Brainstorm Intro

Column 1 Make a list of 10

words that describe or associated with MN culture. Get creative! Think differently.

Ex. Nice Ex. Rural

Column 2 Make a list of 10

words from memories you have while in MN.

Ex. Boundary Ex. Baseball

Brainstorm Continued

From the previous two lists, combine two words to make a mini phrase.

Ex. Nice Boundary Ex. Rural Baseball

Huh?…say what? Well…it’s a start…

Add to your list…or just brainstorm themes.

Minnesota Twins – sports teams…no logos though.

Landscape Downtown street life Music culture Habitat or wildlife

Compositional Layout

Open

Edgar Degas

Compositional Layout

Closed

Pierre Bonnard

Compositional Layout

Asymmetrical

Compositional Layout

Symmetrical

Oil Paint StickHow could you capture Minnesota, The North Star State?

Michael Birawer

Michael Birawer is an American artist. Born and based in St. Paul, Minnesota, he is known for his surrealist paintings of urban settings and their inhabitants.

Michael Birawer – Downtown MPLS

MN State Fair

Edina

Capturing the MN night life?

MG Marching Band anyone?

Minnesota Attacked by Mosquitos?

Anytime USA…or Minnesota

Anyone live by a MN watertower?

Any hunters out there? Huge MN past-time and piece of culture.

Yes…Even this could represent MN. But how?

You could even paint a parody

Rene Magritte

How could you combine these two pictures to represent a parody about MN?

A parody is when you use a previous artists work and change aspects of it to give the visual new meaning in a humorous way.

So where do you go from here?

Sketchbook Plan Manders needs to see a plan with

thumbnail sketches of compositional layouts. (pssst….hey you…yeah, over here..……an openly cropped composition will always look more dynamic than that of a closed composition, so consider running your objects in the picture off the edge of the picture plane).

Reference Image documentation▪ You should have reference images

documented in your sketchbook as well.