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Woodblock Assignment Featuring Artist Keith Haring

Woodblock Assignment Featuring Artist Keith Haring. Miss Nobleman Miss Capone. Keith Haring. Who is Keith Haring. Pop Artist whose fame was biggest in the 1980’s

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Woodblock Assignment Featuring Artist Keith Haring

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  1. Woodblock AssignmentFeaturing Artist Keith Haring Miss Nobleman Miss Capone

  2. Keith Haring

  3. Who is Keith Haring • Pop Artist whose fame was biggest in the 1980’s • He was a graffiti Artist that made this style of art acceptable and popular during the phase of break dancing and made graffiti big in the streets of NYC. • He developed a unique style of art using simple, geometric shapes and lines. • He attended art school in Manhattan but his art was recognized all over the world

  4. How he became famous • He was an art student struggling who decided to pick up a piece of chalk and made these “artistic symbols” in Manhattan subways. • There was a blank black wall and he drew white chalk on it. • People started to notice and he actually drew a crowd who would watch him

  5. How he became famous? • He got arrested for drawing in the subways for defacing property and the rest was history— • He was in the papers and people started to ask “Who is Keith Haring?

  6. This still resides in NYC and told a message when drugs hit their peak in the 80’s

  7. His work had many themes and symbolic meanings (semiotics)

  8. He even had the opportunity to paint the Berlin wall before it was torn down!

  9. Your Objective: • To create a series of woodcut prints using the artist Keith Haring for inspiration.

  10. Time Line • Watch a video featuring Keith Haring called “Drawing the Line” • Sketch out ideas and concepts for woodblocks –you can use the internet, books or ideas from your imagination. • Develop ideas in sketchbook until a final drawing is surmised. • Transfer idea or trace onto the 8x10 block and go over it with a permanent marker.

  11. TIME LINE CONTINUTED: • Decide what areas you want to carve and what is going to be left-using the subtractive method. • Hint: (A better print will come if there is an equal ratio of carving and what is left—It creates balance) • You will use tools that are new to you, such as gouges, chisels and wood carving tools. • Last, you will print and woodblock and turn in the best three prints.

  12. Woodcarving tools

  13. There are many types of woodcarving tools-use what works for you!!

  14. Grading 25% ---Concept—idea of image-is it creative, imaginative and original—This is your sketch and pre-planning of your woodblock. 25%---Work in class—using time effectively working every period and cleaning up in time. 50%---Final 3 prints that you hand in, neatness, originality, different prints, unique prints, did you follow the guidelines, did you use Keith Haring’s style of art?

  15. GOOD LUCK!!

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