Remake Art History

Get ready to dress up, grab some props and have fun with some masterpieces!

See the presentation below to find out your next assignment. 

Remakearthistory from Kara Wilson Smith

Due DATES:
Sketchbook - Upload your brainstorming to Google Classroom by Tuesday 3/17
40 images - Upload 40 images March 25th into your classroom folder
Final Images - Final 3 images due March 27

We will critique when we return. 

Critique

2 Comment Silent critique
Something you like
Something you'd change

Grade - A, B, C, D, F

Come together to share your work to the class.

How do you feel about the work independently?
How do you feel about the work together as a collage?
What do you like?
What would you change?

Abstract and Detail

Below is the presentation shared in class for your Abstract & Detail project.  See this presentation for examples, criteria and due dates.  

Get close!!!

Abstract and details from Kara Smith

DUE DATES:
Brainstorming - due 2/20
40 images due Friday 2/26
Final 5 shared in classroom 

Critique - Best time of Day

Critique - Best time of Day

• Get in groups of 4
• Each student select a photograph. 
• Answer questions about the photograph in your sketchbook/or loose leaf paper. 
• Share with your group.
• Select an image or 2 to share with the class. 
• Present to the class your images and thoughts

Questions: 

1. Did the student complete the assignment correctly - photographing a single moment in time, combining 3-5 images that show this moment? 
2. What photographic techniques were used in this assignment? How so? 
3. How was light used in the photograph?
4. Did the student tell a story through their series of images? How so?
5. Technically, what do you think about the contrast, focus, craftsmanship and composition? 

Now - share your images and answers with your group. 

1. What collage do you think is strongest? Why so? 
2. What collage could be made stronger? How so? 
3. Select the one that tells the strongest story? 
4. Choose one that is confusing to you? What could the photographer do differently?

Expressive Portrait Critique and Final reflection

Pick up the following:
Final images, Expressive Portrait Rubric
Get out a sheet of loose leaf paper
Write your name on all of these

• Dinner table critique
• Pass around the images
• Compliment sandwich (compliment, suggestion, another positive remark)
• Use photography language 

• Dinner Party Critique 
• Explain your final images (feel free to use artist statement as needed)
• A couple things you've learned this semester
• Hope to learn next semester

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK SO FAR!! 

LET'S MAKE SOME GREAT WORK NEXT SEMESTER! 

*Please check your grades, missing work. Email me anything you're missing or tell me by Thursday. 

Expressive Portraits

Below is the Expressive Portraits presentation shared in class. See this for tips and ideas for your own expressive portraits assignment. Your pictures are due on Wednesday, January 15th and final images, Friday, January 17th. 

Expressiveportraits 15 from Kara Wilson Smith

PLEASE VIEW and take notes

Open GIMP or Photoshop on your computers and follow along. Take notes in your sketchbooks and remember that Command is equivalent to Ctrl on a PC. Please use earbuds to listen to these tutorials. 

Period 2 - 

Gimp Tutorial

Gimp - photo editing

Period 4 - 

Photoshop Tutorial

Take notes - 

1. INTERFACE - what is this? 

     a. How do you create a new document? 

     b. What are the steps to save? 

     c. Effects panel? 

2. EFFECTS 

3. Working with IMAGES

     a. open images

4. Working with TEXT 

We will go over specifics as a class, but this should get you started.