Artists Communicate

 Art is a form of expression. 

When you create a work of art, you’re starting a conversation. You invite others to join the conversation as soon as you share that work, even if it’s just hanging in your home or sitting on an easel where someone else can see it.

Art communicates ideas and thoughts.

How does art communicate?

Artists can tell us about a moment in time.

*Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

Artists can communicate how they are feeling.

Artists can communicate a message.

Artists create art to educate.

Artist allow us to see common things through different eyes.

Artists make us think.

Artists can communicate something happy or funny.

Artists can communicate another reality.

and...

Artists can communicate beauty.

What do you want to communicate in your art?

Which studio would help you to do that best?  would it be better painted, drawn, collaged or constructed?

What do you like to Draw?

Drawing is one of the first types of art that we create.  Think of the scribbles you made as a young child.  Has your ability to draw improved as you have gotten older? 

 
So after looking at these stages, you probably agree that we get better at drawing.

What does an artist need to do to improve drawing skills?

Some people would say that being able to 'see' is the key to drawing well.  I encourage you to look and study what you are about to draw.  Look at the outline.  Look at the areas of dark, medium and light values.  Look at the size of the object.  Look where details occur.  Visually divide up the object into parts.  The longer you look and study what you are about to draw, I have a hunch, the more successful your drawing will be.  Keep looking and look hard at what you are drawing as you make marks on your paper.

some artists draw LARGE!

some artists like to work small:

What do people draw?

People draw what they can see:

People draw what they remember

 Many artists use their memories to help them create great works of art. think  of something you remember and draw as many supporting details as you can to help "tell the story." 

People draw what they imagine!

People draw what they feel

How is this drawing able to show feeling or emotion?

People draw marks with a drawing tool

What do you like to draw?

How can you stretch your drawing and make a WOW piece?
-Make a book
-Make a poster
-Draw in Sharpie and paint your work (use 80lb. paper)
-Create a drawn diorama

What Kind Of A Building Would A Poet Live In?

This lesson designed by my colleague and Captain art teacher Maryellen Picker, follows the opening of our Architecture Studio. 

What Kind Of A Building Would A Poet Live In?

 

 Today we are talking about new ways to think and build in the architecture studio...

 When my friend Maryellen's daughter Brynne was a little girl she would draw plans for rooms. She would draw on scraps of paper and Maryellen would find these little plans all over the house.

Today Brynne is a grown woman and lives in New York City. She is doing the same thing that she did when she was a little girl...she is designing spaces. She practiced a lot when she was young. 

What do you like to practice? 

You just might use those skills when you grow up!

An idea...

Maybe you can build something with a different concept/idea. Here are some questions: 

 

What kind of a building would a poet live in? 

   

How about a...

 mountain climber

 

astronomer

 

chef

artist

 

musician

  Benji is a student at Captain student.  Look what Benji created...a home for a gardener. The inside was created to look like a big flower. There is a wide entrance with gates opening up to the flower inside. 

What other kind of person can you think of? 

Think about where this person's building would be ...woods, city, by the ocean, mountains. How many rooms, how many windows. Why? How will those rooms help them be who they are? 

 

Some people are building tiny houses.

 Why do you think they would want to do that?

 What are the advantages and disadvantages? 

 Could you design one? 

What is the advantage of a  house on wheels?

You can draw your idea one day and build from your plan or blueprint the next art day. 

We can display a photo from your building day with your drawing/plan/blueprint. 

Could you draw a blueprint and make furniture for it that you could move around? 

Maybe you will come up with some ideas!