Grade 11/12 Advanced / AP Art November 8-12, 2010

Students have completed their first studio assignment and will begin their next exercise this week. They will take a close look at Surrealism and then compose a landscape in the style of the Surrealists.

Thanks to those students who are getting their home work and activity assignments in on time.

Home work assignments due November 8, 15,22,29 – six pen and ink drawings ¼ page – artist’s choice. Students will earn two grades for this work - a grade for participation and a grade for composition and skill.

Activity 1 - November 10 – two concentration worksheets with 12 thumbnails
Activity 2 - November 24 – 3 altered book pages –
investigations of possible concentration
Activity 3 – December 10 – 10 concentration preliminary drawings

Grade 10 November 8-12, 2010

This week we will begin studying the “Birth of Art”. Students will draw a timeline around the perimeter of the studio. We will look at art history in relation to world history.

Even though a few students are still finishing their mask projects we thought you would like to see what we have been doing the past few weeks. Grade 10 students pose with masks on, in front of the library mural.

Grade 9 November 8-12, 2010

Grade nine students are continuing their two projects – the altered book and the 3D logo design. We thought you might like a glimpse of how we have been changing old discarded books into works of art.

Eat your cereal! Save those boxes! We still need additional cereal box cardboard for our 3D logo designs.

Grade 11/12 Advanced / AP Art November 1-5, 2010

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.

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".

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

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.