Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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

Monday, November 16, 2009

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 9, 2009

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.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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