Project Description:
We find our voices by hearing others speak and trying to respond. Emulating a master artist aids in the development of an artist's personal voice. This project explores the works of master artists and allows for students to learn what voices have already spoken and what they've said. As you research a particular work of art from the 20th or 21st century, you will learn how and why that particular artist has made his/her art.
Essential Questions: Who is your favorite post-modern or contemporary artist? How does his/her work speak to you? Does your work speak to you? Did you ever have trouble communicating with a piece? How can you communicate you through your art?
Activity 1: Explore two artists' works from the 20th or 21st centuries (use the ART21 link and the Research engine buttons below). Find a work from each artist that you like and can relate to. Research how, why, and when the artists made these works. The artist MUST be found on one of these two sites.
Activity 2: Having found your works, sketch studies from them. You should fill at least two pages with each work. The pages in your sketchbook can have notes as well as drawings about the artist and his/her art.
Activity 3: Develop a small work using similar materials to the artist with which you most relate. Try to create a detail or full representation of his/her work (6" x 9").
Activity 4: Create your own work in the form of a creative self portrait (any representation of you be it iconic or a feeling, or a picture of you). Use techniques you have learned from your investigations of this artist and the techniques you've learned this year. Sketches, and preliminary color tests are required. The final work must be at least 11" x 14" and in full color. It can be on any material.
We find our voices by hearing others speak and trying to respond. Emulating a master artist aids in the development of an artist's personal voice. This project explores the works of master artists and allows for students to learn what voices have already spoken and what they've said. As you research a particular work of art from the 20th or 21st century, you will learn how and why that particular artist has made his/her art.
Essential Questions: Who is your favorite post-modern or contemporary artist? How does his/her work speak to you? Does your work speak to you? Did you ever have trouble communicating with a piece? How can you communicate you through your art?
Activity 1: Explore two artists' works from the 20th or 21st centuries (use the ART21 link and the Research engine buttons below). Find a work from each artist that you like and can relate to. Research how, why, and when the artists made these works. The artist MUST be found on one of these two sites.
Activity 2: Having found your works, sketch studies from them. You should fill at least two pages with each work. The pages in your sketchbook can have notes as well as drawings about the artist and his/her art.
Activity 3: Develop a small work using similar materials to the artist with which you most relate. Try to create a detail or full representation of his/her work (6" x 9").
Activity 4: Create your own work in the form of a creative self portrait (any representation of you be it iconic or a feeling, or a picture of you). Use techniques you have learned from your investigations of this artist and the techniques you've learned this year. Sketches, and preliminary color tests are required. The final work must be at least 11" x 14" and in full color. It can be on any material.
