Art = Critical Mind

Percepciones Significativas en La Visualización del Arte y el Diseño Parte 1 “Fuerzas Psicológicas” Nuestro alrededor está completamente sobrecargado, bombardeado de imágenes compuestas de color, líneas, formas, figuras y texturas, en espacios planos o 3 dimensionales y que se les ha dado el nombre de “Los Elementos del Arte y del Diseño” por muchos años.  Estos Elementos Artísticos están manipulados por una serie de factores que se les llama "Los Principios del Arte” y que son directamente utilizados y manipulados en la construcción del trabajo visual. Los Principios dan sentido, sentimientos, temperatura, dirección, movimiento y valores a los Elementos.   Podríamos decir que los Elementos son la materia prima y los Principios son las herramientas que hacen de esa materia prima una obra completa.  Cómo entonces es posible que el artista o Diseñador pueda controlar todas estas partes constitutivas y entenderlas correctamente para así ejercer el control ...

Applying one Layer at the time Color by color and layer by layer students craft their work. My student chooses a work from the Masters of the Impressionism and it will go this way: 1. The student prepares the canvas using Gesso to seal and prime the canvas before the oil is applied. The gesso should be tone down, this way the canvas doesn't lose its texture and the oil will run smooth. Also will protect the canvas from deterioration, the oil will ruin the canvas quite fast if has not been prime. 2. The student draws the artwork carefully, soft lines divide each color and each object, students are not allowed to use a grid, they only find the middle point by drawing an "X"  across the canvas than the drawing. It is very important to learn to look closer, to see the distance and locations correctly, to conquered and own the space and what lives in it.  3. Look closer to the color wheel, Student look with caution the colors making note of how ma...

Digital Imagery With the help of Digital Cameras  and Photoshop Suit,  my students create great art pieces, demonstrating excellent use  of the program and using to the max the photos  taken with a very regular camera.  We are looking at:   Direccion   Depth   Repetition   Contrast   Form   Color   Use of the Space Students are to be aware and understand:   Pixels (pictures elements)   Color Gradation   RGB   Dimensions (expressed by pixels)   Resolution (PPI - Printing good) Students study and applied depth - perceiving these depths through shapes in order to keep viewers vision active. Seeing means grasping some outstanding features of objects, like; the color of the sky, the curve of the long tree, the rectangularity of the object to the right, and so on.  Depth comes from the correct use of the Principals of Art and Design. Through...

The Triptych  Students need to work together towards one tell, one element of unity, and 3 in one composition. So the viewer looks from one panel to the next, in order to come to terms with how the art speaks to them and  how they can appreciate three different artworks in one composition. The colors of the three pieces of art keep the artwork interesting.  Students can alter the colors and transition within each of the pieces during  the making of the art This way students are to: U se an overhead projector, to outline the contour of their head/face (Siluet) over poster papers (420mm x  297mm.) S tudents write about their likes, challenges, happiness, or own events.   W hat makes one unique and amazing. L ooking closer at the story they choose meaningful colors    T o then use the elements as lines or shapes permitting the expression of feelings or meanings. S tudents make connections using ...

I play it all in each class. With each student of mine. I look at them closely, I see their eyes. I want to move their reason and heart. To bring life in each of their works of art.