Scholastic art and writing awards!

Here is the link for scholastic: Deadline is January 16th! Http://www.oregonscholasticartawards.org

Dust off your Camera!!!!

I will be introducing your photography assignment next week. You will need to take loads of photos so make sure your camera battery is charged and your memory card has plenty of space! You will be using only photography to complete your breadth section.

How's your concentration going?

How much time have you been spending on your concentration? Have you been looking at artist's work? Have you been exploring media that interests you outside of class time? Are you pushing yourself or just cruising? Here is a link to a website that has images of people's art who are constantly challenging themselves and the way they look at their art. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/category/art/ There are several tabs at the top that take you to various types of art. What do you think? Find some art, design or photography on Colossal and tell me what you think of the persons work. Also include some examples of their work.

Our first concentration piece will be due The day before we break for Thanksgiving!! Though some of you may already have 2-3 pieces completed. Seniors: We need to meet to discuss your portfolio for Scholastic Art. The deadline is January 16th so we have some time, but we need to get going on this!

Before the end of 1st quarter...

All the student blogs are looking awesome! This is what is due before the end of 1st Quarter (November 1st): 1. Inspirational artist write up: You must include 3 images of the artists work Talk about the artist, where he/she is from, what media he uses, etc Talk about why you like the art 2. Altered Book This needs to be finished and ready to be graded/critiqued on Wednesday (Post some photos of your altered book on your blog) I am really excited to see all of the finished Altered Books and look at the artists that you find inspiring!

What is a concentration?

So what is a concentration? AP defines a concentration as, "A body of work unified by an underlying idea that has visual coherence." This weekend you will explore the Internet and find a few 'concentrations.' You will need to follow the directions on the handout and submit it to your personal art blog. Ekaterina Koroleva: a Russian artist living and working in Berlin. She is an illustrator who focuses on art that is mainly figurative. She uses loose, gestural brush marks or pools of ink that blur and bleed. Then she brings the forms together through rigid black pen and ink lines. In some of her figures she has incorporated shapes that repeat and sometimes represent flowers or trees. From looking at her art I believe her work is mostly watercolor and ink. Though she may also do some mixed media etchings. The visual coherence I see is that all her figures/portraits portray emotion and deal with expressive shape, line and color.

Our blog is up and running!!!!

Hey there AP Art peeps! This is going to be the place to go to get any information regarding the AP art studio course. You will need to check this blog once per week to make sure you don't miss anything. Your first assignment: To create your own blog through blogger. You will need to set up an account which is super easy and takes 2 minutes. Then you will link to this: http://apartstudio2012.blogspot.com/ Your AP blog is a place for you to communicate to your classmates and to a variety of artist’s communities, to express yourself, and to show off your artwork! Take the time to explore the other blogs that are out there! I will create some links of blogs that I think are worth following, but it is up to you to find meaning in this on-going activity.