This quarter the Advanced AP Portfolio students take their first steps toward developing their individual areas of concentration. They will be completing homework assignments each week as well as activities designed to help them find a focus for the concentration section of their portfolios. In addition to their work out side the studio they will be completing studio assignment designed to help them develop the breadth section of their portfolio.
This week they will take a close look at the Persian Miniature and use it as a resource for their own interpretation of this style of painting. They will also create a digital portfolio for their work on the school server and will move their best five images from the first quarter into it.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Grade 10 November 1-5, 2010
Thank you, to all the Grade 10 students, parents and teachers who made the Thursday night Lock-in a success. Good progress was made on the library rainforest mural and in the process we had lots of fun. Some of us even got a little sleep. It was so much fun and so much work was accomplished we are already looking forward to the next one. If you haven't see our progress please stop by and take a look.
Back in the classroom we will be finishing the mask project and beginning an art history unit. We will start at the beginning. Cave painting and the "Birth of Art".
Back in the classroom we will be finishing the mask project and beginning an art history unit. We will start at the beginning. Cave painting and the "Birth of Art".
Grade 9 November 1-5, 2010
This week grade nine students will begin working on two projects simultaneously. They are making good progress on their altered book project and will continue to work on it while they begin their logo design project. Both projects have steps that require "waiting time" between processes. By working on both projects they will make the best use of their studio time and learn about "multi-tasking".
They will need:
Cereal boxes or similar type flexible cardboard
Heavier corregated cardboard - large squares about 15x18 inches
They will need:
Cereal boxes or similar type flexible cardboard
Heavier corregated cardboard - large squares about 15x18 inches
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Grade 11/12 October 18-22
Grade 11/12 students will continue with life drawing exercises this week. They will focus on the portrait.
Tuesday October 19 will be the first after school open studio session. If you would like to participate please be sure to sign up on Monday and have your parents complete the permission form posted in this blog. You can get a printed permission form from the art room.
Tuesday October 19 will be the first after school open studio session. If you would like to participate please be sure to sign up on Monday and have your parents complete the permission form posted in this blog. You can get a printed permission form from the art room.
Grade10 October 18-22
Most grade 10 students have completed their papier-mache mask forms. Next week they will begin the painting and embelllishment process.
Tuesday October 19 will be the first after school open studio session. If you would like to participate please be sure to sign up on Monday and have your parents complete the permission form posted in this blog. You can get a printed permission form from the art room.
Tuesday October 19 will be the first after school open studio session. If you would like to participate please be sure to sign up on Monday and have your parents complete the permission form posted in this blog. You can get a printed permission form from the art room.
Open Studio Permission Form
Permission to Attend
Visual Arts Open Studio
Tuesdays – 3:10 to 4:00
The Art room will be open Tuesday afternoons for students in grades 6 through 12. The Open Studio is for students who:
o want or need extra time to work on a class assignment.
o need to make up work due to absences.
o are interested in getting extra help to develop their skills.
To participate each student must have a signed permission form from their parent for every Tuesday they attend.
Parents are responsible for transportation home at 4:00p.m.
Students are responsible for:
signing up in the art room no later than after school Monday. Studio space is limited to the first 12 students who sign up.
presenting their permission form to Mrs. Campbell at the beginning of each Tuesday session.
using their time effectively.
Open Studio is an extension of the Visual Arts Classroom. Therefore, there is no charge for this “extra” class time. I look forward to working with your student.
Elizabeth Campbell
Open Studio Permission Form
_________________________________ has my permission to stay
after school (3:10-4:00) on Tuesday(date)_________________________
to work in the Discovery School art studio. I understand I am responsible
for transportation home at 4:00pm.
______________________________
Signed
Visual Arts Open Studio
Tuesdays – 3:10 to 4:00
The Art room will be open Tuesday afternoons for students in grades 6 through 12. The Open Studio is for students who:
o want or need extra time to work on a class assignment.
o need to make up work due to absences.
o are interested in getting extra help to develop their skills.
To participate each student must have a signed permission form from their parent for every Tuesday they attend.
Parents are responsible for transportation home at 4:00p.m.
Students are responsible for:
signing up in the art room no later than after school Monday. Studio space is limited to the first 12 students who sign up.
presenting their permission form to Mrs. Campbell at the beginning of each Tuesday session.
using their time effectively.
Open Studio is an extension of the Visual Arts Classroom. Therefore, there is no charge for this “extra” class time. I look forward to working with your student.
Elizabeth Campbell
Open Studio Permission Form
_________________________________ has my permission to stay
after school (3:10-4:00) on Tuesday(date)_________________________
to work in the Discovery School art studio. I understand I am responsible
for transportation home at 4:00pm.
______________________________
Signed
Grade 9 October 18-22
Students are continuing to work on their Altered Book project. They have completed their inside cover and have experimented with tape transfer techniques. Each day we will learn about a new technique for altering our books into new works of art.
Tuesday October 19 will be the first after school open studio session. If you would like to participate please be sure to sign up on Monday and have your parents complete the permission form posted in this blog. You can get a permission form from the art room.
Tuesday October 19 will be the first after school open studio session. If you would like to participate please be sure to sign up on Monday and have your parents complete the permission form posted in this blog. You can get a permission form from the art room.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Grade 11/12 Advanced / AP October 12-15
Students will use the perceptual skills of proportion and relative angles and lines to complete a series of figure drawing exercises.
They will integrate their previous experience with shape and value as they work.
Students are again reminded that one completed homework assignment is due every Monday at the beginning of class. This week the assingment is due on Tuesday. Missing assignments will effect your grade.
They will integrate their previous experience with shape and value as they work.
Students are again reminded that one completed homework assignment is due every Monday at the beginning of class. This week the assingment is due on Tuesday. Missing assignments will effect your grade.
Grade 11/12 Advanced / AP Art October 4-8
The advanced students completed several exercises in using expressive line. They used the feather as an alternative drawing tool. They fashioned a variety of mark making tools from the papyrus plant. Using these tools gave a new dimension to their drawing.
Students are again reminded that one completed homework assignment is due every Monday at the beginning of class. Missing assignments will effect your grade.
Grade 10 October 4-8,12-15 and 18-22
Tenth grade students are researching mask-making in various cultures. The will draw sketches of the masks, and take notes that highlight the connections between the masks and the cultural practices of the people who created them.
Using this information, students will create a mask in the style they have researched. They will use papier-mache over a face form. They will use cardboard, paper toweling and tissue to model the shape of their mask. When the base is completed they will use paint and embellishements to finish the mask making is as authentic as possible.
Using this information, students will create a mask in the style they have researched. They will use papier-mache over a face form. They will use cardboard, paper toweling and tissue to model the shape of their mask. When the base is completed they will use paint and embellishements to finish the mask making is as authentic as possible.
Grade 9 October 4-8 through October 12-15, October 18-22
Ninth graders have completed their road map relief projects and are beginning a unit on Altered Books. Their goal is to transform a discarded book into a creative work of art that encompasses a theme and utilizes a variety of media and techniques.This is a challenging project requiring creative thinking and problem solving.
Students will be looking for ephemera to include in their projects as well as bits of ribbon, scrap fabric, patterned papers, magazines and pictures, old game pieces, shells and more.
We still need "Junk" for inspiration and creation. Remember the art room as you do your Fall cleaning - discard to the art room.
Students will be looking for ephemera to include in their projects as well as bits of ribbon, scrap fabric, patterned papers, magazines and pictures, old game pieces, shells and more.
We still need "Junk" for inspiration and creation. Remember the art room as you do your Fall cleaning - discard to the art room.
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