Sept. 22-26

Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue working on their "coil baskets."



Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue their abstract paintings focusing on blending and making tints and shades of colors.


Graphics

Mon. - Tue. - Students continue making their "movie posters" with a focus on contrast.
Wed. - Fri. - Students will be introduced to "balance" and will start their balance drawings.


Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue working on their "face jugs" and "throwing projects."



Foundations of Art

Mon. - Quiz review.  Review of shading vocabulary and techniques.
Tue. - Students finish their object shading.
Wed. - Fri. - Color Wheel review and color wheel design.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue their value study of their chosen objects.

Sept. 8 - 12

Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Mosaic design.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Grayscale review.  Finish your color triangle.
Tue. - Thu. - Continue working on your grayscale.
Fri. - Start design for your blending project.


Graphics

Mon. - Tue. - Continue work on Repetition
Wed. - Fri. - Introduction to Contrast

Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue cups, bowls, and face jugs


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Fri. - Continue sculpting your Memorial Sculptures


Introduction to Art

Mon. -  Fri. - Continue your value study of your shattered images.

Week 1 Aug. 25-29

Crafts

Mon. - Class introductions and powerpoint presentation on mosaics. 
Tue. - Fri. - Research mosaics from ancient and different cultures.  Find a mosaic that you like and create your own mosaic design that is inspired by the one you found.

Beginning Painting

Mon. - Class introductions and powerpoint presentation on  types and styles of painting.  Lesson on the color wheel and start of project 1. 
Tue. - Design for project 1 will be given in class and you will start drawing.
Wed. - Primary color painting demonstration.  Students will start painting their primary colors in the designated areas.
Thu. - Secondary and Tertiary color mixing demonstration.  Students will paint the rest of their color wheel by mixing all of the colors and painting them in the designated areas.
Fri. - Continue painting your color triangle.


Graphics

Mon. - Introduction to the Elements and Principles of Graphic Design.
Tue. - Drawing activity involving the element of Proximity.
Wed. - same
Thu. - Fri. - Computer based activity involving proximity.  Designing a business card.


Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Class introductions and powerpoint presentation on the history of the potters wheel.
Tue. - Presentation on the modern day electric potters wheel.  Teacher demonstration of throwing.
Wed. - Review of clay process, storage and drying process.  Introduction of Face Jug project.
Thu. - Students start throwing and handbuilding face jugs.
Fri. - same


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Class introductions and powerpoint presentation of the Elements and Principles of Art
Tue. - Review of the elements and principles of art and introduction to project 1.  Students start sketching ideas for their Memorial Sculpture.
Wed. - Students continue sketching their ideas and get approval by teacher.
Thu. - Fri. - Clay review and demonstrations.  Students start sculpting their projects.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Class introductions.  Students are to find an object in the room and draw it without instruction.
Tue. - Class critique of drawings.  Introduction to the elements and principles of art.
Wed. - Continue reviewing the elements and principles of art.  Focus on VALUE and start designing a grayscale.
Thu. - Fri. - Continue work on making your grayscale in your sketchbook.

Week 23 Feb. 10-14

Advanced Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Negative Space Vase and your Stacking Bowls


Graphics

Mon. - Finish your Flyer and start your Stationary design
Tue. - Continue working on your Stationary design.
Wed. - Fri. - Contrast powerpoint and exercises


Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Throwing projects and your Face Jugs


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Music paintings.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Continue research for your portrait project and start gridding your image and matboard. 

Week 16 Dec. 9 - 13

Beginning Pottery

Mon. -  Fri. - Continue making your Culture Vessel


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Finish your Coil Baskets and start your designs for our wooden earring project inspired by Alexander Calder


Sculpture

Mon. - Fri. - Continue your work on your Plaster Body Sculptures and your mosaic animals.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue your Post-Impressionist oil paintings


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Continue your work on your Plaster Hands project.

Week 15 Dec. 3-6

Beginning Pottery

Tue. - Fri. - Finish sketches of your Culture Vessels and start handbuilding your vessel of choice when ready.


Crafts

Tue. - Fri. - Continue and finish your Double Weave Cherokee baskets.


Sculpture

Tue. - Fri.- Continue working on your mosaic animals and your plaster hands project.


Beginning Painting

Tue. - Post-Impressionism Powerpoint.  Sketch ideas.
Wed. - Fri. - Start your Post-Impressionist paintings


Introduction to Art

Tue. - Introduction to the multi-media Plaster Hands project.  Prepare your plaster and sketch ideas.
Wed. - Plaster demonstration.  Start project when ready.
Thu. - Fri. - Start helping each other on the plaster hands project.

Week 13 Nov. 18-22

Beginning Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Continue research for your Culture Vessel and start sculpting with the coil method when ready.


Crafts

Mon. - Fri. - Finish up your Woodcarvings and start the process for your basket-weaving.


Sculpture

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Mosaic animal sculptures and your plaster body sculptures.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Continue working on your Impressionist oil paintings.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Thu. - Continue working on your Realistic Hand Drawings. 
Thu. - Fri. - We will have our Abstract vs. Nonobjective lesson.