Your exam will be completed during the remaining 2 weeks of class time.  This small, but intense, unit comprises of Art History as well as an ART MAKING task.
During the course of this class, you have been exposed to many different art-making media.  You have learned to draw with pencil (and an erasor!), pen and charcoal.  You have worked with collage techniques.  You have learned to paint with watercolour.  You have created papier-mache or plaster sculptures based on the human form.   

TASK:
You will now look at 20 works of art from the beginnings of Western Art History.  Your job is to select one work that appeals to you.  Recreate this work in another medium (if you are looking at a sculpture, you can paint it, draw it, collage it, but NOT sculpt it).

Please view the Art History PowerPoint presentation below.

Here is the handout with the rubric attached.  Remember, this assignment is worth 30% of your final mark in Art.  Use your classroom time wisely.  How you are working in class is going to reflect your mark!

Please use the following sites to help in your research:

Happy New Year ladies and gentlemen!
The marionettes have been set aside in order for us to focus on our Culminating Task, otherwise known as our EXAM, which will be worth 30% of our final mark.
Many of you have unfortunately not completed your marionettes.  This has to be done at home or after school/during lunch.  I am in the ART ROOM all day, at least until 4:30 every day, so please drop by.
Incomplete work does not secure a passing grade!

 

We have begun our sculpture unit!  We will be making marionette Superheros out of plaster.  We will look at the human body's proportions and the 15 main "forms" connected at pivot points, which move separately from one another, before we can begin building our characters.

Marionettes have been around since Egyptian times.  Please see the PowerPoint presentation below for a bit of background on their history.

Your first step in understanding body proportions is to use your head as a basic unit of measurement.  Please follow the instructions on the handout below.

Now you are ready to start looking at existing images of the human body.

TASK #2
Find an image in a magazine.  Circle all the main forms in the human body on the magazine image.  


1) Head
2) Torso
3) Upper Arm (x2)
4) Lower Arm (x2)
5) Hand (x2)
6) Pelvis
7) Thigh (x2)
8) Shin (x2)
9) Feet (x2)


Copy the shapes you drew over the magazine image onto the paper, making sure your head fits into your figure proportionately.  You should have 15 ovals, with small spaces between them.


Your image should look like this:

Hello Grade 9s -
We have been working on the following Art Vocabulary Handout in class.  Please complete up to and including #8.  You should use the images in the textbook, however, if you don't have one with you, you can work with art found on the internet at any of the sites on the sidebar.

If you are missing the handout, here it is!

There was some fantastic work happening in class today.  Kudos to those of you, who took your paintings home to complete them.  We are beginning a new unit on Tuesday so you will be responsible for getting late work in on your own time. 
Remember the Art Room is open every day at lunch and after school.
Have a great weekend!

Below you will find the outline and sub-tasks for this unit.  Make sure you have all of the work completed for full marks.  Your water colour painting is due Monday, November 26th.

We have begun our watercolouring! 
Last week, we spent a few days learning a few watercolour techniques.  We looked at:
flat wash
graded wash
two colour merge
 resist
scratching
&
wet on wet technique
We also practiced how to paint in water colours by selecting an image of an animal from the biology reference books in class and painting them.  
Things to remember:
1)  use a light pencil line to draw your image
2)  use masking tape to tape your watercolour paper to a board.  Make sure that you are taping it evenly along each of the 4 sides, so that you are creating a border 
3)  always begin with a wash or a two colour merge.  This is painted using a large, flat brush with diluted paint. Remember, this is the background, so it should be very light.  You can build up the colour afterward.  If you are using two colours, the "merge" should be at the horizon line.

TASK:
You were to select a building to recreate.  Draw the building on a large piece of newsprint and try to locate the horizon line and vanishing point(s).  This will help you accurately recreate the building.  Once you have done this sketch, you are ready to draw on the watercolour paper.  Remember, you will only get one sheet, as they are expensive.  Use a light pencil line when drawing  your image.  When you have completed the drawing, tape the paper to a large board, so that it won't warp.  
You can begin applying a wash as soon as you are done.  

In preparation for our architectural painting, I want you to draw, in your sketchbook, a city scape in 2 point perspective.  Remember, that details closer to the viewer (lower on the picture plane) are going to be more detailed than those in the background.

HOMEWORK:
In your sketchbook, draw three buildings using 2 point perspective.  Include windows and doors on the sides.  This drawing should be detailed.  You may include sidewalks, streets, trees, etc.  Have fun!

The main difference between 1 and 2 point perspective is that there are now two vanishing points on the horizon line.  A vertical line now replaces the square or rectangular shape as the mark closest to the viewer on the picture plane (page).  Essentially, you are viewing buildings and structures from the corner, so a vertical edge or line is where you begin creating your structure.  The orthogonal lines stretch from this initial line to each vanishing point.  

The second half of the following PowerPoint presentation talks about 2 point perspective drawing.

Atmospheric or Aerial perspective creates the perception of distance.  Objects in the distance are not only smaller, they are:
1)  less detailed
2)  less in focus (hazy)
3)  less vibrant in colour
Combined with Linear Perspective (1 and 2 point perspective), atmospheric perspective brings paintings to life.

HOMEWORK:

Create a drawing of a building in 2 point perspectve.  Make sure there are doors/windows on several stories on either side of the structure.