NEGATIVE SPACE DRAWING

Create a drawing of the space around an object..... This is a Right Brain activity, and helps you learn to organize your artwork..

Here is the handout and several samples of negative space drawings...

JULIE MEHRETU

Mehretu, and Ethiopian born artist, creates large drawings. Her work is a response to city environments, the internet and the overwhelming layers of data that we live with and in today...

Her drawings are created by layering marks over a period of time. The marks are varied in size, shape, and transparency.... Some of the marks are traced from architecture, maps or other images.

The resulting effect is a "cloud" of lively marks, some you can identify, others remind you of feelings or actions. The work changes as you view it from different distances...

See morer of her work here... and here...

See the video here...

Dürer at the Boston MFA

Just got back from a field trip Thursday to see the Boston Museum of Fine arts. They have a wonderful Albrecht Dürer show. 45 etchings and wood block prints to see!!! He is considered the master of that media for his time, and these are wonderful examples of line used in drawings. Notice how the lines in the sky are going in a different direction from the clouds and figures. The link here lets you see the images in great detail. Check it out!

Here is the link....

Shown here is Dürer's "The Four Horsemen (Apocalypse)"

Woodcut Block print

probably 1497–1498

CLAY WITH PERSONALITY

Let's get into clay! 

We are going to build clay containers with lids, using pinch, coil and slab construction techniques. Your challenge is to use SHAPE, TEXTURE and GESTURE to give the clay some personality!

Three Color Block Prints are Amazing!!

The Art 1 Class has completed the exciting and challenging task of creating a three-color block print! They used organic and geometric shapes, rich color combinations, and a variety of marks on the block to develop exciting images. 

The hard part was to make each of the three printings "match up"- Wonderful job!

The ultimate collection of decorative designs!

LOOK AT THIS! 

What a wonderful place to get ideas! Here's a digital version of the ultimate book of ornamental designs..... Owen Jones' book "The Grammar of Ornament" (1910)

a great place to get ideas for your own work!

Here is the link....

Object Obsession!!!

Let's look at where creative ideas come from..... often by LOOKING at objects from our surroundings. Looking closely, and recording what we find with sketches, creates a collection of images,shapes and forms we can use in creating ART!!

This project lets you choose an object and OBSESSSSSSS over it! Draw, paint, use marker, cut/paste - any way to record what you notice about the thing!!!

We will use these discoveries in creating a three - color BLOCK PRINT!!