Monday, October 27, 2008

Week 10 - Oct. 27 - 31

Basic Art

Mon. - Continue working on self-portraits and exaggerated clay masks. Today is the late deadline for the stippling hands project
Tue. - Same
Wed. - All students should be starting to add charcoal to their portraits.
Thu. - same
Fri. - same


Art 8

Mon. - Continue working on popsicle stick architecture
Tue. - LAST DAY FOR 8TH GRADE (1st marking period) EVERTHING DUE TODAY!
Wed. - New Class. Go over rules and expectations, seating chart and project synopsis.
Thu. - Project 1 - Popsicle Stick Architecture. Class discussion and vocab.
Fri. - Start Sculpting


Crafts

Mon. - Continue working on pumpkin relief carving
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - same
Fri. - Pumpkin Carvings due today.


Painting

Mon. - Continue working on Landscape Painting. All students should be working on the middle ground of their landscapes.
Tue. - same
Wed. - All should be starting the foreground of their landscapes.
Thu. - same
Fri. - same

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Week 9 Oct. 20 - 24

Basic Art

Mon. - Stippling Hands Collage due at the end of the period. When finished, matte them and post them on the bulletin board.
Tue. - Finish matting drawings.
Wed. - Portrait Lesson
Thu. - Clay demonstration and vocabulary.
Fri. - Students start sculpting faces.


Art 8

Mon. - Popsicle Stick Sculpture
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - same
Fri. - same, Late deadline for scratch art.


Crafts

Mon. - Continue working on wooden pumpkin signs
Tue. - Wooden pumpkin signs due today
Wed. - Carve live pumpkins. Find template first!
Thu. - carve pumpkins
Fri. - same


Painting

Mon. - Landscape painting. finish entire background before painting the middle-ground
Tue. - Landscape. start middle-ground
Wed. - middle-ground
Thu. - same
Fri. - start painting the foreground of your landscape painting



Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Week 8 - Oct. 13 - 17

Basic Art

Mon. - In-Service
Tue. - Stippling Hands Collage
Wed. - Same
Thu. - WINDOW PAINTING (I will not be in school. Continue stippling)
Fri. - Stippling Hands Collage


Art 8

Mon. - In-Service
Tue. - Glaze Fire, work on Scratch Art project
Wed. - Same
Thu. - WINDOW PAINTING (I will not be in school. Continue working on scratch art)
Fri. - Stippling Hands


Crafts

Mon. - In-service
Tue. - Wooden Pumpkins
Wed. - Same
Thu. - WINDOW PAINTING (I will not be in school. Continue working on wooden pumpkins.)
Fri. - Wooden Pumpkins due today! Bring real pumpkin in to carve!


Painting

Mon. - In-service
Tue. - Finish Planet Mural. Start landscape painting (background)
Wed. - same
Thu. - WINDOW PAINTING (I will not be in school. Continue working on landscape painting)
Fri. - Landscape Painting

Monday, October 6, 2008

Week 7 Oct. 6 - 10

Basic Art

Mon. - Stippling Hands project
Tue. - Same
Wed. - Same
Thu. - Same
Fri. - Same

Art 8

Mon. - Students should be working on their scratch art project. I will fire the kiln today for their clay projects.
Tue. - Scratch Art
Wed. - Unload kiln. Students will get a glazing introduction and they will start to glaze their clay projects. When finished they will return to working on their scratch art.
Thu. - Finish glazing. Scratch Art
Fri. - Continue on scratch art project.

Crafts

Mon. - Continue working on the scarecrow project
Tue. - Same
Wed. - If finished, they can start working on their wooden pumpkin design.
Thu. - Scarecrow project due today!
Fri. - Wooden Pumpkins

Painting

Mon. - Planet Mural
Tue. - Planet Mural
Wed. - If finished with planet mural, then work on landscape painting research.
Thu. - Same
Fri. - Finish Planet Mural