DESIGN IN CLAY September 11th (Day 2)

FIRST:

IF YOU HAVE NOT YET PUT THE SEESAW APP ON YOUR PHONE PLEASE DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL USE THIS APP DAILY TO RECORD OUR PORTFOLIOS.

WARMUP

 As you enter the room you will need to acquire the accordion book you created during our last class. The following images will be projected on the screen:

Above: by Alexander Calder

Above: by Andy Goldsworthy

You will begin class by opening to the first page of your accordion book and making a sketch of this sculpture. On the adjacent page you will be asked to label the drawing with the artist's name and tile of the work. You will then answer the following:

• How have these two artists used PLANE in their works of art. For your reference PLANE can be influenced by surface and texture.

You will have the first 10 minutes of class to complete these pages in your book.

LESSON FOR THE DAY

First a review from last class:

WHY are we doing this?

WHY are we illustrating an idiom?

ANSWER: We must learn to balance concept and individual expression. The concept is illustration, and the individual expression is in your choice of idiom and how you illustrate it. This balance will allow for the continual development of skills.  That's WHY.

An Idiom is a short common phrase that has a figurative meaning and works with images. For example:

     "cost an arm and a leg"

Which means that something is very expensive. Nothing "literally" costs an arm and a leg; however, "figuratively" something that is very expensive can be said to cost an arm and a leg.

This also fits the definition of an idiom because of how it works with images. The figurative language allows you to imaginge someone giving up an arm and a leg inorder to afford something very expensive. 

NEW INFO STARTS HERE:

Last class you chose an idiom and began the Idea Generation process. You generated many sketches and will begin class by refining your large sketch. You will have roughly 20 minutes to finish your final sketch for peer review.

PEER REVIEW

You will work in small groups to critique and evaluate the sketches that were produced. You will look at the large mostly finished sketch primarily but you may refer to the thumbnail sketches. You need to be prepared at any time to either ask or answer the following questions about the work:

• Is the image appropriate to the idiom it attempts to illustrate?
• Does the image tell a story?
• Are there some elements that are more important than the others?
• Could any elements be removed or changed to enhance the illustration?

You will use the responses you receive to refine and finalize your sketch which you will post on seesaw.

AFTER PARTY

We will, at this time, use the seesaw app to upload images of our artwork and continue building a digital portfolio. If you have not yet downloaded the seesaw app please do so as soon as possible.

PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS

Remember to come to class prepared with a sharp pencil and a sharp intellect.

Mr. Voelker