ART 120

PART 1

AssignmentCollage Assignment

Part I: Create a Collage (pasting flat materials with actual texture, like foil, yarn, sandpaper to a picture plane) or papier colle (pasting 2d papers with pattern to represent texture, like tickets, portions of newspapers, menus, photos, etc). You can create a collage with representational subject matter, like a landscape or figure, or it can be completely non-representational, just playing with the elements, like shapes and textures. Collage and Papier colle in art is created by fastening actual materials with textural interest to a flat working surface. These art forms may be used to simulate natural textures but are usually created for decorative purposes. Consider balance when applying the textures! 18 x 24

Part II: Critique at least 2 other students collages within 24 hours of the due date by replying to their post using the vocabulary terms. Remember you can like posts too. Refer to the critique guide if necessary.

Examples:

PART 2

Composition Exercises:

1. Use cut black and white paper, ink, paint or sharpie so you have high contrast. Create a thumbnail composition of the following words with a non-objective simple shapes only:

1. gravity(sense of pulling down weight),
2. flying or lightweight,
3. unstable,
4. Anchored,
5. fast,
6. slow,
7. hard,
8. soft,
9. trapped or confined,
10. free/open space.

2. Then create a second set for the same words using 2 or more non-objective shapes. You should finish with 20. Remember- Show me the essence of the words pertaining to that compositional space. DO NOT illustrate them.

Explanation on video:

Here are some examples of objective abstraction, where they reduce an object to its bare essence.

Constin Brancusi Bird in space:

Pablo Picasso- bull drawing:

Piet Mondrian- apple tree series:

3. Creative Exercise in Sketchbook: Copy 3 master drawings in tone only using only simple shapes of value-dissecting them for overall value pattern. It can help to make a Black and White copy first. Then you are simplifying. Be sure to include the master image you are using.

4. Make pencil rubbings (rubbing over things to create texture) all over the page then add lines, shapes, values, etc. to create a drawing from it.

Requirements: Please place each part in a different attachment. doc.