Friday, March 23, 2012

Week of March 26, 2012

Monday, March 26
Portfolio Prep: Student presentations.
Advanced Photography: Portraiture Assignment review and discussion.
Intro to Art: Demo on creating wire sculpture. Students will then use their sketches to create an animal armature out of wire.
Advanced Pottery: Students will continue sketching a footed vessel and pitcher. Set must correlate and function.
Pottery: Students will continue to work on face jugs.

Tuesday, March 28
Portfolio Prep: Student presentations.
Advanced Photography: Portraiture Assignment review and discussion.
Intro to Art: Students will continue to use their sketches to create an animal armature out of wire.
Advanced Pottery: Students will continue sketching a footed vessel and pitcher. Set must correlate and function.
Pottery: Students will continue to work on face jugs.

Wednesday, March 28
Portfolio Prep: Student presentations.
Advanced Photography: Portraiture Assignment Activities (computer use).
Intro to Art: Demo on creating wire sculpture. Students will then use their sketches to create an animal armature out of wire.
Advanced Pottery: Students will continue sketching a footed vessel and pitcher. Set must correlate and function.
Pottery: Students will continue to work on face jugs.

Thursday, March 29
Portfolio Prep: Student presentations.
Advanced Photography: Portraiture Assignment Activities (computer use).
Intro to Art: Demo on creating wire sculpture. Students will then use their sketches to create an animal armature out of wire.
Advanced Pottery: Students will continue sketching a footed vessel and pitcher. Set must correlate and function.
Pottery: Students will continue to work on face jugs.

Friday, March 30
Portfolio Prep: Student presentations.
Advanced Photography: Portraiture Assignment Activities(computer use).
Intro to Art: Demo on creating wire sculpture. Students will then use their sketches to create an animal armature out of wire.
Advanced Pottery: Students will continue sketching a footed vessel and pitcher. Set must correlate and function.
Pottery: Students will continue to work on face jugs - vessels are due at the end of the period.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Week of March 23, 2012

Monday, March 19
Portfolio Prep: Students will be researching chosen Impressionists, creating a short research paper.
Advanced Photography: Students will be working on Landscape activities. Practical assignment is due on Friday.
Intro to Art: PowerPoint lesson on the element of Texture, introduction and class discussion on Louise Nevelson. Handouts and worksheet is given for homework.
Advanced Pottery: Continuation of morphed animal sculpture.
Pottery: Continuation of Face Jugs.

Tuesday, March 20
Portfolio Prep: Students will be researching chosen Impressionists, creating a short research paper.
Advanced Photography: Students will be working on Landscape activities. Practical assignment is due on Friday.
Intro to Art: Working on Nevelson handouts and worksheet, as well as animal sketches.
Advanced Pottery: Continuation of morphed animal sculpture.
Pottery: Continuation of Face Jugs.

Wednesday, March 21
Portfolio Prep: Students will be researching chosen Impressionists, creating a short research paper.
Advanced Photography: Students will be working on Landscape activities. Practical assignment is due on Friday.
Intro to Art: Working on Nevelson handouts and worksheet, as well as animal sketches.
Advanced Pottery: Continuation of morphed animal sculpture.
Pottery: Continuation of Face Jugs.

Thursday, March 22
Portfolio Prep: Students will be researching chosen Impressionists, creating a short research paper.
Advanced Photography: Students will be working on Landscape activities. Practical assignment is due on Friday.
Intro to Art: Working on Nevelson handouts and worksheet, as well as animal sketches.
Advanced Pottery: Continuation of morphed animal sculpture.
Pottery: Continuation of Face Jugs.

Friday, March 23
Portfolio Prep: Students will be researching chosen Impressionists, creating a short research paper.
Advanced Photography: Students will be working on Landscape activities. Practical assignment is due on Friday.
Intro to Art: Working on Nevelson handouts and worksheet, as well as animal sketches. All are due at the period end.
Advanced Pottery: Continuation of morphed animal sculpture.
Pottery: Continuation of Face Jugs.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Week of March 12 - 16, 2012

Monday, March 12
Portfolio Prep: Completion of Mineshaft Cafe mural. Students will finalize and spray w a matte finisher.
Advanced Photography: Continuation of Landscape practical assignment.
Intro to Art: Class critique and personal reflection.
Advanced Pottery: Students are working on morphed animal sculptures.
Pottery: Attaching facial features using the slip & score method, additive and subtractive sculpture.

Tuesday, March 13
TESTING DAY
Portfolio Prep: Introduce cut paper lesson. Students will take images of themselves using studio lights for high contrast & uploading images into Photoshop.
Advanced Photography: Continuation of Landscape practical assignment.
Advanced Pottery: Students are continuing to work on morphed animal sculptures.

Wednesday, March 14
TESTING DAY

Thursday, March 15
TESTING DAY

Friday, March 16
TESTING DAY

Monday, March 5, 2012

Week of March 9, 2012

Monday, March 5
Portfolio Prep: Students are to set up a visual display. Handout and review of PowerPoint assignment.
Advanced Photography: Continue Distortion practical assignment.
Intro to Art: Continue to paint w acrylic using fingerprints.
Advanced Pottery: Continue to work on handbuilding sculpture.
Pottery: Continue handbuilding pinch pots.

Tuesday, March 6
Portfolio Prep: Students are to set up a visual display. Handout and review of PowerPoint assignment.
Advanced Photography: Continue Distortion practical assignment.
Intro to Art: Continue to paint w acrylic using fingerprints.
Advanced Pottery: Continue to work on handbuilding sculpture.
Pottery: Continue handbuilding pinch pots.

Wednesday, March 7
Portfolio Prep: Students are to set up a visual display. Handout and review of PowerPoint assignment.
Advanced Photography: Continue Distortion practical assignment. Review Landscape activities.
Intro to Art: Continue to paint w acrylic using fingerprints.
Advanced Pottery: Continue to work on handbuilding sculpture.
Pottery: Continue handbuilding pinch pots. Students are to begin adding facial features using both additive and subtractive forms of sculpture.

Thursday, March 8
Portfolio Prep: Students are to set up a visual display. Handout and review of PowerPoint assignment.
Advanced Photography: Continue Distortion practical assignment. Review Landscape activities.
Intro to Art: Continue to paint w acrylic using fingerprints.
Advanced Pottery: Continue to work on handbuilding sculpture.
Pottery: Continue handbuilding pinch pots. Students are to begin adding facial features using both additive and subtractive forms of sculpture.

Friday, March 9
Portfolio Prep: Students are to set up a visual display. Handout and review of PowerPoint assignment.
Advanced Photography: Continue Distortion practical assignment. Review Landscape activities. Distortion practical assignment (printed) & activities are due at period end.
Intro to Art: Continue to paint w acrylic using fingerprints. Completed painting is due at the period end.
Advanced Pottery: Continue to work on handbuilding sculpture.
Pottery: Continue handbuilding pinch pots. Students are to continue working on facial features.