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Surreal Scene

9/16/2015

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Surrealism
A cultural movement beginning the 1920s that uses visual imagery from the subconscious mind to create art without the intention of logic.
Elements present in surrealist imagery:
  • Juxtaposition of dissimilar objects
  • Dislocation
  • Levitation (floating)
  • Transparency
  • Size changes
  • Metamorphosis
  • Natural laws are reversed
Artists to Know:
  • Salvador Dali
  • Rene Magritte
  • Chris van Allsburg
  • Max Ernst
Resources:
View the work of Erik Johansson, a modern surrealist photographer:
http://www.alltelleringet.com/


Project:
Create a surrealist (dream) image based on dreams, memories, obsessions, and feelings.
Objectives:
  1. Gain an understanding of the methods and content of Surrealismand be able to recognize the works of Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte.
  2. Juxtapose photos you have taken in unusual ways
  3. Create dream imagery
  4. Advance your skills with Photoshop
Parameters:
Dimensions: At least letter size (8.5 x 11 inches)
Resolution: 300 ppi
Color Mode: RGB or CMYK


Requirements:
  • Must contain at least ten different items/selections.
  • Must be comprised mainly of photos you have taken yourself.
  • Must contain a sense of environment/space.
  • Must contain elements of surrealism
  • Juxtaposition of dissimilar objects
  • Dislocation
  • Levitation (floating)
  • Transparency
  • Size changes
  • Metamorphosis
  • Natural laws are reversed
How to Take Good Photographs
Photograph -- Use a camera or iPad to take a series of photos that you will use to make a surrealistic scene.

Take photos of the following:
  • landscapes
  • interior spaces (classroom, gym, library, stairwell, etc.)
  • close ups of faces (straight-on view and in profile)
  • full-figure action poses
  • close ups of objects
  • interesting textures
  • anything else that’s interesting
Take at least 20 good photographs.
Remember to:
  • take photos near plenty of light
  • turn your flash off
  • fill the picture plane
  • focus
Criteria:
  • All Requirements Met
  • Personal Investment      (Work Habits, Ambition)
  • Design / Visual Impact
  • Inventiveness / Creativity
  • Technical Quality / Craftsmanship  (Controlled use of tools and techniques)
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Micrography Self Portrait

9/14/2015

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Check out this tutorial about how to create Micrography

Design Challenge: Micrography Self Portrait
Objective: Create a self portrait using micrography techniques in Photoshop
Steps: 
  1. Have a classmate take a high quality photograph of you. Upload that to photoshop
  2. Create a letter size page at 300 resolution
  3. follow the steps given in the tutorial video to create a self portrait
  4. Use text that includes your name and/or words to describe you, poem, song lyrics, phrases, anything that will give us insight into you
  5. Edit and refine your work
  6. Turn in the completed assignment by Wednesday, September 16



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My Summer Collage

9/8/2015

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Assignment:
Create a well-designed composition that tells us about your summer vacation. Include multiple events. Apply all your knowledge about good design to make the artwork as dynamic and visually interesting as possible. Do your best to make this a thoughtful and idea-filled artwork.

Suggestions: Brainstorm, write thoughtfully, come up with several events and ideas, and develop the composition by drawing a number of thumbnail sketches.

Project Length: One week (Due Friday, September 10)
Step One:
In your classroom journal, write about your summer vacation. The more detailed content you develop, the better.

Some things to consider:
What are your most vivid memories of the summer? Go into as much detail as you can remember.
What physical/visual details do you remember?
Describe an emotional or dramatic moment.
What important things happened to you over the past two months?
In what way(s) have you grown or changed?
What have you learned over the summer? What have you discovered about yourself?


Grading Criteria
  • Creativity
  • Content (Development and communication of ideas)
  • Design
  • Technical Quality (“Finished”)
  • Studio Work Habits
For this first project, I will not be teaching you and will not be giving you much advice; this is a pre-assessment to find out what they already know, and that I will be taking notes on your work habits and your process, your final work, and your participation in the final critique of student work. By jotting down brief notes on how each of you approaches the project, I will gain a better sense of your strengths and of how you could grow throughout the year.

As the measuring tool, I will be developing a rubric that combines elements of these three rubrics and adds some additional elements based on my observations and notes from the pre-assessment:

Creativity Rubric

General Art Rubric

Studio Habits of Mind Rubric

The post assessment for each class will be similarly broad and open-ended (For example, for the midterm exam, I might ask you to make a large drawing or painting on the trials and tribulations of being a high school junior), and it will allow me to assess your growth in idea-development, design, technical quality, and studio work habits in the same way as the pre-assessments did.

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