Monday, November 17, 2014

Nov. 17-21

Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Continue woodcarving and plan out your painting color scheme.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue painting your Impressionist oil painting.


Graphics

Mon. - Finish and finalize your magazine cover.
Tue. - Fri. - Research and start designing your CD cover of a famous band.


Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Culture Vessel.  When finished, start glazing all of your past projects.


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Memorial Sculpture.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Continue molding your hands with the plaster and start designing out your composition for your artwork.

Monday, November 3, 2014

Nov. 3 - Nov. 7

Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Continue woodcarving your Native American inspired wood panels.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Oil painting demonstration.  Continue research of Impressionism and find your visual resource.
Tue. - Fri. - Print out your visual resource, sketch your composition on your wood panel, and start painting.


Graphics

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your magazine cover using Photoshop.


Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Cultural Vessels


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Review clay sculpting techniques.  Finalize drawings for your Memorial Sculpture.
Tue. - Fri. - Start sculpting.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Student presentations on George Segal.  Read article on George Segal and answer questions.  Review project parameters and start sketching ideas.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Oct. 6 - 10

Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue working on their basket-making


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Wed. - Students continue working and finish their Abstract paintings
Thu. - Landscape Introduction.  How to paint a sky?
Fri. - How to paint mountains and create atmospheric perspective.


Graphics

Mon. - Finish Window Drawings
Tue. -  Fri. - Continue drawings depicting Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, and Radial Balance


Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue their Face Jugs, and Throwing projects


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Students finish their Window Drawings.
Tue. - Wed. - Students continue their Hand Drawings
Thu. - Fri. - Students get a lesson on Glazing and start to glaze their clay sculptures.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Students finish their Window Drawings
Tue. - Fri. - Students continue their Macro studies, and Hand studies

Monday, September 22, 2014

Sept. 22-26

Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue working on their "coil baskets."



Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue their abstract paintings focusing on blending and making tints and shades of colors.


Graphics

Mon. - Tue. - Students continue making their "movie posters" with a focus on contrast.
Wed. - Fri. - Students will be introduced to "balance" and will start their balance drawings.


Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue working on their "face jugs" and "throwing projects."



Foundations of Art

Mon. - Quiz review.  Review of shading vocabulary and techniques.
Tue. - Students finish their object shading.
Wed. - Fri. - Color Wheel review and color wheel design.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue their value study of their chosen objects.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Sept. 8 - 12

Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Mosaic design.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Grayscale review.  Finish your color triangle.
Tue. - Thu. - Continue working on your grayscale.
Fri. - Start design for your blending project.


Graphics

Mon. - Tue. - Continue work on Repetition
Wed. - Fri. - Introduction to Contrast

Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue cups, bowls, and face jugs


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Fri. - Continue sculpting your Memorial Sculptures


Introduction to Art

Mon. -  Fri. - Continue your value study of your shattered images.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Week 1 Aug. 25-29

Crafts

Mon. - Class introductions and powerpoint presentation on mosaics. 
Tue. - Fri. - Research mosaics from ancient and different cultures.  Find a mosaic that you like and create your own mosaic design that is inspired by the one you found.

Beginning Painting

Mon. - Class introductions and powerpoint presentation on  types and styles of painting.  Lesson on the color wheel and start of project 1. 
Tue. - Design for project 1 will be given in class and you will start drawing.
Wed. - Primary color painting demonstration.  Students will start painting their primary colors in the designated areas.
Thu. - Secondary and Tertiary color mixing demonstration.  Students will paint the rest of their color wheel by mixing all of the colors and painting them in the designated areas.
Fri. - Continue painting your color triangle.


Graphics

Mon. - Introduction to the Elements and Principles of Graphic Design.
Tue. - Drawing activity involving the element of Proximity.
Wed. - same
Thu. - Fri. - Computer based activity involving proximity.  Designing a business card.


Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Class introductions and powerpoint presentation on the history of the potters wheel.
Tue. - Presentation on the modern day electric potters wheel.  Teacher demonstration of throwing.
Wed. - Review of clay process, storage and drying process.  Introduction of Face Jug project.
Thu. - Students start throwing and handbuilding face jugs.
Fri. - same


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Class introductions and powerpoint presentation of the Elements and Principles of Art
Tue. - Review of the elements and principles of art and introduction to project 1.  Students start sketching ideas for their Memorial Sculpture.
Wed. - Students continue sketching their ideas and get approval by teacher.
Thu. - Fri. - Clay review and demonstrations.  Students start sculpting their projects.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Class introductions.  Students are to find an object in the room and draw it without instruction.
Tue. - Class critique of drawings.  Introduction to the elements and principles of art.
Wed. - Continue reviewing the elements and principles of art.  Focus on VALUE and start designing a grayscale.
Thu. - Fri. - Continue work on making your grayscale in your sketchbook.

Monday, February 10, 2014

Week 23 Feb. 10-14

Advanced Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Negative Space Vase and your Stacking Bowls


Graphics

Mon. - Finish your Flyer and start your Stationary design
Tue. - Continue working on your Stationary design.
Wed. - Fri. - Contrast powerpoint and exercises


Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Throwing projects and your Face Jugs


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Music paintings.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Continue research for your portrait project and start gridding your image and matboard.