Grade 10 .... 3-D illusionism in Art History

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

For the Grade 10s......

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 to website can be found here....


A LINK to the DVD (hopefully not blocked) can also be found on YouTube.

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.

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.

Here is another interesting LINK to Jon Baker's thoughts on this DVD.

Grade 11 Visual Literacy exam revision

For the Grade 11s ...

During the course of 2015 you have studied a number of artworks in class and during exams. Some of these are from 20th Century International artists and others from contemporary South African artists.
Please find attached the list of these. Each artwork has its own link. You can view these in Classroom; download them onto a flash drive OR print them out if you have to.
(Please consider the trees?)

Your exam paper will have 40 marks from these works and 40 marks from unseen challenges. You have 3 hours to write this paper so please plan carefully using the guidelines and topic sentences.
LINK to your list of artworks

Grade 11 Practical Exam self-evaluation

For the Grade 11s ....

Link to your Practical Exam self-evaluation.

You don't have to log on as 'yourself' to do this evaluation. Pass on the net book to your neighbour as soon as you have finished and they can click on the 'submit another response' link.

Doodle4Google competition

LINK to the details

Grade 10 Practical Exam - October 2015

Here is the LINK to your exam with some extra pictures.

LINK

Grade 10 2-D in art history

Art has been 2-Dimensional for most of our prehistoric and recorded history. Have a look at this new presentation for an overview. 
Follow the links in the presentation for a more in-depth look at the examples I have chosen.
LINK  to new presentation.
This BBC video will also be of help in following this theme. LINK to VIDEO

Diagram of a San painting

                               

Grade 10 Ceramics 2015

For the Grade 10s .....

This term you will be creating a small wall hanging using clay relief tiles. The topic will be ...... 'Africa re-visited'.
The supports for the wall hanging will be provided as a design constraint. Each panel measures 24 cm x 24 cm and you may use as few (or as many) as you need.

Start your process work by brainstorming your ideas with little sketches. 

Leanne Vincent

• Research the work of other ceramic artists. 
• Find out how to make small shaped tiles.
  You could 'model' plastic clay OR 'carve' leather hard clay.
• Take photos of your environment that you could use. 
• Make paper patterns for your tiles. Move them around to create a composition.
• Make some coloured drawings to show the glazes you could use. Your teacher will demonstrate a new oil pastel technique. LINK to the kamKame oil pastel workshop.
• Investigate shapes; patterns; textures; colours; contrasts; focal areas; 
• All this process work will be collected into your Ceramics Sourcebook - worth 50 marks.

Melissa Pattinson

    LINK to carving techniques.

Colour exercises for Grade 10

For the Grade 10s .....

Here is an interesting website for some colour applications.

LINK

Link to Matric memo ....

For my Grade 12s ......

Here is the link to your Trials memo. This is an important resource in terms of additional pieces to add to your repertoire. 

LINK

You could also print your memo as a 'textbook' from this LINK

Berni Searle reading study

For the Grade 11s .....

LINK to the reading study.

Berni Searle - Snow White

2001

Performance art

For the Grade 11s ...

Here is a LINK to our quick overview of Impressionism.

The Absinthe Drinker by Degas

1876

French Impressionism

68cm x 92 cm (slightly bigger than  A1 in size)

Oil on canvas

For the Grade 12s .............
This post has been updated for you to use while studying at home.

Dunywa

Magwood -Fraser

Let's concentrate on our collection of chosen artworks that are good examples for the FIVE themes we have studied in class. 
Some examples can be used in either of two themes BUT you must explain in your essay why the example is relevant to that theme - i.e. focus on that theme.

Dust off your infographics & essays, grab some Post-it notes - we're going for 100% for your upcoming Trials theory exam! 

Optional:

• Order your CD collection or put the collection on your flash. However, your infographics & essays should already have all the content you need. 
• Remember - your themes and content are in your Classroom folder.

Theme 2  - Artists influenced by Africa 
Classroom LINK
Examples and links....
Bell - Journey Pot or Shining through the Shadows
Mapungubwe architects - both of them
kaMkame - Ancestral Spirits ????

Theme 3 - Art & Politics
Examples and links.... 
Willie Bester - The Chair
Brett Murray - The Spear
Alexander - Butcher Boys

Theme 5 - Multi Media in South Africa
Classroom LINK
Examples and links.... 
Robin Rhodes - Hard Rain - street art

Dunywa - Ufunani kimi? - performance art

Andries Botha - Afrikaner c. 1600 - installation art

Theme 6 - Post-democratic identity in South Africa

Examples and links.... 

Classroom LINK

Chandler - Wounded Tread ....

Wim Botha - Mielie Pap Pieta

Khanyile - Wathinta Bafazi......

Theme 7  - Art & Gender Issues

Examples and links.... 

Magwood-Fraser - Your clothes & how you wear them

Siopis - Dora and the Other woman
Alexander - Oh yes Girl ??????

For the Grade 8s ...............

LINK to your presentation

Here is the presentation we have been working through in class. Use it to update your worksheets and familiarise yourself with the artworks we have studied.

     meets  

Grade 10 Colour Project

For my Grade 10s .....

Here is the LINK to your colour project for this term.
This practical and theory project is fundamental to Fashion Design, Interior Design and Painting - just a few examples!

This 'sourcebook' is due at the end of Term 3.

I have done a little demo in gouache as well... LINK
Your final painting will be called 'Stones and Bones'. The brief is found in your Classroom. Here is the LINK as well.
You can have an extension for this and hand it in at the beginning of Term4.

Have a look at this fun website as well!

Matric Trials Practical evaluation

For all Grade 12s ............

You used a printed self-evaluation rubric during your 6 hour exam to keep you focused on your goals.
Now please use this on-line form to do your actual self-evaluation.

LINK

Modernism and Gender Issues

For the Grade 11s ........

The emphasis on the formal elements of art is the essence of ‘Modernism’.

Artists make COLOUR, SPACE and SHAPE (for e.g.) the subject matter of Art.

While we investigate this, we will also look at the theme of Women in Art which will tie in with your Grade 12 curriculum, and could link with your practical work this term.

LINK to the presentation

Two Tahitian Women Paul Gauguin (French) (Marquesas Islands )

Date: 1899 -  Post-Impressionism

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: (94 x 72.4 cm)

Grade 9 architecture project

We have 'twinned' with a school in England to work on a project about buildings in your environment. 
Mrs Knowles was here last term and Miss de Vries went over there in the July holidays.

Here are the links to this architecture project and some interesting resources.
Please also research your own ideas using Slides and the Research Tool.

LINK to project

LINK to the research page
Please let your teacher know if you would like a hard-copy of this.

LINK to Mrs Moore's demo on mixed media

LINK to sample photos you can use

All parts of the project (see link) are due by the 21st September (marking starts on this day). Your lesson may be before that date - your teacher will let you know.

Mrs Moore's demo

 Here is your rubric from the presentation.


 

Skill in the use of chosen medium or media	10
Use of the elements & principles of art (E.g. space, colour, tone, texture, line, composition, contrast, etc.)	10
Quality of research on the building (with references & structured writing skills)	10
Originality & management skills (evidence of classwork & homework; completion; meeting deadlines)	10

Skill in the use of chosen medium or media

10

Use of the elements & principles of art

(E.g. space, colour, tone, texture, line, composition, contrast, etc.)

10

Quality of research on the building
(with references & structured writing skills)

10

Originality & management skills
(evidence of classwork & homework; completion; meeting deadlines)

10

Exam memos and reports

For all grades ....

Exam memos and reports are important resources for all learners. They give you information to add to your knowledge base and also improve your exam technique.

Please download (or save to your Google Drive) YOUR memo and keep it safe to learn from. Your results in your next exam will improve if you do this.

Grade 12 June Exams

Grade 11 June Exams

Grade 10 June Exams

Grade 9 June Exams

Grade 8 June Exams

Nursery Rhymes 2015

For my Grade 11s ....
Here is your Term3 Practical Assessment Task [PAT3] ...
Your sourcebook is due in on the 24th August. We are starting the Final piece on the 24th as well.

Link to ..... NURSERY STORIES

A illustration - Red Riding Hood - Arthur Rackham

Illustration from:
http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/little-red-riding-hood-arthur-rackham.jpg

Adobe Premiere Elements 10 tutorial

Thanks to Maxine Khumalo (Grade 11 2015) for  writing this comprehensive tutorial as she worked on her stop-frame animation.

LINK to tutorial ...

Scholarship

For the Grade 12s .......

The Loeries Creative Future scholarship is now open for Matric entries.
The selected learner will receive a full scholarship :

1. All tuition fees to study at the Vega School of Brand Leadership in Durban
2. R13,000 towards study materials & textbooks
3. R3,600 towards transport
4. Up to R40,000 towards accommodation
5. An Apple computer from the 2nd year of successful study

In 2015, only Grade 12 learners in KwaZulu-Natal, who come from a disadvantaged background are eligible.

Here is the LINK to the Brochure and the LINK to the entry form.
Website LINK

Memo for the Grade 12 June Exam

For the Grade 12s ....

You will have your June Question Paper to keep and use as a textbook resource. On the cover is a QR code to the Memo below. The answers to the 'unseen' analyses are in the memo so that you can add them to your library of chosen works that you have studied. If you have any questions - please see Mrs Moore or email studio@dghs.co.za

Many of the questions are similar to those from past papers so you can get used to the style of questioning.

The idea of answering in paragraphs (without headings) that start with topic sentences, is integral to a successful answer.

LINK to Memo

Grade 10 Exam skeleton

For the Grade 10s .......
Here is the skeleton for your June Exam Paper.
This will give you an idea of what to expect.


LINK to the skeleton

Texture for Grade 10 2015

For my Grade 10s .....

Here is your resource material for the activities you need to do on TEXTURE & PATTERN.

LINK to presentation

Cut out textured illusion of a ball

June Exam skeleton paper

For the Grade 11s .......
Here is the skeleton for your June Exam Paper.
This will give you an idea of what to expect.

LINK to skeleton paper ..

June Exam Paper skeleton Grade 12

For the Grade 12s ....
Here is a link to the SKELETON of your June Exam Paper.
Use it as an aid to prepare and to calm your nerves.

Grade 11 & 12 Practical Exam - Self evaluation

For the Grade 11s & 12s ....

Please use this LINK to evaluate your 6 hour practical Exam.

I love what Dali used to do with ceramics and found objects!
Have a look.....

Dali 1933 Retrospective Bust of a Woman

LINK to MoMA

You can now receive your uploaded photos from your Google Drive. Just upload to Google+ (Google Photos) in your smartphones 'share' menu.
This will make your life easier!

Logo competition

NATIONAL GIRLS’ SCHOOL FESTIVAL - 2016

Calling all our budding DGHS artists! 

We are so excited to be hosting next years’ event and we invite you to get your creative juices flowing starting over the next two long weekends and design for us a logo that can represent DGHS for the 2016 National All Girls’ School Festival. 

We are thinking of the theme “On the crest of the wave”, we would love all the codes that we are offering Cultural (Art, Debating, Drama, Public Speaking and Vocal Ensemble) and Sport (Chess, Hockey, Netball, Tennis, Touch Rugby, Squash) to be represented in some way, maybe on a surf board? 

We will be offering a prize for the best logo. You can drop off your ideas in Mrs Phipps' office or email her on phipps@dghs.co.za. 

Deadline will be end of May 2015.

Art for Humanity

For my Grade 11s & 12s ......

This Art for Humanity website is an excellent example of how an organization using art can raise awareness around social issues.
Have a look ......
They also have a newsletter, a blog, a Flickr page and RSS feed.

LINK to Art for Humanity

Butcher Boys - article

LINK to an Article in Art Times on the Butcher Boys by Jane Alexander.  (page 14)

The language in this article is excellent and so reading it will improve your ability to write.
You may need to join ISSUU - a free on-line magazine app. 

Xenophobia as a social issue

 I found this wonderful poster in my Twitter feed this morning ....

                     

The Design Indaba Magazine is doing a wonderful poster campaign by running this initiative. The hashtag is #saynotoxenophobia and it's an excellent resource for those girls researching this horrible social issue.

Bullets and Sweets - Grade 11 theory question

For my Grade 11s .....

Here is the question we were doing when we had our blackout. It's from a past paper.

Study the visual source provided and discuss how this work reflected life in townships during the struggle against apartheid (1 page = 10 marks).

In your answer refer to the following:

• The choice of images
• The different expressions on the people's faces
• Composition
• What, according to your opinion, is the role of this artwork today?
• How do you think that this artwork reflects the problems and horror of township life during the struggle years? Interpret it and substantiate your arguments. (10)

Manfred Zylla Bullets and Sweets 1985
Pencil & watercolour on paper

Woolworths T-shirt competition

Woolworths are launching a range of bionic yarn T-shirts in collaboration with Pharrell Williams. Bionic yarn is a thread made from the tons of plastic that pollutes the planet’s oceans. As a designer, you know that your work can change the world. That is why we are turning to South Africa’s young designers to create impactful designs that will make a difference. The winning designs will raise awareness about the issues that affect our planet and a sustainable future for generations to come.

Please note the following :

• To enter you would need to go to the Woolworths Website and submit your entry online only.
• Entrants must be between the ages of 15 and 25. Any entrant under the age of 18 must have the consent of a parent or guardian to enter the competition.
• In order to qualify, designs must be submitted to the following email address: areyouwithus@woolworths.co.za  by no later than midday on Friday, 15 May 2015. Submissions received after this, will not be considered.

Grade 9 figure sculpture

You have tried making a basic wire and paper armature and you have also drawn an imaginary wire figure. Now you will actually make the figure. This skill is a fundamental one for sculptors and has many applications for a career. (See LINK for these lessons)
Your figure will change as you work on it - it could end up rather different from your original drawing.
Thanks to the Cloth, Paper and Scissors magazine for these little 'Beautiful People' ideas below.

Look at this presentation to get some more ideas about how to make a wire figure. LINK
Here is another presentation by Mrs Sturgess that may give you some guidelines. LINK
Use paper as well as wire to get the form you want, as it is very expensive to use aluminium wire as shown in most of the video tutorials. Look at your drawing for guidance.

• You may distort the figure for emotional impact!
• Remember to use evocative body language /pose.
• Your figure must fit in a 1 litre box or tub.

If you want to work in proportion - then borrow a sized ‘skeleton’ print from your teacher to work from.

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/44000/44014/44014_skeleton_lg.gif

(Or use this one ……..
LINK

Here is a fun video to show you what sculptors can do with figures! LINK 
If YouTube is blocked then ask your teacher to   download this for you.

Criteria - for 25 marks

Technical skill - no sticky tape, glue or staples used in the construction! [5]
Expression of a character [5]

Innovation / originality [5]
Use of elements and principles
e.g form; colour; texture; contrast; variety;  [5]

Presentation & effort [5]

Here is a lovely example that is nearly finished ...