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“Portfolio Development and Preparation for the NYC High School Art Entrance Exam”
by
Mary Rieser Heintjes
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY SEMINAR
CENTRAL BRANCH AT GRAND ARMY PLAZA
JUNE 7, 2008
Brooklyn Public Library
After attending a seminar for artists to create programs at the Brooklyn Public Library, the workshop/seminar idea for middle school students to prepare for the NYC High School Art Exam was developed.
Photography by Mary Rieser Heintjes
Workshop/Seminar to Prepare the Students for the Art Exam2:00 - 4:00 PM June 7, 2008
Instruction on drawing the still life then 15 minute drawing session Instruction on drawing the model then 15 minute drawing session Instruction on creating a design idea then 15 minute drawing session
**** stretch out **** Quiz on art vocabulary distribute and take home with answer key Prepare for the verbal interview informal discussion while Portfolio Development presenting each student with case - Instruction on Portfolio preparation - Colorful Paper Mat and Label each art work as noted by each school - Add Artwork, resume, poems,
Student drawing by LMH: 4” x 4” pencil on paper
Prepare the Portfolio and for the Art ExamSTILL LIFE DRAWING:
Student art work by JF: 14” x 17” pencil and charcoal on paper
Use of the FULL picture plane in drawing
Use of Shadows, circles/geometry in perspective
Portfolio DAY at the BPL - MOCK Art Exam
15 minutesDrawing from STILL LIFE
Render Using Entire Picture Plane Perspective
Shadows Shading
Prepare for the Portfolio and Art ExamFIGURE DRAWING FROM MODEL
Student art work by JF: 14” x 11” pencil on paper - study of drawing from the model
Prepare for the Portfolio and Art ExamFIGURE DRAWING FROM MODEL
Study of female skeleton - drawing from the model
FIGURE DRAWING FROM MODEL
Study of Skeleton for Male Figure
Prepare for the Portfolio and Art Exam
FIGURE DRAWING FROM MODEL
Study of HANDS
FIGURE DRAWING FROM MODELSKELETON AND PERSPECTIVE
FIGURE DRAWING FROM MODELVermeer, Crivelli figures in Picture plane using linear perspective
Portfolio DAY at the BPL - MOCK Art Exam
15 minutesDrawing from the MODEL
Render Using Entire Picture Plane Skeletal relationship
Gesture, feeling, personality of model
Forms, roundness, volume
Perspective, Shadows, Shading
Prepare the Portfolio and for the Art ExamDESIGN Elements: PROBLEM was movement in water
Student art work by LMH: 11” x 17” Watercolor, ink on paper for design study, labeled for the portfolio
DESIGN IDEAS FROM ANTIQUITY
GOLDEN SECTION - BALANCE OF PICTURE PLANE
Portfolio DAY at the BPL - MOCK Art Exam
15 minutesCreate/Resolve Design Problem
CHOOSE ONE: - Windy day in the city - Biomorphic Architecture in the country - Business Card for a Bike Shop - Drawing from memory HANDS of person waiting for news.
Prepare the Portfolio and for the Art Exam
ART TERMINOLOGY QUIZHANDOUT FOR TAKE HOME TEST AND STUDY - ANSWER KEY INCLUDED
ADDITIONAL COPIES AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING:[email protected]
Prepare the Portfolio:Include all genre of work: Landscape, figure, portrait, still life, abstract, architecture, design
All mediums: Pencil, watercolor, pastel, crayons, ink, charcoal, markers, guoache, gel pen, textures…
Use technical knowlege: Perspective, chiaroscuro, shading, photography, collage, color….
All student work for portfolio development: by JF
Drawing to scale of masters art 14 x 17, pencil on paper
Completed watercolor of master copy
14 x 17 on paper
Watercolor and ink study of perspective from scene in Brooklyn
14 x 11 on paper
Pen and ink study of portrait drawing
11 x 14 on paper
Encourage collages, masters study, gesture and portrait drawing
Student work for portfolio development: by LMH
Design elements study
Collage cut paper
14” x 8” Copy of Van Gogh on paper 11” 14”
Pencil, oil pastel, crayon, ink
Gesture drawing study
using clematis plant
Pencil on paper 17 x 11 Portrait study 11” x 8”
Pencil, Charcoal on paper
Prepare the Portfolio for the Art Exam
Students would be instructed to include: PORTRAIT
Student art work by LMH: 8” x 10” pencil on paper study of portrait with design elements
Prepare the Portfolio for the Art Exam
Encourage independent work at home
Student art work by LKH: 10” x 8” Study of a horse in motion-summer project using clay and wood
CAN INCLUDE PHOTOS OF SCULPTURE DONE BY THE STUDENT IN THE PORTFOLIO
Encourage Independent Work
Student work done without supervision: by LMH
Drawing from daily journal: Pencil, charcoal on paper 11” x 17”
Choose the best 16-20 completed art works that expresses your potential and spirit to include collages, watercolor, drawings. Add poems, art photos, creative writing as well.
In portfolio presentation binder provided: -Type print your name, school, contact # on adhesive large label for the exterior-Prepare resume for insertion on first page, include community service, interests, awards-Label each art by name, medium, title & done “independently” or“under supervision”
PORTFOLIO ASSEMBLING INSTRUCTION
Include CV Label art Portfolio Name Add Poems
Prepare the Portfolio and for the Art Exam
ALWAYS KEEP RESEARCHING AND DEVELOPING: Color Theory, Shading, Perspective, Art Definitions, Skeleton, Muscles, Gesture History of Art FROM FIRST CAVE DRAWINGS TO MODERN TIMES Abstract design, Surrealism, Cubism, Photography, Architecture, etc AND IF YOU WORK HARD AND KEEP FOCUSED you will accomplish great things in the future with all your goals and endeavors
ALWAYS DISCOVER NEW THINGS ABOUT ART
JOURNAL - PURCHASE A DRAWING JOURNAL AND DRAW EVERYDAY
EACH PAGE TO BE A COMPLETE RENDERING
GET BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY - 3rd Floor of Central Library has ART & MUSIC WING
READ THE NEWSPAPER OF ART EVENTS
READ THE GALLERY GUIDE
GO TO MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
EVERY FRIDAY 4-8 PM FREE AT MOMA
EVERY FIRST SATURDAY IS FREE FROM 5 - 11 PM AT BROOKLYN MUSEUM
READ BIOGRAPHIES OF ARTISTS
ART WORKS BY THE TEACHER Mary Rieser Heintjes
Exhibition of “Nature and Architecture Through Light”Currently on view in the Grand Lobby at Central Library through June 14, 2008
Painting: City Trees - Clinton Avenue - Oils on Canvas 56” x 72”
Conclusion
Working with an open spirit to the meaningful aspects of life guides the development of new art work. This facilitates not only myself but other people around me to be creative and, I hope, can be of assistance to our future artists to develop their own personal vision.
Photo: Swan at Sunset by Mary Rieser Heintjes
Art duplication by permission of the artists © www.LMStuio265.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Diaries of Paul Klee 1898-1918 by Paul Klee ISBN 0520006534The Mastery of Oil Painting by Frederic Taubes ISBN-13: 9780670462117Modern Artists on Art by Robert Herbert ISBN-13: 9780486411910Portrait of An Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce I ISBN-13: 9780486280509Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra I ISBN 0533108689Inner Chapters by Chuang Tsu ISBN-13: 9780394719900Leonardo on Painting by Leonardo da Vinci ISBN 0300090951Memoirs of Early Italian Painters by Mrs. Jameson ISBN-13: 9781417901234Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G, Jung ISBN-13: 9780679723950Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Marie Rilke ISBN-13: 9780486422459
The Power of the Center by Rudolf Arnhein Call #701.8 ATheory and Practice of Perspective by G.A. Store Call #701.72 SDialogues on Art by Edouard Roditi Call #704 R692DVision & Design by Robert Fry Call #704 FLearning to LooK by Joshua C. Taylor Call #701.1 TDictionary of Art Terms by Kim Reynolds Call #703.21 RIntro to Repair and Restore by Arco Publishing Call 702.88 IThe Art in Painting by Albert C. Barnes
READING IS ESSENTIAL TO PREPARE FOR HS
Portfolio Development and Preparation for the NYC High School Art Entrance Exam”
SPECIAL THANKS
ANGELI RASBURY
YOUTH SERVICES COMMUNITY& PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATE
SPONSORED BY
Brooklyn Public LibraryCentral Administration
Grand Army PlazaBrooklyn, NY 11238
And to LIA, our model!!!AND THE GIFT FROM THE TEACHER: PORTFOLIO CASE
IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION
Please feel free to contact, Mary at
[email protected] = email
www.LMStudio265.com = website
In Search of City Trees
by Mary Rieser Heintjes
Pencil on Paper
Art duplication by permission of the artists © www.LMStuio265.com
