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Swap homework with a partner.

It is important to share ideas, good


practice and to give constructive criticism.
You may also take inspiration from each
others sketchbooks and see something
new that you may want to try.

To improve I
now need to

Week 4 - Plenary
Week 4- Double Lesson
Plenary - What is Abstract Art?
Use artistic language when discussing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kdzG
AjG26s
Discussion
Who feels they like
abstract art? Who
feels they dont like
it?

TASK 1 - Analyzing Artworks - Compare
and Contrast (10-15 mins)
Red Canna, 1924 by Georgia O Keeffe
Flowers in a Porcelain Vase
by
Ambrosius Bosschaert
Record analysis in your DW.
Ansel Adams
Discuss images
using artistic
language.
What do you
think the artist
is most
concerned
with?
What other
artists have you
looked at so far
that you
consider to be
similar to the
work of Adams?
TASK 2 - Analyzing Artworks - (10-15 mins)
Week 4 Art History
From Reality to Abstraction
Georgia O Keeffe

We may also use reality as a source of
inspiration for abstract work. Artist Georgia
O'Keeffe used flowers as inspiration for her
work (as pictured below).

What influence did the American
Southwest have on O'Keeffe's art?
OKeeffe drew inspiration
from the vivid colors,
organic (curved) shapes,
and bright light she found
in the desert sky and rolling
hills. She incorporate
natural found objects such
as desert flowers and sun-
bleached animal bones into
many of her paintings.

What can you draw
inspiration from? Think
about your
surroundings?
How did O'Keeffe create
compositions using natural
objects?

One of her favorite techniques
was to monumentalize flowers
and other natural forms. She
changed their scale, enlarging
and cropping them until they
filled a large canvas. Often,
OKeeffe would zoom in on a
small, intricate part of a
flower such as its stamen
enlarging it until it was no
longer recognizable.
Idea Development Photography AO1
Using school cameras take photos of the flowers provided.
Then using one of your photos zoom in one section of the
picture to create an abstract piece. You may focus on one
principle or element of art if you wish.
This photo could be used as inspiration for your painting in
the style of Georgia O Keeffe.
You will use Acrylic paint and work should be no smaller than
A3 but can be A2. You may also choose to work on canvas.
Cropping
Original Image
All of these images were cropped from
the original image.
Experiment with Different Views
Abstract
Photoshop Effects
Good website
resource for
Painting Ideas
http://painting.about.com/od/abstractart/ig/Abstract-Art-Painting-Ideas/
Take your own high quality photographs of your chosen
Natural Forms. Take at least 5 Black and White and 5
Colour. You will mount your best 6 ( 3 B&W and 3 Colour) in
A5 size.
Consider textures, light and composition.
Use the macro setting (looks like a little flower). This allows
you to zoom in closer to the object for greater detail.
Print a contact sheet for your DW and annotate. ( 2 pages)
You will use these photos to form the basis of your future
studies and to inform your ideas.
Week 4 - Independent Study
Plenary
Sit together as a group and discuss/crit each others work.

Are you on task and meeting the learning objectives for the
workshops?

Are you able to use observation techniques? Is their
evidence in both your portfolio and DW.

Are you able to use drawing techniques and media? Is their
evidence?

Are you able to understand the use of observational
drawing?

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