Week of Nov 26

Art 1- starting their Color Scheme projects.
Art 2- continuing their Art Era paintings. Due Thursday!

Week of Nov 13

GRADES ARE POSTED

Both Art 1 & Art 2 will be starting on the color unit.

Art 1- will be starting to mix colors using only the 3 Primary colors. They will then pick a color scheme to create a painting project with.
Today we will go over paint rules

Art 2- they will be starting their Art Era projects. Today they will be brainstorming.

Grade check for Journals will start Friday.

This week

Both Art 1 & Art 2 are turning in their projects this week and will both be starting on the color wheel.

Week of Oct 29

All classes are to continue on their Perspective projects.
Art 2 classes will have Thursday and Friday to work on their Altered Books.

Week of Oct 22

Both Art 1 & Art 2 started over on their Daily Art Journals. They are responsible to keep up with their journals. There will be a grade check in a couple of weeks for a Formative Grade and then again during the 8th week of this grading period. That grade will then be a Summative grade. Their Journals will have information they will be able to use for their Final Exam reviews. 

Art 1- Monday & Tuesday they will be given a lesson on 1-point & 2-point perspective. On Wednesday they will show they understand this lesson before starting on their projects on Wednesday.
Bird's Eye View (1 Point Perspective) project Criteria (this will be posted on the board throughout the project)
{FOLLOW ALL RULES FOR 1-POINT 1) 1 Vanishing point,  2) Vertical lines go to the Vanishing point, 3) Horizontal lines are based off the roof top/Wall edge. }
-Use a ruler for all of your straight edges.
-Minimum of 15 buildings
- Ledges on ALL Roof tops
-Roof tops are NOT to touch each other (allow space between them)
-Windows on ALL bulidings, 3 different types of windows
-Rooftop ornaments on at least 7 buildings (ex: pools, antennas, billboards, holes etc.)
-Coloring your city is optional.
-Keep it neat

Art 2- Monday & Tuesday they will be given the chance to brainstorm what their perfect castle would me. On Monday I will review how to do the 2-point perspective process, especially to those who weren't taught this in Art 1. They are to then take their brainstorm and turn it into a 2-point project.

Castle Project Criteria (this will be posted on the board throughout the project)
{FOLLOW ALL RULES FOR 2 POINT PERSPECTIVE- 1) 2 Vanishing points, 2) Vertical lines stay vertical, 3) Horizontal lines go to either vanishing point, depending on which side of the vertical line you are working with. }
-Use a ruler for all of your straight edges.
-Minimum of 2 Towers
-Minimum of 1 draw-bridge
-Wall around castle is optional
-Bricks Walls are a must somewhere if not all over (showing 2-point)
-Go over all pencil lines and give added detail with a Black Ball-point Ink pen.

Today

Tomorrow us the last day of the grading period. Today this is what happened.
Art 1- wrote about their Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls and prepared their Journals for Monday. Students were encouraged to get work turned in.
Art 2- Day of the Dead Figurines were due, fully painted. They will write about them and prepare their Journals tomorrow.
Tomorrow is also an early release day- they will be released from school at 2:05pm

Yep- I threw paint at my wall

A friend of mine gave me a book a couple of years ago called Wreck This Journal. Each page has instructions of what to do to that particular page. This page said to "Throw something at it dipped in paint" So the table I was sitting at had some paint and brushes and I thought- why not? I did clean up my mess and just a FYI, Dipped Paint brushes are not very Aero-dynamic.