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!

  

If I were an Architect

Our Newest Studio is the architecture studio! 

Architecture is the art or science of making buildings

An Architect is an artist who designs buildings

 

We use KEVA planks to create structures.

What is a structure? 

It is something that is built or constructed 
It is a body or arrangement of parts in space that will hold loads (weight)
It is a three dimensional form...it has height, width, and depth

Here are some very exciting, creative buildings for you to see!

Click the link!

35 Buildings Link 
http://designmodo.com/35-strange-and-awesome-buildings-architecture.htmlhttp://designmodo.com/35-strange-and-awesome-buildings-architecture/

You are the architect/artist/designer at Meramec

In this new studio 

 Be calm, patient and precise when working

You can start with a sketch

Do not drawn on planks or glue them

Planks stay in the architecture studio

A photo can be taken of your completed work

It is a whisper studio

Something cool to do at home on your computer!

Building Big... The Challenges

www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/abt_chall.html

 THANK YOU MERAMEC PTO FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION OF KEVA PLANKS!

Artists SOLVE problems!

(Key stage 2) There are several types of MISTAKES:

Stretch mistakes:  when you try something new!   We are bound to make mistakes when we are exploring and learning new skills.  These are POSITIVE!  It's proof we are challenging ourselves to learn something new and being brave!
Aha mistakes:  When we think about the mistakes and learn from them.  For example, mix blue and orange together and you get brown.  Aha, you might not want to mix those two colors together again.   Ouch!  the hot glue gun IS hot!  might be more cautious the next time you use it.

Sloppy mistakes:  Sloppy mistakes happen when we are doing something we already know how to do but we do it incorrectly because we lose concentration.  

Sometimes we envision exactly how we want our art to look. 

 Sometimes our project comes close to what we had imagined and other times when they are not what we had in mind, we can feel frustrated, sad or disappointed.  

Artists can improve through practice.  

Artists develop their skills but this can be a frustrating time working to get better at drawing, painting, sculpting, etc.  

Artists make mistakes and mistakes can make artists great. Think of a time you made a mistake and used it to make something great!

Sometimes what we perceive or see as an accident can lead to a new way of making art. 

Several years ago Melanie Rothschild spilled a whole gallon of paint in her workshop and it pretty much changed her life. It seemed too messy to clean the wet paint at the time and she figured she'd let it dry for a few days and then chip it off bit by bit. When she came back to it later in the week she was amazed when the entire spill, now all dry, peeled up in one glorious piece. She actually became obsessed with deliberately pouring paint, letting it dry and peeling it up. She also became obsessed with the whole idea of how mistakes lead to new ideas

Look at a mistake as a path to a new idea!  

You are a SMART artist.  Turn your mistake into something you WANT in your work.

A mistake can become a  BEAUTIFUL OOPS!

Look at this artwork! Would you agree this artist did a good job?  

Do you see a something that could have made the artist want to throw her paper into the recycling bin?  

How did the artist solve this challenge?

When you think you have made a mistake, here are some solutions SMART ARTISTS use.

Artists don't make mistakes, they make CHANGES!  but not every mistake has to be used...mistakes are a natural and common part of art making.

How to SHARE your work

Artists share their work for many reasons:
*get feedback
*get suggestions
*to take in compliments
*to connect with viewers
*to become more clear on your own work

*Place art on the counter before the clean up song is over.  No artwork will be accepted before or after the clean up song.   

*No WET work will be accepted until it's dry the following class, this includes glue and paint.

Students will join together on the rug.  You will be invited up to share your work.

*Tell everyone about your work.  What went well.  What challenges you fixed or improved.  Your favorite part.  Where you got your idea.  What you plan to do next.  What materials you used.  What studios you visited.  

*Start with a compliment --Say thank you.

Let fellow artists know what kind of feedback you'd like on your "sharing sandwich".

SUGGESTIONS:  "you could...."  or "you might..."  This is great for when you are in the middle of a project.  Or not sure what to do next with your artwork.  This is advice you might bring back to the studio with you the following class.

VALUE:  fellow artists can share what they value in your work.  For example, the craftsmanship, idea, or creativity perhaps.  This is great for when the artwork being shared is finished.

CONNECTION:  Fellow artists may share a connection they have to your work?  Your art might bring a memory or connect with a life experience of the viewer.

CLARIFY:  Student might be wondering about materials, your idea or simply need you to clear up something you said about your work.

QUESTION:  "I'm wondering...".  This is a great opportunity for fellow artists to find out about your work.  They might ask where you got your idea,  the steps you used to make your work, or what you plan to do next.

*A sharing session ends with a compliment.  The artist will say thank you!

*The more quickly you clean up, the more time we will have to share!!!

What is a WOW piece?

How to Expand & Stretch your art!

Look at these two paintings.  Do they look complete to you?  Are they interesting?

Sometimes we add to our art to make it look more interesting, complete or exciting!

*Cut out the image that you painted and glue it to a piece of colored or textured paper.

*Take small papers that you get from collage and draw images to be cut out and glued as details to your composition.



Let's look at that rainbow again....
                        

*cover all the white background...what will you use?  Paint?  Texture Plates?  Chalk?  Crayons?

Key Stage One:  

-Overlap shapes
-To create depth put large objects in the front (low on your paper) and put small objects in the background (high up on your paper)

Key Stage two:

-Add lengths of paper to create a middle ground and background.  Remember that you can create an illusion of depth by using darker color in the background.
-Use a texture plate to create texture on your papers, use more than one to create new colors.
                                                                         -Maryellen Picker

As a TAB artist, you are encouraged to STRETCH your artwork!  

Here are a few checklists to help you.

(image credit: paige byrne)

(image credit: google)

Can I take my art home?

The answer to these questions will determine if you can take your art home.  If you answer yes to these questions, then yes, please take your work home.  If you answer no, then your work is not quite ready to go home.

Did you work on it for many weeks?  

Did you go to more than one studio?

Did you do your best?  Do you feel proud?

Is your work neat, complete and finished?

Did you reflect on your work?

Did you get a teacher check on your plan sheet?

The BIG idea of Choice Art

In Choice Art we can take one big idea to different studios.

A Big Idea might be to make a box in sculpture...

Fold paper in half side to side

Fold again in the same direction.  Unfold.

Fold top to bottom.

Fold again.  Unfold.  

Cut on the line in each of the corners.

When you are finished in the sculpture studio with your 3/D box, you can take it to...

drawing studio

 painting studio...

collage studio....

"I am making a boat"  -Ian 2nd grade

You can make several boxes and glue them together...

You could make many boxes....hummmmmm what could you do with them???

There is an American artist who created with many boxes all put together. Her name is Louise Nevelson. She would often use found objects in her art. Here is an example of her work: