Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Grade Nine Scratch Board Scavenger Hunt

View the following Web sites and answer the question for each site.
A: Martiena Richter http://www.martienarichter.com/index.html
1. Go to the scratchboard technique page. How does Martiena color her scratchboard pictures?
2. Go to the original scratchboard art page. About how much does one of Martiena’s original artworks cost?
3. Go to the limited edition prints page. Tell me which is your favorite picture (title) and tell why you like it the best.

B: Michael Halbert http://www.inkart.com/index.html
4. Go to the biography page of Michael Halbert’s website. How did he become a professional artist?
5. Go to the tutorials section of Michael’s website and click on "Third Labour of Hercules" picture. This is close to what we will be doing in class. Read the main steps he went through to create this work. How does a client affect the way an artist creates?
6. What materials and tools does Michael use in addition to scratchboard?
D: Stanley Morrison http://smorrisonart.redbubble.com/sets/157918/works http://smorrisonart.redbubble.com/ (home page)
7. What does this website tell you about the history of scratchboard art?
8. Tell me the title of the scratchboard artwork that Stanley Morrison’s website you would most like to hang on your wall (remember, not all of the work displayed here is scratchboard). Explain why you would choose it.
9. After looking at these scratchboard pieces by different artists and beginning to work on your own piece, what do you think is required to create a really good scratchboard composition?
E. Check out Mark Summers at http://www.behance.net/MarkSummers
10. What kind of Education did Mark Summers have before becoming a professional illustrator?
11. What kind of companies pay Mark to create art?
12. What is different about Mark's drawings compared to the other artists looked at?