Monday, September 24, 2012

Week 5 Sept. 24-28

Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue making your Face Jugs and throwing bowls and cups on the wheels.


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Continue your research and preparatory work for the Native American Totem Pole woodcarvings.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Tue. -  Continue shading your Nonobjective artworks, focusing on color balance.
Wed. - Thu. - Continue work on your Window Painting drawings.  The theme is Breast Cancer Awareness and Fall.  BE CREATIVE!!!
Fri. - Finish your Nonobjective artworks.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue your Optical Art project.



Monday, September 17, 2012

Week 3 Sept. 17-21

Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Watch "Georgia Face Jug" videos to learn a little about the history and how to construct them.  Continue throwing and sculpting your face jugs.
Tue. - Fri. - Continue throwing and working on your face jugs.


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Finish your "Found Object Birdhouses" and start researching and carving your Native American Totem Poles


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Wed. - Continue and finish your "Macro" drawings.  We will start our line, color, and balance project when the macro studies are finished.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Finish grayscales.  Read article on Op Art and answer the questions.  Research Optical art designs and start designing your own Op Art design on your Color Triangle background.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Week 3 Sept. 10-14

Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue "throwing" your cups and bowls and making your face jugs. 


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your "Found Object" birdhouses.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Finish verbal critique.  Macro drawing introduction.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Finish Color Triangles
Tue. - Critique of your  color mixing and craftsmanship.  Continue grayscale.
Wed. - Fri. - Continue and finish your grayscales.


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Week 2 Sept. 3-7

Beginning Pottery

Mon. - no class
Tue. - Trimming demonstration.  Continue throwing and getting clay ready for you face jugs.  Face jug sketches due tomorrow at end of class. 
Wed. - Sketches due.  Continue throwing
Thu. - Fri. - Continue throwing, trimming or starting your face jug. 


Crafts

Mon. - no class
Tue. -  Fri. - Continue constructing your "Found Object Birdhouses"


Introduction to Art

Mon. - no class
Tue. - Review shading techniques and finish shading your objects.  Find a new and interesting object for a new drawing of that object.  Turn in sketchbooks.  I will be grading your value scales and shading techniques.
Wed. - Continue and finish drawing your new objects.
Thu. - Finish object drawings
Fri. - Macro project introduction.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - no class
Tue. - Fri. - Continue and finish your Color Triangles.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Week 1 - Aug. 27-31

Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Introductions to class and projects 1 and 2.  You owe me 1 drawing of a bowl shape and 1 drawing of a tall cup shape with a handle.  Draw on separate sheets of paper.
Tue. - View videos, continue sketches and prep your clay.
Wed. - Sketch ideas for your Face Jugs if you are not working on the wheels.
Thu. - Fri. - Start sculpting!


Crafts

Mon. - Introductions to the class and project 1.  Answer the questions given in class and bring to class.  I will collect them.  Also, bring your sketches and materials for the "Found Object Birdhouse" project.
Tue. - Fri. - Continue project


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Introductions to the class.  Draw an object from the class.
Tue. - In-class critique and note-taking on the elements and principles of design.
Wed. - Re-draw a new object.
Thu. - Fri. - Finish drawing and start your Value scale.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Introduction and overview of project 1.
Tue. - Finish initial drawing of project 1 and start painting.
Wed. - Secondary and Tertiary mixing demonstration.
Thu. - Fri. - Continue painting your Color Triangle.



Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Week 37 May 21-25

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Finish Canopic Jars
Tue. - Artist Presentation, Senior Final Exam, Finish Canopic Jars
Wed. - Fri. - Finish Canopic Jars and Glaze your pinch characters


Crafts

Mon. - Finish all projects.
Tue. - Final Exam!!!
Wed. - Fri. - Finish all projects.


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Fri. - Continue shading your Google project and finish painting your clay sculptures.


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Final Exam!
Tue. - Fri. - Finish your Triptych and "home" painting.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Week 37 May 14-18

Introduction to Art

Mon. - Review clay worksheet and canopic jar worksheet.  Review glazing for your pinch pot characters.  Finish coil vases and start Canopic Jar design.
Tue. - Fri. - Finish coil vases and start Canopic Jar design


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your wooden earrings and start cutting matting for your picture frames.


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Color Wheel Quiz.  Shading introduction
Tue. - Continue shading introduction
Wed. - same
Thu. - Google Art project introduction
Fri. - Continue ideas for your Google design.


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue your Cubism paintings expressing movement or motion.