposeful way.
Engagement is 90% of time is on task.
The student’s voice is evident but still developing.
Accomplished: A Grade - Although the work may show varying levels of accomplishment, overall the work is at an excellent level.
Work shows decision making and discovery through investigation. Time was spent to discover new ideas and decisions were excellent.
Originality and innovative thinking – Experimental ideas demonstrated
Transformation and growth were overall evident in the work.
Advanced technical competence and skill with materials and media were demonstrated.
Overall accomplishment and use of time were exceptional.
Image quality, lighting, size, and elements and principles of design were excellent.
Engagement was 100% and students was prepared and on task.
The student’s voice is prominent.
1st Grading Period - Process - Step one is Ideation
The Due Dates Are Set In Stone.
Blog Creation - Your website must have a page that is for your senior project. (Due Week 2, SEPT 7th)
Influence Map - Your Influence Map must describe at least two artists and clearly show how you will use these artists as influence for your senior project. (Due week 1) This work will be printed out and shown with your work. (Due Week 4, SEPT 7th)
Brainstorming / Concept Map - This is a map of your ideas, and the changes in your idea. This map will change over time so make sure you keep it up to date as your idea changes. (Due Week 6, End of Grading Period)
Each Student is Required to Attend 1 Session Per Week
Critique Sign-Up (small group & one on one)
Each student is required to meet one on one with me to go over the requirements of these assignments, and to critique your work. Be ready to show me your work in progress. You will be given a grade at the time of your critique.
2nd Semester - Step 2 CREATION
Scoring Rubric - We use same guidelines as AP-2D
Artist Statement (Article on how to write a statement) Link
Include written artist statement. This is a quick turn around time so you need to be very focused and prolific.
See prompts for statement below.
Business Card (Size is 3.5 X 2) Must be one sided, and created in Illustrator or Indesign.
Senior Project Assignment - Senior EX
Group & Individual Critiques - Every Week
(25% of your grade)
Project Requirements
Photo - 13 Images / Senior Ex Quality Portfolio (10 will be graded)
Illustration/Painting - 8 Images / Senior Ex Quality Portfolio
3-D - 6 Pieces / Senior Ex Quality Portfolio
Weebly Creation - Portfolio, and Reflections
Influence Map
Concept Map
Business Card
Self Promo - with image examples and written Artist Statement
Edit
Refine Portfolio - Redo images that do not pass if you have time.
Written Work
Artist Statement - Must be approved by English teacher (Link for Prompts)
Business Card - 12 Cards
Brochure or Self Promo - See Samples (8x10 PDF)
Show/Presentation - Dates, and Locations Below
Library Presentation - Dates are May 20 - 23 (Jury = Tancredi-Baese, Patton, Choi, Kazimi, TBD)
Matt, Frame, and Hang Images for Practice and Photo for Show
Art Show Set Up, Planning, and Exhibition (Attendance Required) Date TBD
Senior Project Rubric:
Developing: C Grade - Although the work may show emerging level of accomplishment, overall the work is at a moderate level.
Decision making is sporadic, and work demonstrates little sense of investigation or discovery.
Generally, demonstrates very few original and innovative ideas.
Transformation may be discernible, but growth is limited.
The work demonstrates emerging technical competence.
Engagement in work is 80% or less on task.
The student’s artistic voice is developing.
Emerging: B Grade - Although the work may show varying levels of accomplishment, overall the work is at a strong level.
Decisions are thoughtful. Decision making and discovery demonstrated in some of the work.
Work generally demonstrates original and innovative ideas.
Technical competence and skills are generally good.
Overall accomplishment – productive but still not prolific.
Image quality – lighting, size, and elements & principles of design used in a creative and purposeful way.
Engagement is 90% of time is on task.
The student’s voice is evident but still developing.
Accomplished: A Grade - Although the work may show varying levels of accomplishment, overall the work is at an excellent level.
Work shows decision making and discovery through investigation. Time was spent to discover new ideas and decisions were excellent.
Originality and innovative thinking – Experimental ideas demonstrated
Transformation and growth were overall evident in the work.
Advanced technical competence and skill with materials and media were demonstrated.
Overall accomplishment and use of time were exceptional.
Image quality, lighting, size, and elements and principles of design were excellent.
Engagement was 100% and students was prepared and on task.
The student’s voice is prominent.
Example of an Outstanding Senior Ex project - Photography
Monica Luganas Class 0f 2014 - Link to Blog
Artist Statement
As my last art display as a high school student and a teenager, I have decided to create a series based on dreams and struggles of being a female teen (using a style that is completely out of my comfort zone). Inspired my experiences and surroundings ( of females around me) as a teen has made me realize that we are not understood, no one ever fully comprehends the reasons why we do or react to things. The series started with the idea of how I personally view other girls it wasn't till the middle of the series that I realized that I was expressing my own struggles and dreams as a teen. It's made the concept of series stronger and difficult at the same time, stronger as a result of me knowing what it means and difficult due to being afraid to express myself being very conservative, afraid of the public opinion as well.
The past four years of my life I've grown artistically. My art work has changed dramatically, started as photojournalism fanatic to my most comfortable style portrait photography and finally to my latest inspiration photo collage-illustrations. At the beginning, determine to to use black and white portrait photography made me realize that the theme was supported weakly by that style, experimenting with knew styles became real difficult to me considering that I was so use to the black and white portraits inspired by Irving Penn and Sarah Moon photo techniques and styles. After trying new styles photo illustration-collages influenced my work the most, it combined perfectly my portraits as well as other illustrations I like. During the process of making the series I used most of my photo techniques I had learned before, all of the portraits in the illustrations were taken with the use of natural lighting. Also I incorporated design elemets such as balance, color, line, amd unity
As my last art display as a high school student and a teenager, I have decided to create a series based on dreams and struggles of being a female teen (using a style that is completely out of my comfort zone). Inspired my experiences and surroundings ( of females around me) as a teen has made me realize that we are not understood, no one ever fully comprehends the reasons why we do or react to things. The series started with the idea of how I personally view other girls it wasn't till the middle of the series that I realized that I was expressing my own struggles and dreams as a teen. It's made the concept of series stronger and difficult at the same time, stronger as a result of me knowing what it means and difficult due to being afraid to express myself being very conservative, afraid of the public opinion as well.
The past four years of my life I've grown artistically. My art work has changed dramatically, started as photojournalism fanatic to my most comfortable style portrait photography and finally to my latest inspiration photo collage-illustrations. At the beginning, determine to to use black and white portrait photography made me realize that the theme was supported weakly by that style, experimenting with knew styles became real difficult to me considering that I was so use to the black and white portraits inspired by Irving Penn and Sarah Moon photo techniques and styles. After trying new styles photo illustration-collages influenced my work the most, it combined perfectly my portraits as well as other illustrations I like. During the process of making the series I used most of my photo techniques I had learned before, all of the portraits in the illustrations were taken with the use of natural lighting. Also I incorporated design elemets such as balance, color, line, amd unity
Example of an outstanding Senior Exhibition - Illustration
Samantha allard class of 2014 / Young Arts Award in Photography - Link to Blog
Artist Statement
From an incredibly young age I've harbored a love for movies, specifically horror movies, due to early exposure. I'm awestruck by the unique characters, complex settings, and intricate story lines that many movies bring to it's viewers; admiring the people who are so compelled to create these movies. I express the theme of this series before you through an influence of my love for movies. The greatest source of influence on this series as well as my overall work is from the mind of Tim Burton. Although I may not be influence by his techniques, I'm rather influenced by the content he creates. His ability to create such stylized and unique alternate imaginary realities is unmatched by any other artist. In the creation of the pieces before you I aimed to reflect interesting and complex characters who, as a whole, evoke one specific theme. However, I do not believe it is right for me as an artist to so plainly state my purpose and thought behind my works, so I will not do so for you. Why create art for people to contemplate if I'm just going to spoon-feed you my entire thought process in make up the thesis of my work here? If I did decide to tell you “what all this even means” I would disable your thought process, contaminating it with my own personal assumptions and applications. Therefor it becomes impersonal and unmemorable, the greatest fear of many artists when their work is being considered. Due to this, I must ask you to so graciously take a moment of your time and really consider each piece and how exactly they fit together as a whole.
From an incredibly young age I've harbored a love for movies, specifically horror movies, due to early exposure. I'm awestruck by the unique characters, complex settings, and intricate story lines that many movies bring to it's viewers; admiring the people who are so compelled to create these movies. I express the theme of this series before you through an influence of my love for movies. The greatest source of influence on this series as well as my overall work is from the mind of Tim Burton. Although I may not be influence by his techniques, I'm rather influenced by the content he creates. His ability to create such stylized and unique alternate imaginary realities is unmatched by any other artist. In the creation of the pieces before you I aimed to reflect interesting and complex characters who, as a whole, evoke one specific theme. However, I do not believe it is right for me as an artist to so plainly state my purpose and thought behind my works, so I will not do so for you. Why create art for people to contemplate if I'm just going to spoon-feed you my entire thought process in make up the thesis of my work here? If I did decide to tell you “what all this even means” I would disable your thought process, contaminating it with my own personal assumptions and applications. Therefor it becomes impersonal and unmemorable, the greatest fear of many artists when their work is being considered. Due to this, I must ask you to so graciously take a moment of your time and really consider each piece and how exactly they fit together as a whole.