Visual Art Midterms Week Open Studio Hours

If you have not completed the t-shirt design, colored pencil candy drawing, and skateboard painting, you must complete them during the Open Studio Hours this week.

Visual Arts Open Studio Hours are as follows:

• Tuesday 8-11 in Mr. Latorre’s room
• Friday 8-11 in Ms. Rudy’s room

Assignments that count towards your MP2 Grade:

• Bellwork
• Exit Tickets
• Daily Participation Points
• Post-Assessment
• T-Shirt Design
• Candy Colored Pencil Drawing
• Skateboard Painting

Next Project: Surrealism

Today we will begin our surrealism unit.

Surrealism is a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind by the irrational juxtaposition of images. Surrealist artists combined images that were not normally seen together. Surrealism began in the 1920s and was inspired by the psychologist Sigmund Freud. He thought and wrote about the mind, dreams, memories and human instincts.

Dali (one of the most famous Surrealists) once wrote, ‘I do not understand why, when I ask for a grilled lobster in a restaurant, I am never served a cooked telephone’.

Here are some other artworks by Salvador Dali:

Here are some paintings by Rene Magritte:

 

Project requirements:

• sophisticated concept that contains the irrational juxtaposition of at least three images
• realistic shading and texture
• good craftsmanship and technical skill with acrylic paint
• balanced composition with a clear focal point
• displays and understanding of the principals of design

Today we will:

• play some surrealism brainstorming games
• create a concept sketch for our surrealism painting