Walsh After School Art Enrichment

Workshops for 5th and 6th Grade Students

"Fall into ART"

For the artist that loves to explore nature.  Students will use clay, pastels, pencil, watercolors, and found objects to create artwork inspired by the season. Students will take time to observe ”art” in nature during this  multifaceted workshop.   Cost: $70

Meets Wednesdays at Walsh 3-4:30
10/7, 10/14, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 (10/21 off) 6 weeks

"ENDANGERED SPECIES SCULPTURE"

Artists will use their voices to raise awareness while they learn  to make a 3d Sculpture of a threatened or endangered species. Artist will use wire, plaster, paper and a variety of recycled and traditional art materials. 

Students will also create magnets and stickers to get the word out about their special animals!!
Cost: $70

Meets Thursdays at Walsh 3-4:30

10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 6 weeks

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Joy to the World -CD Cover Design Contest

"Joy to the WORLD; Our December Prayer"

The choir will be traveling abroad this year. Gifting there music to the world.  Think about the month of December and how we try to give to our friends, family, and the community.

  For a sketchbook assignment make a drawing of something that represents the vibe of the season, cd, and message of the music on the CD.  Your artwork may appear on the cover of the CD!

One song they will be performing is 'Our December Prayer", by Idina Menzel. 

Click the picture to listen to the song.

Read the lyrics...maybe images for the CD cover will come to mind. 

In the touch of a friend, in the breath of a child,

In the eyes of a soldier coming home to his mother's grateful smile,

In the sight of falling snow, and the memories it brings,

In the season when you find some peace, in the simple tender things,

Open your heart and look around,

 listen listen

Hear the song within the silence,

See the beauty when there's nothing there,

Sing a song within a silence that hope and love are everywhere,

And when the quiet night is falling watch an angel dancing in the air

To the song, the song within the silence a December Prayer,

A December Prayer.

In the strength of your hand as it holds unto mine,

And the promise that we're not alone in this place and time,

In the gifts that you give I am humbled and amazed

Far beyond this day and time of year

We are in a state of grace.

Open your heart and look around,

 listen listen

Hear the song within the silence,

See the beauty when there's nothing there,

Sing a song within a silence that hope and love are everywhere,

And when the quiet night is falling watch an angel dancing in the air

To the song, the song within the silence a December Prayer,

A December Prayer

Listen listen

Hear the song within the silence,

See the beauty when there's nothing there,

Sing a song within a silence that hope and love are everywhere,

And when the quiet night is falling watch an angel dancing in the air

To the song, the song within the silence a December Prayer,

A December Prayer.

Contour Drawing

Intro to Drawing

Last week in class we warmed up to drawing again by doing several gesture drawings.  The quick lines that we drew are quite the opposite of what we will be doing when we are creating contour drawings. We will look carefully at the edges of our subject and draw slowly.

Mona Brookes, author of Drawing for Older Children and Teens, writes:

"By following what appears to be the outline edges of an object, you can create an impression of it.  Contour Drawing is a style of realistic drawing, but it doesn't capture the kind of three-dimensionality that you can achieve with shading."

Below notice the way Pablo Picasso uses a line to represent most of the edges of the figure below.  He tried to keep the correct proportions and successfully portrays the physical characteristics of the model.  Learning how to create contour drawings is a fundamental skill that all artists should develop. 

We will also try a couple Blind Contour drawings.  This is when you draw using one continuous line and do not look at your paper. 

Class warm up exercise:   Draw several contour drawings of your hand.  Try very hard to just draw edges with a line. Do not shade in at all!  Think about the negative and positive space on your paper.  Think about proportions  (how big are your fingers compared to your hand). PLEASE refrain from talking during this exercise, you really need to focus.

Sketchbook Assignment: Draw 5 small contour drawings.  Shoes,plants, people, chairs...etc.  Extra Credit:  Drawing of a foot  Due 9/25





Contour Drawing



Outline

GREAT SITE TO VIEW FOR LINE WORK IN ART

Creative Sentence Structure

This exercise from Josten's Digital Classroom really illustrates the importance of variety in sentence structure. You will be required to complete this exercise by  Friday September 18th.                              
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

 “This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I will vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I 
will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals — sounds that say listen to this, it is important.” — Gary Provost

Considering this quote, write about the photo of students racing to their lockers (this one)  or find one of your own in the "Back to School Folder". Then, reread your work and try to vary your sentence length. Edit your work, considering not only punctuation and grammar, but also descriptive detail and sequence.

(from Jostens Digital classroom)

Artist at their best...

PLAY 

Gesture Drawing

Intro and Advanced Drawing and Painting

Gesture drawings are sometimes used as a warm up exercise.  Before you sit down to do an elaborate painting/drawing it is good practice to get your mind engaged in the process of creating art by making quick studies of an object/person/landscape.   Changing the line quality of your drawings can help emphasize certain characteristics of the subject.   The exciting thing about gesture drawings is they are never stagnant.  You should purposefully make quick movements with your hand or your whole arm.  Capture the essence of what you are drawing without details.  Action drawing, could describe some types of gesture drawings.  Action drawing involves representing the movement of the subject, for instance a person running, stretching, jumping.  The lines you draw will emphasize the "action" of the figure.

I like the way artist Jill Saur writes about Gesture drawing below.

“Gesture drawings are quick, loose drawings. You don't stop the motion of your hand while doing it. Also, you don't take your pen off of the surface to move it to another point, you just drag it over…
…the gesture drawing focuses more on the inference of the figure, not an exact replica of what you see.  Practicing quick gesture drawings will train your eye-brain-hand co-ordination to pick up on lines and see where they are in relation to other lines.  Before you begin a fine drawing or painting, gesture it first to get a 'feel' for what you are going to do.”  

  Jill Saurr  http://dailyartclass.blogspot.com/2010/11/gesture-drawing-definition.html

In class we will be drawing several quick sketches of objects and people.  In the beginning we will only be concerned about trying to get proportions correct and capturing the essence of the object on paper. We will be looking for lines that define the movement and the proportions of the subject matter.  

Sketchbook Assignment:  

You are required to do a dozen gesture drawings in your sketchbook.  Draw your dog, parents, friends, hands...anything you like, as long as there is variety.  The gesture drawings should be times. Try 30 seconds to 2 minutes.  Make sure you are timing yourself and stop when the time is up.  

Creative Examples of using LINE in drawing

Clipping Mask

Yearbook

To learn how to create text using a photograph for the fill using Adobe Photoshop, simply create a Clipping Mask.  You can do this by placing a photograph over the text you would like to use in the layers panel.  Then go to Layer>create clipping mask and you are all set.  Add f/x to the text and you have an exciting graphic. Create your own clipping mask in Photoshop, add an effect to the text then save in the Yearbook 2015-2016 folder in shared drive in the Photoshop folder. Make sure you save it as your last name so I know that it has been completed. 

View Clipping Mask Tutorial