7th Grade: Power of a Name - 1-18-11

Warm UP:

Describe to me a piece of graffiti you have seen in the past. Where was it located? What colors did the person use? Was the art gang related?

Vocab: 

Two Point Perspective: two points on a horizon line are perceived by a viewer imagined in an arbitrarily fixed position.

Marker: a dry medium that is designed for making bold, colorful, or indelible marks, as in making signs or identifying objects.

Graffiti: an often illegal form of art that uses bold and colorful cans of colored spray paint to adorn buildings, train cars, or other outside surfaces.   

Gang Graffiti:  an illegal form of art that is often used to signify a gang's territory or to signify a challenge. This form of graffiti art work is often done in a single color and very poorly rendered. 

Shepard Fairey:  The creator of the 2008 Obama HOPE poster. 

Artist of the Week: 

Shepard Fairey

 

You may not know who Shepard Fairey is but everyone over the course of the last three years have seen one of Fairey's Obama HOPE poster at least on clothing, poster, or television. Fairey, who is originally from South Carolina, began his career designing skateboard decks and t-shirts. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design but he is best known for his work as a graffiti artist. It was during one of his travels to an opening for one of his solo shows that Fairey was arrested for a warrant related to graffiti art. Most recently though Fairey's legal troubles have been centered around the image he used to create his Obama HOPE poster. 

Our Week's Assignment: 

GLE: 

The students will create a two point perspective drawing of their using cubic forms with the help of variety and contrast to create a design of their name in marker in the style of graffiti art. 

SPI:

7.1.spi.1 7.4.spi.1 7.4.spi.4 7.6.spi.2 7.3.spi.5 7.3.spi.6 7.4.spi.2 7.4.spi.5 7.5.spi.3 7.5.spi.5
7.5.spi.7 7.5.spi.11 7.6.spi.1 7.6.spi.2 7.6.spi.3 7.1.spi.1 7.1.spi.2 7.1.spi.5 7.1.spi.8 7.2.spi.1 7.2.spi.2 7.2.spi.3 7.2.spi.4 7.2.spi.5 7.3.spi.2 7.6.spi.2 7.6.spi.3

Today's Mission: 

Students today we will learn about the Graffiti Art and how to draw in two point perspective. We will begin to draw in out our names and begin to translate them onto our surfaces for the week!  

If you remember from last week we worked on one point perspective of our hallways.  This week we will be even trickier when we add another dimension we can see which makes this week's demo even more important.