Goal: (1) Choose an artist of interest, (2) research selected works by artist on Google Images or related web site and (3) Compare selected works to the Elements and Principles of Design.

Directions:

1. Examine the list of artists below. 
2. Explore artist(s) of interest and review his/her body of work on Google Images.
3. Select one painting for each of the 7 Principles of Design
4. Using a Google Word file, import selected images of paintings into word document.  Label each image with its matching Principle of Design.
5. View the list of Design Elements and consider which elements relate to each painting.  Add this information along side imported photos.
6. Once you have completed this exercise please share document with me for evaluation. My email address to share is daniel.dressler@watertown.k12.ma.us

Resources:

1. Link to Elements & Principles of Design (*Remember, the Elements of Design describe the quality of the mark that goes into the making of composition. Principles of Design describes Composition)
   
2. See example of Word Document Template [ click here to view ]
   

List of Artists to choose from for Exercise:

Objective:  Create an expressive representation of your self portrait with a variety of materials.

Project Goal:  Create an original repeating pattern rendered with india ink.

Helpful Links:

• Famous Pattern Artists - Names You Must Know
• Pattern found in nature
• Tribal Patterns
• MC Escher Patterns
• Chuck Close Patterns​

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Objective:  Create an abstract watercolor painting that utilizes multiple layers of glazing and transparencies. Also, consider the use of color theory.

Directions:

• Step 1: Stretch watercolor paper on a wooden panel.
• Step 2: With a number 2 pencil, very lightly work out drawing. 
• Step 3: Organize color pallet.  
• Step 4: Apply the initial application of color.  It is suggested that the first layer of color not be overly saturated.
• Step 5: Use a hair dryer to dry paper surface before apply new coats of color.​

Monoprints
by Donna Clark: http://www.donnaclarkartist.com/monoprints.html

by Orna Feinstein: http://www.ornafeinstein.com/branched.html

by Harry Bertoia: http://www.harrybertoia.org/monoprints.html

by Rose Jaffe: http://rosejaffe.prosite.com/20936/207366/home/monoprints

Subtractive Monoprints: https://www.pinterest.com/jainslieb/subtractive-monoprint/


Objective: Create a series of monoprints that address (1) registration (2) application of color (3) stenciling (4) additive and subtractive techniques and (5) effective composition


Directions:

1. Place printing plate on a large sheet of paper and make registration marks.
2. Each print produced should represent multiple registrations.
3. Augment some of your colors by mixing them first on pallet paper.
4. Create contrast with value and color.
5. Evolve a visual language with your work. Experiment with different techniques such as stenciling, additive/subtractive, working with paint brushes, misc. tools or paint rollers.
6. Complete 6 studies for submission.

Rubrics:

1. Work demonstrates use of multiple registrations
2. Evidence of augmented colors
3. Evidence of visual contrast through color & value
4. Recognizing a stylistic thread working through all six completed works.

Georgia O'Keefe Biography
Painter (1887-1986)

SynopsisGeorgia O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Photographer Alfred Stieglitz gave O'Keefe her first gallery show in 1916 and the couple married in 1924. O'Keeffe moved to New Mexico after her husband's death and was inspired by the landscape to create numerous well-known paintings. Georgia O'Keeffe died on March 6, 1986.

Early LifeArtist and painter Georgia O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Known for her striking flower paintings and other captivating works, O'Keeffe was one of the greatest American artists of the twentieth century. She took to making art at a young age and went to study at the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1900s. Later, while living in New York, she studied with such artists as William Merritt Chase as a member of the Art Students League.

Famed ArtworkO'Keeffe found an advocate in famed photographer and gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz. He showed her work to the public for the first time in 1916 at his gallery 291. Married in 1924, the two formed a professional and personal partnership that lasted until his death in 1946. Some of her popular works from this early period include Black Iris (1926) and Oriental Poppies (1928). Living in New York, she translated some of her environment onto the canvas with such paintings as Shelton Hotel, N.Y. No. 1 (1926).

After frequently visiting New Mexico since the late 1920s, O'Keeffe moved there for good in 1946 after her husband’s death and explored the area's rugged landscapes in many works. This environment inspired such paintings as Black Cross, New Mexico (1929) and Cow's Skull with Calico Roses (1931).

Death and LegacyO'Keeffe died on March 6, 1986, in Santa Fe, Mexico. As popular as ever, her works can be seen at museums around the world as well as the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Assignment - Watercolor Reproduction

Project Goal: Create a Georgia O'Keefe reproduction.

Directions:

1. Select a  painting by Georgia O'Keefe of your choosing (or another 20th century painter).
   
2. Print out image in black & white.  If you have a cell phone, take a photo of image for color reference.
3. Trace out or draw image free hand on a sheet of watercolor paper. Drawing should be light!
4. Accurately as possible reproduce colors as shown on original painting.
5. Consider blending, glazing and control of tonality.

Rubric:

1. Final drawing closely resembles original Georgia O'Keefe painting.
2. Media Literacy: Final Product demonstrates techniques unique to watercolor painting including: (1) glazing (2) color blending (3) tonality and saturation (4) preserving white spaces on the canvas
3. Color pallet closely resembles original painting.
4. Craft: Final rendering is clean, free of bends and rips.
   

Project Goal:
Address the 3 Tonality system of shading by producing an original botanical study and applying tonality to image so as to create the illusion of 3 dimensional forms on a 2 dimensional surface.

Directions:

1. Research Google images for examples of various flowers and leaves.
2. Make a new image in Adobe Photoshop.  Go File > New.  Image size should be 8.5 x11 with a resolution of 100dpi.  
3. Import selected images into Adobe Photoshop and arrange images so as to create an aesthetically pleasing asymetrical composition.
4. Print out the Photoshop image in black & white.
5. Using mylar paper, trace the outline or outer contours of the flower images with a graphite pencil. Once complete, flip the mylar paper onto a sheet of white drawing paper.  Graphite should now be contacting paper surface.  
6. On the back side of the mylar paper retrace line work so as to transfer the graphite onto the drawing paper surface.
7. Once line work is complete, begin the shading process.  Recall the recent homework assignment on value scales!  Through multiple applications of shading, gradually evolve your tones so as to create consistent and smooth gradations of value within the flower shapes.
8. As you work, consider three tones: white, mid tone and black.  Inevitably you will produce multiple tones as you evolve your drawing study.  Start by focusing on the three tones!
9. Use cross hatching techniques to better fill in the white gaps between line strokes.
10. If you need to regain highlights, use your kneeded eraser to re-establish white surface.

Rubrics:

1. Create an effective composition of botanical imagery that addresses asymmetry (rule of 3rds) and makes effective use of the full sheet of paper.
2. Accurate tracing of line work from the original images onto the mylar paper.
3. Successfully addressing the 3-tonality system so as to create a final rendering that takes on 3D qualities.  

Standards:

Methods, Materials, and Techniques 
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the methods, materials, and 
techniques unique to the visual arts. 

Elements and Principles of Design 
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the elements and principles 
of design.

3 Tonality System: A minimum of 3 tones is required to create the illusion of 3D shapes on a flat surface. White, mid tone and black.

Objective: (1) Create a value scale that demonstrates five variations of tonality.  Starting with white and gradually transitioning to black. (2) Draw a sphere, visualize a light source and render tonality so as to make the sphere appear to be 3-d.

Directions: (1) Using a ruler, create a row of 5 boxes.  Render each box so as to create a value scale.  Starting with pure white and gradually transitioning to pure black. (2) Draw a sphere and a imaginary light source.  Visualize how the light strikes the sphere and apply a minimum of three tones so as to render the sphere in 3D. Apply a cast shadow to the sphere.  If you have extra time consider the background.  Apply shading to surrounding areas.

Rubrics:

1. Demonstrates a minimum of three tones: white, mid & dark
   
2. Evidence of layers of tonality overlapping, creating gradual transitions of tonality from pure white to pure black
   
3. Final product displays contrast and creates the illusion of 3D form(s) on a flat surface
   
4. Evidence of craft.  Each line drawn should carry the same weight of importance.  Overall quality of line application should be consistent.