Monday, December 20, 2010

Week 17 Dec. 20-24

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Thu. - Continue working on your Chuck Close projects.


Art 8

Mon. - Thu. - Continue working on your sculpture projects. Students will need to use their Christmas break to research their sculpture and type a 1-2 page paper on the history of their sculpture. Students will have a handout.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Continue and finish your Macro Leaves.
Tue. - 1 and 2 point perspective lesson (all class)
Wed. - Oil painting review. Practice in class and research cityscapes.
Thu. - Research and discuss ideas with teacher.


Crafts

Mon. - Thu. - Continue your plaster ornaments.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Week 16 Dec. 13-17

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Students will continue working on their Chuck Close portraits and will learn about grid drawing, chalk pastels, shading, abstract shapes and other materials.


Art 8

Mon. - Fri. - Students will learn about materials usage, storage and safety. They will start sculpting their projects.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Students will continue working on their Macro Leaf projects.


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Students will finish up their Woodburnings and will continue the process of making a mold in clay and pouring plaster.

Week 15 Dec. 6-10

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Finish self-portraits
Tue. - New project intro. Chuck Close portraits. We will be watching a video on the artist and also reading an article on the artist. You will be required to write a summary 5x5 in class.
Wed. - Fri. - Start grid drawing your matteboard and picture to get your portrait proportionally correct.


Art 8

Mon. - Wed. - Continue working on your Google projects.
Thu. - New project intro. through a power point presentation.
Fri. - Materials demonstration and start sculpting your project.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Macro leaves project.


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Finish your Woodburning projects. Start your plaster ornament project by researching pictures and carving your clay.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Week 14 Nov. 29 - Dec. 3

Introduction to Art

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Finish the extra credit project for the boys basketball program.
Wed. - Fri. - Continue working on your self-portrait.


Art 8

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Finish the extra credit project for the boys basketball program.
Wed. - Fri. - Continue working on your Google projects.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Fri. - Finish landscape paintings and start macro leaves.


Crafts

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Fri. - Continue Woodburning project.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Week 13 Nov. 22-26

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Wed. - Start drawing your self-portrait


Art 8

Mon. - Wed. - Continue working on your Google drawings.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Wed. - Continue your Macro Leaf Paintings


Crafts

Mon. - Wed. - Continue your Woodburning Welcome signs.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Week 12 Nov. 15-19

Introduction to Art

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Wed. - Paint your hands with oil paint.
Thu. - Self-Portrait lesson introduction. Students will learn about the portrait diagram and will draw a face to those standards. Students need to bring in a picture of themselves for the self-portrait project.
Fri. - Students will start drawing their own self-portrait.


Art 8

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Last day for students to finish their color wheel.
Wed. - Shading exercise with analogous colors.
Thu. - Google Project introduction. Students start sketching and brainstorming ideas for their drawing.
Fri. - same


Beginning Painting

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Fri. - Finish landscape paintings and start Marco leaf project. Must have picture to begin painting.


Crafts

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Fri. - Students continue working on their wood-burning welcome signs. They will also learn about watercolor painting on wood.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Week 11 Nov. 8-12

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Students will continue to work on their hands drawings by using the stippling technique. Project is due on Friday!


Art 8

Mon. - Students will have a secondary and tertiary color mixing demonstration for their color wheel project. Students finish their primary colors and start mixing their secondary colors.
Tue. - Wed. - Same
Thu. - We will have a complementary color mixing demo. Students will start coloring their complementary colors in the right places. We will also review for the quiz, briefly.
Fri. - Color wheel quiz first! Finish your coloring of the color wheel.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue and finish your landscape paintings. Due Friday!


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Students will continue their woodburning signs. Students must shade with the woodburner. When you are done woodburning, you will paint the surrounding areas with watercolor paint.