Week of August 30 - September 3, 2010

Monday
Portfolio Prep: Class introduction
Beginning Pottery: Class introduction
Beginning Photography: Class introduction
Introduction to Art: Class introduction

Tuesday
Portfolio Prep: Begin sketching still life composition
Beginning Pottery: Use computers to generate ideas of pinch pots
Beginning Photography: Begin note packet - The camera body
Introduction to Art: Students create a 1 by 10 value scale using 1" squares to put their values in. They should have 10, 1" squares to be doing their values in

Wednesday
Portfolio Prep: Continue sketching still life composition
Beginning Pottery: Use computers to generate ideas of pinch pots
Beginning Photography: Continue note packet - The camera body
Introduction to Art: Continue with shading value study

Thursday
Portfolio Prep: Continue sketching still life composition
Beginning Pottery: Use computers to generate ideas of pinch pots
Beginning Photography: Hand out note packet - The camera lens
Introduction to Art: Hand out bones, shells Begin a contour line drawing

Friday
Portfolio Prep: Continue sketching still life composition, hand in sketchbooks
Beginning Pottery: Use computers to generate ideas of pinch pots, hand in sketchbooks
Beginning Photography: Continue note packet - The camera lens
Introduction to Art: Continue contour line drawing

Week of June 1 - 4, 2010

Monday, May 31
NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, June 1
Portfolio Prep: Final
Pottery: Study for final
Advanced Pottery: No class
Advanced Photography: No class
8th Grade: No class

Wednessday, June 2
Portfolio Prep: No class
Pottery: Study for final
Advanced Pottery: No class
Advanced Photography: No class
8th Grade: Complete gargoyles

Thursday, June 3
Portfolio Prep: No class
Pottery: Study for Final
Advanced Pottery: No class
Advanced Photography: No class
8th Grade: No class

Friday, June 4
Portfolio Prep: final
Pottery: Final
Advanced Pottery: No class
Advanced Photography: No class
8th Grade: No class

Week of May 24 - 28, 2010

Monday, May 24
Portfolio Prep: Final Exam
Pottery: Continue work on Slab Pot Mosaics
Advanced Pottery: Final Exam
Advanced Photography: Present Portfolios
8th Grade: Continue work on Clay Gargoyles

Tuesday, May 25
Portfolio Prep: Continue to work on Face Card Portrait
Pottery: Continue work on Slab Pot Mosaics
Advanced Pottery: Continue work on completion of Kandinsky Sculpture, Portrait Busts
Advanced Photography: Present Portfolios
8th Grade: Continue work on Clay Gargoyles

Wednesday, May 26
Portfolio Prep: Continue to work on Face Card Portrait
Pottery: Final Exam
Advanced Pottery: Continue work on completion of Kandinsky Sculpture, Portrait Busts
Advanced Photography: Final Exam
8th Grade: Continue work on Clay Gargoyles

Thursday, May 27
Portfolio Prep: Continue to work on Face Card Portrait
Pottery: Continue work on Slab Pot Mosaics
Advanced Pottery: Continue work on completion of Kandinsky Sculpture, Portrait Busts
Advanced Photography: Present Portfolios
8th Grade: Continue work on Clay Gargoyles

Friday, May 28
Portfolio Prep: Continue to work on Face Card Portrait
Pottery: Continue work on Slab Pot Mosaics
Advanced Pottery: Continue work on completion of Kandinsky Sculpture, Portrait Busts
Advanced Photography: Present Portfolios
8th Grade: Continue work on Clay Gargoyles

Week of May 17 - 21, 2010

Monday May 17
Portfolio Prep: Continue to improve oil paintings
Pottery: Continue working on slab pot mosaics
Advanced Pottery: Continue work on busts, begin to paint Kandinsky sculpture
Advanced Photography: Continue Photo Review
8Th Grade: Continue to shade Locker drawings, outlining in marker, shading with colored pencil

Tuesday May 18
Portfolio Prep: Continue to make improvements to Game of Life paintings. Introduce Face card Self-Portraits.
Pottery: Continue working on slab pot mosaics
Advanced Pottery: Continue to work on busts, Kandinsky sculpture
Advanced Photography: Continue Photo Review
8Th Grade: Continue to shade Locker drawings, begin Gargoyle sketches after watching video

Wednesday May 19
Portfolio Prep: Continue to make improvements to Game of Life paintings. Begin sketching self portrait using a mirror or a photograph. Use contour line.
Pottery: Continue work on slab pot mosaics
Advanced Pottery: Continue to work on busts, Kandinsky sculpture
Advanced Photography: Continue Photo Review
8Th Grade: Continue with Gargoyle sketches

Thursday May 20
Portfolio Prep: Continue to make improvements to Game of Life paintings. Continue working on sketches of self portraits.
Pottery: Continue work on slab pot mosaics
Advanced Pottery: Continue to work on busts, Kandinsky sculpture
Advanced Photography: Continue with Photo Review
8Th Grade: Begin to form Gargoyles

Friday May 21
Portfolio Prep: Complete Game of Life paintings. Continue with self portrait sketch
Pottery: Continue work on slab pot mosaics
Advanced Pottery: Continue to work on busts, Kandinsky sculpture
Advanced Photography: Complete Photo Review
8Th Grade: Continue to formation of Gargoyles

Week of May 10 - 14, 2010

Monday, May 10
Portfolio Prep: Critique
Pottery: Continue Mosaic Pots
Advanced Pottery: Continue Self Portrait
Advanced Photography: Hand out new project - Photography Journal
8th Grade: Demo Locker Assignment

Tuesday, May 11
Portfolio Prep: Improve paintings
Pottery: Continue Mosaic Pots
Advanced Pottery: Continue with Self Portrait
Advanced Photography: Photography Journal
8th Grade: Locker Assignment

Wednesday, May 12
Portfolio Prep: Continue with painting improvements
Pottery: Continue Mosaic Pots
Advanced Pottery: Continue Self Portrait
Advanced Photography: Photography Journal
8th Grade: Locker Assignment

Thursday, May 13
Portfolio Prep: Continue to improve painting
Pottery: Continue Mosaic Pots
Advanced Pottery: Continue Self Portrait
Advanced Photography: Photography Journal
8th Grade: Locker Assignment

Friday, May 14
Portfolio Prep: Continue painting
Pottery: Continue Mosaic Pots
Advanced Pottery: Continue Self Portrait
Advanced Photography: Photography Journal
8th Grade: Locker Assignment

Week of May 7, 2010

Monday, May 3
Portfolio Prep: Continue with painting
Pottery: Begin sketches for Mosaic Vessel
Advanced Pottery: Continue handbuilding with coils and slabs to create selfportrait
Advanced Photography: Weeks assignment - Manulipation. Discuss as a class practical assignment
8th Grade: Continue with pointalism painting

Tuesday, May 4
Portfolio Prep: Continue painting
Pottery: Continue sketches for Mosaic Vessel - use references off the internet
Advanced Pottery: Continue handbuilding
Advanced Photography: Manulipation assignment
8th Grade: Continue with pointalism painting

Wednesday, May 5
Portfolio Prep: Continue painting
Pottery: Continue sketches for Mosaic Vessel
Advanced Pottery: Continue handbuilding
Advanced Photography: Manulipation assignment
8th Grade: Continue with pointalism painting

Thursday, May 6
Portfolio Prep: Continue painting
Pottery: Roll out clay slabs and cut to size using precut patterns
Advanced Pottery: Continue handbuilding
Advanced Photography: Manulipation assignment
8th Grade: Continue with pointilism painting

Friday, May 7
Portfolio Prep: Complete painting - due at period end
Pottery: Begin to assemble cut out leather hard slabs together to form vessel
Advanced Pottery: Continue handbuilding
Advanced Photography: Manulipation assignment due
8th Grade: Complete painting - due at period end

Week of April 26 - 30, 2010

Monday, April 26
Portfolio Prep: Continue painting Game of Life
Pottery: Sketches for Mosaic Pots
Advanced Pottery: Sketches of Self-Portrait
Advanced Photography: Photo-Story Assignment
8th Grade: Demo on pointalism. Introduction to Georges Seurat.

Tuesday, April 27
Portfolio Prep: Continue painting Game of Life
Pottery: Sketches for Mosaic Pots
Advanced Pottery: Sketches of Self-Portrait
Advanced Photography: Photo-Story Assignment
8th Grade: Pointalism painting

Wednesday, April 28
Portfolio Prep: Continue painting Game of Life
Pottery: Draw and cut patterns for Mosaic pots
Advanced Pottery: Sketches of Self-Portrait
Advanced Photography: Photo-Story Assignment
8th Grade: Pointalism painting

Thursday, April 29
Portfolio Prep: Continue painting Game of Life
Pottery: Roll out slabs and cut patterns - dry to leather hardness
Advanced Pottery: Roll out slab for base of self-portrait. Coil upward
Advanced Photography: Photo-Story Assignment
8th Grade: Pointalism painting

Friday, April 30
Portfolio Prep: Contine painting Game of Life - due at period end
Pottery: Take leather hard pieces and assemble with slip
Advanced Pottery: Continue coil building
Advanced Photography: Photo-Story Assignment due at period end
8th Grade: Pointalism painting