Graffiti Project
What's the difference between legal and illegal graffiti?
Permission - having it or not.
Illegal - no permission
Legal - permission
What is the difference between a shape and a form?
Shape: a flat, 2D enclosed space made up of lines (length x width)
Form: a 3D enclosed space made up of shapes (length x width x length)
What is the name of the graffiti artist from new york city that used colorful, fun figures in funky poses?
Keith Haring
What did the first types of figure drawings look like?
Stick figures
Where are the paintbrushes?
Cabinet by the sink on the wall, second from the lft *(labelled paintbrushes)*
What is the difference between implied and physical texture?
Implied texture - an illusion of texture made through the repetition of elements of art (line, shape, color, etc.)
Physical Texture - the real physical texture of an artwork - what you can physically feel.
What is figure drawing?
the art of drawing the human figure in different poses, shapes, and forms.
What is the name of the graffiti artist from New York City that was a teenager making graffiti on the streets and later dropped out of school to continue making art?
Jean Michel Basquiat
Where were the first figure drawings found?
Caves
(Extra Points for - saying Indonesian Caves from 20,000 years ago)
Where are the paint palettes?
In the drawer next to the sink on the wall, farthest from the sink (labelled palettes)
What is the name of the vocab word that described the additional imagery you added to your graffiti tag - looked like stars, outlines, quotation marks, hearts, etc.
What are the three oil pastel techniques you could use in your background?
stippling, sgraffito, scumbling
SUMO
Why were figure drawing so basic in the beginning of civilization?
They did not have the proper materials to draw realistic figures!
Where are the watercolor palettes?
In the watercolor cabinet above the sink on the wall.
What is the main learning target of your graffiti project?
I can make a well-crafted artwork that reflects understanding of the graffiti process as well as control of and colored pencil value & texture application.
What is the difference between a tint and a shade with oil pastels?
Tint - a color plus white
Shade - a color plus black
Where did Keith Haring start making his artwork in New York City?
in the subway systems under ground
Who was the famous figure drawing artist that we discussed in class? He is known for making artworks such as the Vitruvian Man and the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Where are the water cups?
In the center cabinet above the sink on the wall.
What are the four things you needed to have in your final graffiti artwork?
3 embellishments
a color gradient between two or more colors
highlights on your tag
texture application that resembles your chosen background
When we were studying figure proportions, how many heads tall is an average human when drawn out proportionally?
8 heads tall
What are four of the 12 steps of graffiti that we learned about in the video we watched in class? (Hint, video is on schoology)
Step 1 - Basic Tag
Step 2 - Finding Your Own Style
Step 3 - Embellishing Your Tag
Step 4 - Throw Ups or Throwies
Step 5 - Planning a Masterpiece
Step 6 - The Fill
Step 7 - Background Painting
Step 8 - Blending Colors
Step 9 - Design Embellishments
Step 10 - The Final Outline
Step 11 - Highlights
Step 12 - Future of Graffiti
When we looked at oil pastel drawings by artist Tania Rivilis, we identified ways her works were different than our works. What are at least two differences?
- she used multiple colors, more than complementary color pairs
- she only did the heads of figures rather than half or the full body
- She used techniques like stippling and scumbling on the figure face and we used them only in the background
- her background were plain and ours had oil pastel techniques
Where is the salt used for watercolor projects?
In the watercolor cabinet on the top shelf (above the sink on the wall)