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

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

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

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

Week 6 - Sept. 29 - Oct. 3

Basic Art

Mon. - Introduction to new project "Stippling Hands Collage"
Tue. - work on stippling project
Wed. Thu. - stippling project
Fri. - Late deadline for window drawings.

Art 8

Mon. - Students will continue to work on their clay relief carving. When finished, they will make a pinch pot.
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - If finished, they will start working on scratch art.
Fri. - Clay relief project due today! Scratch art when finished.

Crafts

Mon. - Extra day to work on birdhouse, because of assembly last friday. Due today!
Tue. - Start new project - Burlap Scarecrow Project, construct armature
Wed. - Scarecrow
Thu. - same
Fri. - same + late deadline for birdhouse project.

Painting

Mon. - If not finished with color triangle, then work on it. The rest of the class will start prep. for the planet mural.
Tue. - same
Wed. same
Thu. - same
Fri. - Late deadline for color triangle. All should be working on planet mural.

Week 5 - Sept. 22-26

Basic Art

Mon. - Students will be working on their window drawings for the window painting project.
Tue. - Same
Wed. - If finished, they are to work on scratch art for extra credit.
Thu. - Introduction to the new project. Stippling Hands Collage
Fri. - Window drawings are due today at end of period. When finished they are to start the stippling project.

Art 8

Mon. - If students are done with their window drawings, they will start their clay project. They need a drawing of an animal so they can carve into clay.
Tue. - Clay Relief project
Wed. - same
Thu. - same. Late deadline for the window drawings is today.
Fri. - same

Crafts

All week - Students will be working on their birdhouses. When finished with construction, they will paint their birdhouses and add extra details.
Fri. - Birdhouses are due!

Painting

Mon. - Students will be working on their color triangles. At this point all students should be working on their grayscale background.
Tue. - same
Wed. - If finished with color triangle, then start the planet mural.
Thu. - Color triangle or planet mural.
Fri. - Color Triangle project is due today!

Week 4 Sept. 15 - 19

Basic Art

Mon. - Finish critique of abstract drawings.
Tue. - Writing assignment in class. Critique one drawing from the board covering all subject areas. (rendering, shading, composition, presentation)
Wed. - Work on window drawings
Thu., Fri. - window drawings


Art 8

Mon. - Work on window drawings. All students should be starting their final color copy.
Tue., Wed. - window drawings, final copy
Thu. - Window drawings due! Clay introduction for next project.
Fri. - We will go over clay relief. Also work on animal sketches for project.


Crafts

Mon. - Birdhouse construction
Tue., Wed. - Same as monday
Thu. - All students should be starting to paint and decorate their birdhouses.
Fri. - Same


Painting

Mon. - Color Triangle. All students should be starting the grayscale background
Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., - Work on detailing triangle, plus finishing grayscale background.