February lessons

Monday 10th of Feb

In this lesson we looked at examples of life drawing visuals from past pupils. We practiced the 15minute pose for the purpose of the exam. Different media was offered for pupils to experiment with new effects for their life drawing pieces. Students completed a still life drawing from a selection of objects.

Thursday 6th of Feb

We discussed the layout of the Art history paper and looked at sample past papers. We covered the Early Christian settlements. Handouts and information for this will be available on the blog very soon.

Monday 3rd of Feb

We covered the life and work of Irish artist Louis le Brocquy. We watched video clips about his famous painting "The Family" and discussed the main elements of the painting. Students sketched the work and labelled the key elements. Students also completed a still life drawing using various media.

 

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January Art Lessons

Homework Notice

Homework to be handed in for Thursday the 6th of February. Iron Age question.

Name, describe and Discuss two examples of Celtic, La tene Art( metalwork or stonework). In your answer refer to function, materiaials, form, decoration, and techniques used in their production. AND describe the period in which they were made and those who created them. (Celtic La Tene Period).

See Iron Age notes and use other source such as internet to gather information for your answer. You must use labeled sketches to explain your key points.

Homework to be handed in for Monday the 10th of February.

2hour Still Life drawing of any objects of your choice. 3objects minimum. Any materials of your choice.

Art gallery Question to be completed. You only need to answer one question, Choose from question A or B.

A) An Art gallery is an environment designed to display artworks and can help us to a greater understanding of Art. Discuss this statement with reference to a recent visit to a named gallery describing two works in detail. AND discuss how the study of these works enhance your own practical work.

B) name a museum or gallery that you have visited recently and discuss, in detail two works that impressed you. If you were offered a number of works from this exhibition on loan to your school suggest a suitable location to display them, and discuss the layout, lighting and other visual aids you would use to enhance your display.

Art Classes in January 2014

Thursday 30th of January. Art history, Gallery Visit

In this lesson we covered the Gallery visit question in the Art Apprecition section of the Art History exam. This question comes up every year in different forms so I would highly recommend preparing well for this one. I have added a page to the blog that goes through what we covered in the lesson. It has information and photographs of the "Traces"exhibition in the Wandesford Quay Gallery, tips for answering this question and a sample gallery answer.

Monday 27th of January. Art History, Contemporary Irish Art- Roderick O Conor

In this lesson we learned to analyze paintings using a list of important questions that help you to understand what you see, think and wonder about paintings. We looked at the work of modern painter Roderick O Conor and pupils in pair analyzed his paintings. We also looked at a short video about Impressionism as this movement was very influential for O Conor. He is known as Ireland's first modern artist and comes up regularly in the Irish Art section of the Art history exam.

Thursday 23rd of January. Gallery Visit. The Wandesford Quay Gallery.

We visited the Wandesford quay gallery where my work is on show with six other artists. We discussed the gallery space, lighting, the way the work was displayed as well as the artists work and their meanings. Students took recorded their experience of the gallery in their handout and noted their favourite works and sketched the gallery space. All of this information is vital for the gallery art history question.

Monday 20th of January. Art History, Irish Art- Iron Age. 30min life drawing

We looked at the Iron Age in detail. All information on the Iron Age is up on the blog, see Irish Art and Iron Age page. Question about the Iron Age for homework. Life drawing 30minute pose using various media, charcoal, chalk pastels, oil pastels.

Monday 14th January. Still Life Drawing.

Students explored various media in this drawing class. Lesson focus- new media, composition, line, tone, colour and space.

 

 

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Important Attendance Notice

It has been noted that certain students attendance in art classes has dropped since late November. The leaving cert art course is a large course to cover so all students are expected to attend every art class unless they have a genuine reason that they cannot. Those who are not attending class regularly will be reported to Miriam De Barra next week. Extra classes are also going to be arranged very soon for the purpose of the Art History Exam. This will hopefully be arranged for next week.

Poster and Perliminary sheet deadline is today!!

I am collecting your finished posters and preliminary sheets in todays lesson. These will be marked and combined with your Life Drawing Exam mark for your total Christmas Exam result.

Still Life Drawing

Still Life Drawing

I added a new page to the blog with recourses/video tutorials for the Still Life Drawing Exam. These are very helpful so please view these and keep practicing your own drawing at home. The more you practice the beter your drawings will become. Remember that your Still Life Drawing Exam is 2 hours and 30 minutes long and you can use a variety of media from pencils, to oil and chalk pastel, biro, pen, charcoal and paint.

7th of January


As there was very low attendance pupils added finishing touches to their posters. The Christmas  life drawing exam results were given out.


Homework
Pupils must complete a portrait drawing of either themselves or of someone they know. Pupils must spend at least an hour on their drawing and focus on the facial features, qualities of line and tone. The drawing will be marked based on personal response, line, tone, proportion and detail.

Art Lesson 7th of November

In this lesson we covered The Bronze Age in Irish Art History. We looked at the background of the people of that time and how the bronze age came to Ireland. Various objects from early, middle and late bronze age were discussed in detail. We also discussed the techniques used by goldsmiths to create these objects, such as repousse, incision, twisting and soldering. Students practiced the repousse technique by drawing designs into tin-foil which created a relief design on the reverse side.
Hand-outs from this lesson will be uploaded to the blog this week. I will bring spare hand-outs into tomorrows lesson.

We also discussed the Poster craft exam. We looked at different examples of famous posters and discussed their visual elements. Focal point, imagery, text and background.

Art lesson 11th November

The lesson began with gestural drawings of the figure, three short poses. Then one long 20 min pose. Focus - fitting the page, line, tone and form.

Poster headings were given to students. These are; Cork food festival, London fashion week, Careers fair, Computer games convention. Students must select one heading and create a poster that suits that concept. We discussed the main elements of posters; Text/lettering, image and background. We looked at leaving cert examples of preparation sheets, preliminary sheets and finished posters. We also looked at the ways these were made, some using collage, paint, markers etc...

Homework;
Bring in plenty of images for next lesson. Images must be relevant to poster theme. Also bring in examples of lettering/text/alphabet styles. Other materials that were suggested for next lesson; Coloured card A2, Black Marker, Ruler, and any other relevant materials (this is all dependent on the students individual ideas, some may want to use collage elements in their poster, all materials welcome.)