Create an edition of 5 - 10 great multi-colored prints (at least 3 colors plus black) using the reductive printmaking process. 

The subject can be:

• Animal
• Horoscope
• Tarot
• Circus/Fair Poster
• Portrait
• Cityscape/Townscape
• Still Life
• Other

The subject and design must be different from your last black & white print project.

For any of these topics, first draft your artwork using thumbnail sketches. Your design must be 3 flat colors and black (No gradations.).

Regarding photographic references, you may reference a photo you have taken yourself, or you may STYLIZE from an existing photo if your artwork is dramatically different from the original photo. You may not reference a drawing, painting, or design by someone else.

Reductive printmaking is a complicated process, so view the video below to fully understand it. There are many other fascinating videos about the reductive printmaking process on Youtube.

Demonstration from Harvard Art Museums, referencing Picasso

1. On drawing paper, create a design that has as its theme either:

• animal
• horoscope
• tarot

The design must

• Use the entire picture plane.
• Be equal amounts black and white.

2. Transfer the inverted drawing to linoleum or a "soft-cut" block (It must be mirror-image on the block), then cut out the white sections with printmaking cutters.

3. Print an edition of 5 - 10 great prints, with black printing ink on white printmaking paper. Sign each of the prints in the edition.

4. If time allows, experiment with additional prints using color ink on mixed media surfaces.

This is an assignment that you can do alone or collaboratively.

• If you are in Studio Art Honors I, II, or III, instead of the gingerbread sculpture you have the option of completing instead a full color still life drawing of an interesting and complex toy or decorative ribbon/bow, focusing on accuracy of proportion, value, and color, and three-dimensional form (See examples below).
• If you are in AP Studio Art, you have the option of completing instead your second Sustained Investigation project.

Due: December 22 (SAH I/II Period 5) or December 23 (SAH II/III/AP Period 4)

1 week

Project Description:
Work collaboratively (with one or two partners) to plan, design, and construct an original gingerbread sculpture/structure (The more partners you have, the more ambitious and involved the sculpture will be expected to be.).

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.).

At the end, you will give a brief explanation on each of your roles and responsibilities in the process. 

TAKE PHOTOS of the process and your involvement. Document your own participation in the group effort.

Medium:
Gingerbread
This CANNOT be from a kit, and should NOT be a simple Gingerbread house.
It must be original, unique, and built from scratch.

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)

Self-Critique:

When you believe you are close to completing this, ask yourself:

• In its present state, is this something you can put in your portfolio for college applications?

ALTERNATIVE ASSIGNMENT:

If you choose not to work on the gingerbread sculpture, you will instead be expected to make a full color still life drawing of an interesting and complex toy or decorative ribbon/bow, focusing on accuracy of proportion, value, and color, and three-dimensional form:

Auguste Rodin, The Gates of Hell, 1880 - 1917

​Due:
One week

Project:
With partners, create a three-dimensional design for a hallway door of one of the art rooms. This can be a large-scale door knocker, or a relief inspired by August Rodin's The Gates of Hell, or based on the criteria from the Model UN (See list below).

You can work alone or in a group of no more than four members.

View:

• SmartHistory introduction to the Gates of Hell
• Documentary on The Gates of Hell

Materials:

• Newspaper
• Cardboard
• Masking tape
• White glue
• Papier mache
• Paint
• Other

Model UN Door Decoration Contest:

This years' door contest categories are: Punniest, Celebrate!, and "Most on Topic."

Just in case you want a rubric:

• Punniest: MUN students should find your word play funny. 
• Celebrate!: So many cultures are represented in our BHS population, so many achievements --large and small-- to rejoice about, or simply the joyousness of a week with our families. 
• "Most on Topic" a door that really educates and/or visually connects to the content being taught behind that door. 

Below are examples of student work from December 2019.