LCS Visual Arts: 2009

Sunday, March 22, 2009

3D DESIGN... George Segal Sculpture

"The Bus Stop" George Segal Sheridan Square, NYC 1980

George Segal started his art career as a painter, but is best known for works of cast lifesize figures. Segal pioneered the use of plaster bandages as a sculptural medium.

1- Use the link below to research his life and work.

2- In your sketchbook, under a heading with his name as the title :

Find out the style/period he was associated with

Discover the famous national monument and the name of his work that is located there (hint: click on the "slideshow" link to the left and check out the list

Print one of his scuptures that interest you (include the title & date)

What was Segal trying to communicate?

http://www.segalfoundation.org/bio.shtml

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Vote!

Read the proposals in comments section under Assignment 3 or Proposal Assignment.

Post a comment to this post voting on which painting you would like to be chosen for our class mural project.

Post anonymously and do not leave a screen name.

Don't vote for your own painting!

Water Lillies, Claude Monet

Dance Class at the Opera, Edgar Degas

Cakes, Wayne Theibaud

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, Mary Cassat

The Son of Man, Rene Magritte

Red Canna, Georgia O'Keefe

Monkeys in a Jungle, Henri Rousseau

Brooklyn Bridge, Joseph Stella

Sunflowers, Vincent Van Gogh

Friday, January 30, 2009

Preparing to Paint

Over the next few days we will be reading and accessing our classmates famous painting proposals for our painting project. Until we begin painting you should be using class time to:

Read your classmates proposal comments and begin to develop a choice for a painting.
Look at the websites/videos on Acrylic Painting Color Basics.
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/6889_paint-with-acrylics-color-basics.htm

During the week of February 2nd we will be introducing you to the acrylic paints and tools in the classroom. We will begin to practice using acrylic paints by completing some specific acrylic paint techniques. By the end of the week, we will announce the long awaited painting to be recreated.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Propsal Assignments

These are your assignments for your artist proposal. Everyone got their first or second choice.
Proposals are DUE next Friday, 1/30/09
You will be receiving a project grade. Rubrics will be available next Tuesday.

horselover8339- Monkey's in a Jungle
beautysleep46- Dance Class at the Opera
CARL- The Son of Man
cooliodonkey- Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
~I Like Stars~- Red Canna
xx16xx- Brooklyn Bridge
LNfeA378- Water Lillies
UBGirl- Cakes
hunnyb- Sunflowers

Monday, January 12, 2009

Assignment #3

Write a persuasive proposal directed toward your classmates on why your selected work of art is important enough to be chosen to be recreated for the high school media center.
Support your choice and why it is significant to the visual arts in regards to the artist, the art movement, and the painting.
Be sure to include some background information on:

The artist
The art movement
The work of art

Your post should be approximately 2 paragraphs long.
Write in complete sentences. Make sure you proofread for spelling and grammar.
Post your proposal as a comment to this assignment post.
There are resources and links for artist research on Mrs. Rowe's web page at the Laurens school site.

Assignment #2

Pick 3 works of art that you feel would be a good choice for a painting project for your class that will ultimately be hung in the high school library.
List your preferences numerically as a comment to this assignment post.

Assignment #1

Pick 5 works of art from the gallery below.
Write a comment in 3-4 sentences describing what you see.
Then pick 1 element of art and 1 principle of design and describe how the artist used it.

Due: Friday, January 16th