Friday, October 30, 2009

Week of November 2 - 6, 2009

Monday, November 2, 2009

Pottery: Continue work on tea pots. Begin construction of spouts & handles.

Portfolio Prep: Turn in Elements of Art handout. Transfer drawing to 24 x 32 painting board.

Photography: Develop film for Assignment 2.

8th Grade: Continue work on prints, paint gargoyle pots black.



Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Pottery: Continue work on tea pots.

Portfolio Prep: Continue to transfer drawing onto painting board.

Photography: Produce test strips & contact sheets for Assignment 2.

8th Grade: Collect all work, mat prints, complete gargoyle pots.



Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Pottery: Continue work on tea pots.

Portfolio Prep: Introduction to oil painting.

Photography: Produce test strips & enlargements for Assignment 2.

8th Grade: Introduction to class, toilet paper ice breaker.



Thursday, November 5, 2009

Pottery: Continue work on tea pots.

Portfolio Prep: Begin oil paintings.

Photography: Produce test strips & enlargements for Assignment 2.

8th Grade: Matisse Inspired lesson. Background on Matisse, handouts & reading comprehension given.



Friday, November 6, 2009

Pottery: Continue work on tea pots.

Portfolio Prep: Continue oil paintings.

Photography: Produce test strips & enlargements for Assignment 2. Six enlargements are due at the end of the period.

8th Grade: Sketches of what describes each student. 10 total thumbnail sketches.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Week of October 26 - October 30, 2009

Monday, October 26:
Pottery: Continue to work on tea pots. The addition of clay to the pot, resulting in a relief is added this week.
Portfolio Prep: Checking sketchbooks. Layout should be chosen and drawn to scale - 8x10 or 9x10 rectangle. Handouts must be turned in by the end of the period.
8th Grade: Continue to cut out shapes from oak tag. Using the sketch as a guide, begin to glue shapes onto mat board.
Photography: Critque on photograms. Hand out project worksheet for Assignment #2 and review.

Tuesday, October 27:
Pottery: Continue to work on tea pots. The addition of clay to the pot is added this week.
Portfolio Prep: Continue to work on painting layout. Use graph paper to transfer lines using grid.
8th Grade: Continue to glue shapes to oaktag, leaving 1/4" between shapes.
Photography: Continue working on Assignment #2

Wednesday, October 28:
Pottery: Continue to work on clay pots.
Portfolio Prep: Transfer drawing to painting canvas according to grid measurements.
8th Grade: Complete glueing. Paint mat board and oak tag with white acrylic paint.
Photography: Continue working on Assignment #2.

Thursday, October 29:
Pottery: Continue to work on clay pots.
Portfolio Prep: Transfer drawing to painting canvas according to grid measurements.
8th Grade: Paint mat board and oak tag with white acrylic paint.
Photography: Continue to work on Assingment #2.

Friday, October 30:
Pottery: Continue to work on clay pots.
Portfolio Prep: Demo on painting techniques.
8th Grade: Demo on inking and printing procedures.
Photography: Continue to work on Assignment #2.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Week of October 19th - 23rd

Monday: October 19
Portfolio Prep: Introduction of project - Architecture Study in Painting
Pottery: Continue work on teapots
Photography: Continue work on photogram collage
8th Grade: Introduction of project - Printmaking

Tuesday: October 20
Portfolio Prep: Students are to find a composition using architectural design. Use the work of Richard Diebenkorn as reference.
Pottery: Continue work on teapots
Photography: Continue work on photogram collage
8th Grade: Continue drawing fall still life - draw large and overlap objects

Wednesday: October 21
Portfolio Prep: Use a viewfinder to pass over architectural images looking for the principles of design and interesting composition
Pottery: Continue work on teapots
Photography: Continue work on photogram collage
8th Grade: Transfer drawings to oaktag using light table

Thursday: October 22
Portfolio Prep: Look again at the chosen artist - use his sense of interpreting the shapes and angle of the room to the simplest lines and shapes. Enlarge the idea to a rectangle of the same proportion.
Pottery: Continue work on teapots
Photography: Continue work on photograms
8th Grade: Continue to transfer drawings. Cut figures out and then cut each figure into many shapes.

Friday: October 23
Portfolio Prep: Create a value pattern for the design using at least 4 values. Select a color scheme from these 4: Complimentary Pairs, Double Complimentary Pair, Split Complimentary, Analogous
Pottery: Continue work on teapots
Photography: Continue work on photograms - photograms will be due at the end of class
8th Grade: Continue to cut figures into shapes. Glue the separate shapes onto the heavy mat board. Shapes can overlap.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Monday - October 12
Inservice

Tuesday - October 13
Inservice

Wednesday - October 14
Fall Window Painting Kickoff - permission slips, business envelops will be handed out
Portfolio Prep - Critique
Pottery - Demo on coil pots. Begin working on tea pots.
Photography - Photograms - Photogram Collage is due Friday
8th Grade - Gargoyle Pots

Thursday - October 15
Portfolio Prep - Hand Fantasy Scape - Corrections
Pottery - Tea Pots
Photography - Photograms
8th Grade - Gargoyle Pots

Friday - October 16
Portfolio Prep - Hand Fantasy Scape - Corrections due @ the end of period - Frames needed
Pottery - Tea Pots
Photography - Photograms - due @ the end of the period
8th Grade - Gargoyle Pots - due @ the end of the period

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Mrs. Hampton's Homework Helpline

Monday - October 5
Portfolio Prep: Fantasy Scapes
Pottery: Abstract Pinch Pots
Photography: Review for Test 3
8th Grade: Gargoyle Pots

Tuesday - October 6
Portfolio Prep: Fantasy Scapes
Pottery: Abstract Pinch Pots
Photography: Test 3
8th Grade: Gargoyle Pots

Wednesday - October 7
Portfolio Prep: Fantasy Scapes
Pottery: Abstract Pinch Pots/Story Pots
Photography: First Time Out Assignment
8th Grade: Gargoyle Pots

Thursday - October 8
Portfolio Prep: Fantasy Scapes
Pottery: Abstract Pinch Pots/Story Pots
Photography: Photograms
8th Grade: Gargoyle Pots

Friday - October 9
Portfolio Prep: Fantasy Scape Due
Pottery: Abstract Pinch Pots/Story Pots
Photography: Photograms
8th Grade: Gargoyle Pots