Land Art - Andy Goldsworthy style

This mornng we will go outside and make artwork from natural objects in the Andy Goldsworthy style. Keep your sketches and idea in mind, but you can change thigs arouns and try new ideas too.

When we're done we'll take pictures and upload them to a new blog post.

Draw sketches of Ideas for your land art

Draw a page of rough sketches or doodle of your ideas for your land art designs. Take a picture of your sketches and post them to your blog. Write a bit about the materials you plan to use.

Artist Research - Andy Goldsworthy - Land Art

This week we will learn about a very interesting artist named Andy Goldsworthy.

After answering some questions about his life and work you will go outside and create your own artwork based on his style of nature art.

Goldsworthy uses nature and natural settings to create a wide range of artworks.

Here is a cool project that he created last year at the Nelson Atkins museum in Kansas City.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-sculptor-andy-goldsworthy-is-tearing-down-walls-and-then-rebuilding-them

Here is another article that shows more about his work.
https://www.boredpanda.com/land-art-andy-goldsworthy/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

Use the website below to answer the research questions.
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/goldsworthy-andy/


Andrew Goldsworthy - Artist Research

1. Provide the dates and places of artist's birth and death. 

2. How/where did she/he train? Did she/he receive formal arts instruction? 

3. Discuss some of the people and/or events that influenced their art. 

4. What were her/his political or religious beliefs? 

5. Discuss her/his relationship with artists of the time period. 

6. What art movement(s) are they considered to be a part of? 

7. Describe the artist's style. 

8. Describe any recurring subjects, symbols, images, and/or themes in the artist's work. 

9. Tell 2 or 3 interesting stories or facts about the artist. 

10. If your artist is no longer alive, what kind of legacy did they leave behind? If your artist is still alive, what are they currently working on? 

Find and post 3 artworks that you like and want to base your project on:

Artwork 
a. Title of the work: 
 b. Date of the work: 
c. Location the work was created: 
d. Where is the work now on display: 
e. Media used:
f. What is the style of the artwork? 
g. What is the artwork about? 
Why was it created? 

Artwork 2
a. Title of the work: 
 b. Date of the work: 
c. Location the work was created: 
d. Where is the work now on display: 
e. Media used:
f. What is the style of the artwork? 
g. What is the artwork about? 
Why was it created? 

Artwork 3 
a. Title of the work: 
 b. Date of the work: 
c. Location the work was created: 
d. Where is the work now on display: 
e. Media used:
f. What is the style of the artwork? 
g. What is the artwork about? 
Why was it created? 

Post Your Portrait and Complete the Self Evaluation

Upload your Self Prortrait and the very first portrait from the beggining of the year.

Grade yourself on the items below:

Scale 1-10, 1 being the lowest, 10 the highest

1. Personal Effort
2. Wise Use of Class Time
3. Neatness
4. Correct Placement of Facial Features
5. Attention to Detail
6. Shading, Shadows, and Highlights

Answer the following questions (look back at earlier blog posts of yoyr drawings)
Describe the progress you have made in drawing during this year?

What areas have been challenging or easy?

Describe the strengths and weaknesses in your work.

How did observational skills play an important role in your learning during this unit?

Please provide examples to support your statements. example: Instead of saying "A strength in my work is my hair because it looks good," you should say "A strength in my work is the hair because of how I used highlights and gradation to make it appear 3D."

Here are some before and after drawings from past classess: