8th Grade - Its all in the Reflexes - 01-03-11

Warm Up: 

What messages can you make by just using your hands? 

Vocab:

Form: a three dimensional object such as a cube, sphere, or rectangle

Square:  four equal sides and four equal angles.

Cube:  a three dimensional box with four equal sides and four equal angles.

M.C. Escher: A Dutch graphic artist who used mathematical formulas to create his art work.

Dry Medium: An artist tool that is applied dry and does not involve the use of water.

 

GLE: 

The Students will create a rendering of hands illustrating shape to form relationships while demonstrating a variety of media to distinguish light sources using Pen and Ink while studying the artist artist M.C. Escher and his work Drawing Hands. 

SPI:

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The Artist:

M.C. Escher 

 M.C. Escher is a Dutch born artist who lived from 1898 -1972. He never did great in school but did his best work at drawing. He went on to study decorative arts after flunking out of architecture due to a skin infection. His art work is mathematically based and often done in the mediums of pen and ink as well as print making. 

 

Today's Mission: 

We will begin to sketch our hand drawings  using the image provided below. It uses our forms and shapes of the week through out the image. Make sure to pay close attention to the demo so you can understand how the image is sketch so you can do the same yourself.