Joseph Wright

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  1. What are 3 things you think the artist is trying to convey through this work?Desperation, Sadness, Doubt.
  2. What are 2 things you find interesting  about the work? The different emotions expressed through the people and the instruments used.
  3. What is 1 question you have about this work? Was this a representation of the time.

Frida Kahlo

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  1. What type of balance has Frida Khalo chosen to organize the composition and her thoughts about the USA and Mexico? Asymmetrical
  2. Which country does she portray through many geometric shapes and forms? The USA
  3. It is obvious that Frida has made herself the focal area of the painting by putting herself into a pink dress.  Why does she stand out so distinctly?She is on a podium and closest subject in depth.
  4. Many people in the United States “stand on a wall” between two “places.”  Think about your own life.  What two “places” do you “stand in.?”  How do they affect your life?Two places I stand in is between athlete and student. They affect my life by forcing me to schedule my time .

Adam5100

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1. What city in New Mexico is the home town of Adam 5100?Albuquerque, New Mexico

2. Where does he go in the city to find his idea or inspiration? Where nobody else wants to go, desolate areas.

3. How do graffiti artist “critique” each other’s work if they don’t respect the piece?You get crossed out or drawn over

4. How many stencils does it generally take Adam to achieve the realistic look of this work?15 layers

5. What is the value that he uses with his first stencil?Black

6. What is the value that he uses with his last stencil?White highlights

7. What does he mean by “stencils 4 and 5 are the breaks”? Breaking from darks to lights

8. Not found in the video. What does it mean to appropriate images? To appropriate an image is to deliberately borrow of an image to have a new context.

Cyril Rolando

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1. What was your first reaction to this digital painting? I was drawn into it and interested.
2. What is the story being told? A child is dreaming after falling asleep after homework.
3. What are the two reasons that the artists used so much blue?To have a nostalgic feel to the piece.
4. Does this painting relate to your life?  If so, explain.   If not, what could the artist illustrate that would relate to your life? At times, the piece relates to my life. After practice I go home exhausted to do homework and end up falling asleep using my textbook as a pillow.

Edvard Munch

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  1. What’s going on in this painting by Edvard Munch? A man and a women by a lake. The man is in despair, where the women is confident.They possibly ended their relationship.
  2. What evidence in the painting supports  your opinion? The man has his hand over his heart and is in dark attire, as the women is walking away tall and confident in light attire.
  3.  Here is a list of the ELEMENTS OF DESIGN. Next to the three that you think help convey (tell) the “story” of the painting, write three related words  from the GREEN SHEET.     Be sure to select related words that could be used to describe today’s painting.

Space –
Line –
Shape –
Form –
Value –The value between the women’s surroundings and her are very contrasting showing that she is unaffected by her environment.
Texture –
Color – The contrast in color between the man and the women portrays their emotional state. The man is in despair and sadness, where the women is happy, confident, and thankful. The women possibly ended a relationship with the man.

Mandala Research

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MANDALAS

Our last project was intense, so many steps.  Let’s lighten up with this one.  Something quick. Something fun, too!

 

INSPIRATION The United States is called a  melting pot or a cultural stew, a place where so many cultures come together and create something new with a different taste.  Here, it is not uncommon for people of different cultures to have an influence on another’s art form.  We see in music all the time with remixes and “smashes”. So let’s take an ancient artform from the East and see how we can remix it into something more contemporary.

Let’s explore the mandala.

 

RESEARCH: Copy and paste these questions onto your blog.  Type your answers directly on your blog.

All the answers can be found @ 100 Mandalas

  1. The word mandala comes from what language? Mandala is a Sanskrit word that loosely translates to mean “circle” or “center.”
  2. When translated, mandala  means …? Loosely translates to mean “circle” or “center.” 
  3. What do they look like?Circular designs that have repeating colors, shapes, and patterns radiating from the center. Mandalas can be precise, carefully measured, geometric, and perfectly symmetrical, or in contrast, free flowing, organic, and asymmetrical. Mandalas are often drawn in circles but they can also be drawn in squares.
  4. How are mandalas used in Hindu and Buddhist traditions? Mandalas are an object of meditation to aid in one’s spiritual development.

 

Mandalas can also be found in other cultures around the world. Download and place here examples of

 

  1. Celtic Spiral triple-spiral
  2. Celtic Knotdownload
  3. Christian Rose Windowdownload
  4. Hindu Yantrasdownload-1
  5. Labyrinthccl-fig1
  6. Native American Dream catcherdownload-2
  7. Tibetan Sand Mandalasdownload-3
  8. Mayan calendardownload-4
  1. Who was Carl J. Jung? Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology.
  2. Why did he have his patients draw mandalas? A mandala is the psychological expression of the totality of the self. 

Watch this YouTube video on the construction of a sand mandala

 

  1. Why do Tibetan monks “destroy” their sand mandala?  Or, what do they do with the sand? And, what is their belief about this ritual destruction? They sweep the sand to symbolize the impermanence of life. Half of the sand is distributed to audience as blessings for personal health and healing.Remaining sand is carried in procession by the monks to a flowing body of water where it is ceremonially deposited.Water then carries the healing blessings to the ocean, and from there spreads throughout the world for planetary healing.

TEST/PLAY:  Activities to get you ready to make your own mandala in PhotoShop