AP Studio Art-Drawing & 2D Design: November 2020

Monday, November 30, 2020

Repetition in Design: Bella Dayrit

My component of repetition are the swirls in the background. I actually feel pretty proud of this piece. At first I was stuck how I could integrate a theme of repetition but also have it fit in with the theme of the painting but I got inspired by thinking of how smoke moves. At first I didn’t intend to do the swirls in soft pastel but once I put down the guidelines I was going to use for painting, I became inspired and continued to add on. I think this was a good experimentation with trying mixed media approaches and feel as though I grew and learned from this piece.

Repetition in Design

Meghan Dellose Repetition in Design

Monday, November 23, 2020

Repetition in Design Project Ava Passehl

For my Repetition in Design project, I decided to put in subtle touches of repetition. For example, the contour lines around both figures adds a level of repetition, as well as the same curving shape and dot on each of their shoulders. I also painted their eyes on the same level and in the same places, and both figures are outlined in a wavy, black contour line. This was intended to be a scaled-up version of my Modern Art (Z) block on the Art Alphabet project; however, I added new details such as the contour lines and the changed background, which I believe developed the piece further!

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Bella Dayrit: Choice Board #7 transition into sustained investigation

For my choice board, I was inspired by Klimt and his use of pattern and repetition in his work. I tried to be more abstract in this one of the rendering of the face although I acknowledge the man’s facial proportions are not exactly true. However, partially the reason for this was to try straying from my usual approach of trying to achieve realism. For my sustained investigation, I’m thinking of exploring the love language of touch however it’s not exactly definitive.

Choice Board #7-Savannah Lee

Atkins Choice Board 7- Exploring Sustained Investigation

I wanted one of my pieces in the Sustained Investigation to be inspired by Riusuke Fukahori, who does these insanely realistic paintings of koi fish inside resin to make them look submerged in water. I was thinking for my sustained investigation, I want to do a series that covers the theme of isolation. I could paint a figure or fish on top of the resin and make it seem as though it is underwater because being underwater can make you feel isolated I guess. Anyway, I didn't have any resin in my house so I decided I wanted to layer pieces of glass on top of each other and paint those, but I did not have glass in my house either so I decided to paint this small flower vase. It was very hard to paint on the vase, I think only because the vase is very spherical, and I realized halfway through the painting I was using a very dead brush. Next week I will try again and paint flat glass and see if I get a better outcome.

Sisson Choice board #7

Choice Board - Color Schemes Trusello

Here are some animals I photographed in Animal Kingdom in Disney World!

Gabriella Gildea Choice Board 7

I used this Choice Board to develop my ideas for the Sustained Investigation because I am interested in doing something with a combination of graphic design, painting/drawing and also collage. My idea is to make pieces that all connect back to a theme of city portraits in a few different cities around the world, like New York, Paris, and Rome. I love layering images and playing with blend modes and color schemes also, so that is something I want to incorporate.

Choice Board #7- sustained investigation Meghan Dellose

Choice Board #7 - transition into sustained investigation (color schemes)

For my sustained investigation I am trying to paint/draw members of my family when they were younger, especially around the teenager years. This is my grandma went she was 18, this is her senior photo. I also want to incorporate wallpapers of the decades to give it that vibe, this is 1960s. I am trying to give a sense of family/decades in my work to show that everybody was a teenager once and once dealt with the same things even in different times.

Choice Board #7 Transition to Sustained Investigation: Cindy Sherman Inspired

This piece pushed me outside my comfort zone, and I'm so happy I took that risk! For one, I am not used to being the subject of my own photographed piece; I usually edit my pictures where I am the subject using a 2D medium like paints. Secondly, this image was edited solely with Photoshop. I never thought I would complete a project using just Photoshop, but here we are! I chose to do this piece because I drew inspiration from Cindy Sherman and her many characters she portrays in her photos. I really like the change in appearance/character that drives her works. I am considering doing the same for my sustained investigation. I love the authentic emotion I feel, whether it be happy, confused, or even taken aback, when I look at her pieces. I tried to replicate at least some part of her great work here!

Friday, November 13, 2020

Jocelyn Zavala-Garcia's Choice Board #7 : Atmospheric Perspective

For this choice board I chose to use a picture of my mom when she was younger and edited it using Photoshop, playing around with different gradients and colors. I also chose this picture because for my sustained investigation project I want to do something regarding immigration, and this was a picture of my family's first job after they immigrated to the United States.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Mentor Artists & Resources

Why Research and Identify "Mentor Artists?"

It is helpful to identify artists who you find particularly compelling, and who you might revisit when you are feeling "stuck" or need a some inspiration.

ALL ARTISTS HAVE MENTOR ARTISTS, or artists that they look at closely, learn from, emulate, and allow to influence their work. As always, of course it is important to keep in mind the difference between "inspiration & imitation."

Before you identify your Mentor Artists, First you need to "steep" yourself in influence, do research look at work by lots of artists-maybe even some that aren't in your "discipline" since they may be investigating ideas that connect to those you intend to explore.

Pay attention to the work you find particularly inspiring or connect with on some level. It could be because of

their materials usage, technique, subject matter, or other reasons.

Consider creating "mentor artist pages" in your sketchbook or journal, including written notations listing what you like about their work, images of their art torn out of magazines or printed and pasted in, etc.

Here's a sample sketchbook page for Mentor Artist Frida Kahlo & Salvador Dali from one of my former AP students:

Websites to get you started:

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/

Art in America

https://art21.org/artists/

Here are just a few artists I think you should know and be familiar with, in no particular order or hierarchy:

Bansky

Kara Walker

Kehinde Wiley

Georgia O’Keefe

Mondrian

Alice Neel

Judy Chicago

Eric Fischl

Marie Cassatt

Gerrit Rietveld

Cristo

Nic Cave

Renoir

Soutine

Prendergast

Munch

David Salle

Manet

Monet

Degas

Gauguin (“Go-Gan”)

Cassatt

Paul Klee

Gustav Klimt

Man Ray

sol le Witt

David Hockney

Matisse

Aie Weiwei

Klee

Bacon

Malevich

Shepherd Ferry

Jeff Koons

Roy Lichtenstein

Faith Ringgold

Dali

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Marc Chagall

Frida Kahlo

Velasquez

Jean (Hans) Arp

Georges Braque

Shirin Neshat

Marcel Duchamp

Yayoi Kusama

Renee Magritte

Max Ernst

Marsden Hartley

Jackson Pollock

Edward Hopper

Bosch

Egon Schiele

Richard Serra

Chuck Close

Georges Braque

Gustav Klimt

Gerhard Richter

Jasper Johns

Sandro Botticelli

Cindy Sherman

Pablo Picasso

Kandinsky

Barbara Kruger

Kehinde Wiley

Amy Sherald

James Rosenquist

Jasper Johns

Dan Flavin

Jean Michel Basquiat

Andy Warhol

Van Gogh

If you discover artists you think we should all know about and explore, add a post with a link and a photo of their work for us to check out!

Announcing the 2020 Christmas Card & Ornament Selections!

Congratulations to RACHEL SISSON for her artwork selection the official 2020 Archmere Christmas Card:

and MARISSA QUERCETTI for her artwork selection as the ornament design for our first ever Archmere Christmas ornament--hopefully an annual tradition for years to come!!

Congratulations Marissa & Rachel!!

Monday, November 9, 2020

hartman choice board 6- boring to beautiful

watercolor with white guache for a shine. lined with black pen

SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS COMPETITION

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All artwork must be entered, forms signed and printed, and checks given to Mrs, Silverman by Thursday, December 17th! There is a marked "Scholastics" drop box on the little white table near my office on the 2nd floor of the Manor.
Jury Process: January 7 & 8, 2021.
Artwork Due for Exhibit: Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
Exhibit: January 20 - February 6, 2021.
American Vision Decisions: Tuesday, January 19, 2021.

Awards Ceremony: Saturday, February 6, 2021, 11am -12:30pm

Sunday, November 8, 2020

Marino Choice Board #6 - color schemes

Trusello Choice Board - Emphasis

Gildea Choice Board 6: Surrealism Collage

Dayrit Choice Board #6 Design Principle: Emphasis

In this choice board, I wanted to try something more elaborate and decided to do the design principle emphasis. Overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and how the reflection looks. The hardest part was definitely trying to lightly render her reflection without making the lines too harsh. I think this overall has a dreamy mood to it and like how it's up to date with our times today. I used alcohol markers and ballpoint pen for this piece.

Sisson Choice Board #6- Perspective

Jocelyn Zavala-Garcia's Choice Board #6 : Non-Figurative Design

For this Choice Board I chose to do a non-figurative design on toned tan paper with pastels. I also did a sketch on the toned tan paper. I then transferred the non-figurative design onto photoshop where I edited and arranged to show two color schemes. I also added on the sketch and drew some more lines onto her face.

Meghan Dellose Choice Board #6 atmospheric perspective

Margaret Atkins Choice Board 6 Drips

For this choice board, I hot glued crayons onto a canvas and used a hairdryer to create a dripping effect. I tried to do warm colors dripping in the opposite direction but I was afraid the colors would blend together and make a brown color so I decided to stick with just the cool colors.

Choice Board #6- Savannah Lee

Saturday, November 7, 2020

Choice Board #6 Ava Passehl Drips

This was a precursor to the second attempt below. The top image I will most likely layer another image over top; however, I really like the bottom image as it is. Should I paint another subject over it?

Passehl Christmas Card

"Shared Adoration" Ava Passehl Acrylic Collage

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Hartman christmas card

Hartman Choice Board #3

watercolor flowers, black and white charcoal background

Atkins Christmas Card

I might have edited this horribly in photoshop but oh well. I don't know if I like the white outline of the halo thing (let me know if you don't either because I can fix it easily) and I really don't like the beams of light and it was a mistake to make the brunette angel have curly hair but I decided it was just time to hand it in. So here it is.