Things to be due by Week 7

By Week 7, you should have done at least 3 pages.

You should be finishing up your First Hand Observations by the time I meet you.


I will be seeing you in your classrooms:

7 May (Thu)

2E 0930 - 0945
2B 0945 - 1000
2D 1000 - 1015
2C 1015 - 1030

8 May (Fri)

2F 0930 - 0945


I need everyone to turn up for this extra art session.

An example of a good Prep Work (For the theme of Botanic Garden)

Hey dear students!

This is an example of a good preparatory work done by a Sec 2 Teck Whyean from previous years.

This is to give you a better idea of the quality of work that is expected of you.

I have added in the appropriate headings and additional boxes for labeling at the right-hand corners to show you the basic required layout.

Of course, your theme is Recreating and Redesigning an Artist Work and not Botanic Garden. Also, your final artwork will be in acrylic paint or collage, not colour pencils.
But you can use can colour pencils in your prep work.

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Page 5/5

Enjoy doing your prep work!
Feel free to email me or leave a comment on this blog if you want to ask me any questions.

Week 6's lesson!

Week 6's lesson, I will need you to bring:

• Research and Investigation (DONE)
• First Hand Observation (HALFWAY)
• A3 drawing paper
  
• Drawing pencils
• Acrylic paints (Q 1) / materials for collage (Q 2)

Term 2 Week 5 Sec 2B, C, D, E, F

Dear students!

Today, we will be preparing for our SA 1 Art paper.

We will be going through:

• Exam paper and the required preparatory work
  
• Research of artist artwork
• Research of relevant information and objects
• Discovering different ways of manipulating images
• Expectations for next week's lesson
  

Exam paper and the required preparatory work


Choose one task to work on.

You have 3 pieces of A3 paper to work with and you can use both sides, which means you can have maximum 6 pages to work with.

The exam will be on 12 May, 3 weeks from now.
So, you should aim to complete 2 pages per week.

Take note of instructions in the exam paper.
We need:

• Appropriate headings and brief annotations
• Research & Investigation
• First Hand Observations
• Explorations
• Final Composition (the last page)
  

Research of artist artwork

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Now, create a word document.
This word document will be used to record all the research that you will do in this lesson.
At the end of the lesson, you will email this document to your personal email so you can access at home.
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For the next 10 minutes, you will research and decide on an artist artwork that you will want work on.

The artists that we have looked at so far:

• Andy Warhol
  
• Keith Haring
• Van Gogh
• Picasso
• Frida Kahlo

You can, of course, go and research on other artists' artworks.
A good website to start from is Mark Harden's Artchive.

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When you have decided on the artist artwork, record the names of the artist and the artwork on your word document. You should also copy and paste the image of the artwork on your word document.
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Research of relevant information and objects


For the next 10 minutes, you will find out relevant information (esp. the artist's style and painting techniques) about the artwork that you have chosen and find pictures of objects relevant to those in the artwork.

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When you have found the relevant information and objects, you should copy and paste them into your word document for use later.
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Discovering different ways of manipulating images


For the next 5 minutes, you will go onto some of the the following websites and find out for yourselves the different ways of manipulating images.
This is to help you with your Explorations preparatory work.

You only need to observe how the images transform when you are looking through these websites. You do not have to know about how certain software were used to manipulate images, because we can always create the same effect by drawing and painting.

Be inspired by the variety of manipulations that are possible.


http://www.gamerzplanet.net/forums/graphics-tutorials/46562-tutorial-morphing-faces-photoshop.html

http://www.avivadirectory.com/photoshop/cracked-skin-tutorial/#more-85

http://photoshop-tutorials.deviantart.com/art/Landscape-Metamorphosis-W-68441813

http://blog.0tutor.com/post.aspx?id=117&titel=Photo-manipulation-apple-with-mouth

http://psdfan.com/tutorials/photo-effects/a-beginners-guide-to-photo-manipulation-and-ani-morphing/

http://www.webdesign.org/web/photoshop/photo-editing/abstract-photo-manipulation.11620.html

http://psdfan.com/tutorials/photo-effects/photo-manipulation-lonely-fairy/

http://psdfan.com/photo-effects/create-a-magical-image-using-photo-manipulation/

http://designer-tutorials.com/category/photoshop/48-mind-blowing-examples-photo-manipulation-art

http://designer-tutorials.com/category/photoshop/48-mind-blowing-examples-photo-manipulation-art

http://www.voidix.com/eye_manipulation.html

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/how-to-apply-textures-to-uneven-surfaces/

http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-effects/white-noise.html

http://www.myfreewebtemplates.info/tutorials/photoshop_tutorials/photoshop_tutorial_Art_Deco_Clocktower.php

http://speckyboy.com/2009/02/25/28-incredible-photoshop-image-manipulation-techniques-and-tutorials/


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When you have found interesting ways to manipulate the images that you have chosen, write on your word document your ideas.
This is to help you create more interesting explorations.
Remember to copy and paste the relevant urls too, so that you can refer to the websites later on.
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10 minutes before the end of the lesson:

Please --

• Save your word documents on the desktop
  
• Send your word documents to your email address
• Delete your word documents from the desktop
  
• Shut down your computer
  

Expectations for next week's lesson


By next week's lesson, you should have finished your Research and Investigation and should be already halfway through your First Hand Observations.

You should refer to some of the links in this blog entry to get ideas on how to conduct your Explorations.

For next week's lesson, bring:

• Drawing papers
  
• Pencils
• Done preparatory work
• Acrylic paints, if you are able to start on your Explorations

Thank you and have a wonderful artful day!