High School Art Final

Mixed Media Collage Reproduction
• Must create a reproduction of work by any famous artist. 

• Minimum 12” X 18” 

Must incorporate: 

Blind contour

Create depth and/or perspective

Shading and value to create form:

USE ONE: Stippling, scumbling, hatching, cross hatching, etc. 

Tessellation OR Op art reference

Pop Art reference

One of the following: Oval action figure, gestural figure OR portrait

Visual and/or tactile texture

Color, emotion, mood

Newspaper and/or magazine 

Paint (watercolor or acrylic) 

Oil Pastel

Graphite pencil drawing

Pen and ink (sharpie OR black ink pen)

• Required: Please complete the artist statement and final rubric. Blue tape both on the back.
• Required: Title of work: incorporate original artist’s name into your title. 
• One day to find your fine art inspiration
• Four days of studio time, three days of independent work. 
• Due on May 28 with presentation, including: why you chose the artwork and how you incorporated each requirement. 

Final meets California Art Standards: 

• 1.8 Analyze the works of a well-known artist as to the art media selected and the effect of that selection on the artist's style.
• 2.1 Create original works of art of increasing complexity and skill in a variety of media that reflect their feelings and points of view.
• 2.2 Plan and create works of art that reflect complex ideas, such as distortion, color theory, arbitrary color, scale, expressive content, and real versus virtual.
• 2.4 Demonstrate in their own works of art a personal style and an advanced proficiency in communicating an idea, theme, or emotion.
• 2.6 Present a universal concept in a multimedia work of art that demonstrates knowledge of technology skills.
• 3.2 Identify contemporary artists worldwide who have achieved regional, national, or international recognition and discuss ways in which their work reflects, plays a role in, and influences present-day culture. (artist statement question)
• 4.1 Describe the relationship involving the art maker (artist), the making (process), the artwork (product), and the viewer.
• 5.2 Compare and contrast works of art, probing beyond the obvious and identifying psychological content found in the symbols and images.

Imagination Color Wheel Forests with Marc Chagall

 DISCUSSION: 

Color wheel

primary Colors

Secondary Colors

Mouse Paint

Show Chagall 

what do you think of this piece?

Do you see the upside down houses?

Do you see a large animal with a tiny animal on it’s face?

What about a tree?

Do you see a giant green face?

Are all the primary colors there?

what about secondary?

Marc Chagall

1887-1985

Russian Born. French painter

Known for his use of colors

Known for his dreamlike images

He used clear colors and geometric forms

worked from dreams and imagination

Mastered stain glass in his sixties

PROJECT: CREATE A COLOR WHEEL FOREST

PREPARATION: create primary colored squeeze bottles for this project

where is says mix add both colors to that section of their paper

Step1: On the left side, top of your page, Paint a red tree top

Step2: On the Right side top of your page paint a yellow tree top

Step3: On the bottom middle of your page paint a blue tree bottom

Step4: Mix the color Orange and on the middle top paint an orange tree top

Step5: Mix the color Green and on the bottom right of our paper paint the color green

Step 6: Mix the color purple and paint a tree bottom on teh bottom left of your paper

Step 7: along the very bottom of your page add black watercolor 

Step8: Now tilt your page so the watercolor trickles into the treetops creating our forest. 

MATERIALS:

Squeeze bottles filled with Primary colored tempura paint

Black watercolor

white tag board

brushes

Wet watercolor flowers with Raoul Dufy

Discussion: 

Line 

Shape

watercolor techniques

Still life

Artist: Raoul Dufy

(3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) 

He was a French Fauvist painter. 

He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. 

He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. 

He was also a draftsman, printmaker, book illustrator, a theatrical set-dresser, a designer of furniture, and a planner of public spaces

He worked with Matisse and was influenced by Cezanne

Examples of his work below

project is painting water colors in the wet on wet method to create loose images of flowers

step 1: take a clean brush and dip in the water and wet the entire surface of the paper
step 2: take different colors of the water color and dab small amounts of the color to allow the paint to bleed on the surface.  Proceed with this step till you get the desired effect.
step 3: allow to dry or take a hair dryer and dry the entire surface – the surface can be a bit damp, but not  wet
step 4: take the bamboo skewer and draw lines in black ink or watercolor on the surface creating the outlines of the flowers

Step 5: (optional) add a background color

MATERIALS:
8 x 10 in. water color paper
water color paint

brushes and cup for water
one skewer or toothpick
black India ink or watercolor
hair dryer (optional)