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(Write in Sketchbook)

Create an ABSTRACT self-portrait sculpture which represents the multiple sides/dimensions/aspects of who I am, my CULTURE, personality traits, likes/dislikes, feelings, hopes, dreams, ideas, CONCERNS, and influences (people, places, ideas);

Construct a 3D FORM comprised of (made of) multiple individual wood blocks in a variety of sizes and shapes to create a larger overall shape which reads as one (as a skeleton reads as one form even though it is made of many individual bones);

Combine the individual wood blocks to create a larger, abstract or realistic shape, which, through the overall assembly design created by the combination of shapes, their size/proportion, position, and orientation (direction) to each other, communicates specific aspects of myself in a realistic or abstract way;

To paint on the surface of the individual block sides imagery (REALISTIC, SYMBOLIC, ABSTRACT) which visually communicates the multiple and sometimes contradictory aspects of myself, imagery that provides a "snapshot" of who I am, in this time and place, at the core.
 

(Write in Sketchbook)

ABSTRACT: (adjective) art with little or no recognizable or realistic forms from the physical world; focus on formal elements (colors, lines, or shapes); nonrepresentational: not aiming to depict (show) an object but composed with the focus on internal structure and form.  (Artists often "abstract" objects by changing, simplifying, or exaggerating what they see).

ORIENTATION: (noun) the positioning of something, or the position or direction in which something lies; arrangement; alignment.

Visual Aids:
Art & Man: Transforming Found Objects / Marisol, Feb 1989, Volume 16, Number 4, ISN 0004-3052

Web Sites:
Art Museum of the Americas: http://www.museum.oas.org/exhibitions/museum_exhibitions/marisol/bio.html
Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/11/sa/ho_1986.430.1-129.htm
Cal Poly Pomona University: http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women2/images/marisol_big.jpg

SHORT CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS:

All SCR’s must include the following: A MINIMUM of 9-10 Sentences:

1. Topic/Introductory Sentence: (BEGINNING); the beginning, or the topic sentence, forecasts what the paragraph is going to be about. *

2. 7-8 Supporting Sentences: (MIDDLE); the middle develops the idea in detail by giving specific support for it. *

3. Concluding Sentence: (END); the conclusion emphasizes the insight you have arrived at. *

* http://www.paragraphorganizer.com/

 

SCR: Exploration of Internal Aspects and Developing their Visual Communication

Procedures:
Display your Wood Block Self-Portrait; stand back and examine your sculpture as a whole, how the individual wood pieces relate to each other collectively, as well as, each piece individually.  As you visually examine ask yourself the following questions:

 What is your sculpture communicating about who you are through the shape, size, texture, color, etc. of the individual wood blocks?

What do the pieces assembled together as a whole communicate? 

SCR Student Objective: (Copy in Sketchbook)
Write a paragraph describing what aspects I have consciously (and subconsciously) initially chosen to incorporate in my sculpture in order to describe who I am in this moment in time; to visually examine and describe in detail how these qualities/aspects are translated visually through my use of Elements of Art , through my use of Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Value, Form, and Space in order to communicate emotion/feeling, ideas, concerns, culture, aspects, etc..  Through this visual examination and assessment of my sculpture in these initial stages, I will be more aware of aspects of myself that I have started to communicate visually, through conscious and subconscious development, and be able to increase the depth of my ideas and develop my idea consciously and purposefully, ultimately resulting in an artwork where the viewer is able to decipher the symbolic and non-literal meanings.         

Visually analyze my in-progress sculpture to determine what it needs in order for it to “read” as complete, so that it has all the PRINCIPLES of DESIGN (VARIETY & EMPHASIS, RHYTHM & MOVEMENT, BALANCE, and HARMONY & UNITY):

Questions to ask while Visually Analyzing:

1. Where does my attention go first?  Do I have a FOCAL POINT?   What am I emphasizing?

2.   Does the shape/line of the FORMS move RHYTHMICALLY through space? Does one FORM/shape move seamlessly into another or are there gaps in visual movement?
 
3. Does the imagery/color/designs/textures/patterns painted on the surface of the FORMS enhance the form and help the viewer to move from one place in the sculpture to another? Or are the forms painted in a way that distracts/does not make sense with the Form?

4. What is the level of my craftsmanship? Is my application of paint messy or have I paid attention to detail; even if my brushwork is loose, does each area of applied paint work with the areas around it?

5. What does my sculpture’s shape mean? What does it visually communicate? How does my application of paint on the surface help communicate my idea and define the FORM?