Artroom

ART I DESCRIPTION

jag — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:41:06 +0000

Exploring all the Elements and Principles required for creating, analyzing and critiquing art.

Highly structured around gaining solid foundations of art-making through critical thinking and creative decisions.
Expect referencing textbook in classroom and hands-on projects.

Our Andy Goldsworthy-08

jag — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:44:16 +0000

ROMARE BEARDEN

jag — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:26:11 +0000

African-American in the Harlem Renaissance Movement in the U.S. with strong focus on shapes.

Peter Max

jag — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:11:39 +0000

Peter Max (born October 19, 1937 as Peter Finkelstein) is an American Pop artist. Max was born in Berlin, Germany and raised in Shanghai, China and in Israel before his family settled in the United States in 1953.

The young artist trained in New York at the Art Students League, Pratt Institute, and the School of Visual Arts. After completing his studies, Peter Max opened a design studio and gained success as a designer for books, posters and products. Max closed his studio in 1964 and began making his signature colorful silkscreens.

Coffee Art

jag — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:28:25 +0000

Art is TRULY anywhere, anytime with ANYTHING!

WPvideo 1.10

The art of coffee

DESTIJL and MONDRIAN

jag — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:50:20 +0000

Piet Mondrian was a DeStijl artist. His focus was simplicity through vertical and horizontal lines of composition and Primary Colors for strength.

His influence can be still seen and used today…

Elements and Principals of Art/Design

jag — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:38:18 +0000

ELEMENTS OF ART:
Line- Line is the path of a moving point. Lines define the edges of shapes and forms.

Shape- Shape is an area enclosed by line. It is 2 dimensional and can be geometric or organic.

Form - Forms are 3-Dimensional. They occupy space or give the illusion that they occupy the space.

Color- Color is the most expressive element of art and is seen by the way light reflects off a surface.

Value- Value is the lightness or darkness of a surface. It is often referred to when shading but value is also important in the study of color

Texture- Texture is the actual surface feel of an area or the simulated appearance of roughness, smoothness or many others.

Space- Space is the illusion of objects having depth on the 2-dimensional surface. Linear and aerial perspectives are used.

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN:
Emphasis- in a composition refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer’s eye to important parts of the body of the work.

Balance- is a sense of stability in the body of work. Creating a feeling of equal weight can create by repeating same shapes and Balance.

Movement-adds excitement to your work by showing action and directing the viewers eye throughout the picture plane.

Rhythm & Pattern- is a type of movement in drawing and painting. It is seen in repeating of shapes and colors. Alternating lights and darks also give a sense of rhythm.

Unity & Harmony - is seen in a painting or drawing when all the parts equal a whole. Your work should not appear disjointed or confusing. It is achieved in a body of work by using similar elements throughout the work, harmony gives an uncomplicated look to your work.

Proportion - or scale refers to the relationships of the size of objects in a body of work. Proportion gives a sense of size seen as a relationship of objects. Such as smallness or largeness.

Variety -refers to the differences in the work, You can achieve variety by using different elements throughout the work.

Principles of Design

jag — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:04:13 +0000

Custom created poster by J.Grabowski for Susquehanna Classrooms.

Our Andy Goldsworthy

jag — Fri, 25 May 2007 10:06:09 +0000

ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

jag — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:09:16 +0000

Andy Goldsworthy resides in Britain, but travels all over the world to work directly with nature, using a variety of materials including leaves, twigs, flower petals, pinecones, sand, snow and stone. Much of his work addresses issues of growth and decay, seasonal cycles; and the idea that an artwork too has a natural life that eventually must end. Goldsworthy finds a richness of understanding in revisiting certain forms such as mounds, holes, arches, spirals, and lines each revealing a different facet of its constructive material.
We will be exploring his style, his philosophies and his techniques.