UNit 1 - urban environment
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How do you view the environment you live in? Do you see beauty? Do you see pollution and dirt? Do you love or hate the place you live?
If you had no words, how would you communicate your feelings about where you live? http://www.engagingplaces.org.uk/home www.banksy.co.uk shanshuigallery.com http://artincontext.org/artist/default.aspx?Term_ID=197 http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/cit/ http://bukruk.com/festival/artists/ In this unit you will:
Develop work using stencils, acrylics and marker pens Install simplified art works into the classroom Ms. Kays Shanghai Urban Environment photographySimplifyAfter you have researched by observationally drawing, what do you do next? Of course there's many options but one could be to simplify. On the right see 3 Art Works by IB student James Bowie, who visually comments on his urban environment - Shanghai. Influence by Pop Art each work used strong , bright, flat colors.
Below you can see how IB Art Student Amy Bu creates a research page. She used one main image but replicates it with different media and techniques.
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where does your eye go first and why does it go there?
Look at these famous art works where images and different media are layered on top of each other to make an interesting composition. Where does your eye go first? In some artworks is this more obvious than others?
Go to a gallery assignment
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Colour pallets
A great deal of things in nature are actually very muted, it is often the difference between light and dark and warm and cool colours, rather than the use of a bright colour.
If you want to paint subtle still life paintings, choose muted earth colours.
If you want very bright, vivid abstracts, you might need some more man-made pigments that have a higher colour saturation.
See this PPT for more information on complimentary, contrasting, analogue and colour palettes
If you want to paint subtle still life paintings, choose muted earth colours.
If you want very bright, vivid abstracts, you might need some more man-made pigments that have a higher colour saturation.
See this PPT for more information on complimentary, contrasting, analogue and colour palettes
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What SIMILARITIES do these images have?
How would you layout out your colour study? What would you say? How can you use this study?
Once you have shown your understand of basic colour theory and presented it in a unique and creative way, you should look at how to plan your chosen colour palette into you studio work
Split your page up into boxes and draw in some of your urban details that have interested you. You can practice your painting skills and experiment with your new colours at the same time.
Split your page up into boxes and draw in some of your urban details that have interested you. You can practice your painting skills and experiment with your new colours at the same time.