column 1 make a list of 10 words that describe or associated with mn culture. get creative! think...
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Brainstorm Intro
Column 1 Make a list of 10
words that describe or associated with MN culture. Get creative! Think differently.
Ex. Nice Ex. Rural
Column 2 Make a list of 10
words from memories you have while in MN.
Ex. Boundary Ex. Baseball
Brainstorm Continued
From the previous two lists, combine two words to make a mini phrase.
Ex. Nice Boundary Ex. Rural Baseball
Huh?…say what? Well…it’s a start…
Add to your list…or just brainstorm themes.
Minnesota Twins – sports teams…no logos though.
Landscape Downtown street life Music culture Habitat or wildlife
Compositional Layout
Open
Edgar Degas
Compositional Layout
Closed
Pierre Bonnard
Compositional Layout
Asymmetrical
Compositional Layout
Symmetrical
Oil Paint StickHow could you capture Minnesota, The North Star State?
Michael Birawer
Michael Birawer is an American artist. Born and based in St. Paul, Minnesota, he is known for his surrealist paintings of urban settings and their inhabitants.
Michael Birawer – Downtown MPLS
MN State Fair
Edina
Capturing the MN night life?
MG Marching Band anyone?
Minnesota Attacked by Mosquitos?
Anytime USA…or Minnesota
Anyone live by a MN watertower?
Any hunters out there? Huge MN past-time and piece of culture.
Yes…Even this could represent MN. But how?
You could even paint a parody
Rene Magritte
How could you combine these two pictures to represent a parody about MN?
A parody is when you use a previous artists work and change aspects of it to give the visual new meaning in a humorous way.
So where do you go from here?
Sketchbook Plan Manders needs to see a plan with
thumbnail sketches of compositional layouts. (pssst….hey you…yeah, over here..……an openly cropped composition will always look more dynamic than that of a closed composition, so consider running your objects in the picture off the edge of the picture plane).
Reference Image documentation▪ You should have reference images
documented in your sketchbook as well.