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Use the Calendar list to keep informed of upcoming meetings, deadlines, and other important events.
| | Students will learn about value and shade four basic shapes. | 8/29/2008 12:00 PM | | | Bring to class a black and white photo of your choice for a "match the values" and "use a grid" project. | 9/9/2008 12:00 PM | | | Students will finish up a composition of everyday shapes using the basic shapes and add color using the pointellism technique. Next, they will explore block lettering through a group project. They will also learn about Diego Rivera and techniques for making murals using a grid and their photograph. | 9/12/2008 4:00 PM | | | The students will work on their photograph demonstrating their understanding of value. They will do some drawing activities as a group working from real life models. | 9/19/2008 12:00 PM | | | Students will continue working with ink on a composition that has been abstracted. They will work with pattern and repetition. When finished they will study and practice styles of calligraphy and complete a famous quote. | 9/26/2008 7:00 PM | | | Finish up the contest poster cover and make preliminary drawing for painting in tempera. Start painting after color theory review. | 10/3/2008 8:00 PM | | | Students will finish up their ink unit and begin a design for a Swedish clay stamp. They will learn about the history of the stamp, design a logo or symbol, and then construct it from clay.
| 10/10/2008 7:00 PM | | | Students will finish their Swedish cookie stamp and then learn about Pablo Picasso and abstract art. They will do a tempera painting and do a small amount of abstracting on it. | 10/17/2008 11:00 AM | | | Students will draw 12 activities for a rough draft. They will learn about Faith Ringgold and divide up their paper for a quilted family portrait and proceed to draw in the activities around the center three squares. | 10/31/2008 10:00 AM | | | Students will color the 12 family activities they have selected and put their name in block lettering in the center of their composition. | 11/7/2008 8:00 PM | | | Students will learn to use pen and ink. They will learn about abstracting from real life and design a cover for the Literary Club booklet cover. They must use a repeated pattern in the design they choose. | 12/19/2008 7:00 PM | | | Students will make a Swedish clay stamp and begin a painting using a view finder. They will find a photo of their own choice. they will cut a view finder proportionate to a 12x18 piece of paper. They will move the window over the photo to find a pleasing view and copy the lines of the photo in that view on to a 12x18 sheet of paper. They will paint the background first and then the main shapes adding the illusion of texture last after the style of Vincent Van Gogh. | 1/9/2009 6:00 PM |
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