Graffiti Project
What is the difference between legal and illegal graffiti?
What is permission?
What is figure drawing?
What is the art of drawing the human figure in different poses, shapes, and forms?
What is the name of the artist we discussed during our bell ringers that made colorful, figure graffiti artworks in New York City?
Where were the first ever figure drawings found
What are caves?
Bonus Points: Indonesian Caves from 20,000 years ago.
Where are watercolor palettes going to be located?
Watercolor cabinet above the sink along the wall
What is the difference between implied and physical texture?
Implied Texture: an illusion; texture that is created through the elements of art
Physical Texture: The real, physical texture of an artwork (what you can physically feel)
What are complementary colors?
What are colors that are opposite from each other on the color wheel?
Where were Keith Haring's artworks first made?
Who was the famous figure artist we discussed in class that is known for artworks such as the Vitruvian Man and the Mona Lisa?
What is Leonardo da Vinci?
Where are paint brushes going to be located?
Second drawer from the left of the big cabinet against the wall with the sink.
What is the definition of color?
What is what light looks like when reflecting off of a surface?
What is the difference between a tint and a shade?
tint --> a color that is mixed with white
shade --> a color that is mixed with black
What is the name of the artist who made graffiti as a teenager in New York City and dropped out of school?
What is Jean Michel Basquiat?
When we were practicing to draw with our figures, how many heads did Ms. Leahy say were equal to the length of a figure's body standing straight up?
What are 8 heads?
Where is a water cup located for painting?
Middle cabinet above the sink on the wall.
What is the name of the 3 additional details you were asked to add to your tag in order to help it pop out more off your background?
What is the difference between a shape and a form?
A shape is 2D and flat (contained by lines - Length x width)
A form is a 3D enclosed space made up of shapes (Length x width x height)
What was Jean Michael Basquiat's original graffiti tag name?
What is SAMO?
Why were the first figure drawings so basic rather than realistic?
The beginning of civilization is when first figure drawings were made, so they didn't have the materials that we have today to make art.
Where are black sharpies located?
On the locker shelves next to Ms. Leahy's desk in a box.
What were the four main things we focused on in your graffiti project? The 4 main requirements?
1. 3 embellishments
2. A color gradient between 2 or more colors
3. Highlights on your tag
4. Texture present to resemble your desired background
What were the three types of oil pastel techniques that you could use for your background and what is the difference between all 3?
1. Stippling --> tiny dots/marks
2. Scumbling --> squiggly lines
3. Sgraffito --> Scratch resist
What are 4 of the 12 levels of graffiti that we learned about in class?
1) Basic Tag
2) Finding Your Own Style
3) Embellishing Your Tag
4) Throw-Ups or "Throwies"
5) Planning a Masterpiece
6) The Fill
7) Adding a Background
8) Blending Colors
9) Design Embellishments
10) The Final Outline
11) Adding Highlights
12) The future of Graffiti
The oil pastel artist, Tania Rivlis, made artworks of expressive male portraits. What are two differences in her artwork in comparison to our figure drawing projects?
- Only drew the head of the person, not the whole body
- Used more than 2, complementary colors (used a lot of colors)
- Left her background empty, our project had us use a technique in our background
- Used techniques in her portraits other than simple, smooth blending with harsh and light pressure (she used stippling & scumbling).
(HARD MODE! - YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW!)
Where is the salt located that we will use for our next project?
In the cabinet with the watercolor palettes on the top shelf.