PRE-AP
Week 4: (4/22 & 4/24)
***Assignments should be submitted in Seesaw***
Wednesday 4/22
Attendance Question:
Japanese printmaker Katsushika Hokusai is best known for his series, Views of Mount Fuji. The artist used more than 30 different names in his career. Hokusai, the one used longest means “Star of the Northern Constellation.” His final name Gwakio Rojin means “Old Man Mad About Drawing.”
If you were to give yourself a new name to describe yourself, what would it be?
Japanese printmaker Katsushika Hokusai is best known for his series, Views of Mount Fuji. The artist used more than 30 different names in his career. Hokusai, the one used longest means “Star of the Northern Constellation.” His final name Gwakio Rojin means “Old Man Mad About Drawing.”
If you were to give yourself a new name to describe yourself, what would it be?
Friday 4/24
Attendance Question:
Artists’ apprentices were assigned the time-consuming job of making paint. Colored powders were ground up from rocks and plants, then mixed with liquid, like oil or water. This elaborate procedure was done in the artist’s studio. In the 19th century tubes of prepared paint became available, so then artists could easily pack up these portable materials and paint outdoors.
Inventions have made your job easier?
Artists’ apprentices were assigned the time-consuming job of making paint. Colored powders were ground up from rocks and plants, then mixed with liquid, like oil or water. This elaborate procedure was done in the artist’s studio. In the 19th century tubes of prepared paint became available, so then artists could easily pack up these portable materials and paint outdoors.
Inventions have made your job easier?
Visual Journal Assignment: 4/22-4/24 (Place)
This week's assignment will be a sketch that should take you 30-45 minutes to do.
(Due: Friday 4/24 by midnight)
In last week's Visual Journal Assignment, I asked you to reflect on the new (temporary) normal, what had changed in your day-to-day life, and some guiding questions. You were to create a sketch based on the theme "Joy."
It was great to see the different interpretations, compositions, and materials used on the assignment. For those who are taking these assignments seriously, you will be rewarded later on your final. Remember, you need to work 30-40 minutes on these assignments. For the next couple of weeks you will be given at least two more Visual Journal themes. These themes will always be open-ended to your interpretations.
Everyone has a different lens through which we experience events.
Most of you are feeling a wide range of emotions. I know this because you've expressed it in your writings and drawings submitted to me. Reality looks very different for each of us right now. I want you to try and express that reality through visual images as much as possible.
You can use any material you have available. I know most of you don't have your supplies from school with you. Do the best you can with what you have!
Your sketch doesn't have to be "pretty," but you should work on your:
1. Concept (How is this related to the theme?)
2. Composition (Why this arrangement? Is this interesting to the viewer?)
3. Craftsmanship (Am I using light/shadow and layering?)
Your theme is: Place
Think of this while sketching:
(Due: Friday 4/24 by midnight)
In last week's Visual Journal Assignment, I asked you to reflect on the new (temporary) normal, what had changed in your day-to-day life, and some guiding questions. You were to create a sketch based on the theme "Joy."
It was great to see the different interpretations, compositions, and materials used on the assignment. For those who are taking these assignments seriously, you will be rewarded later on your final. Remember, you need to work 30-40 minutes on these assignments. For the next couple of weeks you will be given at least two more Visual Journal themes. These themes will always be open-ended to your interpretations.
Everyone has a different lens through which we experience events.
Most of you are feeling a wide range of emotions. I know this because you've expressed it in your writings and drawings submitted to me. Reality looks very different for each of us right now. I want you to try and express that reality through visual images as much as possible.
You can use any material you have available. I know most of you don't have your supplies from school with you. Do the best you can with what you have!
Your sketch doesn't have to be "pretty," but you should work on your:
1. Concept (How is this related to the theme?)
2. Composition (Why this arrangement? Is this interesting to the viewer?)
3. Craftsmanship (Am I using light/shadow and layering?)
Your theme is: Place
Think of this while sketching:
- Is there a place I enjoy or not enjoy more than others?
- Where is my “happy place?”
- What about this place stands out?
- What colors can express the idea of this place?
- Are there others in this place?
