Objectives:
Students will explore the idea of identity in their everyday lives by taking an old photograph and slightly abstracting it into an art piece.
Students will apply methods of abstraction
Blog: Browse the book: http://books.google.com/books?id=GbhZ-fd8kroC&dq=composition+in+art&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=67FAejsnlA&sig=2PwBkP5ZlGsuKtPnOnDCOB2-bgM&hl=en&ei=lqnvStvTOY30sQO4qfnyBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Comment on the work of these two artists:
Robert Longo
http://www.robertlongo.com/
Gerard Richter
http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/paintings/photo_paintings/category.php?catID=18
Make comments on what you learned about composition in your blog
Sketchbook: Do 10 thumbnails of the compositon for your final piece in your sb.
Project PORTRAIT COMPOSITION: Paint or draw an abstraction from an old family or personal photo paying special attention to issues of VALUE and EMPHASIS, distort the image a bit, do not use a conventional portrait style.
Longo
Richter
Conventional, do not use
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