Thursday: April 16, 2015

A Composition of Shoes: Objective: You will analyze and describe compositional strategies in order to select and apply them to your shoe drawings. DRILL: Draw this shoe: Describe how it was drawn: Glue first shoe drawing in sketchbook. Get a marker. Fill in purposes of: (during lesson or on PPT on Edmodo) ~ View, Placement, and Multiples Today we will: Draw shoes in continuous contour lines and blind contour. You will need 2 new pages. Continue the Composition Spread.

Field Trip- National Gallery of Art Thursday April 30 8:30- 2:00 Bring your sketchbook. Bring a lunch or $$$ Meet in school lobby, near office at 8:25.

Glue your first shoe into your sketchbook:

Continuous Contour lines:

What is the difference?

Blind Contour

Continuous Contour is- Blind Contour is-

Why is this composition successful?

How has your composition changed? VIEW How has your composition changed? SIZE PLACEMENT MULTIPLES

View Objective: You will analyze artworks in order to learn new techniques to create more interesting compositions. Describe the view of the shoes in this composition: What part of the shoes do we see?

Which is a more interesting view? B.

Which is a more interesting view? B.

Which is a more interesting view? B.

View The view of the object makes a composition more successful by: * Not given the expected angle. * Adding variety * Changing perspective. * Move the shoe. * Change the angle. Flip it, turn it. * Not the side.

Fix the view????

Turn the shoe:

VIEW: Get a shoe. It can be a new shoe or the same. In the view box, draw another view, not from the side. Drop it. Turn it, flip it upside down. Pick an unexpected angle.

What can you do to make this composition more interesting What can you do to make this composition more interesting? (Think size, view, placement)

Which one shows symmetry? Which does not? A. B.

Which is a more interesting placement? B. A.

Which is a more interesting placement? B.

Look at the space around the shoes, Describe the negative space:

Placement The Placement of the object makes a composition more successful by: * Creating uneven negative space- shape around the object. * Adds variety… placement in the center is boring and common. * Asymmetry * Place the object anywhere but the middle.

Placement: Get a shoe. In the placement box, where else can you put it instead of in the center of the box?

Which composition is more interesting? A. B.

Which composition is more interesting? A. B.

Multiple Objects: Adding multiple objects makes a composition more successful by: * Giving you more to look at * Adds variety. *Add more than one shoe.

Size – Zoom in

Unexpected VIEW

Placement- to the side, out of middle

Multiples

Multiples Get 2 shoes. In the multiples box, draw more than one shoe and show knowledge of size, view, or placement.

THE ARRANGEMENT OR PLACEMENT OF ELEMENTS IN A WORK OF ART. COMPOSITION Composition is… SIZE Zoom in. Make it fill the Space. Use a frame. PLACEMENT Where else can you place the shoe Instead of in the center of the page? MULTIPLE More than one shoe. VIEW Draw another view or angle not from the side. Grade for Composition Spread- 60pts 10 pts -2 pages with Title and definition. 40 pts -4 drawings of the concepts. 10 pts -Add shading and detail. Objective: You will analyze artworks in order to learn new techniques to create more interesting compositions.

Why is this a successful composition?

Second shoe drawing Once you finish 4 sketches: Choose one of your sketches to enlarge and make an artwork. New shoe drawing using composition techniques. Think size, view, and placement. Add color if you have time. Use this as your plan for your final artwork.

How has your composition changed? VIEW How has your composition changed? SIZE PLACEMENT MULTIPLES

Wayne Thiebaud

Vincent Van Gogh

What is in an art composition? Art Elements Lines Shapes Colors Texture Positive/ Negative space Form Size

How do you arrange an art composition? Principles of Design Balance Focal Point Repetition Contrast Unity Emphasis Movement Variety Pattern

COMPOSITION Create a 2 page spread: PLACEMENT Composition is… SIZE MULTIPLE VIEW

Angles and Pencils:

Shapes of the shoe:

Observation Game B.

Shoe Pic at table~ Which one is it? Size View Placement Boring Place your picture on the board under the correct title.