Drawing Concentration
- Work 1 due April 15th, 2016
- Work 2 due April 29th, 2016
- Work 3 due May 20th, 2016
- Rough draft artist's statement due May 17th, 2016
- Picture corrections due May 25th, 2016
- Final draft artist's statement due May 23rd, 2016
- Online portfolio with Artist's statement due by the end of final exam.
Objective: You will develop a focused body of work investigating a strong underlying visual idea in 2D design that grows out of a coherent plan of action or investigation. Quality is evident in both concept and technique.
A Concentration is a body of related works that:
• grows out of a coherent plan of action or investigation
• is unified by an underlying idea that has visual and/or conceptual
• is based on individual interest in a particular visual idea
• is focused on a process of investigation, growth, and discovery
• shows the development of a visual language appropriate for the subject
Develop a personal theme:
Concept/Theme: A proposal based on your interest and desire to explore a theme or idea that will support 4 original works.
Examples: Human mind, illness and social preconceptions
Concentration Topic: Figure Study: Mental illness and society’s perception of it.
Examples: Exteriors, the figure in space and abandonment
Concentration Topic: Abandoned houses representing the human body, mind, and soul with an emphasis on deterioration.
A Concentration is a body of related works that:
• grows out of a coherent plan of action or investigation
• is unified by an underlying idea that has visual and/or conceptual
• is based on individual interest in a particular visual idea
• is focused on a process of investigation, growth, and discovery
• shows the development of a visual language appropriate for the subject
Develop a personal theme:
Concept/Theme: A proposal based on your interest and desire to explore a theme or idea that will support 4 original works.
Examples: Human mind, illness and social preconceptions
Concentration Topic: Figure Study: Mental illness and society’s perception of it.
Examples: Exteriors, the figure in space and abandonment
Concentration Topic: Abandoned houses representing the human body, mind, and soul with an emphasis on deterioration.
Concentration Examples:
Elizabeth Peterschmidt--Wayzata High School; Plymouth, Minnesota
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Jose Lozano--Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; ;Dallas, Texas
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Student Commentary--
What is the central idea of your concentration? This concentration "Animalocalypse" is a narrative series that resembles an alternate universe where the roles of animals and humans are switched. Several are based from famous paintings (the first, fifth and last images), but the majority of the watercolors are done from my imagination. As they progress from the first to the last, the message grows more suggestive to the viewer. Some paintings have a more light hearted mood, and all provoke a story. How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples. There were many ideas I originally had that I never ended up making, because the other ideas were either stronger, or easier for the viewer to be able to understand. I really enjoyed this concentration, because there were many things I could do that could represent the idea of animals and people switching places. Before I began working on them, I listed the best ideas, and put them in a specific order so I would be able to easily transition from one painting to the next. Some of my work, like image 11, titled "Fair Game," have [sic] a much darker context than some of its earlier cousins. I did this on purpose; once the viewer was pulled in, they would notice that the revolution of the animals became more serious as the sequence continued. http://goo.gl/HYEjpf |
Student Commentary--
What is the central idea of your concentration? Since I was a little kid I played at my godfather's wrecking yard. I was fascinated with exploring the wrecks. I began to think about the wrecks and how the wrecks happened. When someone crashes a car it is violent and noisy. Dreams are demolished. People are injured and sometimes killed. My drawings make me think of broken dreams. How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples. At first I explored my ideas using a brown marker on white paper [images 1-6]. Then I began to get interested in the range of values and reflections on the wrecks. I used white colored pencil, an Ebony [pencil] on toned paper [image 7-12]. My brother's dream car was a silver 2001 Lincoln Town Car [image 7]. It is now a wreck. [I] feel really close to this work since [I] helped rebuild his car before it was wrecked. http://goo.gl/XEhEUk |
Artist's Statement
Answer these questions in your statement.
What is the central idea of your concentration? (1 paragraph maximum)
How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples. When referencing specific images, please indicate the image. (3 paragraphs maximum)
Your essay portion of the exam MUST be turned in via the school Google Drive before posting it to your portfolio. The essay is due May 27th, 2015. Share this with me at: google classroom.com
What is the central idea of your concentration? (1 paragraph maximum)
How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples. When referencing specific images, please indicate the image. (3 paragraphs maximum)
Your essay portion of the exam MUST be turned in via the school Google Drive before posting it to your portfolio. The essay is due May 27th, 2015. Share this with me at: google classroom.com