Hunter's homework- I particularly like the mohawk.
Shelley's homework
Ali's homework
Jordan and Mrs. Highsmith in their Halloween costumes. Jordan is Mickey Mouse, and Mrs. Highsmith is a nice witch. :)
Ali and Shelley working on their pop quiz- to shade an sphere or a cone without having any visible lines.

After the quiz we review perspective techniques.

Then we continued working on (and some finished) shading our pumpkin graphite/color pencil drawings. They are looking great.

Next week we will begin our pottery projects. We are going to be creating pinch pot critters. This project is usually a class favorite. This is an example of a pinch pot critter from last year. Isn't he adorable?Today we started brainstorming ideas for our pinch pot. As a class we made a list of animals that would make good pinch pot critters.

Then we created 3 designs of different pinch pot critters. The challenge with designing a pinch pot critter is that the body not the legs has to support the weight of the design. Jared designing his first pinch pot critter.Courtney designing her pinch pot creatures.

After designing our pinch pot creatures, we returned to working on our graphite/colored pencil drawings from yesterday.

Homework:
Reminder that homework is due tomorrow because there is no school on Friday, or Monday, or Tuesday. I know the students are very sad about having a fall break. :)
~Draw a cartoon version of yourself.
~ Turn in your finished still-life drawing of gourds and pumpkins.

First we drew a value scale in color pencils. We created one with highlights and shades of orange. In the second value scale we used yellow and orange to make yellow-orange, and then we used orange and red to create red-orange.


Next we looked at the photo below and drew a line drawing of the image.
Then we traced circles over some areas of our line drawings. Inside the circles, we shaded the image with color pencils.
Jared and alex shading the circle area of their drawings.
A close-up of Megan's drawing. Jordan, Ali, and Shelly working on their drawings.

HW:
~finish still-life drawing: due Thursday.
~weekly sketchbook check- draw a cartoon version of yourself: due Thursday

Today in class we watched the art history video on El Greco, "the Greek".

Students in first period (Madalynn, Raquel, and Megan) working on shading their still-life.Rachel adding the finishing touches to her drawing.

HW:
~ finished still-life drawings are due on Thursday
~ weekly sketchbook activity: draw a cartoon drawing of yourself

Today in class we critiqued several graphite drawings. Then we continued shading our still-life drawings.
Ashley and Chris shading their still-life drawings of pumpkins and gourds.

Today we started working on our still-life of pumpkins and gourds. This is a photo of a section of the still-life.
Kristina and Courtney are shading their still-life drawings.

My camera is messing up, so I don't have any photos today. I hope I can get it working this afternoon. We have a great still-life set up to work on tomorrow. I want you guys to be able to follow the students' progress. Today in class: 1. Watched a video, wrote helpful hints suggested in the video, practiced the new techniques demonstrated in the video. 2. Tomorrow well will be drawing our first still-life. HW: 1. Bring in $10 for field trip- due Friday 2. Turn in both cityscape drawings- the one we did as a class and the one you created own your own- due Friday 3. Also on Friday- wear blue and gold for Homecoming Spirit Day!

Sorry I haven't posted since Thursday, but I was not at school on Friday and Monday. The students have been working hard in my absence. Just to be sure they hadn't forgotten the 6 perspective techniques, we had group discussions about the 6 techniques at their pods today. They discussed the 2 point perspective painting, "Rainy Day".

Then they were given the remainder of class to finish their original city-scapes that they had been working on since Friday. Their drawings are very creative!

Speaking of creative. Those who were finished with their drawings helped decorate our door for Spirit Week and HOMECOMING. We aren't quite finished yet, but it is looking great!!! What do you think?

We started class today by shading an organic shape. Here is Marshall shading his shape. Good luck tonight at the game JV football players!

Then we turned in our sketchbook assignments for the week. This week the students had to draw a tiger, our school mascot. Here are some great examples from 2nd period.

Katie's tiger.

Maria's tiger.

Lena's tiger
Each student's tiger is unique and correct. Great job ladies!

Today we finished our 2-point perspective cityscapes. This is what our finished drawing look like.

HW: No HW!

Reminder: Your drawing of your tiger is due Thursday. This is an example of the HW drawn by DJ.
Speaking of HW, last week's HW was to draw an alien. This is Michael's HW from last week!
Today we learned how to shade an organic figure. This simple activity got our heads, our hands, and our minds warmed-up for the rest of art class.
Then we continued working on our cityscape in 2-point perspective. The students are doing great. Their shading skills have improved, and their confidence in their own abilities has gone up after completing our RR drawing in 1-point perspective.

Shelly shading her cityscape.This is as far as we got today!

Finally, we finished the day off with another storytime. This time we read a book by Eric Carle, one of the artists/illustrators/authors that we will see work by at the NC Art Museum.

Things have been very busy in class the last two days, so I haven't had a chance to snap any photos. I try to do better tomorrow.

Today in class:
1. Shade a cone.
2. Mrs. Highsmith will review and draw a cube in 2 point perspective. Then one student from each pod teaches his/ her other pod members how to draw a cube in 2 point perspective.
3. Compare and contrast 1 point and 2 point perspective with a double bubble map
4. Draw a city scape in 2 point perspective.

HW:
1. Draw a tiger- due Thursday
2. Signed October Newsletter
3. $10 for fieldtrip due Oct 22

Today in class:
1. Art History Video: Titian
2. Paragraph describing perspective in Raphael's "School of Athens"
3. Finish RR drawing
4. Draw cube in 2-point perspective

HW:
1. Signed Oct newsletter
2. Weekly sketchbook check due THURSDAY! Draw our school's mascot, the tiger.
3. $10 for the fieldtrip due Oct. 22
4. School fundraiser (candles and wrapping paper) due Thursday.

Today we learned how to shade a pyramid (bottom right corner).
We also finished our railroad in 1-point perspective. The students' drawings look great! They are very proud of their work!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Today we started class by shading a cylinder.

Then we continued working on our RR drawing (sorry it is sideways). We have now finished the railroad tracks and the left side of the page, the telephone poles and shrubs. Tomorrow we will draw the buildings on the right side of the page.
This is the example of how far we progressed in class today.


Katelyn erases a stray line on her telephone pole.

All the students drawings are looking great!
Michael and Tyler carefully shade their telephone poles and shrubs. At the end of class, Tristin explored his creative side. He made a statue out of his kneaded eraser. I told him it reminded me of Giacometti's scuplture series titled "Walking Man."

Today in class we practiced shading a cube so that it looks realistic.
Shelly practices shading her cube.
Jordan finishes shading her cube and Madalynn adds some details to her railroad.Raquel's railroad and sidewalk.Lainey shades her sidewalk beside her railroad.

First thing today we practiced shading a sphere. We are learning how to shade 2-D drawings to make them look 3-D.

AC and Raquel practice shading.
Hunter and Meagan shade their sphere.Then we shaded a value scale. Here is an example of both a blended value scale and a hatching value scale. After working on our value scales, we started our new project, a railroad in 1-point perspective. Alex shades the gavel in his railroad tracks.Jordan is proud of how her railroad track is shaping up. We will continue working on our railroad tracks for the remainder of the week.

It's Monday again, and that means it's Art History Mondays. We started off the day watching the art history video about Raphael. Then we created a value scale with graphite pencils. Finally, we spent the last 30 minutes of class finishing our 1-point perspective shape project.

HW:
1. Finished 1-point perspective shape project is due Friday.
2. Mandala colored with color pencils in a warm or cool color scheme. Due Friday for extra credit.
3. Weekly sketchbook check is due Friday. Spend 15 minutes working on your assignment. Draw an alien and the planet your alien lives on.
4. Get October newsletter signed!