Create > Ermahgerd Meme

Create > Ermahgerd Meme






Goal: Create 3 Ermahgerd Memes

Studio Activity:
Reddit and Imgur are where most Internet memes are born, and thanks to those first few memes that graced our computer screens years ago, we now have a bunch of meme generator tools we can use to make ... 10 Popular Meme Generator Tools »
http://webtrends.about.com/od/reddit/tp/Meme-Generator-Tools.htm

Visual Examples:

Create > Color Scheme Portraits

Create > Color Scheme Portraits

Concept:

Using a specific color scheme emphasizes drama and mood to a portrait adding to its meaning.

Studio:

• Crop a portrait photo (7"x10")
• Image>Adjust>Levels to increase the contrast
• Filter>Artistic>Cutout
• Print, Grid and Transfer to a board
• Choose a color scheme to evoke a specific mood
• Render in acrylic paint

Color Schemes: > http://www.color-wheel-artist.com/color-schemes.html

1 or 2 Colors

• Monochromatic
• Complementary
• Near Complementary

3 Colors:

• Split Complementary
• Triad
• Complementary Triad
• Modified Triad

4 or More Colors:

• Rectangular Tetrad
• Square Tetrad
• Adjacent Tetrad
• Analogous
• Analogous Complementary
• Multi-Color

Create > Vortograph Images

Create > Vortograph Images

Goal: Using mirrors and reflections create 10 abstract vortographs

Studio Activity:

A vortograph is the first completely abstract kind of photograph.  It is composed of kaleidoscopic repetitions of forms achieved by photographing objects through a triangular arrangement of three mirrors.  Alvin Landon Coburn pioneered the non objective photographic style in 1917.  The fractured planes and complex space characteristic of vortograph reflect Coburn’s interest in Cubism.  To get the effect put three mirrors together in triangle from and shoot through them.  Other options include:

For free...

Go to a picture framing shop, and see if you can talk them into taking some scrap glass and cutting you three 1x6 inch pieces. Tape them together into a triangular prism, hold it in front of your lens and shoot through one of the open ends.

For around $10...

Go to a local stained glass shop (or order online) and get a kaleidoscope kit. Assemble the mirrors into a triangular prism, and shoot through one open end.

For around $30...

Order three 1x6 inch first surface mirrors from the "scientificities" division of Edmund Optics. Assemble the mirrors into a triangle and shoot through it.

Trigger Mechanisms: Distort, Reflection, Experimentation

Visual Examples:

Alvin Landon Coburn (Eastman House) > http://goo.gl/Pv0v9N

Westosha Examples > https://goo.gl/photos/TJrsmMvEbwcxF6v59

Coburn Video > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOVcWUQHNC4

Generalize, Reflect & Publish:

Instructional Strategy

• Evaluate the results

Learning Activity

Reflect > Should I go back and rework anything? Have you done anything special with the art elements (line, color, shape, texture, value)  and principles? (Unity/variety, balance, emphasis contrast, rhythm, proportion/scale, figure/ground relationship) What are the dominant shapes, expressive forms, color schemes, and textures that carry significance? Is there symbolism used in the work to convey meaning other than what one sees? Is the work ordered and balanced? Or chaotic and disturbing? What gives the work its uniqueness? Does the work evoke any feelings?

Instructional Strategy

• Providing Recognition

Learning Activity

Publish > Share your album to our G+Community > Concepts & Creations category

Instructional Strategy

• Providing Feedback

Learning Activity

Critique > Give positive feedback > +1 every image that deserves it Give peer feedback > VTS Visual Thinking Strategies > http://goo.gl/1WWmBY

Self-assess > Evaluate > AP Thinglink Rubric Scoring Guidelines >  http://goo.gl/ejQq7B Life Skills Survey > http://goo.gl/iEUqr View responses > http://goo.gl/8YDnYF

Create > Color Scheme Still Life

Create > Color Scheme Still Life


(Triad Harmonies: 3 equidistant hues)

Goal: Create an accurate still life rendering in a chosen color scheme.

Studio Activity:
Take a photograph or sit and draw from observation a still life arrangement.  
Choose a color scheme using the list and image below.

• Triad Harmonies: three equidistant hues
• Complementary Colors: opposite hues
• Split Complementary: One hue with hues on either side of its complement
• Analogous: adjacent  hues

Accurately render the composition using your color scheme and a full range of values.

Visual Examples:

(Complementary Colors: opposite hues)


(Split complementary: one hue with hues on either side of its complement)


(Analogous: adjacent hues)

Generalize, Reflect & Publish:

Instructional Strategy

• Evaluate the results

Learning Activity

Reflect > Should I go back and rework anything? Have you done anything special with the art elements (line, color, shape, texture, value)  and principles? (Unity/variety, balance, emphasis contrast, rhythm, proportion/scale, figure/ground relationship) What are the dominant shapes, expressive forms, color schemes, and textures that carry significance? Is there symbolism used in the work to convey meaning other than what one sees? Is the work ordered and balanced? Or chaotic and disturbing? What gives the work its uniqueness? Does the work evoke any feelings?

Instructional Strategy

• Providing Recognition

Learning Activity

Publish > Share your album to our G+Community > Concepts & Creations category

Instructional Strategy

• Providing Feedback

Learning Activity

Critique > Give positive feedback > +1 every image that deserves it Give peer feedback > VTS Visual Thinking Strategies > http://goo.gl/1WWmBY

Self-assess > Evaluate > AP Thinglink Rubric Scoring Guidelines >  http://goo.gl/ejQq7B Life Skills Survey > http://goo.gl/iEUqr View responses > http://goo.gl/8YDnYF

Create > Texture Re-Materialization

Create > Texture Re-Materialization

Goal: Transform the original forms of an image using new objects and textures

Studio Activity:

Find and use a historically significant artwork for inspiration.  Re-create the artworks subject matter and composition using found objects such as buttons, fabric or wood in place of the original materials.  Feel free to change or vary your image from the original.

Trigger Mechanisms: Transfer, change, texturize

Visual Examples:
Student examples > http://goo.gl/v0tEce

Visual examples > http://goo.gl/5AnFl9

Jane Perkins’ “Plastic Classics” > http://goo.gl/kSVit5

Recycled Art > http://goo.gl/QrcNg

Materials:

Found objects, fabric, paint

Generalize, Reflect & Publish:

Instructional Strategy

• Evaluate the results

Learning Activity

Reflect > Should I go back and rework anything? Have you done anything special with the art elements (line, color, shape, texture, value)  and principles? (Unity/variety, balance, emphasis contrast, rhythm, proportion/scale, figure/ground relationship) What are the dominant shapes, expressive forms, color schemes, and textures that carry significance? Is there symbolism used in the work to convey meaning other than what one sees? Is the work ordered and balanced? Or chaotic and disturbing? What gives the work its uniqueness? Does the work evoke any feelings?

Instructional Strategy

• Providing Recognition

Learning Activity

Publish > Share your album to our G+Community > Concepts & Creations category

Instructional Strategy

• Providing Feedback

Learning Activity

Critique > Give positive feedback > +1 every image that deserves it Give peer feedback > VTS Visual Thinking Strategies > http://goo.gl/1WWmBY

Self-assess > Evaluate > AP Thinglink Rubric Scoring Guidelines >  http://goo.gl/ejQq7B Life Skills Survey > http://goo.gl/iEUqr View responses > http://goo.gl/8YDnYF