...today we looked at the Neo-Rationalist Theory & ate home-made, Martha Stewart oreos to remind us that according to this theory, art is good art if it is patterned after/influenced by/similar to a famous artist's work (like Alexandra Nechita's Picasso-like paintings) & painted our "own" Jackson Pollock paint splatter paintings. ...then we made photo-grams (also called Rayo-grams) where we put objects on photo paper (that was treated by chemicals) out in the sun to make some cool "photography" (great way to teach your students about photography, etc)
...to make a Photo-gram:
1. inverse copy (negative copy) an image in black & white on overhead paper
2. coat regular white paper with a mixture of Ammonium Iron Citrate & Potassium Ferricyanide mixed with distilled water using a sponge brush
3. let dry in light-tight room (dark room)
4. take outside & arrange objects on top (let stand for 5-15 mins)
5. rinse in water (5 mins)
6. immerse in diluted hydrochloric acid
7. let dry
...we talked about Constraints to enable new understanding (alternate/additional lesson ideas):
1. see prompt
2. collage
3. photogram an object (on top)
4. incorporate words
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Guess where I went this weekend!!! I thought of all of you so I took this picture in front of a big Pollock painting so you could see the scale.
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