EU: Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative artmaking goals.
EQ(s): How does knowing the contexts histories, and traditions of art forms help us create works of art and design? Why do artists follow or break from established traditions?
Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding
EU: People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art.
EQ(s): How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society?
Kehinde Wiley/Art History Presentation
TASK
- Research various portrait artists-really be thoughtful about your selection.
- Research/Blog Post with ideas on what pose you want to recreate, why it represents you as an individual, what you might wear, and how might you want to work digitally
- Pattern Development- think about the pattern you would like to create for the background of your portrait. See videos on slides to help you.
- Design a background pattern in Illustrator that will compliment your portrait choice.
- Digital Painting (Photoshop Photo to a digital painting-Click here for tutorial)
- Image Design (Combo of photographs with background to create a unified vector image and build their portraits
- Artist Statement
- Integrate the background pattern and the portrait image so that it is one cohesive design.
- Poster Design (Image, art history image, Kehinde Wiley background, Artist Statement)
- Exhibition (preparing artwork for exhibition through mounting/hanging)
