Homework: Landscape, Portrait, Still Life, Statement, Fantasy Art, or Greeting Card Using Unusual Materials

Create a landscape, portrait, still life, political or social statement, fantasy art, or greeting card with unusual materials. That is, use something other than simply pencil or paint. Experiment with materials.

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

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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

Art from Food

• https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS918US918&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=art+from+food&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin89WSzNftAhUo11kKHUtgDC0QjJkEegQIARAB&biw=1001&bih=595
• https://www.pinterest.com/buzzfeedfood/food-as-art/

Art from Toys 7 Artists Who Created Inventive Toys

• https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-paul-klee-alexander-calder-7-artists-created-inventive-toys

Art from Recycled Materials 10 Artists Working in Recycled Art

• https://blog.artsper.com/en/get-inspired/top-10-of-recycled-art/

Many of the cards above are for religious holidays. They are shown as examples of DESIGN. Yours wouldn't be holiday-based.

SALUTATIONS FOR SENIORS:
"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

​LANDSCAPE CREATED WITH UNUSUAL MATERIALS

• 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:

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​Kevin Buxton:
Click here for a video of the development of Kevin's VR landscape created with Oculus Rift.

​GINGERBREAD SCULPTURES

BHS student work.
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Project Description:
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)

​PUMPKIN SCULPTURES/PORTRAITS


Click for examples

Not a pumpkin-carving, a pumpkin SCULPTURE.