Introduction to Art: October 2008 Archives

In class/ Studio Assignment: Exaggerated Clay Figure - Intro will be making clay figures inspired from their gestural drawings of classmates.   See attached Lesson Plan describing the specifics of the lesson:  Expressive Clay Figures.doc    These will be graded using the following Rubric:  rubric_exaggerated figures.doc

• Monday:  Begin working on Expressive Clay Figures

• Tuesday: Continue working on Expressive Clay Figures

• Wednesday: Continue working on Expressive Clay Figures
• Thursday:  Continue working on Expressive Clay Figures
• Friday: Work on Expressive Clay Figures and Journals

 Journal Assignments:  Only Words - Due Wednesday 11/5

In class/ Studio Assignment: Exaggerated Clay Figure - Intro will be making clay figures inspired from their gestural drawings of classmates. 

• Monday:  Gesture Drawing - Pose and Draw Gestural Figures
• Tuesday: Brainstorm ideas for Clay Figures - develop sketches of classmate in gesture for sculpture by drawing chosen pose from at least 4 views. 
• Wednesday: Journals Due   In journal:  Art Criticism of Sculptures - due at the end of the period
• Thursday: Continue and Finish Drawing of Gesture for Sculpture
• Friday: All about Clay and Demonstration on how to begin Clay figures 

Journal Assignments: 1 Page - Art Criticism of Sculpture - Use the questions on the following document to critique this image:  Henry Moore Art Crit Questions.doc    Henry Moore.doc   

In case you have lost your copy of the Art Criticism Cheatsheet, here is the document:   criticism_cheatsheet.doc

In class/Studio Project:  We will be working on drawing the set up still life of Forms - The students will use view finders to help choose their composition and will use their most successful way of showing value (rendering, hatching, cross- hatching).                      Value to Model.doc

• Monday -  Demo on using view finder and "mapping out" your forms - discussion on composition and it's importance in art.
• Tuesday - Journals Due Today at the beginning of class  - Continue Drawing Still Life
• Wednesday - Early Release Day - PSAT  - There will no class today due to testing.
• Thursday - Continue still life
• Friday - Last day to work on Still life - Due at the beginning of  the period Monday -10/20.

Journal Assignment:  Create a 2 page spread, find an article or page of text from a newspaper, magazine or copied out of a book -- create a poem/short story by "editing" text -  "black out" words not needed for your poem/short story - Embellish page to relate to text of your poem -- include original text along with rewritten poem/short story  Due: 10/22  Journal assignment 10-17_10-2.doc

In class/Studio Assignment:  This week we will be working on drawing geometric forms from observation.  Value to Model.doc

• Monday -  Introduce Value and Geometric Forms  - Demo on Sphere - Value drawings of Sphere
• Tuesday - Demo on Cube - Value drawings of Cube 
• Wednesday - Demo on Cone - Value drawings of cone 
• Thursday - Demo on Cylinder - Value drawings of cylinder 
• Friday -  Teacher Workday - No School for Students

Journal Assignment:  Create a series of thumbnail sketches using your most successful method of showing value and direct observation of a mini still life. Show same still life but draw it from at least 4 different views (will not be graded with normal Journal Rubric--will be graded on completion, effort and value technique )

In class/Studio Assignments:  On Wednesday through Friday we will be working on Value Scales. 

The Breakdown:

·                       Monday:  Time to work on Journals

·                       Tuesday:  SCAD visit

·                       Wednesday:  Begin Value Scales - Rendering

·                       Thursday:  Continue working on Value Scales - Hatching

·                       Friday:  Finish Value Scale - Cross Hatching

Journal Assignments:  No journal assignment this week.

Collage done by student, Shrinka Roy

In class/ studio assignments:  Students will be finishing their Surrealistic collages Monday through Wednesday.  Surrealism lesson plan.doc These collages are due Wednesday the 24^th. surrealism_rubric.doc 

Weekly Breakdown:

• Monday: Surreal Collages
• Tuesday: Surreal Collages
• Wednesday: Surreal Collages
• Thursday: Aesthetics Quiz
• Friday: Introduction of journal topic

Journal Topic: Artist Research - Friday we will go to the computer lab for the students to be able to research an artist of their choice to base their journal page on.  Artist Research.doc  Due next Wednesday.