Virtual Art Museum Visit

Choose ANY art museum in the world.  Don’t limit your tour to museums that you are familiar with, you can “travel” anywhere!!!

Here is are some links to museums that offer virtual visits, but you can choose others that are not on this list.

Nelson Atkins - Kansas City https://www.nelson-atkins.org/

St. Louis Art Museum - St. Louis Missouri
https://www.slam.org/explore-the-collection/

Crystal Bridges - Bentonville, Arkansas
https://crystalbridges.org/

Getty Museum - Los Angeles
https://www.getty.edu/museum/

Musuem of Modern Art - New York
https://www.moma.org/

Tate Museum - London
https://www.tate.org.uk/

The Louvre - Paris https://www.louvre.fr/en

Bilbao Guggenheim - Bilbao Spain
https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en

Choose one of the following to document your museum tour

• Draw a thumbnail sketches of 3 artworks
• Describe the artwork and why you chose it
• Write a narrative about the tour of the museum
• Record a video of your favorite works and tell me why you liked them.  You can use (screen castify for this) or record on your phone and chrome book.
• Look up a museum on google maps and draw the street view.

Once you complete your “project” post it to your class blog.

   

   

This is your chance to visit ANYWHERE in the world!!!!

Create a digital drawing using Google Draw

This project uses Google Drawing tools to create a digital drawing of a turkey burger.

The link below will take you through the step-by-step process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOvoPtW0108&feature=youtu.be

This link will take you to the picture of the burger to use in your project.
https://www.cookingclassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/turkey-burger-12.jpg

After you have finished the project upload it to your blog.

Draw a Rose!

Use the  tutorial below to draw a beautiful rose. Open the link on your laptop and follow along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-jtQVqbAQE

You can use any drawing materials available at home. No need for fancy art stuff! 

When you have completed your drawing, take a photo and upload it to your blog. 

Land Art - Andy Goldsworthy style - Part 2

This week we will go outside and make artwork from natural objects in the Andy Goldsworthy style. Experiment with leaves, flowers,stones, sticks, dirt or any natural material you have available. You can combine the different materials as well. You can make it as simple or as complex as you would like.

When you're're done  take 3 photos from from different angles pictures of your work and upload them to a new blog post.

Andrew Goldsworthy - Part 1

This week we will learn about a very interesting artist named Andy Goldsworthy.

After answering some questions about his life and work you will go outside and create your own artwork based on his style of nature art.

Goldsworthy uses nature and natural settings to create a wide range of artworks.

Here is a cool project that he created last year at the Nelson Atkins museum in Kansas City.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-sculptor-andy-goldsworthy-is-tearing-down-walls-and-then-rebuilding-them

Here is another article that shows more about his work.
https://www.boredpanda.com/land-art-andy-goldsworthy/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

Use the website below to answer the research questions.
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/goldsworthy-andy/


Andrew Goldsworthy - Artist Research

1. Provide the dates and places of artist's birth and death. 

2. How/where did she/he train? Did she/he receive formal arts instruction? 

3. Discuss some of the people and/or events that influenced their art. 

4. What were her/his political or religious beliefs? 

5. Discuss her/his relationship with artists of the time period. 

6. What art movement(s) are they considered to be a part of? 

7. Describe the artist's style. 

8. Describe any recurring subjects, symbols, images, and/or themes in the artist's work. 

9. Tell 2 or 3 interesting stories or facts about the artist. 

10. If your artist is no longer alive, what kind of legacy did they leave behind? If your artist is still alive, what are they currently working on? 

Find and post 3 artworks that you like and want to base your project on:

Artwork 
a. Title of the work: 
 b. Date of the work: 
c. Location the work was created: 
d. Where is the work now on display: 
e. Media used:
f. What is the style of the artwork? 
g. What is the artwork about? 
Why was it created? 

Artwork 2
a. Title of the work: 
 b. Date of the work: 
c. Location the work was created: 
d. Where is the work now on display: 
e. Media used:
f. What is the style of the artwork? 
g. What is the artwork about? 
Why was it created? 

Artwork 3 
a. Title of the work: 
 b. Date of the work: 
c. Location the work was created: 
d. Where is the work now on display: 
e. Media used:
f. What is the style of the artwork? 
g. What is the artwork about? 
Why was it created? 

Describe a work of Art

Go to the following website

https://www.theartstory.org/


Choose an artwork.

Copy and paste it to your a new blogpost titled Elements and Principles in an artwork.

Identify as many elements and principles in the artwork as you can. Write a sentence or two explaining how the element and principle is used in the artwork.

If the element or principle is not used then state that is is not in the artwork.

Assignment January 29, 2020

Hello class. I cannot be here today.You have 2 assignments to complete today.

1. Your first assignment  is to read the Scholastic magazine, The Elements and Principles of Art.

In a new blog post answer the  questions from the Reading Review worksheet.

DO NOT write the answers on the question sheets.

In a new blog post titled Scholastic - Elements and Principles, write down both the questions and answers.

2. Your second assignment is to do research on the Theory of Art called Formalism. 

Create a new blog post titled Theory of Art - Formalism

https://www.theartstory.org/definition/formalism/

Answer thee following:

• Define Formalism - What is Formalism?
• What are 3 characteristics of Formalism?
• Search for a work of art that is considered Formalism and post it to your blog. What are 3 basic Elements of Art that you can identify within the artwork?

Please respect the sub and be nice and finish the assignment TODAY!