Sunday, January 6, 2013

MYPB Phenakistascope


















MYPB Art 5 weeks
Due Date: 7 Feb. 2013
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Guiding question:
How and why do we make moving images?

What work am I going to cover in this unit?
  • Design and Create two motion picture discs.
  • Write a DW write-up
  • Reflect upon my work

What skills and concepts do I need to use?
  • Drawing
  • Material handling (paper, card, scissors, glue, etc.)
  • Organizational (keeping track of your sketches, notes, and products.)

Areas of interaction: Human Ingenuity
  • How have motion pictures developed over history?
  • How have they changed history and where are they going?
  • How do I fit into this?
About the Phenakistoscope
Dating back to 1832, the Phenakistoscope (Fen-a-KIST-o-scope) is probably the oldest device to produce motion pictures. Oddly enough, the inventor, Joseph Plateau,was partially blind. Earlier in life he had stared at the sun for 20 minutes to test out his persistence of vision. Thesun’s glaring image stayed in his eyes for several weeks after that, not because of persistence of vision, but because the bright rays had burned holes in the backs of his eyes! In the months that followed, his eyesight grew progressively worse, and it was during this period that he dreamed up his ingenious way of producing motion pictures.

Making Your Own Phenakistoscope
Materials Needed:
scissors
construction paper or cardstock
glue
a pencil with an eraser
a thumbtack or pushpin
a mirror

Task

You are living in a world without electricity or photography. Nonetheless, you are called upon to develop information to be stored on the disc of the newest animated entertainment craze, the Phenakistoscope. Make two discs; see how successful your first disc is, and apply what you learned to making the second disc. You should experiment with the disc format (size, number of shutter windows), as well as the content (subject and design of the sequence cells.)

You will be assessed in all Arts criteria, A (knowledge and understanding), B (application-creation), C (reflection), and D (personal engagement.)

Write-up Table—The Creative Cycle
  • Dates for everything
  • Label the work with the appropriate stage of the Creative Cycle
Chapter

Criterion


1

Investigate

A

Describe your task. Why you chose your designs. Brainstorming sketches—possible ideas.

2

Plan

A
and
B

Time plan—shows what you did on different days
Steps to get your product ready.
Awareness of the due date.

3

Create


B

What you actually did to get your product ready.
Any problems you came across, how you solved them.
Changes you made to your plan and why.

4
Evaluate

C
Your feelings about the product
What you thought about the quality of your product and others.
How effective your work process was.
How you would improve next time.

Tips:
1.Your brain sees only a little of what your eyes see.

2.It is easier to see a moving object when it contrasts with its background a lot, or when it is very different from its background.

The fewer cells you have, the bolder your image will be, as each cell will be larger proportionally. The more cells you have, the more “flowing” and complex the movement can be. You can use color or black and white. Try to keep the movement fluid.

Make at least two discs, two different designs. Your first disc may or may not be successful. After you test it, you should apply what you learned to make your second disc more successful.




Tuesday, January 1, 2013

MYPA Perspective


MYPA Art                                         

3.Jan- 7.Feb. 2013, 6 weeks

Due: Thursday, 7. February 2013

Objects in Perspective


Unit Question: How do we make two dimensions look like three?
What am I going to cover in this unit?
  • History of perspective
  • Draw a room in one point perspective
  • Draw/paint imaginary town/city in two point perspective.
AOI: Human Ingenuity:
  • Structure and the creative process.
  • Impact of perspective on society.

How will I know I have been successful?
  • Be able to measure and draw parallel and vertical lines by measuring.
  • Know how to make perspective drawings; know vocabulary (DW blog) criterion A, understanding.
  • Make a finished 1-point perspective city drawing. (Criterion B, application.)
  • Make a finished 2-point perspective drawing (Criterion B, application.)

IDU: Technology

Blog assignment,,Criterion A Understanding Paragraph:
Write a paragraph describing the perspective in a painting (include title and artist)
Use these words to describe the painting:
horizontal,       Parallel
vertical,      vanishing point    horizon line.

MYPD Shoes, works in progress


MYPDArt
3.Jan-7.Feb- 6 weeks; Due: Thursday, 7. Feb, 2013
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A Walk in My Shoes

Unit Question: Can your culture be represented by the environment in which you live?

Area of Interaction: Environments
One's culture is represented through fashion and by the items that surround us.
What am I going to cover in this unit?
  • Drawing from observation (contour, shading.)
  • Drawing objects (drapery, shoes)
  • Drawing in perspective and depth (linear, overlap, atmospheric, hierarchical)
  • Combining observation and the symbolism
How will I know I have been successful?
  • Design and plan artwork in sketches and studies(drawings) (Criterion B, application)
  • Draw a finished composition with one's shoes and other cultural symbols(Criterion B, application)
  • Describe the process in DW (Criterion A, knowledge)
  • Give and receive creative criticism. (Criteria C, reflection, and D, engagement.)


















MYPC Pop Art, works in progress


MYPC Art
3.-31.January- 5 weeks; Due: Thursday, 31. Jan, 2013
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Pop Art        

Unit Question: Can I produce what I consume?

Area of Interaction: Environments
  • How does the environment determine the way we see art?
  • What environment does art need?
What am I going to cover in this unit?
  • History of Pop Art Sculpture
  • How scale and context shift our relationship to art
  • sculpting; making three dimensional art.
  • Consumer products and consumerism as a subject for art and reflection.
How will I know I have been successful?
  • Design and plan artwork in sketches (drawings) (Criterion B, application)
  • Create a piece of pop art (Criterion B, application)
  • Describe the process in DW (Criterion A, knowledge)
  • Give and receive creative criticism. (Criteria C, reflection, and D, engagement.)