Grade 11/12 Advanced / AP Art November 15-18, 2010

Advanced Art students are finishing their surreal landscapes this week. They will also have time to work on Activity 3 - ten preliminary drawings based on their area of concentration.


Students are reminded of homework assignments due November 12, 22 and 29.

Activity 3 is due December 7.

Grade 10 November15-18, 2010

Last week we finished the first part of our art history "survey" and established a timeline around the studio.

The class helped me prepare for the upcoming teacher workshop by experimenting with a variety of modeling materials. It was too much fun, measuring, mixing then squishing and squeezing.

Next week we will begin a unit on surrealism. We will take a close look at The Hallucinogenic Toreador by Salvador Dali. Then we will look at other surrealist artists. Then we will experiement with our own surreal compositions.

Grade 9 November 15-18, 2010

Grade 9 students continue to work on two projects. The 3D Logo designs are taking shape and several have already moved from two dimensions to three.



Progress is also being made on the altered book project. More and more beautiful pages are being created.



Effective use of time is an important objective for both of these projects. Learning to work independently and to set your own pace is a challenge for some of our students.

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.