Semester TWO Update

IN CLASS we'll start off with GESTURE DRAWING and drawing FACES



Why not start out the semester ahead...

Saturday January 23,2010 the San Diego Museum of Art is having another From Art History to Art Making Workshop (theme Science and Art) from 1:00-3:30 pm

Remember this is a BONUS Opportunity...all work must be done to be eligible for a bonus...up to 25 points for this assignment (bring your ticket, your notes and your artwork to class the first day of second semester).

BONUS OPPORTUNITY

The San Diego Museum of Art is offering a free event for teens!

Teen Art Café @ The Museum:
American Artists from the Russian Empire
Monday, December 14th
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
James S. Copley Auditorium at the Museum
Free (no registration is necessary)

Teen artists are invited to the Museum to celebrate the much anticipated exhibition American Artists from the Russian Empire. Meet and mingle with other teen artists while having the chance to learn about the ideas behind this unique exhibition. Café activities will include creating artwork inspired by the work of such world renowned artists as Mark Rothko, Ilya Bolotowsky, and Jacques Lipchitz. View an exhibition-related performance and/or a presentation from a Museum staff member involved in the development of the exhibition. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, please email teencafe@sdmart.org.

The above information was sent to me in an email today. If you wish to attend this event for a bonus...this is what you need to do:

1. TUESDAY 12-15-09 TURN IN YOUR TICKET STUB (OR HAVE AN EMPLOYEE SIGN YOUR PAPER) AND WRITTEN NOTES FROM THE EXHIBITION/PRESENTATION. BRING TO MY CLASSROOM PRIOR TO THE 8:30 ADMINISTRATION OF ENGLISH FINAL EXAMS.
2. FIND AN ARTWORK FROM THE EXHIBITION THAT CAUGHT YOUR EYE. WHY DID YOU NOTICE IT/DID IT STAND OUT TO YOU? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ARTWORK? ARTIST? MEDIUM? SUBJECT MATTER?
3. BRING IN THE ARTWORK YOU CREATE.

THIS IS A BONUS...IT CANNOT BE APPLIED IF YOU HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING WORK...BONUSES ARE OVER AND ABOVE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED.

UP TO 25 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED.

The Semster is drawing to a close

The last project is the holiday card...it will be done by Monday so the Spanish classes can write a message and the cards can be delivered.

Next week we will complete an end of the semester self evaluation/peer critique and group project. This last "section" is a summation of concepts learned this semester. This will be your final grade.

Fun...DRAW and help raise $$ to fight AIDS in Africa...BONUS

Visit: http://www.starbucksloveproject.com/#/cd/

For the first 1 MILLION drawings Starbucks will contribute $1.00 to the global fund to fight AIDS in Africa.

Make a quality drawing...put your initials in the lower right hand corner. Show me in class...

This BONUS will be applied at the END of the quarter is ALL work is turned in...10 points.

DUE DATE...Before Thanksgiving Break

Week of Monday November 16th

Golden Rule of Thirds Assignment needs to be turned in to me by 2 pm tomorrow (in my classroom).

The Apple project, shading worksheet and Scholastic Magazine are due before Thanksgiving.

After Thanksgiving we'll do a Christmas Card (via grid technique) and start simple perspective techniques.

Upcoming Second Semester:
Perspective - continue our study
Portraits
Cartooning (making some for school newspaper)
Field Trip?
Speaker?

Monday November 9th

I am out ill today. Continue working on rule of thirds project - today was to be the last day to work on it in class. Tomorrow we will start the apples project. If the rule of thirds is not done in class today, it must be completed outside of class time either in Ms. Carson's room or my classroom NLT Monday 11-16-09.

The Scholastic Franz Marc and Shading worksheet must be completed by Thanksgiving.

BONUS OPPORTUNITY

The San Diego Museum of Art is hosting a "From Art History to Art Making" Workshop on Saturday 11-14-09 from 1-3:30 pm. Reservations MUST be made in advance.

You can attend this workshop - bring a copy of your admissions ticket and your workshop creation, lecture notes to class on Monday 11-16-09. I will have a reflection for you.

This is a BONUS opportunity...all work must be complete in order for a bouns to apply...after all, a bonus is over and above...minimum requirements need to be met first.

The BONUS will be worth up to 25 points. It will be applied at the end of the semester if all work is complete.

Information can be found here: http://www.sdmart.org/calendar.asp?type=lectures

October concludes today

Our last day in class working on the candy bar wrapper project was yesterday. ALL Projects MUST be finished before school or at lunch and given to me NO LATER than Tuesday 11-3-09 at 2 pm.

Monday - have in class images ti draw that inspire you - images you will draw when you are done with a project and waiting for others. Not having the images will cause you to lose points on current projects as you are unprepared for class.

Also have in the 10 images for the project with Mrs. Carson...bring in the images Monday.

I will be at the 10th retreat on Wed and Thurs next week.

Last week of October and first week of November

Ms. Carson will be working with the class for the days that I am with the 10th grade Retreat.

ALL STUDENTS must have 10 images from a magazine...full page...or high resolution computer images. These images MUST be in class by Monday 11-2-09. These images go ABOVE and BEYOND the 5-10 images you need to have on hand for drawing after an assignment in class is completed (as you wait for peers to finish).

The images must be of food, animals, landscapes, people, sports, etc. The can not include images inappropriate for school...images that include violence, sex, alcohol, drugs, guns, etc. are not allowed and if brought to school will result in a referral and a zero for teh project.

This week we are working on the color project with consumer products (candy wrappers). After completion of the candy wrapper drawings we'll spend Friday watching a video about an artist - Keith Haring. If time, we'll do a quick sketch in class.

Current Projects

The class finally finished watching the color video today. The video worksheet was turned in at the end of class.

Paper that have been passed back were glued into the sketchbook. Those that forgot everything at home today need to take care of that on their own time.

Scientific illustrations and scratch art were finished this week. Illustration reflections were due in class today.

Thursday we started drawing our candy wrappers...that will take three to four days next week.

Make sure to find images from magazines or high resolution printed images (3-10 of food, animals, nature, people, architecture...appropriate for school) to practice sketching if you finish a project before the rest of the class moves on to another project. Finishing early DOES NOT equal a study for another class/ do homework opportunity.

Second Quarter Begins Monday

Monday we'll continue working on the scratch art...perhaps Tuesday. If you are close to finishing, bring in 5 magazine images for your sketch book, have them available to draw if you finish before others.

We'll complete the scientific illustration and seeing color video next week.

All THREE of those items are due by Friday 10-19-09.

We'll start a colored pencil project with consumer products NLT 10-26-09.

October 9th

Today mass ran long...we had 10 minutes of class...plans needed to change.

Monday we'll complete a reflection on our shoe and leaf. After that time we'll watch the color video from the National Gallery of Art that we did not watch today.

Tuesday we'll complete our scientific illustration and reflection on our illustration.

Wednesday we'll start our color project based on consumer products (candy bar wrappers). This should take us the rest of the week.

BY Thursday have completed all of the outstanding assignments from the quarter (what is not done must be turned in unfinished and graded as is):
Motif
Shading Worksheet
Line drawings (all)
Scholastic Magazines (2)

The week of the 19th we'll complete a reflection on the candy bar wrappers and leaf (juxtaposing the two images).

What;'s Next

The leaf drawings are almost complete. Tomorrow those students who have not finished them can work on them in class. Everyone else will start the scientific illustration project.

After that...color as seen in consumer products.

Monday October 5th

OK...the quarter is drawing to a close...all projects for the quarter MUST be completed by class time on October 15th (Thursday).

What are my deadlines?

SHOE MUST be done by Friday 10-9-09.
LEAF MUST Be done by Friday 10-9-09

Line drawings/motif project and Scholastic Magazines are due by Thursday 10-15-09

If class time is not enough...I am around in 322 on Wed mornings...7 am and Ms. Carson is in the art room each day at lunch.

No excuses...you have been told this daily...the deadlines are firm.

Upcoming Assignments

Any Motifs that are not done need to be completed in Tutoring hours. The line drawings that are not completed by Friday 9-25-09 will need to come in to tutoring time as well.

This week we started to draw our shoes. We started with a contour drawing and have started to practice shading. Today we started to sketch a shoe. Next week we will continue to sketch our shoe, finish our shading worksheet and shade our shoe according to an indicated light source.

Where are we going from here...color blending/shading, etc. We'll look at color in nature as well as in packaging for consumer products.

Week of September 14

The MOTIF project MUST be done by the conclusion of class on Friday or you will have a deficiency. You may come in before school any day this week to complete it. My tutoring time is 7 AM on Wednesday. I'll be here by 7:15 the other days this week.

Don't forget to add yourself as a follower.

As of this post 1 person has...that was part of homework assignment 1. That person gets 5 bonus points. ALL members of the class MUST sign up to be a follower before the calendar day closes on Tuesday...this is a HOMEWORK assignment worth 10 points.

Week of September 7th

There will be no class on Monday...Labor Day. Next week we'll continue to work on our motif projects and start to work on line drawings. If you are not about half way through our Motif Project by the time class starts on Tuesday 9-8-09 then you need to plan on coming in Wednesday am during tutoring hours to work on the project. We all work at a different pace BUT no projects are given unlimited time.

We did not have class today

mass ran long...don;r forget elements and principles packet needs to be completed by Monday and you need to have your supplies. The link for the elements and principles packet DOES work...here it is: http://gigaweb.brigantine.atlnet.org/ARTiculationFinal/MainPages/About%20This%20Site.htm

Week of August 31st

Supplies are due Monday August 31st along with the elements and principles packet

We'll work on the Motif project this week.

Friday's scholastic art Magazine will feature MC Escher.

Homework

Due Monday August 31st:
1. Supplies
2. Complete Part 2 (#'s 1 and 2) of the Elements and Principles Worksheet. Finish Part 3 as well. Staple to worksheet

Tomorrow we'll begin an Elements and Principles/Color Theory Project..it will take us a week or two to complete.

Friday we will read about the Australian Aboriginees and their use of the elements and principles of art

Week of August 24th and week of August 31st

We'll discuss Art Vocabulary Terms and complete activities relating to them. Vocabulary for the week includes the Elements and Principle of Art and Design. After learning the terms and completing the project we'll watch a video about Andy Goldsworthy and relate how he used the elements and principles of art in his work.

First Week of School...

August 24th...the FIRST DAY...yes you have homework but it is not time consuming:
1. bookmark the blog and website
2. you and your parents/guardians must sign and return your syllabus
3. add yourself as a follower of the blog.

DUE MONDAY August 31ST
Supply List (label all of your materials):
1. Drawing Pencils (Derwent 12 Graphic Sketching Pencils from Michaels)
2. Drawing erasers (kneaded and white)
3. Colored Pencils (set of 24)
4. Manual Pencil Sharpener
5. Oil Pastels (Set of 24)
6. Box - labeled - to store your supplies
7. Sketch Book (9 x 12 PERFORATED)
8. BLACK Sharpee Marker- 1 regular tip and 1 thin tip
9. Markers (set of 24)
10. 1 Box of Klenex (with aloe vera/lotion)
11. Spiral Notebook

As other supply needs arise I'll keep you posted and give you a few days notice.