Fizzpops

For my Grade 10s .......

You have tried out water-colours and oil pastels so far this term.

Now try a Fizzpop in other coloured media. Here are some suggestions:

• Pencil crayons
• Gouache
• Acrylics
• Oil paints
• Torn paper collage
• other brands of oil pastels
• other brands of water-colour

Hint:

You may need to re-draw the Fizzpop on  a small rectangle of specialized paper and glue it onto the sheet. 

You MUST put colour in both the figure and the ground. 

If you finish this then there is Photoshop extension activity on Fizzpops.

Grade 11 Visual Literacy paper

For my Grade 11s ....
Here is the layout of your 'theory' paper.You will have 2 hours to write for a total of 80 marks, so if you plan now, you can achieve perfection! 40 marks of the paper are 'unseen' application questions, and 40 marks are based

Question 1 [15 marks]
Short questions..
1.1 (4) - 12 lines
1.2 (6) - 18 lines
1.3 (5) - 15 lines

Question 2 [40 marks]
Essays - each 1 page - 30 lines
2.1 (10)
2.2 (10)
2.3 (10)
2.4 (10)

Question 3 [10 marks]
Essay on the DVD - 1 page

Question 4 [15 marks]
Short questions..
4.1 (3) - 9 lines
4.2 (6) - 18 lines
4.3 (6) - 18 lines

Some mystery images??

Grade 10 June exam - self-evaluation

Here is a LINK to your self-evaluation ....

Grade 12 Visual Literacy Paper - June 2014

For my Grade12s...........

Theme 2: (30 marks)
South African artists influenced by African and/or indigenous art forms

2.1

  2.1.1.......  unseen - 5 marks

  2.1.2........ unseen - 5 marks

2.2........... own examples - 2 page essay - 20 marks

Theme 3: (25 marks)
Socio-political art - including Resistance art of the 1970s and 1980s in South Africa

3.1

  3.1.1.......  unseen - 5 marks

  3.1.2........ unseen - 5 marks

3.2........... own examples - 1 1/2  page essay - 15 marks

Theme 5: (25 marks)
Multimedia and New Media - alternative contemporary and popular art forms in South Africa

5.1 (12 marks)

  5.1.1..........unseen - 4 marks

  5.1.2..........unseen - 4 marks
  5.1.3..........unseen - 4 marks

5.2 (13 marks)

  5.2.1..........unseen - 2 marks

  5.2.2..........unseen - 4 marks
  5.2.3..........unseen - 5 marks

  5.2.4..........unseen - 2 marks

Theme 6: (20 marks)
Post-democratic identity in South Africa (including issues of language, ethnicity, globalisation, urbanisation in the new South Africa)

6.1

  6.2.1..........unseen - 2 marks

  6.2.2..........unseen - 2 marks
  6.2.3..........unseen - 6 marks

6.2........... own example - 1 page essay - 10 marks

Why you should listen to your teacher .........

For all my classes ....

This is WHY you shouldn't take the plastic sleeve off the wire rolls (like I told you not to!)

The Art of Persuasion - introduction to Socio-political art

For my Grade 11s .....

Earlier this year, we watched a DVD from the BBC about the role of art in politics. Here are some links to help you think about important aspects. You will be asked some 'critical thinking' questions in your upcoming exam.

The Art of Persuasion - WEBSITE
The Art of Persuasion - YouTube movie (very fast download)

Some photos ....

For my Grade 10s......
Drawing with light = 'photography'
Can you now create painted images showing light/dark colour values and only using chromatic greys?

• Ignore the patterns initially - they camouflage the 3-D form of the shells.
• Contrast the figure and the ground clearly using  cool/warm differences.

Grade 10 June Exam preparation

Grade 10   Practical exam   27May 2014

6 hours  50 marks

Activity One:  25 marks

Look at the photo on this paper and then draw a study of the ??????????????????.

Tips:

•You may use charcoal or graphite

•Look carefully at the negative shapes of the background and do not make them flat blacks

•Start with a light soft layout – no hard outlines!

•Assess tones accurately.

Criteria:

•Technical skill – use of chosen medium  [10]

•Observation of form and shape   [10]

•Variety of tones and textures  [5]

Activity Two:  25 marks

You will now paint this same subject matter in a coloured medium of your own choice. You may also use mixed media. You may change the colour of the ???????????????

Tips:

Scan your Activity One drawing – it doesn’t have to be completely finished. Change the opacity to 30% and print on EITHER A5 watercolour paper or A4 240g paper depending on your choice of medium. Your teacher will help you with this.

Criteria:

•Technical skill – use of chosen media  [10]

•Accuracy of colour mixing  [10]

•Variety of tones and textures  [5]

Vega Open Day

We are having an Open day this Saturday 24^th May which we would like to invite your students to attend.

There will be amazing prizes as well as Courses and Samsung Smart Phones.

There will be scholarships and new Samsung PHONES UP FOR GRABS.
Please could you inform your learners of this opportunity.

If you need any other info please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Regards

Christopher Houghton
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Grade 12 June Examination - 6 hour practical

Please find your self-evaluation HERE  

Leanne's fish

Woolworths MTDTD self-evaluation

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


Your MTDTD project sourcebook was scanned and sent in to Woolworths on the 17th April 2014. 
You have now completed the additional drawing requirements and have bound the sourcebook.
Please evaluate your completed sourcebook using this form..... HERE

From Willendorf to Amsterdam .... illusionism in art

  For my Grade 10s .......
This article is due TODAY - Friday 23rd May 2014

This post should be used together with the DVD -'How Art Made the World - More Human than Human' (BBC). If you missed this, then borrow it from your teacher or download it. LINK

Just as we have been exploring  3-D illusionism in our practical work, so we will look at how other artists have worked both in real 3-dimensions and with the illusion of  3-dimensions during the long history of art.

Willendorf Venus, Austria,
c.39,OOO - 28,OOO BCE
Limestone carving; Height (12cm)

BAROQUE Vermeer

The Milkmaid (interactive link) 

c. 1658-1661 

Oil on canvas (45.5 x 41 cm)

Use this presentation to follow the steps from the Willendorf Venus to the Baroque Milkmaid.

Critical thinking activity:

Read these 2 articles from ‘How Art made the World’

http://www.pbs.org/howartmadetheworld/episodes/human/venus/
http://www.pbs.org/howartmadetheworld/episodes/human/egypt/

Now write a 1 page article for your studio blog entitled:

The Peak Shift principle - how human survival shapes our ideas of beauty

The best article will be published!

Hint: (For those of you who are new to research and critical thinking....)

INTRODUCTION: (...THINK OF A CATCHY SENTENCE LATER ..... a 'teaser')
Step 1: Summarize 'the Peak Shift principle' in no more than THREE sentences.

CONTENT:
Step 2: Explain how this works in the Venus of Willendorf. What is the survival factor here?
Step 3: Now explain how it changes for the Egyptians - show this in a sculpture. What is now the survival factor?

CONCLUSION:
Step 4: Do you think this principle still works for us in the 20th and 21st centuries? You could write a few sentences about the distortion in Alexander's Butcher Boys? (Or other real life examples you have seen in the media?)

Now go back and put in your 'teaser' - your catchy introduction.........
Spellcheck and share the doc with studio@dghs.co.za (make sure you have made the doc PUBLIC)

Due - Friday 23rd May 2014

Pascale Chandler - 'Wounded Tread of Gentle Souls'

The KZNSA gallery now has an educational resource in the form of a blog. It has artworks on it that are relevant to your Grade 12 curriculum.

LINK to the EduBlog

We will use a specific work - Pascale Chandler's 'Wounded Tread of Gentle Souls' as an example for our Theme 6 -  Post-democratic identity in South Africa (including issues of language, ethnicity, globalisation & urbanisation in the new South Africa)

Here is the link to that work ...... 'Wounded Tread of Gentle Souls'.

There is also an infographic link that has been done as a example .

Pascale Chandler

Wounded tread of gentle souls 2014

Oil on canvas

63 x 196 cm