Sunday, March 29, 2009

Photography 1

Aphrodisias adjusted using Tilt Shift Maker


The main art component that you are going to be working on while on your trip to Ephesus is photography. As a class (together with English) we are going to be working on compiling a book based on your photos from the Ephesus trip. Ms. Helmer has been talking to you about captioning photographs in order to help tell the "story" of the picture. We will talk more about that when you get back. What I am going to send you off with are some general guide lines to think about while you plan your pictures:

Improve Your Photos 60 Seconds at a Time is an excellent guide of easy tips to read and REMEMBER. You do not have to remember them all, but if you read through the list the ideas that are interesting to you are the ones that you will think about the next time that you plan an image.

Tilt-Shift Maker is a fun application that can be used when you get back from Ephesus. What are tilt-shift photos you ask? Tilt-shift miniature style photos are pictures of real-life scenes that are manipulated to look like model photographs. This can be an effective technique to employ, especially when looking at the type of architecture that you will be seeing. The fun comes with making the scale of the photo look as if you are seeing a miniature replica of the real thing. I find that it draws you in to the details of the landscape.

You can compare the two photographs in this blog, the one above is tilt-shifted and the one below is the regular photo that I took while visiting the site.


Aphrodisias without any adjustments

As I mentioned, Ms. Helmer has been talking to you about captions and how to write to support your photograph with information which does not re-state the obvious but, rather, adds to what can be seen. While you are thinking about captions you can also think about how you might describe a picture that you did not record. Unphotographable is a website by the photographer Michael David Murphy who describes it as; a catalog of exceptional mistakes. Photos never taken that weren't meant to be forgotten. Opportunities missed. Simple failures. Occasions when I wished I'd taken the picture, or not forgotten the camera, or had been brave enough to click the shutter.

There, a few things to think about while you adventure on your Grade 8 trip. Enjoy!

Announcements Week 27 (30 Mar - 05 Apr, 2009)

Welcome back from Spring Break, this week we are prepping the Art Show. Each student will be choosing 3 pieces to display in the Art Show. As a class you will be making sure those pieces are properly mounted, tagged with your name and ready to exhibit.

Grade 6
Each student will be choosing their art pieces for the show and making sure that they are ready to be displayed.

Grade 7
The Grade 7 has quite a lot to accomplish this week in order to be ready for the Art Show:

  • 701 - Finish Painting the Time Line this week
  • 702 - Mount your Line Drawings, complete the Friendship Wheel with or without the epoxy AND move Ceiling Jesus
  • 703 - Complete your Shadow Boxes
Grade 8
On top of getting prepped to exhibit your work we will also be going over some Photography tips for you to think about while you are on your trip to Ephesus next week.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Announcements Spring Break

Enjoy this week with your friends and family, eat, sleep, watch movies, maybe have an adventure and then eat and sleep some more.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Announcements Week 26 (16-19 March, 2009)

Grade 6

Clay Tiles see posting Clay Tiles 1

Grade 7

  • 701 - Art Time Line: Art Time Line: Painting your section of the quote - Do not forget to BRING A COLOUR COPY
  • 702 - 702 - Friendship Circle: is on hold until the epoxy comes through. You are working on Line Drawings of your own inspiration - remember to look at Samantha Zaza's drawings for inspiration.
  • 703 - Cylinder Seals: Creating the Shadow Boxes for your Cylinder Seals, which were a success!
Grade 8
You are working on your 3 Self-Portraits (Collage, Ink & Line) due in THIS WEEK:

801: Monday, March 16, 2009
802: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
803: Thursday, March 19, 2009

Clay Tiles 1


Based on the ideas of line, texture and pattern - you were asked this week to make a series of tiles using quick-drying clay. The tiles were rolled and cut to a uniform size by you and then we went around the class and gathered up any object we could find that could be used to make an impression/pattern in the clay. You were challenged to create texture and pattern using the various objects. This week you will be painting the tiles with acrylics.

String Art 2

timur

Click on the image to see all the other pieces that were made in class. They look beautiful.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Pigeon Portraits - 703

tim_mo

To see all of the portraits click on the picture and it will take you to the flickr page.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Coup

Coup 1 by Samantha Zaza

On Saturday morning I discovered these fabulous paintings by the artist Samantha Zaza, who lives and works in Istanbul and is an Urban Sketcher. There are 16 paintings in the series and I am posting them here especially for the Grade 703 who recently completed a series of Pigeon Portraits.

Make sure that you click on the picture so that you can go and look at all the other portraits as well as explore the rest of Samantha's work. Enjoy.

A special thank you to Ms. Zaza for generously sharing her artwork with us.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Announcements Week 25 (09 -15 Mar. 2009)

Grade 6

The 601 - String Art, 602 - Mobiles and 603 - Silhouettes are all completed and so you will be starting a new project this week. There have been a number of lists made and handed to me with suggestions, so over the next day or so I will be deciding what we will be going next. Think clay...

Grade 7

  • 701 - Art Time Line: Art Time Line: Painting your section of the quote - Do not forget to BRING A COLOUR COPY
  • 702 - Friendship Wheel: Mounting the Portraits onto the Board, Making all the name tags, hammering the circle of nails and starting to string all the connectors. (Somebody needs to do Doğa's picture.
  • 703 - Cylinder Seals: Creating the Shadow Boxes for your Cylinder Seals, which were a success!
Grade 8
You are working on your 3 Self-Portraits (Collage, Ink & Line) due in 2 weeks:

801: Monday, March 16, 2009
802: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
803: Thursday, March 19, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

702 Self Portraits

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Announcements Week 24 (02-08 Mar. 2009)

Grade 6

  • 601 - String Art: Mounting your work for the Art Show.
  • 602 - Mobiles: STILL Stringing the pieces for your mobile, balancing it out and hanging it in the Art Room - who knew it would take such a long time! :)
  • 603 - Silhouettes: Writing your descriptive sentences to embellish your Silhouettes

Grade 7

  • 701 - Art Time Line: Tracing your art work and starting to paint it.
  • 702 - Friendship Wheel: Mounting the Portraits onto the Board, Making all the name tags, hammering the circle of nails and starting to string all the connectors. (Somebody needs to do Doğa's picture.
  • 703 - Cylinder Seals: Getting the FIMO onto the cylinder and Carving your design. Much patience will be needed.

Grade 8
You will be starting on your series of Self-Portraits. You have the next 3 weeks to complete a Collage, Ink and Line Portrait of yourself. Read the checklist.