Eric Carl Inspired Project

We were shown a video based on the famous children's book author Eric Carl. 
The short video was an interview about his life, creative and inspirational
process for his art. It covered his methods on creating paper, which he used various
colors of paint on tissue papers, and the different tools he used to make the textures.
Also, it covered how he went about making his collages, and the childhood inspirations
for his books. Our assignment was to use his methods to create our own story book page(s), and to included a back round, middle ground, foreground .
We started out by painting different textures with PRIMARY COLORS, and mixing them to make SECONDARY COLORS. We used a variety of methods to create texture on multiple papers, using acrylic paint mixed with a little bit of wall paper paste.

 Next, we drew out our design patterns on white paper.

Next, we cut out our shapes using the white paper design as a template, but didn't glue it  until we get the desired pattern down.

When I assembled and glued all the pieces, I chose a few sentences to tell my
story, and ended up with my finished project.

"Even when things get bad...they will get better."

Some extension exercises for this project would be
1) Language arts: promotes creative writing
2) Art: Perhaps as a Graphic design or poster for advertising
3)History: tell a story form the perspective of a famous person
4)Science: tell a story about the life cycle of an organism.

Art History Inspired Project

Art History Inspired Project


For this weeks project, our Arts Methods Professor introduced us to Vincent Van Gogh, and the history of his life and work.  We were introduced to his childhood, his family, inspirations and then his career.
        Also, she gave us some fascinating facts about his life, such as how he cut off his own ear, and spent some time in an insane asylum. We learned how he hadn't started his painting career until his late twenties, and how he died in his late thirties.


       To help understand and remember his work, we did two master studies of Starry Night, in different ways.
      The first one was a tissue paper and varnish collage on construction paper, were we used our own creativity to create a starry night of our own. After the varnished tissue paper dried, we used another piece of construction paper to cut out a silhouette of our ideal city.  We then decorated with metallic sharpie and oil pastels. I think it was very fun and interesting. I think it is a great project to inspire students to really make some wonderful things, appreciate Van Gogh's work. 

Tissue Paper, Tempera Varnish,metallic sharpie, oil pastels.




The other project we did was a simple, but very fun finger painting.  The assignment was to use the same techniques that Van Gogh used for his starry night.  We didn't have to do a master study, just had to show foreground, middle ground, and background.  We used a waxed paper, and  primary colored tempura paint. After tapping the paper down, we used our fingers to select the colors we wanted, and mixed right on the wax paper. Another stipulation was we needed to incorporate some sort of element from the original, such as the line pattern.  It was very fun; somewhat messy, but very enjoyable. Very liberating to just get messy for a change. I chose to do a study of Starry Night, and was actually pleased with the out  come, given the limited pallet I was given.

 

 

An extension exercise I would use these for would be a project like "soul of the artist", where I would have my students bring in an old shoe, and paint it with the same techniques the artist they choose, or I had presented. I would have them include one recognizable art work on one side of the shoe, and then two aspects of their lives, such as what inspired them, or a major incident or tribulation they went through. 

Elements and Principles of Art/Design

 

 

 

 

   For this weeks assignment, our Art Methods professor sent us on a 'scavenger hunt' with a digital camera, to find the elements of art, and make a presentation for my grade level that I wish to teach.  Being an artist, I got excited and set out with my digital camera, and then sifted through some I had taken the previous summer, on a trip home to California. I struggled a bit with the power point (I haven't had a chance to play with the program in some time) but eventually caught on and had a great time making my presentation.  I chose to make an eighth grade level, since I am striving to become either a junior high or high school art teacher. I tried to explain the concepts as simply as possible, while still keeping to their actual meaning. I feel proud of my presentation. Here are some of the pictures I chose to present, for each element:

 

Line:

 Here you can see were it would start (as a point- the beginning of the blue corner) ,and even where the contour lines can be found (the curvy line)

 

Main St. Aberdeen, SD (10/12)

 

 

Texture:

Here I chose a picture of tree bark, because its nooks and crannies created great shape, making it look rough. I took this one at Melgard Park, Aberdeen, SD. (10/2012)

 

 

Color : Value

This photo was taken over the summer when I visited California. I chose it because I though it was a great example for showing not only Value, but Hue and Shade as well. (5/2012)

 

Color :  Warm and Cool

Here, you can see the warm and cool colors, and the Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary colors (this is one of my original painting ) (10/2012)

 

 

Emphasis :

 This one I had taken on the outskirts of Aberdeen, SD during the summer.

The blurry back round creats great negative space for the more focused area of the bird.(5/2012)