SHARK!

here's the mosaic we're working on for watercolor class- Amy and Emily- we missed you! So be there 

on Tuesday so we can finish! This one's going to be amazing...

Watercolor 1/summer: Written Assignment

Pick an artist (can be a musician, poet, painter, photographer, whatever). In two pages, double spaced, cover these three points:

What is that artist saying? (what’s their work about)

How is he/she saying it? (technique)

Why does he/she matter to you (what's your personal connection?)

The videos we viewed in class, and way more, can be seen at http://www.pbs.org/art21/

This is an incredible resource for you guys to dive into regarding contemporary artists and their practices. You do not have to use an artist from this site, but viewing some of these artists' videos might help in reviewing the three points above.

 Due 7/1.

Rubric:

30% What is that artist saying? (what’s their work about)

30% How is he/she saying it? (technique)

30% Why does he/she matter to you

10% clear writing, grammar

re-posting the fruit/vege assignment

sorry I'm late in posting this, for those of you who brought your piece in, just re-work them using the advice we talked about....

the setup: pumpkin and lemon.

establishing the local colors- brown, yellow, and orange.

shading with complementary colors: purple for yellow, blue for orange, and blue for the brown (which is close to orange in color)

MIDTERM, watercolor 1 summer session

I'm just posting this to give you a heads-up, due next Thursday... I will go over this in class...

MIDTERM: Neutral grey grid

(click to enlarge)

The primaries are on the left, their respective complementaries are on the right. The very middle square on each row is the actual neutral grey- an equal mix of both colors, the other squares gain more of the end colors as they move from the center. For example, the neutral grey of red and green gets redder as it shifts to the red, greener as it shifts to the green.

To do this I simply filled in my two end colors as cleanly as possible (change your water often!), then got the middle grey as accurately as I could. To use the red and green example again, I then layed down a light layer of red on the three squares shifting towards red, and a light green on the squares shifting towards green. The I layered the colors until I got the gradation correct. In other words, take your time and be systematic with this- you may not get it exact at first, just keep moving along and you'll get it.

The squares are an inch wide separated by a quarter inch. This way I was able to put 9 squares on a 12 inch wide piece of watercolor paper. You can measure it any way you want, as long as you have 9 squares.

Rubric:

grading on neatness, purity of color (no dirty primaries!) and convincing gradation.

Due 6/19/14

Color theory/wheel video

it's a little cheesy, but very helpful...

Watercolor 1 Summer Session: Value Scale, due thurs 6/5

In PENCIL, 1-10 value scale, please do this as neat as possible and go all the way to the edge....