Louise Hall Becoming I (2009), Compressed charcoal on Fabriano, 71 X 100cm

Link to the KZNSA Gallery
 Finelines

Gender Issues rubric - LO2

For the Grade 11s and 12s ........


Keep your goalposts in mind as you work on your LO2 piece. If you constantly evaluate your work, then you can identify and solve problems as they crop up.
You will develop a healthy self-critical attitude to your work, and - eventually - will not need a teacher!
Remember - you are being critical of your work - not yourself.


Link to Gender Issues rubric - LO2

Bell - Art & Spirituality

Bell works with both ceramics and  printmaking to investigate spiritual issues.
Have a look at the PowerPoint link below ....

Deborah Bell - Art & Spirituality

Shining through the Shadows

Painting an illusion of wood

For the grade 10s .........


Have a look at this artist's blog .....

Link to Leane's wood illusion

Infographic on Galdhari's Irony

Roanne Moodley has made an excellent infographic on this work ...

Here is the link ......

Roanne's Infographic

Admire - but don't copy! 

Monochrome under-painting

For the Grade 10s ..........


We will start our surreal egg paintings by creating  illusions of form and space using one dark colour and white. (A monochrome) This is a very old traditional technique used by Vermeer.

Link to a tutorial

Here is another tutorial using fruit (persimmons)
Fruit tutorial

However, we will use acrylics for our monochrome because it dries faster. Mix your own dark - try and avoid using black. Remember to work into both figure and ground.


We will work over the monochrome (the 'grisaille') with  local (representational) colours. Lastly, we will use oil paints to blend and adjust the colours and tones.

Batch re-sizing in Photoshop

If you have made a mistake for your web animation, and your photos are too big, you can batch re-size them ..... this is much quicker than doing them one by one!

Follow the link to this tutorial .....

TUTORIAL

Gender Issues - Jane Alexander

Have a look at this presentation made available by Westville Girls' High.

Link ........ Jane Alexander from WGHS

You could make an infographic for 10 marks about this work -  

STRIPPED (‘OH YES’ GIRL)  1995

Brett Murray - The Spear

The theme of Art & Politics: Resistance Art is still relevant, especially regarding the role of censorship and the arts.

Remember - the theme is about images of POWER & RESISTANCE - not about morality and policing.

Murray based his painting on a historic poster of Lenin - a Russian dictator. Strangely enough - Zapiro then based his later satirical commentary on Murray's work - and so commentary carries on .......

Painting of The Spear - after modification

An historic poster of Lenin on which Murray based his work

Zapiro comment on Murray's work

How could you make an artwork go 'viral' to avoid censorship?
Read the arguments around this issue of censorship, and study the work itself.

1. On both sides ........
2. An argument against ........
3. Another interesting article .........
4. And another about freedom of the media ........

Argue your point of view by creating an infographic about this work. Don't forget to consider the artistic merits by analysing the elements, principles and technical aspects.
Look at other Brett Murray works that reference political cartoons.
(To protect and serve - a laser cut metal 'cartoon')

Brett Murray explains......

Link to Anna's PDF

Infographic structure

Email it to me for comment.

Grade 12 Revision

Here is a link to Ms Macdonald's summary that she has done for the Grade 12s.
Link to Studio 2-41