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Year 11- Mark Making
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What is mark making? Historical examples of mark making? Indigenous art- Early graffiti? Asian art and decoration Traditional painting/art Contemporary examples- stencilling/paste-ups/graffiti
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Mark making and the narrative Mark making refers to story telling- a narrative about the historical context, passing on a story and the artist themselves The manner and application of the art also reflects the artist and the period
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Symbols
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Create 2 stories One using the indigenous symbols One using your symbols detailing something from your life-E.g. how you got to school, a trip you went on, etc.
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Contemporary graffiti- week 2 Grew out of the hip hop culture in NY in the 1970s- part of the four elements of the culture- breakdancing, graffiti, Mcing and Djing How are these four elements reflected on other cultures- consider indigenous Australian culture. Cave painting, dance, song, instruments.
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Tagging/Pieces Tagging- refer to applying your name/tag in a quick manner A piece is a more detailed and colourful artwork Throw-ups- A quick piece, usually characterised by “bubble” lettering with little detail Being “All City” was the aim of early graffiti artists, applying their artwork to as many trains as possible so that people across the city could see their art/name.
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What’s in a name? Think of your own penname Design a tag for your name Refine it
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Out for fame To what degree do you believe contemporary graffiti artists are “out for fame” or to convey a pertinent social message?
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Definition of Graffiti Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property.mass noun
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Styles of graffiti Bubble- complete alphabet Wild Style- complete alphabet Characters- represent the artist, often an adaptation of a popular cartoon character- simplistic portrait- something that can be completed quickly. Colouring options- drip, spots, patterns, blocks.
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Style Wars Beat Street
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Your environment… Through the focus of Mark Making students investigate their local and personal environment キ Interior/exterior- street, home, bedroom, school, social hangout… Complete a mind-map of your environment Write 50 words on what does environment mean to you nit One 9 - 10 weeksnit One 9 - 10 weeks
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Quick sketch activity… 5 minutes per sketch, plus journal Classroom Downstairs Street Mall Homework- outside of home, then room- can be photographed
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Mindscape and dreamscape
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Built/Natural Environment
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Explorations of Multiplicity with representations of the local and student’s personal environment. Historical, geographical, sociocultural, technological, personal perspectives
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Practice Exam Analyse- to pull apart Use third person (NO 1st person- I, me, you…) It is clear that, it is obvious that, it is apparent, Evidently, Consider the artist’s intention Line, shape, colour, movement What is in the painting? Social context? What is effective? Confusing?
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Homework- Collage activity/Mixed media キ Landscape and cityscape Chose either a landscape or cityscape and create a collage that depicts the scene- used mixed media.
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Exam structure 1. Introduce artist, title of work, year of completion, art movement the artist belonged to and social happenings Discuss what is in the picture and some of the major features- not in too much detail. Highlight the significance/importance of the work. This work is an excellent example of… 2. Discuss the work in more detail- colour, line, shape, movement, detail, materials, effect 3. What is the message/motivation/intention of the artist? 4. What is effective? 5. Conclusion- sum up your major points, discuss how the artist may continue to be analysed and influence other artists in the future
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Monday week 5 Review homework- bedroom/house picture/sketch/photograph Practice exam- Analyse this painting… Weeping Woman- Picasso 1. Draw the original 2. Adapt your own
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Visual Diary Are you experimenting with different media- photography, drawing, 3D, painting, printing, stencilling, collage, video…? Are you reflecting on each activity- showing your journey, explaining your thought processes, sharing your viewpoints on art, finding examples of art that INSPIRES you? In your work, is it clear where your influences are from? Are you researching artists?
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Week 5 Friday Exam next Friday Practice exam on Monday Dreamscape Mindscape
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What do you dream of? Surrealism discussion Analysis of Dali’s work Common dreams- often our fears- flying, falling, death, embarrassing situations, love, things we have to do… Complete a brainstorm map with things you dream of
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Dreaming… Sketch your ideas Now plan your piece- either a painting, photograph, sketch, 3D… Due next Friday- invite the viewer into your dreams…
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Consider… The setting/scene- a beach, forest, desert, city, classroom Distorting the image Juxtaposition- putting images together that normally would not occur in real life Explain your choices…
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Film clip examples Bjork’s- Army of Me The Beatles- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Gwen Stefani- What you waiting for? Album cover examples- Muse
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Monday week 6 practice exam Refer to the elements of art…
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Week 6 Monday Practice Exam A) Page 48 - Peter Booth, “Painting” 1977B) Page 93 “The Cleaner” Anne Zahalka Describe what you see in the artwork and what kind of landscape it could be: What nationality could the person in the image be? What characteristics and principles help project this ideal? List the elements of art that are present in this image and give an example of each:
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Elements LINE: COLOUR: TEXTURE: SPACE: SHAPE: VALUE: Describe the emotions that are projected from this image: PRINT ‘EXAM PREP’ DOC SEE MEGAN
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Homework Research the following artists: Janet Lawrence and Fiona Foley Jeffrey Smart Lin Onus Sally Smart Kathy Temin
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Mixed media piece due week 10 Gouache painting- layer painting- inspired by music – week 7 Collograph-cardboard tile- detailed close-up of one section of painting textured- stick on buttons, materials etc- week 8 Combine elements of the two- add other elements- week 9 Show examples from file
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Gouache Layered Painting Instructions Paint lines and shapes from the music and internal direction. No real images to be painted. No houses, love hearts
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etc. In layers, you must use some of all the colours placed out (even if it is only one dot) Keep to your individual process. Do not compare yourself to others. We are trying to create unique artworks. Do not comment on others artworks or make
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suggestions to them. They must have their own process. The fourth layer remains. Take time to reflect on the shapes and lines that draw you (your own subconscious). Look at the painting from all sides, which direction feels right? Bring those particular images out. The images can be real (eg face) or abstract (eg patterns, lines etc). Be true to your developing style and mark making (do you tend to blend or have solid colour?). You will be allowed to use black and white in the final layer. You might only outline images or you might completely repaint the images… It is ok to not like the end product. Hopefully you learn something in the PROCESS that you can take into further work…
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Primary colours- red, yellow, blue Secondary colours- green, purple, orange, Black and white- Outline/shading
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Lesson one- Primary colours Hearts a mess- Gotye To her door- Paul Kelly
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12/3- Blacks/whites/outlines Nigel,Jaycob exam Listen to the next set of music Add black/white to your piece Add outlines to either specific shapes or the whole piece No identifiable images Do you need to turn the image? Take photos- these will need to be printed/saved
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Reflect… Take time to reflect on the shapes and lines that draw you (your own subconscious). Look at the painting from all sides, which direction feels right? Bring those particular images out. The images can be real (eg face) or abstract (eg patterns, lines etc). Be true to your developing style and mark making (do you tend to blend or have solid colour?). You will be allowed to use black and white in the final layer. You might only outline images or you might completely repaint the images… It is ok to not like the end product. Hopefully you learn something in the PROCESS that you can take into further work…
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Collograph Choose one section of the painting Create a collograph on this one section-include layers Collograph-cardboard tile- detailed close-up of one section of painting textured- stick on buttons, materials etc-week 8 Combine elements of the two- add other elements- week 9 Show examples from file
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Combining the layered painting/collograph
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