Monday, February 27, 2017

Feb. 27 - Mar. 3

Advanced Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue to work on the 2-piece plaster mold and throwing projects.


Introduction to Art

Mon. -  Fri. - Students continue to work on the portrait project.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue to work on the abstract painting.  The students who are ahead can start working on the landscape painting.


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Introduction to Value, shading, the value scale, and gradations.  Students research and sketch ideas for the value scale drawing.
Tue. - Shading demonstration of the value scale.  Students continue to work on sketches
Wed. - Fri. - Students continue to work on their value scale drawings.


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue to work on their abstract expressionist paintings.


Graphics

Mon. - Fri. - Continue to work on your movie poster design.

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Feb. 21-24

Advanced Pottery

Tue. - Fri. - Students continue to work on the plaster mold and throwing.


Introduction to  Art

Tue. - Fri. - Students continue to work on their portrait project.


Beginning Painting

Tue. - Fri. - Students continue to work on their abstract painting


Foundations of Art

Tue. - Fri. - Students continue to work on their clay sculptures.  Clay quiz will be at the end of the week.  Projects due at the end of the week.


Advanced Painting

Tue. - Watercolor paintings due at the beginning of the period.  Get your projects glued on matte board.
Wed. - Fri. - Start research of Jackson Pollock and Hans Hoffman.  Gather ideas for the next abstract expressionist painting.


Graphics.

Tue. - Fri. - Continue studies of the elements of design.

Monday, February 13, 2017

Feb. 13-16

Advanced Pottery

Mon. - Thu. - Continue on throwing projects and the 2-piece plaster mold


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Thu. - Photoshop introduction.  Students edit their portraits for printing and start the grid on the canvas.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Thu. - Students continue to work on their abstract paintings


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Thu. - Continue to work on the clay sculptures


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Thu. - Students continue to do their emotion study with watercolor.


Graphics

Mon. - Thu. - Continue to study the elements of design.  Letterhead and flyer due this week.

Monday, February 6, 2017

Feb. 6-10

Advanced Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Finish the vase project.  Start bringing in possible objects for the 2-piece plaster mold project.  Start your throwing projects.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Tue. - Finish enlargement of the puppy picture in sketchbook.
Wed. - Fri. - Chuck Close article.  Start research for the famous person you want to paint for the big portrait project.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue to work on the abstract project.


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Slip n Score demonstration.  Continue to work on your sculptures.
Tue. -  Fri. - Students continue to work on their memorial sculptures.


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Finish your Music paintings.
Tue. - Fri. - Start researching different moods and the art movement of abstract expressionism.  Sketch and research ideas for the mood painting with watercolor paint.


Graphics

Mon. - Fri. - Continue our study of the elements of design

Monday, January 30, 2017

Jan. 30 - Feb. 3

Advanced Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue to work on their negative space vase.


Introduction to Art

Mon. - Fri. - Students finish their self-portraits by Tuesday at the end of class.  Students will then work on the enlargement packet and the article on Chuck Close.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Students finish their color triangles and start sketches for the abstract painting.


Foundations of Art

Mon. - Clay demonstration
Tue. - Fri. - Students start to create their memorial sculptures.


Advanced Painting

Mon. -  Fri. - Students continue to work on their music paintings.  Due Friday!


Graphics

Mon. - Alignment lesson and drawing activity
Tue. - Drawing activity due at the end of class
Wed. - Students will create an invitation using photoshop
Thu. - Fri. - Continue to work on the invitation using alignment and proximity.

Monday, January 23, 2017

Jan. 23 - 27

Advanced Pottery

Mon. - Fri. - Students finish sketches and start construction of their Negative Space Vase


Introduction to Art

Mon. - The in-class portrait assignment is due at the end of class today.
Tue. - Fri. - Students continue to work on the eyes, noses, and mouths packet and start their self-portrait assignment.


Beginning Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Students continue to paint the primary colors of their triangle project.  I will have a mixing demonstration on Tuesday so that all of you know how to properly mix the correct quantities of color.  Triangle project needs to be finished by the end of the week.


Foundations of  Art

Mon. - Wed. - Students continue to work on their sketches for the sculpture project.
Thu. - Fri. - Drawings need to be colored and stories need to be finalized by the end of the week.


Advanced Painting

Mon. - Fri. - Students make their frames, stretch their canvas, and continue sketching ideas for the "music" painting.


Graphics

Mon. - Proximity assignment is due.  Start the "business card" assignment, related to proximity.
Tue. - Continue to work on the business card.
Wed. - Alignment lesson and drawing assignment.
Thu. - Alignment assignment is due.  Start design for your "Invitation" assignment.
Fri. - Continue to work on the invitation.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Jan. 17-20

Beginning Pottery

Tue. - Wed. - FINISH ALL PROJECTS!!!


Introduction to Art

Tue. - Wed. -  Finish your plaster project and continue to work on the eyes, noses, and mouths packet.
Thu. - Portrait diagram introduction and demonstration.
Fri. - Continue to shade your portrait in sketchbook.


Mixed Media

Tue. - Wed. - Finish your Alexander Calder painting.


Foundations of Art

Tue. - Wed. - Finish your optical art drawing and paint your clay sculpture.
Thu. - NEW CLASS!  Introduction to the elements and principles of art
Fri. - Finish review of the elements and principles of art and start sketches of the first project.


Beginning Painting

Tue. - Wed. - FINISH ALL PAINTINGS!!!
Thu. - Introduction to the course and synopsis.  Start project #1.
Fri. - Paint mixing demonstration and start project #1.

Advanced Pottery

Thu. - Introduction to the course and review the synopsis.  Start sketches for project #1.
Fri. - Start construction for project #1


Graphics

Thu. - Fri. - Introduction to the elements and principles of design.


Advanced Painting

Thu. - Fri. - Introduction to the course and review course synopsis.  Introduction to project #1.  Work on sketches.  Start making your frame to stretch your first canvas.