NOTE:
I will be adding MUCH more to the linked/referenced pages over the weekend, as I do not anticipate many students getting to this point by the end of class on Friday. However, if you are here... welcome! Email me if you would like clarification or an update when the resource pages are updated.
FIRST:
The first thing I would like you to do is check out the 3 (in progress!) samples that are on the table by the teacher's desk. Right now they are in the initial stages of creation, but hopefully even this glimpse will give you some ideas about the possibilities involved with this project.
THE GOAL:
The goal of this project was to have an assignment that allows you to create artwork on a flexible timeframe. There are multiple stages during which you will still have interesting, meaningful options for altering/adding to your project, but at the end of each of these short stages you will still have what could be a final product.
THE STEPS:
Projects will be evaluated based on the Fractured Portrait Project Guidelines.
I will be adding MUCH more to the linked/referenced pages over the weekend, as I do not anticipate many students getting to this point by the end of class on Friday. However, if you are here... welcome! Email me if you would like clarification or an update when the resource pages are updated.
FIRST:
The first thing I would like you to do is check out the 3 (in progress!) samples that are on the table by the teacher's desk. Right now they are in the initial stages of creation, but hopefully even this glimpse will give you some ideas about the possibilities involved with this project.
THE GOAL:
The goal of this project was to have an assignment that allows you to create artwork on a flexible timeframe. There are multiple stages during which you will still have interesting, meaningful options for altering/adding to your project, but at the end of each of these short stages you will still have what could be a final product.
THE STEPS:
- Learn a little more about Portrait Proportions and Photography. Explore online examples and familiarize yourself with some of the cool things that can be done with photography and portraiture. (I will add links to these resources ASAP! -- if they are not uploaded by the time you are viewing this page, skip to step two.)
- Take photographs of someone's face/head from as many different angles as possible. This can be your head or a friend's or a teacher's. If you are photographing someone other than yourself, PLEASE get permission before you take photos!
- Collage bits and pieces of these photos together in a way that deconstructs the face, either jumbling various features or honing in on a particular feature of interest.
- Transfer this collage (printed with an inkjet printer) on to wood, using acrylic gel medium and at least 8 hours of drying time.
- Alter the transferred collage with paint (or other media) to create a specific color scheme. This color scheme should enhance the mood created by facial expression, image/vantage choices, and collage cohesion.
- Introduce an additive (sticking things on the panel) and/or subtractive (carving portions out of the panel) sculptural element to the artwork.
- Surprise me!
- FINISH: Once the deadline approaches, I will help you decide on a stopping point. We will varnish the artwork to seal in the elements you have included and you will write an artist statement describing your learning/thought/artistic processes.
Projects will be evaluated based on the Fractured Portrait Project Guidelines.