Grotesque creatures

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

Bosch - late 15th century

Last term we worked on the theme of 'Beautiful Creatures', but this term we will be looking at the strange beauty of the grotesque.

We will consolidate our knowledge of illusions of textures, 3-D form and 3-D space.

Dali - Premonition of Civil War - 1936

We will also look at some more Visual Literacy images ........

Alexander - detail from 'Butcher Boys'

Activity One: [3 class lessons + 1 homework]
Watch the demo of  'How to draw a disgusting textured ball thing....''
Now try your own! Keep for marks .....

                                                   

             

This is a crocodile skin  texture - try this on a ball?

Assessment criteria:

• Illusion of form (macro and micro) [5]
• Illusion of space [5]

Criteria:		Why?
Illusion of form	/5
Illusion of space	/5

Activity Two:
Watch the demo on 'Drawing using basic shapes'. Create a range of 'chimera' possibilities. e.g. griffon; dragodonkey; octidonkey;
Try your own and SCAN this stage - keep in your class folder for marks.

Activity Three:
Combine these skills to create a coloured drawing of your own grotesque monster.

1. FORM
Start off by creating a light illusion of form by shading lightly with your 2B pencil. Put in details (like teeth, claws and eyes) as you go.

2. TEXTURES
Then use your pencil crayons to create different textures.
Watch the demo for this!

3. SPACE
Work around your monster by putting it in an imaginary space. Don't forget its cast shadow!
Watch the demo - 'How to create a shadow using Photoshop'.

Assessment criteria - Activity 3:

• Illusion of form (macro and micro) [10]
• Illusion of space [10]
• Use of colour to create virtual texture (illusions of texture) [10]

Optional:
Try this in Photoshop!

Resources:
Umberto Eco - 'On Beauty'- studio book
Tom Kid - 'How to draw and paint Dragons' - studio book

Gender Issues PAT 3 2014

'YOUR CLOTHES AND HOW YOU WEAR THEM' 2011 Lesley Magwood Fraser 17.5cm x 17.5cm x 3.2cm - 'Artist's Blocks'

Now examine the social perceptions of young women (and girl children) in our society. You should use the practical discipline in which you specialize. 

Start with your process and research work - LO1- the sourcebook. 
I will start marking this on the 18th August.

• brainstorming / main mapping
• your own photos
• research on other artworks
• research on the issues
• EXTRAS .... magazine /internet pictures; articles; planning;
• collect your research in an on-line folder.e.g. in Google Drive, Picasa, Pinterest, Tumblr OR any other album. Share this with your teacher and PRINT a QR code to put in your sourcebook if it's paper.
• experimentation with materials and techniques. 'Thumbnails' and 'swatches'.
• drawings to show the final composition - miniatures to show colour and tone. Try 6 x postcards (A6) or bigger equivalents or a mix of sizes. These are finished works not rough thumbnails.

LINK to sourcebook evaluation HERE

LINK to Mrs Sturgess' post

LINK to final evaluation LO2 HERE

Grade 10 painting - Term3

Jessica Alcock - Grade 10 2013

For my Grade 10s ........ 

We will spend HALF this term on your final painting.
Here are some constraints to plan around ......

• Subject matter .... still life or landscape 'with a twist'
• You MUST work from your own photos - please don't use the Internet. If you HAVE to use borrowed images, please put in the reference and then transform them using your own images.
• Format Size ......between 600sq.cm and 1200sq.cm
• Format shape ...... any!
• Medium .... any coloured medium on its specific ground
• Process document .... hand in at least one A3 worksheet with your painting showing  all your supporting work (incl. photos)

RUBRIC LINK

This link will explain what you should focus on - it gives you the goalpost for your painting.

1. Mindmap/ brainstorming
2. Compositional miniature (showing tone as well)
   NB be careful of  format shape...... SHOW:-
   - rule of thirds
   - focal area
   - directional lines
   - what is light and what is dark (a balance)
3. Start working into your GROUND - establish this underpainting first to create the MOOD. Then work into the underpainting of the FIGURES. This is a type of figure/ground interaction.
4. When you have finished the underpainting, then work into the painting as you refine and define the details.

Self evaluation for Grades 11 & 12 - Woolworths project LO2

Please evaluate your own work below ........

Link to form

Grade 12 marking memo

For my Grade 12s .........
The 'unseens' that you did for this June exam will now become researched artworks which you can use for your Trials and Finals. 

If you did well in your 'unseen' essays, then make a copy of these to add to your infographics. Your question paper will have all the coloured images - cut this up and use it as a resource.

Please look at the marking memo to get suggestions on answering the questions. The QR code to this will be on your question paper as well.

Grade 10 Visual Literacy paper

2 hours for 80 marks 

Question1 
1.1 Poster - handy tips [10]
1.2 Poster - handy tips [10]
1.2 Paragraph on practical  [6]
[26 marks]

Question2 
2.1 Essay - 1 page on DVD [10]
2.2 Short essay on DVD [5]
2.3 Definitions & Explanations from presentation [12]
2.4 Definitions & Explanations from presentation [8]
[35]

Question3 [12]
Unseen sculpture- 3 questions @ 4 marks

Question 4 [7]
Unseen painting- 2 questions @ 4 & 3 marks

Grade 9 revision

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

Here is a revision presentation by Mrs Sturgess.

Grade 10 Visual Literacy - memo

This memo is from your activity (10th May)
From Willendorf to Amsterdam .... illusionism in art

 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)

Lower order - memorize knowledge - 4
Middle order - apply knowledge - 4
Higher order - synthesize a new connection - 2

Some common comments!

Confused! What is the Peak Shift Principle?

But why?

How does it help our survival?

Think more deeply ….

Where are some facts - 'data'?

Date? Size/function? Material/method? Situation/place?

Please use paragraphs.

Please use spaces between sentences.

Please check your spelling.

Please use capital letters = 'upper case'.

Well written!

This is an excellent article!

Summarize concisely please.

 Please write more about the art.

This is too much for a 1 page article!

No examples given - you were asked for a sculpture.

Discuss specific examples.

Egyptians exaggerated and distorted the human body according to a formula = 'stylization'

e.g. all fingers were the same length; eye elongated and enlarged - seen from the side.

Order was a divine rule. If you disobeyed you were doomed!

Your conclusion is very unclear. Please try and express this more coherently.

 NO - not a disease!

Not asked for in this article…

Could we be like the Egyptians? If we don't fit in to our media norms we will be ostracized and 'exiled'?

Grade 11: 6 hour practical exam - self-evaluation

Please evaluate your 6 hour practical exam HERE ...

Student painting - Jessica Alcock

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.