Composition and Collage

THE PLAN!

1. Watercolor/ 3 envelopes- Remember to use more water than pigment. We are making
washes. Use complementary colors in order to create contrast.

2. Cut each envelope into 3 equal sections using the papercutter.

3. Label the back of each envelope. Each squares emphasis should be one of the elements of composition which is listed on the board in the front of the room.

4. Tape each square to a piece of paper and turn in.

5. After grading, remove the squares.

6. We will now use the squares to create one large composition using a variety of media that uses all of the elements of composition.

7. Sew magazine cover to the paper that has been provided.

8. Dry brush acylics onto the piece.

9. Stay tuned! Let's get all of this done! I will post more later!

CULTURAL ICONS ON DISPLAY IN COMMONS

Andrea Sugg

Derrick Salgado

Syera Diggins

Alicia Ibarra
Great Job Everyone! It was great to see old car hoods and doors get new life!

Some pieces will be permanently on display in the Little Theatre at THS!

Cultural Icons

Begin on large stencils!
Remember you must communicate and idea! It is not enough to just put a bunch of images on your piece. You must relate the images to one another!

Use your space effectively! See board in the room!

Piece must be able to be able to be hung on the wall when you are finished!
Please put your name on the item you have chosen to stencil!

Check out this artist!

Stencil art/graffiti continues to evolve as a means of expressing messages throughout the world whether they be political, emotional, or spiritual. PaperMonster's work as a stencil graffiti artist and designer explores the beauty behind eyes and emotions conveyed through the facial expressions of women. His artwork can be found on surfaces such as wood, plastic/plexi, canvas and any other flat surface imaginable. PaperMonster incorporates both stencil and pasting collage techniques to create one of a kind pieces of art. Each piece brings together cultural fragments consisting of anything from Asian typography to original paper currency from countries throughout the world.The sheer amount of paper that he consumes in his collage and stencil cutting truly demonstrates the meaning behind the name "PaperMonster." Since each piece involves an unique and delicate composition of paper, vibrant color, and stencils; no single piece is identical. PaperMonster has been featured in several magazines and exhibitions throughout the world such as Stolen Space Gallery (London) and Rokon Magazine (Seoul, Korea). PaperMonster consistently has exciting and new projects that truly demonstrate his capabilities as an artist. He is featured in Stencil Nation, by Russell Howze and has upcoming exhibitions for DirtyPilot.com, Art Whino, Crybaby Art Gallery, Melbourne Stencil Festival (08), Stencil Nation Tour, International Poster Festival (Italy), 400ml Project (France) and Metropolis Gallery.Websites: http://www.papermonster.orghttp://myspace.com/elpapermonsterhttp://papermonster.wordpress.com
WebsitesPaperMonster Blog PaperMonster's MySpace PaperMonster.Org

10 PHOTOS DUE!

Make sure to turn in 10 photos.

-Save all photos

-Alter in photoshop

-print/out for work.

Check out this website: http://www.aaronkratenart.com/available.html

Composition and Focal Point

1. Pick an image to be your focal point. (One of the glue drawings!)

-Begin thinking about the message, or idea you are going to be conveying to the viewer.

-How will you use text as a background in order to convey your idea?

2. Review the elements of Composition that were talked about in class. Look at the board!

-Include all elements in your composition!

3. Begin laying out your design!

Welcome 2nd Semester Mixed Media Students!

We are going to begin the semester looking at space and how it is used to convey idea and meaning.

We will work in the studio on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
On WEDNESDAYS we will work on blogs or have the mobile computer lab in the room.
We will spend a lot of time looking at other artists work from around the world. We will look at how our enviroment and culture influences the work we make.

Our first exercise will involve creating a strong focal point. We will experiment with a variety of media (fabric, wool, paper, wallpaper, plastic, wax, and found objects)

Our next exercise will explore the variety of ways in which we can transfer images onto a variety of surfaces.

Then we will expore the elements of composition. We will use wax as a medium and combine what you have learned from the previous exercises in order to create a quality composition.

Then we will move onto bookbinding- you will get to choose the medium you most enjoyed as your emphasis.

After bookbinding we are going to move into the anatomy of the facial structure. We will explore this in clay- but we will also combine what you have learned about wax, fabric, compostion, image transfer, etc... into our compositions.

We will have to see how quickly we move through these projects- I have quite a few other projects planned- mixed media mosaic on found objects with embroidery, found object jewelry with cold connections, etc...

Welcome to Mixed Media- it is a lot of fun!

Lisa Rogers