Self evaluation

For my grade 9s ........

Theme: Beautiful People

When you start working on your practical for this term, you will need to think of both your MESSAGE and your MEDIUM.
Here is a self-evaluation for you to use as a guideline. You will also complete it when you are finished.

Rating scale:   

      10 – perfect (for 14/15 year olds!)

        9 – outstanding

        8 – excellent

        7 – good

        6 – average (see comments)

1 to 5 – problematic (see comments)

       0 – not handed in

Deadline: BEFORE June Exams.
These marks will be your Practical marks for Term 2.

Art magazines to read

Many parents have asked Mrs Sturgess and Mrs Moore if there are magazines that learners can read to improve their analytical abilities. Here are two excellent on-line magazines ........

Artthrob

ARTsouthafrica

We also get monthly copies of ART TIMES which can be signed out. Also on-line

Critical thinking require practice, so GET BUSY!!

Paper cutout animation

For my Grade 9s ............

This is a beautiful idea for a way to use paper cutout figures.
Watch   .....
The Fish and the Doll  - LINK

The Fish and the Doll by Orla Wren

First you would need to write a simple SHORT poem.
Then create an 'idea storyboard' about your animation, by using rectangles with writing under them.
We can do this in class.

Dube and Verster collaboration - Craft & Applied Art

For my Grade 12s .....

The theme of Craft and Applied Art looks at the difference (if there is one?) between Fine Art, Craft, Design and Applied Art. 
Andrew Verster is a painter (Fine artist) who worked with Hlengi Dube (a master craftsperson) to produce a new range of beaded jewellery for the African Art Centre.

LINK TO PRESENTATION

Produce an infographic on this collaboration. Use the presentation as a guide.

Shape

For my Grade 10s ....

Shape is an important element of Art & Design. Follow the presentation to explore this while learning about printmaking.


LINK TO PRESENTATION (Flash video)
Try this link - same presentation but with SlideShare
SlideShare link
Or ...
Link to Acrobat PDF

Animated cut out figures -Tessa Comrie

For my Grade 9s .......

This is a wonderful example of an animation.
Look at the use of real rice, tea leaves and chopsticks.
We could use Adobe Premiere Elements or Windows Live Movie Maker.

LINK

Paper cutout figures - Esdar Maren

For my grade 9s ...

These are mixed media collages.

I love the way in which Maren duplicates parts of the image and flips them horizontally to create a bilaterally symmetrical image.


Some images have a background - others don't.

Research your own 'paper' cutout figures.
Think of:- 

• animated figures (Adobe Premiere Elements or Windows Movie Maker)
• mixed media
• encaustic (wax)
• incorporate drawing; painting
• other??

Sfiso kaMkame

For the theme .....'Artists influenced by Africa'

Construct an infographic on kaMkame's Ancestral Spirits' using the presentation I have made AND your own critical research and  thinking skills.

Link to presentation
Infographic rubric  - assess yourself!

Ancestral Spirits 2002 by Sfiso kaMkame

kaMkame in his studio

Grade 9 analysis activity

Here is another 'Image of Beauty'. What do YOU think? 

Let's look at some elements and principles of Art to inform our opinions. This is called 'analysis'.

Weeping Woman with Red Hat

Picasso

Identify & describe each of these terms in a sentence with colourful adjectives: (TWO of each if possible……?)     

(20 marks content + 5 for style = 25 marks)
This mark is for your CASS year mark, and you will get 'unseen' activities like this in your exams.

1.positive shapes

2.negative shapes

3.geometric shapes

4.organic shapes

5.patterned shapes

6.textured shapes

7.plain shapes

8.high contrast between shapes

9.low contrast between shapes

10.bright shapes

11.dull shapes

Inside Out (PAT 3) Process work

For my Grade 11s and 12s .......

Adobe Youth Voices  Link to the website

LINK to Premiere Elements tutorials

 Inside Out project (from Adobe Youth Voices)

Possible Steps: (I used this guideline in a very open-ended way at the beginning. It changed considerably as I progressed, as I'm a more intuitive, visual person. My images came first, and then the words, and only then the poem. I didn't worry at all about the quantities!)

       Write out:

• three talents or attributes young people possess e.g. joy / sisterhood / music / dance / 

• three hopes you have for young people e.g. freedom / strength /

• three unexpected or unrealized qualities about young people e.g abuse / strikes / pain /

Organize the above nine items into a poem that represents the young people you know. This is a great opportunity to practice storyboarding: create a nine-square storyboard and draw in the images you would like to use to share your poem. (see Storyboard Handout)

With your digital camera, take (at least) nine still images that represent the ideas expressed in your poem (photos can be metaphorical, literal, photos of yourself, etc.). Take this as an opportunity to be creative! See Shot Composition handout for additional support taking photos.

My Inside Out project Link to Mrs Moore's visual poem

Look at the rubric below to refresh your memory about our class discussion. We have to use the National rubric, as this is for your Exhibition assessment.

PAT3: LO1 is your PROCESS work. (aka. your sourcebook - digital or A3)

We will start the production and post-production on Monday 29th April. It doesn't matter what discipline you prefer - we start at the same time!
Deadline for the completed project is the SECOND week of Term 3 (22nd July 2013)