We have had such a busy but great start to the semester. I can't believe it is already Wednesday. My students have done a great job turning in forms and fees. If you have not had to sign a newsletter and 2 field-trip permission slips, please ask your son or daughter for these forms. Also, I know there are a lot of fees due at the beginning of the school year and that money is tight. There is a $10 supply fee for art. Also, we are going on 3 field-trips this semester that cost a total of $7. Your son or daughter does have the option to sale 14 pieces of candy to cover the cost of the field-trips. And finally, your son or daughter does need some specific supplies for this class. You can purchase them all at stores like Hobby Lobby, AC Moore, and Ben Franklin crafts. Also, the art department has these materials for sale for a total of $18.

Today we are continuing our unit on the element of Line. We are starting class by practicing creating contour line drawings. Next, we spent some time studying our guided notes on line. We will be having a quiz on line tomorrow. And finally, we spent the remaining time in class creating a mystery line drawing. I call it a mystery line drawing because students do not know what they are drawing until the end of the activity. The project is divided into 16 sections and only 1 section of the drawing is revealed at a time. This activity forces students to really look at what they see. It also helps students train their eyes and hand to work together as they draw.

1. Warm-up: draw a modified contour line drawing of a flower

2. Pre-test

3. Continue working on Big Sweep Poster Contest

Assemblies:

1^st period- 9^th graders

2^nd period- 12^th graders

4^th period- 10^th and 11^th graders

HOMEWORK:

· ~Bring $10 Supply fee

· ~ Get August Newsletter signed

· ~ Get both permission slips signed

· ~ Start getting supplies or bring money in to purchase supplies from Mrs. Highsmith

· ~Weekly Sketchbook check- due Friday. Big Sweep Poster design contest.

2. As a review of the guided notes from Friday, our warm-up today asked students to write the 5 types of lines and the 5 ways lines vary on a post-it note.

3. After the warm-up we had our first "Art History Monday". Today we are watching the video on Ancient Art.

4. After the video, students get to practice there creative side by creating a design for the Big Sweep Poster Contest. I am honored to say, that a student from my class won the contest last year. Her design was made into posters and t-shirts. She also got a $100 check for her design! Let's hope we can carry on the tradition again this year.

HOMEWORK:

· ~Bring $10 Supply fee

· ~ Get August Newsletter signed

· ~ Get both permission slips signed

· ~ Start getting supplies or bring money in to purchase supplies from Mrs. Highsmith

· ~Weekly Sketchbook check- due Friday. Draw a tiger.

<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE In addition to students developing the skills to be better drawers, this class helps students become more creative. The design project that we are doing in class today will help to demonstrate student growth in this area. Students will do this exact same project at the end of the semester. The goal is that the final project will show growth in the students ability to plan and execute a creative design using only simple materials- 3 colors of paper and scissors/glue. After the project, the class took notes on the element of line- the most basic element of art. We also looked a brief PowerPoint to give the class some visual examples of the new vocabulary words learned today.

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HOMEWORK:

~Bring $10 Supply fee

~ Get August Newsletter signed

~ Get both permission slips signed

~ Start getting supplies or bring money in to purchase supplies from Mrs. Highsmith

~Have a nice weekend!

Welcome to our first day in Art I. We started class today by getting to know each other. Mrs. Highsmith created a PowerPoint (available on her homepage) to introduce herself to the class and then students filled out a questionnaire about themselves.

Next, students created a drawing of their hand holding an object. This drawing will be used to show student growth at the end of the semester. The following pictures show the seniors in 2nd period working on their drawings.

After the drawings, the class reviewed the August Newsletter (to be signed by a parent or guardian tonight) and looked at the class Blog (link on Mrs. Highsmith's Homepage). Each day we post write-ups and photos to our blog. Follow along with us each day!

We also got two Fieldtrip forms today to get signed! $7 will cover the cost of our 3 field trips throughout the semester. We will be going to the Concord Gallery on two occasions and to the Mint Museum once.

Finally with the few minutes left in class we began to discuss our classroom Rules and Procedures. We will continue this discussion tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:
~$10 Supply Fee
~August Newsletter Signed
~Fieldtrip Permission Slips Signed
~get art supplies (posted on blog and in the August Newsletter)

Art I Supplies

If you don't have the opportunity to go out and purchase supplies, all of the following supplies can be purchased in the classroom. In addition, there is a $10 supply fee to cover the cost of materials used in the class throughout the semester (paper, clay, paint, and glue).


Sketchbook (spiral bound, 9x12)









Graphite Pencils (4H, 2H, HB, 2B, 4B)












Kneaded Eraser



White Eraser









Roll of tape









Colored Pencils