Semester 1 Final Projects

OBAMA-"In the face of impossible odds we need people who love thier country

to change it."
MARILYN- "Imperfection is beauty"

Buddha

Andy Wharhol-"What you can get away "

Uncle Sam- "Is freedom really free?"

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Question: - What is a Cultural Icon?

- How can the negative space be used to tell the viewer more about the icon and why

I chose the icon? (Quote, visual image, etc...)

-How can I make the icon the focal point?

-How can I use everything I have learned about manipulation and use of space to convey

meaning in this project?

How to make a stencil in photoshop!

A lot of tutorials on this website, very good instructions!

http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-stencila.html

Bookbinding:

http://michaelshannon.us/makeabook/index2.html

Self-Portrait/Stencil Design

The Process-

1. Check out video (Paper Monster) Look at the work. This artist will inform and inspire our
work.

2. Design 3 symbols that tell something about you. Remember, it is not o.k. to copy other artists
work. For example, if you like basketball, it is not o.k. to copy Nikes basketball ad. You could
instead, bring in an image of you playing basketball and turn it into a stencil. It is also, o.k. to
turn random action images into silhouettes. When you have chosen 3 images and turned
them into silhouettes turn them in to be graded.

3. Practice creating a pattern for the background of your piece on paper. Turn in your practice
sheet using pattern.

4. Photoshop your image on the computer and turn it into a stencil. Print out image as large as
you can (8.5 x 11) Turn the image into an overhead transparency.

5. Put an Acrylic wash on your board. Apply your pattern. Check in for a grade. (Show
me the pattern that you applied to the board)

6. Enlarge your self portrait stencil and cut out.

7. Apply self portrait image to your piece. Sign your piece in the lower right hand corner. You
are done!

Art and Meaning

To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then, by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds, or forms expressed in words, so to transmit that feeling that others may experience the same feeling- this is the activity of art. --Tolstoy

Conveying Meaning!

1. Use 11x17 discarded poster as background
2. Sew another piece on top.
3. Begin breaking up the space by adding a variety of media.
4. Add an image transfer
5. Look at your image and start to develop an idea about what you would like to communicate.
6. Start thinking about where your focal point will be?
7. Get away from your work while you are working, it will help you see things more clearly!

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!