Upload day - Drawing Progress

Upload the following drawings:

1 Grid drawing - Flower, Hand, etc
Eye Video Drawing
Eye Freehand Drawing
Eye grid Drawing
Nose Video Drawing
Mouth Video Drawing
Female Face Video Drawing

Answer the following:

Answer the following questions:
Grade your WORK ETHIC based on the Rubric.
Grade your CRAFTSMANSHIP/QUALITY based on the IMAGE CRITERIA Rubric

How did you feel you have progressed in your drawing skills ?
At first I didn't understand to.....
Now I understand to...
I still don't understand how to....
What did you find the easiest in your drawings?

What did you find the most difficult?

Mask Progress

Take a picture of your mask today. Post it to your blog. Title it Mask Progress.

Mask Mold

Take a picture and post it - Due today

Post Final Kumihimo

Take a picture and post it.Due today.

Upload Kumihimo Progress

Upload a picture of your Kumihimo in progress and answer the following questions:

What was country where the Kumihimo was invented?
What does the word Kumihimo mean?
How long ago was Kumihimo invented?
What was the first use of Kumihimo for?

Design Your Mask

Before we start to actually use clay, we need to draw rough sketches of our mask ideas and then create a final idea for the mask.

• Spend some time looking for masks that you like. Use the links from our blog or search for your own.

• Copy and Paste the photos of the masks you liked that you want to use in your own design

• Next, draw 5 small sketches of different ideas based on the masks above

• Then pick your favorite from above and draw a full size skecth with all of the details you will add to your mask.

Explore Masks

For this unit we are going to create a mask based on a tribal culture.
Print out this graphic organizer and use the links below for your answers:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson395/organizer5.pdf

After you complete the questions you will create 5 thumbnail sketches of mask ideas. Discuss your ideas with me then draw a full size sketch of the mask design.

AfricanMasks
African Mask History, Rebirth African Art:http://www.rebirth.co.za/African_mask_history_and_meaning.htm

 Art of the African Mask, University of Virginia: http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask.html

Faces of the Dead: Egyptian Mummy Masks: 
http://www.akhet.co.uk/faces.htm

Masks of Africa, Museum of Ancient and Modern Art: http://www.mama.org/collection/afc/afc001.html

Asian Masks
Ceremonial Masks from Java and Bali Indonesia:
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/indonesi/masksjbc.htm

Ceremonial Masks of Mongolia:
http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/mongolia/tsam.html
http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=1617

Masks of India:
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/masks/

Masks: Reflection of Culture and Religion (India): http://www.dollsofindia.com/mask.htm
New Guinea Masks:
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/maskspko.htm
http://www.jungleoutpost.com/cart/masks-papua-guinea-c-23.html

Japanese Noh and Oni Masks:
http://www.nohmask21.com/
http://www.thefind.com/movies/browse-japanese-noh-mask
Noh Mask History, Media Information Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan: 
http://www.nohmask21.com/

Central and South America
Dominican Republic:
http://dominicanmasks.com/
Guatemalan Masks:
http://www.coloresdelpueblo.org/Masks.htm
Maya Masks;
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mayan-masks.htm

European Masks
Masks in the Ancient Greek Theatre:
http://www.greektheatre.gr/masks.html 

Venetian Masks: http://www.bergencounty.com/costumes/maskitalia/history.html

North American Masks
Alaska: The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks: http://www.tribalarts.com/feature/riordan/
Mexican Masks:
http://www.mexicanmasks.us/
Aztec Masks:
http://aztec-empire.com/masks.htm
West Coast Indian Art Tribal Masks: http://www.freespiritgallery.ca/nwartmasks.htm


More Masks Examples
Masks from Around the World