DAIJ Aerial (Atmospheric) Perspective Due 12/9

This is the DAIJ for our unit.

Sierra Nevada

Albert Bierstadt - circa 1871-1873
Reynolda House, Museum of Art (United States)
Painting - oil on canvas
Height: 97.79 cm (38.5 in.), Width: 143.55 cm (56.51 in.)

This DAIJ will be started in a class-wide gallery walk and note-taking exercise.

Requirements:  An A DAIJ will include information on the Hudson River School of Landscape Painters, the Industrial Revolution, and the chemistry of Atmospheric perspective.  

For more information:  Read this article for information on The Hudson River School and Albert Bierstadt to include in your essay:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hurs/hd_hurs.htm

Sketchbook #11

Compose a "name sign"  using block letters and whatever other block elements you'd like to try from our handout (stars etc)

Remember to use horizon line, Vanishing Point, orthogonals, perpendicular and parallel lines.

Sketchbook # 10

Sketch down a street in your neighborhood or at school.  Please show how the stuff farther away is smaller -- called in perspective. 

Sketchbook #8

Sketch a room in your house,  Try your best to capture front, middle, and back:  foreground, middle ground, background. 

We will be starting our perspective unit in a week. :) 

Museum "visit"

Please check the museums on the right and virtually visit one.  Please comment on this post with the name of the museum, the art work you liked,  and the name of the artist.

Conversation #1 Closed!

You now have until October 24th to enter the conversation for 10 extra credit points.

Sketchbook # 7 October 17th

Self-Portrait.  Take your time.  You will be graded on time taken and accuracy of the self-portrait based on improvement from last week.