Friday, September 28, 2007

Week of 10/01/07

Art I- Students are creating a "Grid Drawing" of a famous person. Students will select an image of a famous person and they are to enlarge it with a grid 3x the normal size.

Monday- Working on "Grid Drawing".
Tuesday- Working on "Grid Drawing".
Wednesday- Working on"Grid Drawing".
Thursday- Working on "Grid Drawing".
Friday- Artist Paper.

Art II- Students are working on a "Your Choice 2-D" project. They have the choice of what media they will use and what image they will do.

Monday- Working on "Your Choice 2-D".
Tuesday- Working on "Your Choice 2-D".
Wednesday- Working on "Your Choice 2-D".
Thursday- Working on "Your Choice 2-D".
Friday- Artist Paper.

Art IV- Students are learning about the technique of "Weave Drawing", by selecting two images and weaving them together to make one. Then they will use color pencil on one image and draw the other.

Monday- Working on "Weave Drawing".
Tuesday- Working on "Weave Drawing".
Wednesday- Working on "Weave Drawing".
Thursday- Working on "Weave Drawing".
Friday- Artist Paper.

Crafts- Students are creating a "Pointillism". They select an image of a famous person and they they will use the technique of "Pointillism" to complete their project. By using many tiny colored dots, they will finish their project.

Monday- Working on "Pointillism".
Tuesday- Working on "Pointillism".
Wednesday- Working on "Pointillism".
Thursday- Working on "Pointillism".
Friday- Working on "Pointillism".

Jr. High- Students are creating flower paintings based on the artist Georgia O' Keeffe. Students will learn about the artist, her technique and relate it to their own paintings of flowers.

Monday- Working on "O' Keeffe Flower Paintings".
Tuesday- Working on "O' Keeffe Flower Paitings".
Wednesday- Working on "O' Keeffe Flower Paintings".
Thursday- Working on "O' Keeffe Flower Paintings".
Friday- Working on "O' Keeffe Flower Paintings".

Friday, September 21, 2007

Week of 09/24/07

Art I & Art IV- Students are learning about all the techniques of drawing.

Monday- Drawing exercises.
Tuesday- Drawing exercises.
Wednesday- Drawing exercises.
Thursday- Drawing exercises.
Friday- Artist Paper.

Art II- Students are learning about the technique of "Weave Drawing", by selecting two images and weaving them together to make one. Then they will use color pencil on one image and draw the other.

Monday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Tuesday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Wednesday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Thursday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Friday- Artist Paper.

Crafts- Students are creating a "Model Drawing". They take a picture from a magazine and cut it into equal quarters. They then chose two of the quarters that are opposite from each other and then paste them down. They draw in the two missing pieces.

Monday- Working on "Model Drawing".
Tuesday- Working on "Model Drawing".
Wednesday- Working on "Model Drawing".
Thursday- Working on "Model Drawing".
Friday- Working on "Model Drawing".

Jr. High- Students are creating a coil pot and then finding two different Chinese symbols that represent them. They are to incorporate these symbols onto their coil pot.

Monday- Working on "Coil Pots w/ Chinese Symbols".
Tuesday- Working on "Coil Pots w/ Chinese Symbols".
Wednesday- Working on "Coil Pots w/ Chinese Symbols".
Thursday- Working on "Coil Pots w/ Chinese Symbols".
Friday- Working on "Coil Pots w/ Chinese Symbols".

Monday, September 17, 2007

Week of 09/17/07

Art I & Art IV- Students are learning about all the techniques of drawing.

Monday- Drawing exercises.
Tuesday- Drawing exercises.
Wednesday- Drawing exercises.
Thursday- Drawing exercises.
Friday- Artist Paper.

Art II- Students are learning about the technique of "Weave Drawing", by selecting two images and weaving them together to make one. Then they will use color pencil on one image and draw the other.

Monday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Tuesday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Wednesday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Thursday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Friday- Artist Paper.

Crafts- Students are creating a "Visual Pun". They take a name of an animal that could have two different meanings and create a humorous drawing.

Monday- Working on "Visual Puns".
Tuesday- Working on "Visual Puns".
Wednesday- Working on "Visual Puns".
Thursday- Working on "Visual Puns".
Friday- Working on "Visaul Puns".

Jr. High- Students are creating a coil pot and then finding two different Chinese symbols that represent them. They are to incorporate these symbols onto their coil pot.

Monday- Working on "Coil Pots w/ Chinese Symbols".
Tuesday- Working on "Coil Pots w/ Chinese Symbols".
Wednesday- Working on "Coil Pots w/ Chinese Symbols".
Thursday- Working on "Coil Pots w/ Chinese Symbols".
Friday- Working on "Coil Pots w/ Chinese Symbols".

Friday, September 7, 2007

Week of 09/10/07

Art I & Art IV- Students are learning about all the techniques of drawing.

Monday- Drawing exercises.
Tuesday- Drawing exercises.
Wednesday- Drawing exercises.
Thursday- Drawing exercises.
Friday- Watching Artist Video.

Art II- Students are learning about the technique of "Weave Drawing", by selecting two images and weaving them together to make one. Then they will use color pencil on one image and draw the other.

Monday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Tuesday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Wednesday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Thursday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Friday- Watching Artist Video.

Crafts- Students are creating a "Visual Pun". They take a name of an animal that could have two different meanings and create a humorous drawing.

Monday- Working on "Visual Puns".
Tuesday- Working on "Visual Puns".
Wednesday- Working on "Visual Puns".
Thursday- Working on "Visual Puns".
Friday- Working on "Visaul Puns".

Jr. High- Students are creating their initials by drawing Sign Language positions of the alphebet for those letters and then create a unique background to represent those letters.

Monday- "Grid Portraits" are due. Working on "Signing Hands"
Tuesday- Working on "Signing Hands".
Wednesday- Working on "Signing Hands".
Thursday- Working on "Signing Hands".
Friday- Working on "Signing Hands".

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Week of 09/04/07

Art I & Art IV- Students are learning about all the techniques of drawing.

Monday- Drawing exercises.
Tuesday- Drawing exercises.
Wednesday- Drawing exercises.
Thursday- Drawing exercises.
Friday- Presenting Artist Papers.

Art II- Students are learning about the technique of "Weave Drawing", by selecting two images and weaving them together to make one. Then they will paint one image and draw the other.

Monday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Tuesday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Wednesday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Thursday- Working on "Weave Drawings".
Friday- Presenting Artist Papers

Crafts- Students are learning how to make "Coil Baskets". They must create a basket at least 6 inches tall.

Monday- Working on "Coil Baskets".
Tuesday- Working on "Coil Baskets".
Wednesday- Working on "Coil Baskets".
Thursday- Working on "Coil Baskets".
Friday- Working on "Coil Baskets".

Jr. High- Students are creating their initials by drawing Sign Language positions of the alphebet for those letters and then create a unique background to represent those letters.

Monday- "Grid Portraits" are do. Working on "Signing Hands"
Tuesday- Working on "Signing Hands".
Wednesday- Working on "Signing Hands".
Thursday- Working on "Signing Hands".
Friday- Working on "Signing Hands".