Still Life

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Still Life
Henri Matisse Cut Paper- Create a cut paper
composition depicting plant and animal life.
Choose real plants and animals to work from to
create this colorful cut paper project.
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Portraits
Albrect Durer Pencil- Depict yourself in a
family crest, you can research the symbols
associated with your last name or you can make up
your own emblems and symbols to create a crest.
Pay attention to how Durer incorporates the
portrait with his initials and the symbols all
around.
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Sculpture
Asian Carving Soap- Using subtractive or
reductive methods you should carve a small
sculpture of an animal out of a bar of soap. This
project focuses on learning to carefully carve
out shapes and add the details needed to
stylistically depict your animal.
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Figures
Pablo Picasso Acrylic - Using only one tonal
value like Picasso did during his blue period you
should depict figures with expressions that
reflect the color you have chosen. All shading,
highlights and tones need to be mixed with your
chosen color to create a monochrome image.
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Scapes
Louis Sullivan Watercolor- Depict a large scale
building like you would find in a downtown area
with strong linear elements and lots of window
and detail shown. You will have to be very
controlled with the watercolors with in the
building but can be looser with the background of
sky and landscape.
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Design
Andy Goldsworthy Color Pencil - Create an ariel
view of a maze. Pay close attention to the
shadows that would be created if the maze was
actually built into the landscape as artist Andy
Goldsworthy does with his earthwork sculptures.
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Still Life
Rene MagritteColor Pencil- Depict a set of still
lives that do not usually fit together. These
various objects should be shown with differing
scale to create a surrealistic image like the
work of Magritte. Scale and composition should be
the focus of this project.
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Portraits
Rembrandt van RijnCharcoal/Pencil- Depict a
self-portrait in which you have a distinct
expression on your face. Try to avoid the
straight on view, also try to use a combination
of photographs and mirrors when creating your
work.
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Sculpture
Meso-American Figures Clay- Using the pinch pot
and slab methods you will create a hollow figure
with an exaggerated or stylized body style. The
body style should reflect the pinch pot/slab
method and yet it should still be image
three-dimensional. The figure should able to
stand on its own.
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Figures
Francisco Goya Pencil- Depict a sporting scene
where animals and humans work together. Consider
sports such as rodeo or bull fighting. This
action scene should be depicted with realism and
accutate proportions for both man and animal.
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Scapes
Piet Mondrian Paint- Depict an ariel grid like
scene of city or landscape. The lines should
depict streets or crop lines. This image should
be very colorful and bold like the work of
Mondrian. You will need to bring to class a map
(like you can get to on google maps etc.) you
will not be able to print in class you must bring
this in, it will be part of your grade.
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Design
Elsworth Kelly Acrylic Painting - Using
geometric shapes and line designs mix and blend
colors to create the full spectrum of the color
wheel, take care to ensure your lines are crisp
and clean. You may only use primary colors to mix
with.
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Still Life
Claes Oldenburg Watercolor/Ink- Depict a still
life object at an extremely large scale and
placed in a land/cityscape much like the
real-life pop art sculptures of Oldenburg. Your
images should appear comical in nature and grand
in scale.
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Portraits
Andy Warhol Ink - Using color paper and black
india ink create a portrait of either yourself or
a classmate. The color paper will serve as the
skin tone and the shading, background, and shapes
of the face are created using ink.
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Sculpture
Aboriginal Walking Sticks -Wood Paint Create
an aboriginal walking stick using a large stick
you bring in from home, you will then paint it
with a repeated dot pattern to create an animal
design like the traditional sticks.
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Figures
Jan Van Eyck Color Pencil- Depict a figure in
which a mirror is showing the back of the figure.
The mirror image may be slightly distorted
depending on the type of mirror you use to
reflect the back of the scene.
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Scapes
Harry Callahan Photo-Collage - Begin by taking a
photograph of a landscape. You will need to bring
in two photocopies of the image in black and
white. Using a transfer method you should
transfer the images onto your paper just slightly
off register to create a double exposure type of
image. You can embellish this image or work on a
background watercolor wash.
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Design
M.C. Escher- Ink Create a tessalation style
image of animals in the style of M.C. Escher. You
should only use black and white to create a
strong positive negative effect.
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Still Life
Julian Schnabel Stencil- Cut out a stencil of a
still life object. Do this by first creating a
contour outline on wax paper, then cut out your
image to make the stencil, you will then lay the
stencil out on your composition and paint a
fitting environment for your image. Your stencil
will create a negative space in your composition.
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Portraits
Carravaggio- Oil Pastel Create a fanciful
portrait of you as a mythical creature like a
medusa or a centar.
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Sculpture
Western Art Bronze- Cardboard Using slotted
cardboard create a western image similar to the
style of western artists like Remington.
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Figures
Michelangelo Oil Pastel- Taking inspiration from
the Kimbells newly acquired painting by
Michelangelo to create a sci-fi/fantasy image
with at least one human figure along with
fanciful creatures either made up for from
legend.
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Scapes
Winslow Homer Watercolor- Depict a landscape
scene in which wildlife plays a predominant focus
of the piece. You wildlife scene should depict
action and the animal should be shown with more
detail than the surrounding landscape.
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Design
Mark Rothko-Paint Create a series of images
that start with one color but you must create
three color panels, to do this you will add white
to one and black to another to create shading and
tone, you need to create at least three of these
panels.
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Still Life
Alphonse Mucha Ink/Markers- Taking inspiration
from natural plant patterns create a design that
is both repetitive in nature and balance in its
composition. Consider using heavy outlines to
accentuate the pattern the plants create.
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Portraits
Rembrandt Peale- Pastel/Oil Pastel Create a
portrait of some one who has a still life item
that explains what they do for a living or what
his/her interests or hobbies are.
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Sculpture
Tibetan Statues Clay- Create a small figurine of
seated figure. This should be done in a stylized
way. To make sure this makes it through the kiln
you will need to wedge the clay extremely well
before you begin building your figure. We spray
paint the figures and then buff them with shoe
polish to create the antique look after they are
fired.
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Figures
Robert Sabuda Batik/Textile- For this project we
will be using the Batik method of wax resist on
fabric. You should depict a figure working on
something textile related. We will be using wax
from melted crayons to create this image.
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Scapes
Julian Onderdonk Pastel/Oil Pastel- Depict a
typical Texas landscape scene. You should bring
in images you photographed yourself of our local
area. Consider a dramatic sunset or a rugged
terrain, there should be no buildings or human
elements in the image.
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Design
Traditional American Quilts Textile- Each class
member will be given a six inch template to
create a panel for our class quilt. The theme
should reflect our school. You can use
embroidery, patchwork, and/or fabric markers.
Please keep everything orange, black and white
for the purpose of unity.
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Still Life
Wayne Thiebaud Acrylic- Depict a repetitive
pattern of popcorn, candy, cake, or other deserts
that are alike in type but individual in their
details. Be sure to pay attention to shadows and
highlights in this yummy project.
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Portraits
Marcel Duchamp Painting- Choose a famous work
from Art History, you should copy this work to
the best of your ability and then make a parody
or joke out of it like Duchamp has done by put a
beard and mustache on the Mona Lisa.
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Sculpture
African Mask- Mixed Media Create a mask using
plaster, goss and wire to create a mask. You
should then decorate your mask with a repetitive
pattern made of found items such as rice, corn,
beans etc.
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Figures
Diego Rivera Pastel - Using the cubist style
depict two figures. The figures should be
recognizable but still broken into shapes as the
cubists did. You need to create a fitting
background for your figures also incorporating
cubism.
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Scapes
Thomas Cole Oil Pastel- Create a realistic
landscape with soft but dramatic lighting just as
Thomas Cole did when he depicted the American
Landscape. Your image should incorporate
perspective, a horizon line, depth of field and
strong highlights and shadows.
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Design
Barbara Kruger Photography- Using a digital
camera and a computer graphics program photograph
yourself with text that describes you. This does
not have to be a portrait but should include
something you feel reflects you and can serve as
a figurative portrait. You should use the
graphics program to adapt the colors and show
emphasis.