Week 14 Nov. 24 - 26

Basic Art

Mon. - Continue working on self-portrait and clay masks. When finished, you will work on the Piet Mondrian Project.
Tue. - Same
Wed. - Same
Thu. - THANKSGIVING BREAK
Fri. - THANKSGIVING BREAK


Art 8

Mon. - Continue working on popsicle stick sculptures.
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - THANKSGIVING BREAK
Fri. - THANKSGIVING BREAK


Crafts

Mon. - Continue working on paper wreaths with fall colored leaves. Add a bow.
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - THANKSGIVING BREAK
Fri. - THANKSGIVING BREAK


Painting

Mon. - Work on oil painting introduction project.
Tue. - same
Wed. - Finish oil painting introduction project.
Thu. - THANKSGIVING BREAK
Fri. - THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week 13 - Nov. 17-21

Basic Art

Mon. - Continue working on self-portraits and clay masks. Any extra credit will be in the form of a small clay sculpture with a Christmas theme.
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - same
Fri. - same


Art 8

Mon. - Continue working on your popsicle stick sculptures. Be researching on your own time for your paper on your particular sculpture.
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - same
Fri. - same


Crafts

Mon. - Continue working on your paper wreaths with fall colored leaves.
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - same
Fri. - same


Painting

Mon. - Research oil paintings and cityscapes. If research is completed then you can sketch your composition on your canvas with teachers permission. If not finished with your landscape, then finish it!
Tue. - Go over strategies and techniques of oil painting with class. Continue cityscape prep.
Wed. - Work on cityscape or finish landscape
Thu. - same
Fri. - same

Week 12 - Nov. 10 - 14

Basic Art

Mon. - Continue working on self-portraits and clay masks
Tue. - same
Wed. - same When finished with one project, move on to the next.
Thu. - same
Fri. - same


Art 8

Mon. - Continue working on popsicle stick sculptures.
Tue. - Remind students of the research paper.
Wed. - same
Thu. - same
Fri. - same


Crafts

Mon. - Continue working on felt turkeys.
Tue. - same
Wed. - Felt turkey project due today!
Thu. - Start new project. We will be making fall wreaths with fall colored leaves (paper)
Fri. - Start assembling wreath and cutting out leaves.


Painting

Mon. - Continue working on landscape paintings. All should be close to finishing paintings.
Tue. - Perspective Lesson for cityscape with oil paint.
Wed. - Finish landscape painting. Research ideas for oil painting.
Thu. - same. Start oil painting if ready.
Fri. - Landscape paintings due today! Start oil painting.

Week 11 - Nov. 3 -7

Basic Art

Mon. - Continue working on self-portraits and clay masks
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - same
Fri. - same


Art 8

Mon. - Continue working on popsicle stick sculptures.
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - same
Fri. - Introduce the second part of this project, which is a research paper on their particular building/sculpture. Paper must be at least 3 pages long and must include visuals.


Crafts

Mon. - Introduce new project for the Thanksgiving season. Students will create turkeys using felt. The projects functionality will be for decorative purposes only.
Tue. - Continue working on turkey project.
Wed. - same
Thu. - same
Fri. - same


Painting

Mon. - Students will continue working on their landscape paintings. All students should be working on the foreground of their landscapes.
Tue. - same
Wed. - same
Thu. - same
Fri. - Deadline for landscape painting. Projects due today!

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