Assignments for 1st Quarter ART 4

1. VISUAL ANALOGY Create a diptych that shows a VISUAL ANALOGY. Create a portrait of a friend, family member, yourself, or a portrait from a found image. On another panel or canvas, creating a painting of an object that is connected to the person. A visual connection can be made through a color scheme, texture, pattern, etc.

2. RE-CONTEXTUALIZING AN OBJECT Personally select a still life object that can be recorded as changes its normal environment, or a group of objects that can be arranged to have a personal narrative. 3. NIGHT AND DAY DIPTYCH HOMEWORK During the day, select a window or doorway in your home as the focus (but not necessarily the sole subject matter) for your drawing. Create a composition that depicts some portion of the interior of the house and a part of the view outside the window/doorway. Experiment in your sketchbook with a variety of compositional possibilities. Capture the quality of the light inside the room, as well as the light outside the room. As always, emphasize the value-shapes, squinting to better observe essential shapes and contrasting values. Eliminate small details and keep your style loose. Plan on about 4-5 hours for this drawing.

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Part Two: Set up to draw in the late evening, when it is dark out. Select the same subject, but alter the composition if you like. (You may keep it exactly the same.) Repeat the whole process described above using the same medium and the same size paper.

4. INSIDE/OUTSIDE Create a drawing that interprets the concept of INSIDE/OUTSIDE. Use graphite, charcoal, color pencils, conte, pastels, whatever you would like. Drawing must be 11x16. 5. LIMIT YOURSELF Choose a subject matter/concept you are interested in. Think traditional portraiture, figure, landscape, interior, exterior. Using paint, oil pastel, or chalk pastel render the subject matter/concept using A LIMITED PALETTE. How will all warm, cool, only complimentary, only primary, or monochromatic colors affect the overall atmosphere, feeling, tone of the piece? How will it reinforce the concept you are trying to express?

LaASIA Complete 4 of 5 the assignments below: Find a fashion 'silhouette' from a magazine AND all-over abstract color image that appeals to you also taken from a magazine. Trace the silhouette over the color pattern and cut out. Create a small painting of exactly what you see using watercolor. Finally, design an outfit using this image as your inspiration. Find fabric to attach to this process board that could possibly be used for a real outfit. Put all 3 images on a board with possible fabric that could be used for a real outfit.

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Silouette from pattern

Painting

Edible Fashion

Final outfit design

Create a simple A-line dress made from objects found in the candy aisle at the grocery store. Use the half mannequin on a stool as a form. It could be one type of candy or different kinds. Experiment with adhering/attaching these candies together i.e. melting, twisting, etc.

Deconstruct/Reconstruct
Use one existing piece of clothing -or- several to deconstruct and then construct one dress any style. Use existing clothing you dont wear anymore, my collection of vintage dresses that I dont wear anymore, or thrift store finds. Old dress, tshirts, old jeans, jackets, etc. all can be used. (Shirt at right is made from a mans dress shirt)

Inspired by the Masters

Design 2 outfits inspired by a famous paintings. Explore the Museum of Modern Arts collection online. On your presentation boards, include a pic of the actual artwork, your design, and possible fabric you would use. (famous Mondrianinspired dress from Yves St. Laurent at right)

Baggy Create a dress made from plastic grocery bags. Research online how to adhere bags to each other (I believe this is done by ironing layers together).