Monday, January 31, 2011

Week 22 Jan. 31 - Feb. 4

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Color mixing demo. Students start painting their color wheel.
Tue. - Fri. - same


Art 8

Mon. - Tue. - Finish up your mixing and painting.
Wed. - Gluing demo. to put your pieces together for the 3-D sculpture.
Thu. - same
Fri. - Color wheel quiz! Intro. next project if time.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Triangle. Start grayscale value chart when ready.


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue painting your musical inspiration.


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Continue work on your birdhouse project.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Week 21 Jan. 24-28

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Continue and finish your self-portraits.



Art 8

Mon. - Fri. - Continue designing your 3D color wheel. Start painting the sections by mixing colors with watercolor paint. Instruction will be given as a class.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Primary mixing demo. Students paint the primary colors.
Tue. - Fri. - Secondary and tertiary mixing demo. Students paint the remainder colors.


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Finish stretching your canvas.
Tue. - Fri. - Start sketching ideas for your "musical inspiration" painting and start painting when ready.


Crafts

Mon. - Finalize sketches for your American Folk Art birdhouse.
Tue. - Gluing and cutting demo. Students start constructing their birdhouses.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Week 20 Jan. 17-21

Introduction to Art

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Fri. - Continue working on your self-portraits.


Art 8

Mon. - no school
Tue. - snow day
Wed. - Class wrap up
Thu. - NEW CLASSES! We will go over my rules, expectations and grading and will start learning about the color wheel.
Fri. - We will review the color wheel and start constructing your 3-D color wheel.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - no school
Tue. - snow day
Wed. - class wrap up and cleaning
Thu. - NEW CLASS! We will go over our class rules and expectations along with the introduction to the new project. We will review the color wheel and start designing our own color triangle design.
Fri. - Continue the design of the triangle and prepare to paint.


Advanced Painting

Mon. - no school
Tue. - snow day
Wed. - no class
Thu. - NEW CLASS! Students will learn about the class synopsis and expectations. You will start learning about how to frame, cut and stretch your own canvas.
Fri. - same


Crafts

Mon. - no school
Tue. - snow day
Wed. - class wrap up
Thu. - NEW CLASS! Students will learn about crafts, art, functionality vs. nonfunctionality, folk art, and american folk art.
Fri. - Students will research ideas for an American folk art birdhouse and start drawing it to scale.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Week 19 Jan. 10-14

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Mid-Term Exam!
Tue. - Fri. - no class


Art 8

Mon. - no class
Tue. - Period 6 - Continue working on your scratch art projects. Clay sculptures, writing prompts, and research papers are due today at the end of class.
Wed. - Period 3 - Continue working on your Popsicle stick projects. Writing prompts, and research papers are due!
Thu. - Fri. - no class


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Tue. - Continue and finish your oil paintings
Wed. - Period 4 Final Exam!
Thu. - Period 5 Final Exam!
Fri. - no class


Crafts

Mon.- no class
Tue. - Final Exam!
Wed. - Fri. - no class. However the plaster ornaments, picture frames, and writing prompts are due ASAP!

Monday, January 3, 2011

Week 18 Jan. 3 - 7

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Wed. - Continue working on Chuck Close Portraits
Thu. - Color Wheel Review
Fri. - Mid-Term Review


Art 8 - Period 3

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your popsicle stick sculptures. DON'T forget about your research papers!


Art 8 - Period 6

Mon. - Clay project update and loading the kiln. Scratch Art project overview and practice.
Tue. - Students will be given an article on painting clay. They will be required to read the article, highlighting the main ideas and will write a 5x5 summary on the article for homework. This will be due Wednesday. Start final composition for the Scratch Art project in class.
Wed. - Thu. - Painting your clay projects.
Fri. - Continue working on your scratch art projects. REMEMBER...Don't forget about your research paper on your sculpture.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Oil painting review and practice
Tue. - Thu. - Students will be painting their cityscape projects.
Fri. - Review for Final Exam!


Crafts

Mon. - Wed. - Picture Framing project.
Thu. - Hemp Bracelet review and start making a beaded bracelet.
Fri. - Review for Final Exam