I decided to take a moment between sustained investigations to practice with 3D incorporation using modeling paste hair and a more graphic style unlike my normal style.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Monday, March 29, 2021
Peer Critique - Ferreira
Gabriella's process her fifth sustained investigation centered around utilizing a reference image and utilizing chalk pastel to create a new render of the image. She began by tracing her reference, then added color with the pastels. She experimented with paints to add a shimmer effect to the background. A digital element was also incorporated, as she photographed her physical piece and used photoshop to alter the background to look like the night sky.
The perspective in this piece alone is created expertly, with excellent attention to detail. The perspective lines establish the perspective size of the nearby buildings, and even the distant buildings appear of realistic proportions. The shading on the subject & background elements also helps to establish light source and realistic perspective. An example of this is on the red/blue building close to the subject's left arm, which has brighter colors on the front face, and less saturated shades to establish the left side of the building. The overall effect of the piece establishes a feeling of relaxation and subdued joy. The laid-back position of the subject communicates this best, but the bright colors of the city communicate this well. This fits well with the focus of Gabriella's sustained investigation, a concentration on cityscapes. This piece expertly combines color, pose, and perspective to create a realistic yet stylistic rendition of joy and relaxation.
Bale Choice board 15
experimenting with both abstract lines (drips) and a more modern art shape concepts
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Sisson Choice Board 15
Trusello Choice Board
Honestly, I just wanted to do a side profile. Plus most of my pieces are full-body figures. I played with blend modes and put random pink blobs on her face and hair :)
choice board 15 dellose
this is a bottle of life spilling out everything, i used photoshop for this.
Choice Board 15 Marino
I honestly don't know what I was doing but I wanted to create a funky background. So I started just throwing yellow and blue on a canvas. Then I add white outlines across the canvas. I think it look interesting maybe I do something like this for my next portrait background?
AP Studio Art 2020-21 Process/Studio Photos
Good Morning!
I am sharing a link to an icloud album I put together including photos I have taken from our class this year. There may be some images in here that could be used as potential "process" photos.
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Choice Board 15 Ava Passehl
"Existing and Earning (the Rat Race)"
Made using left-over magazine clippings from my sustained investigation 2 (Antonio)
Jocelyn Zavala-Garcia's Choice Board #15
I used the doodle and collaged it to make the background, using various blending tools to make them different colors. I then used a picture of my brother, both at the top and the bottom of the page. I also used the pen tool to doodle some lines in the background.
I collaged the same doodle over and over until it filled the entire page, using different sizes. I could possibly use this background for other pieces in the future.
I used the above edited doodle and created more contrast with the burn and dodge tool on Photoshop. I also experimented with a tool that looks like paint splatters to add texture.
This was the original doodle I used to create all of the images above. I did this very little sketch in the corner of my school notebook with a sharpie pen.
Friday, March 26, 2021
Atkins SI 5
Walgreens "Expressions: Challenge
Consider entering your work in this competition sponsored by Walgreens. Many of you have work that you have already created that could fit into the 2021 contest categories, and they are open to many others. 2021 Topics can include, but are not limited to:
- Gender Identity
- Social Media
- Cyber Bullying
- Self-Esteem
- Dating + Relationships
- Mental Health
- Gun Violence
- Drug Abuse
Here is a link to learn more
Thursday, March 25, 2021
AP Scoring Rubric Info
Hello All, I am sharing a few screenshots from the AP Studio Art coring Rubric for you. The comprehensive 9-page rubric document is linked in on the course calendar, on today's date if you would like to read it in detail.
Included is a list of definitions for some of the terms in the rubric language. There were a few questions this morning during our peer critique activity about the definition for the terms.
1. The first screenshot is of a table clarifying how the AP Exam scores are calculated.
2. The next screenshot is a list of terms and definitions.
3. The third screenshot includes the prompt for the written portion for the AP Exam. During our "Virtual Week" Post-Easter Break, we will be refining our drafts for the written exam portion for your Sustained Investigation.
Gabriella SI5
My process for this pice included tracing a reference image onto black paper with charcoal paper. Then I used chalk pastels to first draw the bottom part of the page and the figure. Then, I experimented with a shimmery interface paint and painted parts of the buildings in the background. I then used modge podge on top of the interface paint and sprinkled glitter chunks onto the modge podge to give the background a sense of reflective light on the buildings. Then, I pulled a picture of my project into photoshop, adjusted the saturation and colors, and used a blue light overlay onto the back sky using the "exclusion" effect and turning down the opacity.
The idea behind my whole sustained investigation is city portraits, so I think this piece fits well. I have also been trying to experiment with bright colors and combining multiple types of media, like I did with the pastels, paint, glitter, and the digital element.
Quercetti: Choice Board #15
For my next piece I am going to focus on anxiety. The color for anxiety awareness is teal so, I started experimenting with acrylics and gouache to make a couple teal colors to use in my next piece.
Jocelyn Zavala-Garcia Sustained Investigation #6
For this sustained investigation, I wanted to focus on the cycle immigrants have to live through. For many, their lives are a repetition every day. I interviewed my grandpa, and he told that when he first arrived, he was working from around 2 in the morning to midnight every day for a while. His longest shift consisted of a little over 24 hours in a laborous job.
I also wanted to express the idea that when many kids arrive at the new country, they have to hide their emotions because they know it is the best for their family, shown with the brown color on the face trying to cover up the black and white. I interviewed my mom and she said that when she first got her she wanted to leave because of the language barrier and how she felt lonely, but she did not want to show her pain to her parents because they went through a lot to get them in the position she was in.
Jocelyn Zavala-Garcia Sustained Investigation #5
For this Sustained Investigation I wanted to focus on the idea that when immigrants leave, they are leaving behind family members and friends. In this artwork, I am showing a child who is getting arrested after crossing the border, and his mother is worrying about him and his safety at the top corner. Communication is something extremely hard for immigrants, especially for the older generations, so parents just had to hope for the best when their kids leave, dreaming about their safety. Phone calls were expensive and not many people had the money needed to buy a phone or another form of communication.
Sustained Investigation #5 Ava Passehl
Title: "Quote to be determined (Micah)"
Materials: foam core, acrylic, magazine clippings, Photoshop, Mod Podge
Description: kind and humble, quietly powerful, from the city, multifaceted personality
Processes/Techniques: collage, found object materials, Photoshop, collaboration with subject
Dimensions: 20 x 30 inches
Peer Critique of Bella, Meghan, & Marissa (by Ava Passehl)
Bella Dayrit (AP Drawing)
Materials: gouache, acrylic top coat, pencil, watercolor, no reference photo
Processes: experimentation with gouache, complementary colors,
Ideas: inspired by Klimt's The Kiss painting, layers of self (self-acceptance, same person accepting their past)
Critique of Drawing Skills: Bella's use of light and shading is reflecting in the bright spots on her subjects' bodies and the soft dark areas between the subjects and in the dark regions under the hair. Her use of mark-making in skillfully evident as the difference in line thickness and line hue emphasize the areas of light and dark where black and white usually would. The compositional space and use of line draws your eye directly to the figures then around the image thanks to the smokey mist surrounding the subjects.
Meghan Dellose (AP 2-D Design)
Materials: cotton balls, newspaper, acrylic, Adobe Photoshop, printer paper
Processes: Meghan wanted to use photoshop to create realism/brightness in the cigarette and its colors. She also wanted to portray the shift from healthy lungs to poor lungs with the shift in gradient underneath the smoke of the cigarette.
Ideas: About cigarette/nicotine addiction (a common addiction) but using bright colors for a colorful and unexpected twist (for motivation to quit their addiction).
Critique of 2-D Skills: My eye is drawn in a line from the bottom tip of the cigarette to the edge of the smoke, then around the background to notice all the hand-cut geometric shapes. Texture is a key variable in this piece, as the 3-D smoke provides depth to the image. The juxtaposition of light to dark reflects the quick and dangerous change from health to addiction, while the oddly bright cigarette makes the viewer question such a happy contrast to the repetitive dark background.
Marissa Quercetti (AP Drawing)
Materials: reference picture, watercolor, liquid acrylic, Sharpie
Processes: simplistic yet chaotic style, finding reference image, cover foam-core board with acrylic and gouache, dripping liquid acrylic rom the top, splattering watercolor/gouache for freckling, drawing heart
Ideas: portrayal of bipolar disorder, difference in colors to represent difference in mood swings, how the mental effects the physical
Critique of Drawing Skills: Marissa's attention to detail is reflected in the difference in line variety/thickness, creating depth and visual stimulation when looking at the heart. The gradient in colors for the background and the drips reflect the sudden change between extremely contrasting emotions. The surface, though flat, seems three-dimensional as the heart looks like it is sheltered underneath a waterfall of color. The spacial placement of the heart at the center of the piece draws your eyes inward then outward to notice the drips and freckles in the background.
Dellose - Peer Critique (Ava, Bella, Marissa)
Bella: 2D drawing
Materials: gouache, acrylic, pencil, watercolor
Processes: No reference photo, experimenting with gouache
Ideas: Layers of self, emotions shown by colors
Synthesis: Current version trying to accept her past self, engulfing the other person in warmth
Direct Observation: By using those warm and cold colors, the contrast between the two people is shown. The layers of self and accepting your past self are really expressed throughout this work because the warm, loving person is grabbing on to the cold, sad person. The lighting is spot on which makes this piece look very realistic. The flames behind the warmer person also show that you can be comfortable with your new and old self.
Ava: 2D design
Materials: Photoshop, mod podge, magazine clippings, newspaper, acrylic neon paint, form core, cupcake liner, poster board
Processes: took the picture, found pictures from magazines, found images of him, photoshop to enhance the image
Ideas: Bright colors so he wouldn't get lost in the piece, overlapping images
Synthesis: Really personalized the subject, I feel like I know him from this work
Direct Observation: Overall, I feel like I know Micah from this piece. I can see everything about him, what he likes, and what he looks like. The neon really adds to this piece because it helps the picture of him not get lost in the background of found and magazine clippings. The white outline against the city really helps the contrast and makes me realize that it is a city scene.
Marrissa: 2D drawing
Materials: reference picture, transfer paper, watercolor, liquid acrylic, sharpie
Processes: looked up the heart and recreated it, back painting and then drips, hot and cold colors
Ideas: the drips make the work simplistic yet chaotic (bipolar), splitting the heart down the middle
Synthesis: example of bipolar, "hot and cold" splatters
Direct Observation: I love the purpose of this piece because of all the elements included. The drips and hot and cold colors make this very chaotic but simple, like how bipolar disorder is. The heart in black represents that it is torn and confused between the two colors (moods). The realistic heart and not a fake, cliche heart shows that this is a real issue.
Peer Critique of Bella Part 2
Bella Dayrit- Peer Critique- Ava, Meghan, and Marissa
Part 1:
Marissa AP Drawing
Materials: Poster-board, reference photo, Sharpee, Watercolor, liquid acrylic ink, gouache
Processes: She looked up an image of a heart and covered the entire foam-core boar with gouache and watercolor. She then dripped the acrylic to the top. She then splattered watercolor all over it.
Ideas: She wanted to express bipolar disorder. It's supposed to express the highs and lows and its effect on the heart.
Synthesis: It's another example of a mental health disorder. It's a representation of how the mental disorder both effects the body and mind.
Ava AP 2D-Design
Materials: Photoshop, Modge podge, printer paper, acrylic, magazines, newspaper clippings, Hot glue, foam core, cupcake liner, matte medium, poster board
Processes: She took the photo of her friend and found pictures from magazines. She collaborated with the person she made the piece of for some things which represent him. She used photoshop to enhance the image and was inspired by past collages.
Ideas: It's a representation of her friend Micah. She wanted to utilize found objects.
Synthesis: It connects to her investigation because it also is another collaboration with another person and a representation of another person through art. She wanted to synthesize found objects and personality. It's evoking another person's personality through visual representation.
Meghan AP 2D-Design
Materials: Cotton balls, newspaper, acrylic, Photoshop, printer paper
Processes: She used photoshop to add the mini details of the cigarette and use photoshop to make the colors much brighter than studio materials. She used gradient of black to white to represent how lungs turn black after a while of smoking.
Ideas: It's about nicotine addiction. She wanted to use bright colors to contrast the usual depiction of addiction. The bright colors are motivation to motivate the person to get out of it.
Synthesis: This fits into her investigation because it's another piece which delves into addiction. The bright colors is representative again of the person trying to get better. The black and white theme along with a pop of colors is a consistent theme in her investigation.
Part 2 (Marissa arrived so I'm just critiquing her piece at this point because before, I was grouped with Ava and Meghan)
Critique
I really love how bold the heart is and how clean and crisp the line art is. I really appreciate the different line weights on it as well. I think the warm and cool colors are also a good representation of the highs and lows of Bipolar disorder. Even the drips kinda represent the chaos that bipolar disorder can feel like. I love how the background is also transparent and how bold the line art is. The drips give it a different spatial dimension because it feels like the heart is behind the drips.
Peer Critique of Jill
Jill's Materials included using a pallet knife to paint most of the artwork and using matte medium to swirl the colors together. She also used acrylic paint for the body parts as well as gauche and liquid acrylic for the background. She started with adding drips to the canvas and then stamping it with plexiglass. She then use matte medium to swirl the colors together and then added the paint strokes and body parts. Jill's main idea was disconnect and she expressed that in the separation of the face and hand and also is the different sizes of each of them.
Looking at the piece there is a sense of contrast between the body parts in the background. This emphasized the disconnect of the body parts are the different parts of the canvas and gives the feeling of chaos along with the use of texture in both the background and the hand and face. The repetition of the warmer colors on the cooler background gives movement to the work and carries your eyes from one to the other.
Margaret- Peer Critique of Savannah
Savannah utilized the black background of her piece as a contrast to the embracing mother and child to show the corruption and neglect of the relationship between parents and their children. The lines of the sweatshirt of the mother bend to imitate the fabric folding. She juxtaposes what seems to be a content image with a forlorn child with a single tear. The materials she used were Acrylic Paint, Photoshop, and Pencil. To create the piece, she used a picture of herself from when she was little, and she started by painting the figures and then incorporated the background into the figures to show a darkness closing in. Her idea for this piece was to represent the internal thoughts of exploited children and how children are forced to grow up when put into difficult situations and hide their emotions. She synthesizes this work with her overall sustained investigation theme as the child is obviously uncomfortable in her relationship with her mother.
Peer Critique of Ava and Bella
Ava
-Material: acrylic paint, collaged paper, cupcake liner, modge podge, foam core, poster board
-Process: took photo of Micah, found pictures from magazines and photos Miach sent, collaged paper using modge podge, put portrait of Micah on foam core and painted neon green shadow
-Synthesis: found objects in personality, who Micah is as a person and what's important to him
Bella
-Materials: guache, pencil, watercolor, possibly photoshop
-Process: experimented with gouache, drew figures, painted them with gouache, topped them with iridescent top coat, will possibly put into photoshop and edit more
-Synthesis: self acceptance, self comfort, layers of self
Peer Critique Gildea
Ethan's process involved translating his own sketches into a digital image in photoshop. He used the curve tools and the dodge and burn tool to create the shapes, and he added mountains, lighting and fire into the background with the figure and the eyes. There are elements of realistic / surreal and unrealistic in this piece that are united through the common red color throughout the piece. The main idea behind this piece is that young adults are controlled and manipulated by figures of power - where the eyes are the puppeteer and the puppet is the young adults. The helplessness of the puppet really shows this connection about the control of authority figures over these young adults.
A 2D skill that I think is the most prominent is line. The leading lines of the puppet strings downward and the lines of the fire upward bring the attention to the center of the piece, the puppet. The lightning also comes from the edges and they all meet in the center. This shows movement, especially with the "nature" elements of the lightning striking and the fire burning. There is also a sense of transparency with the fire over the eyes - I can see the eyes coming through the flames. I can also see an emphasis on the emotions in this piece, the fire and the red convey a sense of anger and this connects to the idea of being angry with being manipulated like a puppet. There is balance in this piece with the two symmetrical eyes.
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