Photogram "eye-candy" Research

Using the assignment sheet below, research more about the "Photogram" process.

Find an artist and photogram image that you like.  Using google docs, "copy and paste" an image
you like. (Insert image)

Underneath the image, copy and paste the questions in "Photogram Research."  Answer the questions in a thoughtful and complete manner.  (Use complete sentences, proper grammar and punctuation.)

Please use spell check, too.  Make sure that your name and class period is on your doc.  Share it with me via email  Michele.Carr@wilmington.k12.oh.us.


Photogram Research



Example Assignment

Cinderella's Revenge

Cinderella’s Revenge

Objects of daily use are the subject of even the most favored and highly desirable artwork. Shoes are familiar, recognizable and necessary objects around the world.  Even though a shoe is a necessary and functional object, it can be decorated, colored, shaped and crafted in hundreds of different ways.

Bata Shoe Museum
http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/

Visit this site and look at the history of shoes to get a really good idea of variety and design constants through the ages.

SHOES become…..

• wings (butterfly, bird, angel….etc)
• elevated platforms
• an animal
• architectural, buildings, castles, skyscrapers, etc
• People (Mr. and Mrs., guy and gal, ying and yang, opposites, etc.)
• conceptual (anti-something, making a statement, etc)
• Time-specific (roaring 20’s, pop art 60’s, seventies etc.)
• re-incarnation of famous artwork or time period
• Portrait of yourself

Your assignment:  Transform one shoe into an original piece of art.

Begin with a real shoe.  Use it as a blank canvas.  Attach, cut away, (Manipulate) embellish with additional objects, paint, collage, photographs, etc. to create a specific original idea.

Steps……

1.    Research:  Take notes and sketch ideas as you go.

2.    Develop a theme/idea/source of inspiration.

For example, you may explore a period in art history, a particular culture, or create some type of social statement, or express a particular belief. You may also interpret a pun or saying like, “Walk a mile in my shoes”; “If the shoe fits….”, or any other quotable quote. You can just paint the shoe or boot with designs that work toward your theme, but try to experiment and push your ideas into an interesting 3-dimensional piece with a theme, interesting message, or interpretation. It can become a sculpture within itself. The shoe does not have to be an adult shoe, but try to use a style that works with your overall theme. You may use two if the theme requires it.

3.    You will have to prime the shoe like a canvas. Use gesso, or any household white primer. You will need to use acrylic paint for this project. You can use the craft paint, as long as it is acrylic. If you wish a gloss finish, you can use gloss medium to coat it. There are also sprays that can give a glossy finish as well.

Search the web, and look at the book, Cinderella’s Revenge.  Look at the Bata Shoe Museum, and other listed websites.  Then create some sketches of your ideas.  The art department has many, many materials.  Make a list of materials needed in addition to your sketches.

http://www.roberttabor.com/shoes.htm

http://www.gabrieldishaw.com/

http://www.marinadempster.com/artist.html

Clouds

Copy and Paste three different sky images with clouds:

1. Daylight--obvious cloud formations--blue sky

2. Sunrise or sunset with dramatic clouds and color

3. Clouds at night with moon and stars

Put them in the Google Presentation linked here.  These will be the images you will use as a resource for your "Cloud" Series (oil paintings).  Make sure you put your name in the title box at the top.  Use a single frame for each image if possible without destroying the resolution of the image.
Cloud Presentation

Artist Trading Cards

Artist Trading Cards—ATC’S

                                       

Research:

Use the internet to discover more about Artist Trading Cards. Take notes on your own copy of this handout......

--History

    --where/when came about

-Rules

-Why Made?

-For what are they used?

Look at Examples:  Find one you like and copy/paste it into the Google Presentation for your class period.  Make sure to include your name in the title box.

Art 2 6th period Presentation of ATC's

Art 2 4th period Presentation of ATC'

You will create a “suite” of four cards exploring the over-arching theme of Identity.

Theme:  Personal Identity

1.  Make a portrait of the person you think everyone sees most    of the time.

2.  Make a portrait of the person you might want to be.

3.  Make a portrait of the person you don’t want to be

4.  Make a portrait of the person deep inside of you that no one has seen.

On the back of this paper, make four lists of words or phrases that correspond with these different “portraits” for you.

Use the lists to help determine the specific attributes that you will illustrate when you create your ATC’s.

Raku loading and firing

Do You Fly in the Sky? Do You Fly in the Sea?

Art 4 Visual References


Helpful websites for Ohio Birds and Fish

Ohio Birds

Ohio Fish


Have a Look at "Word Birds"


Art 2 Caricatures: A Walk down Memory Lane

Caricatures: Birds and Fish Examples

Raku Clay Bird and Fish Examples

Memory Story Descriptive Writing

Please read the introduction in this document.  Then create a Google Doc and write a descriptive paragraph. Make sure that you share it with me, so that I can print it for you.  


Memory Story Descriptive Writing