Week 26 Feb. 28 - Mar. 4

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Piet Mondrian paintings.


Art 8

Mon. - Wed. - Continue and finish your Google projects.
Thu. - New project introduction. Sculpt a famous building or sculpture from around the world with clay.
Fri. - Start sculpting


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Tue. - Continue and finish your Op Art backgrounds
Wed. - Impressionist Landscape painting
Thu. - Fri. - Research and sketch your own composition for the Landscape painting


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Start your Jackson Pollock painting


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Continue and finish your Birdhouse project.

Week 25 Feb. 21-25

Introduction to Art

Mon. - no school
Tue. - work on your Piet Mondrian paintings
Wed. - Fri. - same or work on extra credit project.


Art 8

Mon. - no school
Tue. - work on your Google project
Wed. - Fri. - Work on the extra credit project which deals with the Ashland Mothers Memorial.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Op Art backgrounds
Wed. - Fri. - Continue working on your Op Art backgrounds


Advanced Painting

Mon. - no school
Tue. - finish up your watercolor mood paintings
Wed. - Jackson Pollock article writing prompt
Thu. - Jackson Pollock video
Fri. - Start ideas for your Jackson Pollock painting and paint your background first


Crafts

Mon. - no school
Tue. - Fri. - work on your Birdhouse projects

Week 24 Feb. 14-18

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Finish your Piet Mondrian exercise and start sketching ideas for your own Piet Mondrian painting. You must choose an object that has personal meaning to you.


Art 8

Mon. - Fri. - Continue sketching ideas for the Google project.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Optical Art designs for the background of your Triangle.


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue Mood Paintings with watercolor paint.


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Continue work on your American Folk Art birdhouses.

Week 23 Feb. 7-11

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Finish Color Wheels and paint your small grayscale.
Tue. - Read article on the artist Piet Mondrian and write a 5x5 summary.
Wed. - Students will be learning about abstract art and will start sketches of ideas for the first painting.
Thu. - Fri. - continue sketches and transfer to canvas.


Art 8

Mon. - Students will be painting and gluing their 3-D color wheels.
Tue. - Color Wheel quiz! Shading exercise after quiz.
Wed. - Students will be introduced to the next project via powerpoint presentation and will start sketches for the project.
Thu. - Fri. - work on sketches and ideas for the project.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Wed. - Students will be working on their grayscale paintings.
Thu. - Students will be introduced to Op Art and will be required to make their own design for the background of the Triangles.
Fri. - Work on ideas for the Op Art background.


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Students will be working on their Musical Inspiration projects.


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Students will continue working on their American Folk Art Birdhouses.

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.

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.

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.