Monday, February 27, 2012

Week of March 2, 2012

Monday, February 27
Portfolio Prep: Students are continuing to work with pastel, laying color into portrait assignment.
Advanced Photography: Students are to continue with Distortion assignment. Computer work for activities & practical assignment.
Intro to Art: Students are to continue fingerprint painting.
Advanced Pottery: Students are to continue with construction of roof design, those completed with the lantern project are to continue to sketch morphed animal designs.
Pottery: Students are to continue handbuilding pinch pot vessel for Face Jugs.

Tuesday, February 28
Portfolio Prep: Students are continuing to work with pastel, laying color into portrait assignment.
Advanced Photography: Students are to continue with Distortion assignment. Computer work for activities & practical assignment.
Intro to Art: Students are to continue fingerprint painting.
Advanced Pottery: Students are to continue with construction of roof design, those completed with the lantern project are to continue to sketch morphed animal designs.
Pottery: Students are to continue handbuilding pinch pot vessel for Face Jugs.

Wednesday, February 29
Portfolio Prep: Students are continuing to work with pastel, laying color into portrait assignment.
Advanced Photography: Students are to continue with Distortion assignment. Computer work for activities & practical assignment. New assignment - Landscape. Review activities and practical assignment.
Intro to Art: Students are to continue fingerprint painting.
Advanced Pottery: Students are to continue with construction of roof design, those completed with the lantern project are to continue to sketch morphed animal designs.
Pottery: Students are to continue handbuilding pinch pot vessel for Face Jugs.

Thursday, March 1
Portfolio Prep: Students are continuing to work with pastel, laying color into portrait assignment.
Advanced Photography: Students are to continue with Distortion assignment. Computer work for activities & practical assignment.
Intro to Art: Students are to continue fingerprint painting.
Advanced Pottery: Students are to continue with construction of roof design, those completed with the lantern project are to continue to sketch morphed animal designs.
Pottery: Students are to continue handbuilding pinch pot vessel for Face Jugs.

Friday, March 2
Portfolio Prep: Students are continuing to work with pastel, laying color into portrait assignment. Portrait assignment due at period end.
Advanced Photography: Students are to continue with Distortion assignment. Print out 2-3 final images of the practical assignment.
Intro to Art: Students are to continue fingerprint painting.
Advanced Pottery: Students are to continue with construction of roof design, those completed with the lantern project are to continue to sketch morphed animal designs.
Pottery: Students are to continue handbuilding pinch pot vessel for Face Jugs.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Week of February 24, 2012

Monday, February 20
No School - President's Day

Tuesday, February 21
Portfolio Prep: Students will research ideas using the computers.
Advanced Photography: Students will continue Self Image Activities & Practical Assignment.
Introduction to Art: Students will continue to lay paint in areas of their portrait, using their grayscale photograph as a guide to highlights, midtones and shadows.
Advanced Pottery: Students continue to work on Japanese Garden Lantern, those who are finished are working in their sketchbooks creating thumbnails for the next project - Morphing Humans.
Pottery: Students are to continue building up on their pinch pots, paying close attention to the shape drawn in their sketchbooks.

Wednesday, February 22
Portfolio Prep: Students are to continue sketching portraits for abstraction expressionism project. The layout will contain one or a group of portraits to be done in an impressionistic or street art style.
Introduction to Art: Students will continue to lay paint in areas of their portrait, using their grayscale photograph as a guide to highlights, midtones and shadows.
Advanced Pottery: Students continue to work on Japanese Garden Lantern, those who are finished are working in their sketchbooks creating thumbnails for the next project - Morphing Humans.
Pottery: Students are to continue building up on their pinch pots, paying close attention to the shape drawn in their sketchbooks.

Thursday, February 23
Portfolio Prep: Students are to continue sketching portraits for abstraction expressionism project. The layout will contain one or a group of portraits to be done in an impressionistic or street art style.
Introduction to Art: Students will continue to lay paint in areas of their portrait, using their grayscale photograph as a guide to highlights, midtones and shadows.
Advanced Pottery: Students continue to work on Japanese Garden Lantern, those who are finished are working in their sketchbooks creating thumbnails for the next project - Morphing Humans.
Pottery: Students are to continue building up on their pinch pots, paying close attention to the shape drawn in their sketchbooks.

Friday, February 24
Portfolio Prep: Students are to begin using colored chalk pastel and work on laying in the background of their design.
Introduction to Art: Students will continue to lay paint in areas of their portrait, using their grayscale photograph as a guide to highlights, midtones and shadows.
Advanced Pottery: Students continue to work on Japanese Garden Lantern, those who are finished are working in their sketchbooks creating thumbnails for the next project - Morphing Humans.
Pottery: Students are to continue building up on their pinch pots, paying close attention to the shape drawn in their sketchbooks.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Week of February 17, 2012

Monday, February 13
Portfolio Prep: Class Critique
Advanced Photography:Time Assignment-Print images
Intro to Art:Continue to transfer portrait onto gridded paper. Students who are finished are to choose their monochromatic color scheme, and mix colors for use.
Advanced Pottery: Students are to continue building the shaft and roof of lanterns.
Pottery: Students are continuing to sketch facejug images.

Tuesday, February 14
Portfolio Prep: Class Critique
Advanced Photography:Time Assignment-Print images
Intro to Art:Continue to transfer portrait onto gridded paper. Students who are finished are to choose their monochromatic color scheme, and mix colors for use. Students are to begin painting using their fingerprints.
Advanced Pottery: Students are to continue building the shaft and roof of lanterns.
Pottery: Students are to begin 2nd pinch pot.

Wednesday, February 15
Portfolio Prep: Class Critique
Advanced Photography:Time Assignment-Print images. Class discussion of next project - Self-Image.
Intro to Art:Continue to transfer portrait onto gridded paper. Students who are finished are to choose their monochromatic color scheme, and mix colors for use. Students are to begin painting using their fingerprints.
Advanced Pottery: Students are to continue building the shaft and roof of lanterns.
Pottery: Students are to continue handbuilding 2nd pinch pot.

Thursday, February 16
Portfolio Prep: Class Critique
Advanced Photography: Self-Image Assignment activities
Intro to Art:Continue to transfer portrait onto gridded paper. Students who are finished are to choose their monochromatic color scheme, and mix colors for use. Students are to begin painting using their fingerprints.
Advanced Pottery: Students are to continue building the shaft and roof of lanterns.
Pottery: Students are to continue handbuilding 2nd pinch pot.

Friday, February 17
Portfolio Prep: Class Critique
Advanced Photography: Self-Image Assignment activities
Intro to Art:Continue to transfer portrait onto gridded paper. Students who are finished are to choose their monochromatic color scheme, and mix colors for use. Students are to begin painting using their fingerprints.
Advanced Pottery: Students are to continue building the shaft and roof of lanterns.
Pottery: Students are to continue handbuilding 2nd pinch pot.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Week of February 10, 2012

Monday, February 6
Portfolio Prep: Students will continue to outline wrapped animal portraits with pen and ink.
Advanced Photography: Students are to print out any outstanding prints from their Light Assignment. Students are to continue activities for Time Assignment.
Intro to Art: Students are continuing to enlarge their portrait to their 18x24" gridded paper.
Advanced Pottery: Students are rolling slabs for construction of the light box for their sculptures.
Beginning Pottery: Students are researching African American Face Jugs. They are to do independent research after the PowerPoint shown in class, and create three rough sketches - paying particular attention to the facial features, and the feeling that is created from the features.

Tuesday, February 7
Portfolio Prep: Students are to work on filling in the negative space between the bandages with pen and ink.
Advanced Photography: Students are to continue activities for Time Assignment.
Intro to Art: Students are continuing to enlarge their portrait to their 18x24" gridded paper.
Advanced Pottery: Students are rolling slabs for construction of the light box for their sculptures.
Beginning Pottery: Students are researching African American Face Jugs and create three rough sketches - paying particular attention to the facial features, and the feeling that is created from the features.

Wednesday, February 8
Portfolio Prep: Students are to work on filling in the negative space between the bandages with pen and ink.
Advanced Photography: Students are to continue activities for Time Assignment.
Intro to Art: Students are continuing to enlarge their portrait to their 18x24" gridded paper.
Advanced Pottery: Students are rolling slabs for construction of the light box for their sculptures.
Beginning Pottery: Students are researching African American Face Jugs, and create three rough sketches - paying particular attention to the facial features, and the feeling that is created from the features.

Thursday, February 9
Portfolio Prep: Students are to continue work on shading bandages with pencil, showing highlight and shadow.
Advanced Photography: Students are to continue activities for Time Assignment.
Intro to Art: Students are continuing to enlarge their portrait to their 18x24" gridded paper.
Advanced Pottery: Students are assembling the slabs to form the light box on their Garden Lanterns.
Beginning Pottery: Students are researching African American Face Jugs, and create three rough sketches - paying particular attention to the facial features, and the feeling that is created from the features. Students start with pinch pot construction.

Friday, February 10
Portfolio Prep: Students are to continue shading bandages.
Advanced Photography: Students are to continue activities for Time Assignment.
Intro to Art: Students are continuing to enlarge their portrait to their 18x24" gridded paper.
Advanced Pottery: Students are assembling the slabs to form the light box on their Garden Lanterns.
Beginning Pottery: Students are researching African American Face Jugs, and create three rough sketches - paying particular attention to the facial features, and the feeling that is created from the features. Students continue with pinch pot construction.