self-portraits

1. Watch art history video- Turner
2. Watch CNN.com clip about underwater sculpture museum
3. Look at examples of new project
4. Begin mosaic project
HOMEWORK:
1. Begin studying notes in sketchbook to prepare for the exam.

Fieldtrip!

This is the Art-O-Mat at the Concord Gallery. It is awesome. The art-o-mat was created by Clark Whittington, a Concord native. It is old cigarette machines that have been refurbished to distribute miniature works of art. Here are some photos of Lucas selecting an artist and the artwork that he got. It is a photo taken by an artist using a box camera. And the box that the photograph came in is a box camera. Wow! Two awesome things for the price of one!

Today we finished self-portraits and started oil pastels. We are experimenting with oil pastels by copying van Gogh's most famous painting, "Starry Night"



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Examples of students' self-portraits

1. Art History Video- van Gogh
2. Demo how to use oil pastels
3. Continue working on self-portraits
4. Experiment with oil pastels
Homework:
1. Weekly sketchbook check due Friday- epic stick figure

Thursday, May 12, 2011
1. Warm-up: practice shading with colored pencils
2. Finish Line drawing of self-portrait
3. Erase grid
4. Shade background with colored pencils
Homework:
1. Weekly sketchbook check is due tomorrow- create your own logo
2. Signed progress reports were due today- bring in tomorrow if you forgot it
3. Facial feature project was due on Tuesday (several students still need to turn their project in)

Underglazing our masks and critters!

Working on self-portraits today. The images above show Courtney working on her drawing. You can see in the photo of her drawing and photo how she has gridded both pieces of paper with a 1/2 inch grid. Now she is going square by square up the grid to draw her self-portrait. This technique helps students to get accurate drawings of themselves.

Monday, May 9th
1. Continue any lines on your photo where your hair, skin, or clothing does not connect with the side of the page.
2. Grid the white paper.
3. Grid the photo paper.
4. Create a line drawing of self using the grid.
5. Handout progress reports.
6. Discuss homework.
HOMEWORK:
1. Weekly sketchbook check is due on Monday. (Extension granted!)
• Create your own personal logo.
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes on your design.
2. Finish facial feature drawing- due Tuesday.
3. Progress should be signed and returned on Wednesday.

Thursday, May 05, 2011
1. Fold paper to use tomorrow for proportion drawing.
2. Warm-up: watch video clip “How to draw lips”
3. Draw lips together as a class
4. Finish eyes #2 and #3.
5. Finish ears #2 and #3.
6. Finish noses #2 and #3.
7. Finish lips #2 and #3
8. Take self-portrait photos
HOMEWORK:
1. Weekly sketchbook check is due on Monday. (Extension granted!)
• Create your own personal logo.
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes on your design.

This is the first nose that we drew together as a class. After finishing the first nose together, students have to draw two more noses on their own.

Today we are learning how to draw noses. They are not easy to draw. Noses require really smooth shading and the building up of lots of layers.

Yesterday we learned how to draw an eye, and today we learned how to draw an ear. The students are really improving!

An arty spring break!

This is the art I had time to do over spring break! I hope you made some art as well.

Monday, May 02, 2011
1. Warm-up- draw an eye, an ear, a nose and a mouth.
2. Grid and cut paper.
3. Watch the computer clip “How to draw a realistic eye” using computer software.
4. Watch the video clip “How to draw an eye”.
5. Draw a realistic eye.
HOMEWORK:
1. Weekly sketchbook check is due on Thursday.
• Create your own personal logo.
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes on your design.