Monday - Friday: Construction of Pinhole cameras
HW: Collect different types of paper that you will use to make a sketchbook. When finished with camera construction, you will make your sketchbook.
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Monday: View Elements and Principles Power Point - Watch Blublu.org videos to get inspiration for upcoming work.
HW: Complete Pattern Sheet by Wednesday
Tuesday: Discuss Contour line, drawing on the right side of the brain, perception and Blind Contour lines - Begin drawing with Blind Contour line drawings
HW: On the internet, find 2 graffiti artists that you like, print out a few images of each of thier work.
Wednesday: Draw using 10/90 drawings - 90% blind, 10% looking - Practice drawing hands
Thursday: Begin thumbnail sketches of your final contour line drawing - use the inspiration from graffiti artists you researched along with your pattern sheet.
Friday: View Sketchbook Powerpoint - Begin working in Sketchbooks
Monday - Friday: Working on Series inspired by Picasso's ceramic work
Monday: Begin working on Humanimals
Tuesday: Working on Humanimals
Wednesday: Working on Humanimals
Thursday: View Powerpoint presentation and take notes
Friday: Sketchbooks
HW: Due Friday - research an artist or culture that creatively uses the pinch method. Print out background information and images of thier work.
Essential Question - How can you use inspiration from Picasso's pottery when creating your series?
Tuesday - Friday: Planning your Picasso inspired series -- must complete journal page of detailed plans and description of work.
Essential Question: What is Photography?
Tuesday: Read in books, Chapter 1 pages 7 - 31 Take notes
Wednesday: View Prezi presentation on Photography and discuss the History - Quiz on Chapter 1
Thursday: Begin constructing your pinhole camera
Friday: Continue constructing your pinhole camera
Essential Question: What is Ceramics?
Tuesday: Work in sketchbooks -- begin to design your humanimal by using your reference images. You need to think about 4 different sides -- front, back, side and from above. Create sketches to show this.
Wednesday: Finish designing your humanimal. Quiz over Chapter 1
Thursday: Demonstration on making your humanimal - begin making your humanimal -- demo on cleanup
Friday: Working on Humanimal
Essential Question: What is Art?
Tuesday - Take 5 minutes to write about What Art is to you. Discussed in groups and each group wrote one statement about what art is. View and discuss 2 What is Art powerpoints.
Wednesday - Read Chapter 1, Lesson 3 - using magazines, find images that go along with the elements and principals. You need one image per element or principal.
Thursday - View power point on elements and principals - take quiz on elements and principals
Friday - Finish image search for elements and principals -- due today
First Day of School!!! Welcome back!!! Hope everyone had a fun and relaxing summer!
Today we will be going over the syllabus, class rules and expectations, class donations and the general schedule of how the semester will go.
For homework -- review the syllabus and expectations with your parents -- print out signature sheet and bring that along with your class donation (listed on the syllabus) to class tomorrow. The signature sheets and donations are due, at the latest, by this Friday.
