Before beginning, research possibilities for materials and techniques.
Bring this to a quality that it can be put in your portfolio, college applications, and/or your AP exam.
The artwork does not have to be large, but be creative in how you use materials and think about good design.
Due:
One week (If you choose to design a greeting card, please bring the physical greeting card to the box in the guidance office by your last day in the building before vacation, and send a good photo of it to Mr. Ratkevich. The actual, physical card will be gifted to the Burlington Senior Center.)
Grading:
Studio Habits of Mind Rubric
Here are some sources for inspiration for this week's outside assignment: Art from
Maps
- https://www.pinterest.com/BohemianBabeArt/maps-as-art/
- https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS918US918&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=art+from+maps&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihvP_Oy9ftAhUlwVkKHWo2DVgQjJkEegQIAhAB&biw=1001&bih=595
"WELL WISHES"/GREETING CARD AS FINE ART
A BHS sophomore is requesting help with Salutations for Seniors. They are seeking student artist volunteers to create artistic well wishes / greeting cards for senior citizens at the Burlington Senior Center. There will be a collection bin in the BHS Counseling Office until vacation. These cards are meant to spread happiness to senior citizens in a time when they are not able to see their families.
Some guidelines for these cards:
- Avoid religion and politics
- Exclude the date (day, month, year)
- Writing must be legible
- Be creative!
Objectives:
- BE INVENTIVE WITH MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUE
- Apply your understanding of color, composition and technique to an artwork with an expressive purpose.
- Create a unified, cohesive design that conveys the spirit of a special event or season.
- Be artistically expressive - Convey mood through color, style, and lettering.
- Be original and unique. Take risks. Do something inventive.
Medium:
Something that would not ordinarily be used to create such a thing.
Size:
Any
Grading Criteria:
- Originality, Innovation
- How unique is this?
- How special is it?
- Expressiveness
- How well does it convey the mood and message?
- Design (Visual Impact)
- Is it visually complex?
- Is it composed well?
- Will it catch and hold a viewer’s attention?
- Does it apply the Principles of Design?
- Craftsmanship --
- Technical quality
- Cleanliness, neatness
- Quality of construction
See professional examples here:
http://burlingtonhighschoolart.org/portfoliocourse/Galleries/Pages/Greeting_Card_Design.html
- You should start from direct observation of the world immediately around you, but it may change as you work.
- It must show a sense of depth, with foreground, middle-ground, and background.
- Consider atmospheric perspective.
- Strive for a strong composition; well-designed.
Sarah Schissler:
Kevin Buxton:
Click here for a video of the development of Kevin's VR landscape created with Oculus Rift.
GINGERBREAD SCULPTURES
Plan, design, and construct an original gingerbread sculpture/structure
EXTRA POINTS for showing a diversity of tradition. Use this traditionally Christmas-oriented craft to illustrate a different cutural tradition. (Art historical reference: Post-Modernism, a form of contemporary art that is a mashup of concepts, art styles, and art periods.).
Medium:
Gingerbread
Objectives:
Plan and execute a multi-piece construction that is structurally sound and has visual appeal.
Grading Criteria:
- Inventiveness/Creativity
- Planning
- Design
- Ambition and Personal Investment
- Craftsmanship
To Start:
- Plan your design and strategy
- Test out the process by baking and constructing -- experiment
- Document your process with photographs and/or videos (Just in case)