AP Studio Art Drawing Breadth 8

AP Drawing  Breadth # 8 Lesson: A Day in the life of me, my Everyday World

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

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.

Gerard Richter Liebespaar im Wald Lovers in the Forest 1966 Oil on canvas http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/paintings/

Robert Longo Untitled (Puncher) 1978 Charcoal and graphite on paper http://www.robertlongo.com/work/gallery/1122

   


Project PORTRAIT COMPOSITION: Paint or draw an abstraction from an old family or personal photo paying special attention to issues of VALUE and EMPHASIS..