Writing an Artist"s Statement

Included in the final grade for your PaperWord drawing   (Ed Ruscha is your mentor for this one, remember?) you must create what is known as an ARTIST STATEMENT. Answer the questions provided in sentence form and post under a CROPPED picture of your drawing. AGAIN, this counts as 20 pts.of your grade.

 ARTIST STATEMENT

IN A PARAGRAPH FORM - CREATE AN ARTIST STATEMENT FOR EACH WORK THAT ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

· WHAT WERE MY GOALS AND INTENTIONS IN THIS ARTWORK?

·         HOW DID I ACCOMPLISH THEM?

·         WHAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE DOING THIS DRAWING?

·         What is my drawing ABOUT? (value, shading, shadows composition,etc?)

· WHAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE I HAD TO FACE?

·         HOW DID I MEET THAT CHALLENGE?

·         IN WHAT WAYS DID I EXPERIENCE THE SHIFT TO RIGHT BRAIN ARTTISTIC THINKING?

· WHERE DOES MY DRAWING REALLY WORK?

· WHAT ARE SOME THINGS HAVE I LEARNED THAT I CAN BRING INTO MY NEXT DRAWING

· NAME ANOTHER ARTIST IN THE CLASS AND DESCRIBE SOMETHING YOU LEARNED FROM THEM (EVEN IF YOU DIDN’T DO IT)

· IF I HAD A DO-OVER WHAT WOULD I DO?

· WHAT DO YOU FEEL IS THE BEST THING ABOUT YOUR WORK?

jpg challenge #3 WHAT IS FAMILY? WHO IS FAMILY? Due monday Oct. 3

 What does FAMILY mean to you?  Really try to  think about and answer the above questions in 5 OR MORE PICTURES
You can interpret this in many ways from taking pictures of family members, ancestors (using photo albums)  to friends who make up your "chosen" family, or even the "Family of Man".  What I want you to take are thought out, unposed ,NEW pictures ,not studio shots OF each MEMBER. ( I'll give you ONE GROUP SHOT,  OK?

Explain below them who they are and how they make your family. Think like an Artist. Size- View- Placement - and most importantly -LIGHTING.

Jpg. challenge #2 Where do you spend the most of your time? Due MON sept 26

Think like an Artist.  S-V-P Lighting? 

post 5 or more pictures of a place where you spend most of your time. Not necessarily a favorite place but that's ok too. School? practice field? woods? garage? your room? couch?

Paper Word Drawing

Students are creating a word sculpture that they will light and draw after examining SIZE VIEW and PLACEMENT . based on the work of Ed Ruscha 

you will use all your pencil to create 5-8 values from black to white.  

the jpg. challenge#1 Create a Self-Portrait WITHOUT SHOWING YOURSELF DIRECTLY Due Sunday night Sept. 18

All this year I will be giving you photo phone assignments. They are to make you SEE  and THINK.
Each week you will get a new challenge. You must submit 5 shots that solve the problems that you are given. In many cases these pictures are an archive of great ideas to turn into drawings, paintings, and prints. Here are some examples

Angela 

Annie 

 Arthur

Arthur 

Audrey

 Carol

Ciana

Emma

Jessica

Georgia

 Ivy

Josh

 Josie

Kaelyn

Laura

Lauren

Nancy

Luke

AT THE BEGINNING- the year starts

Picking a "Mentor" is a very important part of the artistic process. Mentors are those who have forged ahead of us and made a path that we can follow for awhile. There are so many styles and techniques to explore and mentors give us "permission" to try new ways. Some people are natural ITEMIZERS and some are SUMMARIZERS. Students can find which artists  they connect with and learn from them. 

Our first assignment was to pick a "mentor" and design a 2 page spread about and in the style of that artist.