Using Brushes
-Manipulating brushed
-Finding new brushes
-Uploading brushes


New Assignment:

Fine Art Triptych-a 3 image series that could be displayed together or alone.

Again, you all have a lot of great things to resource but this is created with
brushes.

Fine Art Canvas creations w/ brushes....  it can be anything.  gory and
gruesome/ happy and jolly/ sick/ posterized/ abstract/ real/...think about a theme to
create a starting point. Composition is critical! Create depth, use visual elements to tie 3
 canvases together.

Think Composition & Color... more example to come!

Examples:

Turning in the Photomontage

N Drive-PDS file of all 

Google Drive-JPEG's

Print (if not already printed) out the following items and staple together in this order:

• Typed Rubric
• JPEG(s)
• Complete contact sheet with graded rubric-highlight or circle the images used. If more than one photomontage was created, please label accordingly.

Portraits...the assignment

Portraiture!

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious 

and the smirk. 
Charles Dickens

Self Portrait:   a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist.

Portraiture:  the creation of any portrait, an artistic representation of a person

Now... some that we can also begin to work with...
LEVITATION!

This is how it will be done!!

This is how it can look....

How can we make this better?!

Goals with this project:  
24 images to work with... multiple shots, variety in images... what can we work with, how do we 

want the composition to look?  What are we trying to define of ourselves or the person?

Are you creating a series?

DO you plan to create a complex composite portrait in the tradition of Brooke Shaden or Martin de Pasquale? 

List what would make this GREAT!!

What do I need to have images of?

Where do I need to go for your location?

What will it take to make this happen?

Are you working in any levitation: TRIPOD IS A MUST.

Requirements:

• Contact Sheet of 24 images (due by our next Friday class meeting)
• can feature one person and one scene with a variety of poses
• can feature different people and different scenes
• several shots of a single person and scene should be taken to find the best of the best.
• Contact Sheet Rubric-Google Drive or your drive if your saved it from the last download
• 1 to 3 final images
• they can be separate images
• they can be a diptych or tryptic
• Photoshop should used to enhance the raw image.
• Brushes can be used for texture, color or imagery
• Look for tutorials that can enhance your image. Save your tutorial address for later.
• "Building Wings"
• "Changing Winds" Process
• "Change Winds"

Starting to think about portraits....

Some photographers...

Brooke Shaden-we saw her at DC Everest

Lara Jade - she has become more commercial unfortunately.. her beginning stuff was awesome!

Portraits in general

Images to glance at..

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Celebrity Portraits 

Dave Engledow

Martin de Pasquale/

Critiques Day

This will be a 2 part process...

Part 1
-You will need a piece of paper. On the paper, you will be writing down an assigned number, and one question that you you want answered. 

-Be sure that the image being critiqued is up on your screen. If you have more than one, have 2 pieces of paper and both images available to view.

-Each person will find the people in the room with the same number as yourself. You will answer the question posed by the artist. You will also comment about how the piece could be improved or approached. You will write your name next to your comments. Your comments will be graded. Answers like "it is nice" or "I would not change anything" are worth 0 points.

Part 2
-you will look over your paper, and share with the class your ideas about your piece on the screen. You will also share one of the comments from your paper that you thought was helpful.

-You will hand in the paper with the comments. Be sure your name is clearly written at the top of the page.

Photomontage

Students will be studying the  Photography of Jerry Uelsmann.  I will be showing a video in class of his work.  Feel free to check out his work at the link below. Mr. Uelsmann's  work is based on combining images to create surrealist photos based on dreams and other communications such as transformation, birth, and tranquility. All of his work is shot with film and completed in a traditional darkroom.  He does use the figure(nude) in his work quite often.  We will be using photoshop to create our own surrealistic final.  

Learning Targets:

• Students will learn/demonstrate smooth blends and transition using Photoshop blend tools.
• Students will learn/demonstrate how to communicate through the visual arts using the rules of composition.
• Students will learn/demonstrate how to use Photoshop tools to develop and later flatten layers.
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 Jerry Uelsmann's Website

Assignment:

Students will create 1-3 final images using the style of Jerry Uelsmann to communicate a concept, perception, or dream. 

Preparation:

The first decision you will have to make is "What do I want to communicate?" It is hard to make a final artwork and not have an idea of what you want it to look like so I would like you to create 2 to 3 thumb nail sketches and articulate what you want the final work to say. Start with the Photo shooting list images, and developing your ideas on paper.   If you need more images, remember to shoot objects on plain black , white or any other color background that creates a contrast between the object and it. 

Moving into Photo-montage Project

Photo-montage examples 

Moving into Photo-montage Project

I have updated in skyward with a few grades.
Mutants will be graded throughout this week, but if I was missing anything in the N-drive or Google 
Drive from you such as: the short story document or the PSD saved mutant that was recorded in
 skyward.....well.

We are going to continue working with a variety of ways to create a composition and work with

 layers that we have in our photo-montage to give us depth, variety, and interest.

Today we continue work on flipping/mirroring and opacity reminders.

Get on track with your photos.... they are what makes everyday in here worthwhile!

Due this week:

Uelsmann Worksheet:  Google Drive (include a copy of the picture you are analyzing)

Due last year:

Contact Sheets

Mutant, rubric and story:  (lots of points!  Don't forget about it!)

Exercise 1: Displacement

**if you did not take the camera quiz please make that up TODAY 

Creating a Composition...
requires resources.

If you don't have pictures to use.....

1.  You are late.... don't drop the ball!
2.  I have some images for you to borrow in the Google-drive...
YAY!!!!
...but they cannot be used in your final!


The Uelsmann worksheet is due by Wednesday.

Please return your cameras.

Past Due and still needed for grading:
Contact sheets & Rubrics-Contact sheets need to be printed and edited with the rubric stapled to them.
Displacement Layers

I will be grading the Mutants this week and next all week.  SO grades will gradually appear.
The camera quiz are being graded and entered.

If you are failing, you will be scheduled with me for ie at least once this week.  Check your schedule
Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up soon! Get your grades in order!