Lauren Powell: March 2011 Archives

Essential Question: How can you use an abstract drawing as inspiration for your plaster carving?

Monday: Carving plaster - staining wood base
Tuesday: Carving plaster - staining wood base
Wednesday: Critique - self assess work using rubric
Thursday: Working in sketchbook
Friday: Working in sketchbook

Essential Question: How can you use found objects to create an original and unique piece of jewelry?

Monday - Friday: Working on Found object jewelry set

Essential Question: How can you create an original unique design and make it out of metal using cold connections?

Monday - Friday: Working on cold connections metal piece

Essential Question: What is a critique?

Monday: Working on Color Scheme paintings - when finished work on 2 page bleed composition topic: emotion
Tuesday: Finishing Color Scheme paintings - working in sketchbooks when finished
Wednesday:Critique on Color scheme paintings - self assess work with rubric
Thursday: Working in Sketchbook - Due today
Friday: Viewing powerpoint on Introduction to Sculpture

Students are working on Ceramic pieces in their own style.  

Monday - Friday: Working on Ceramic work in thier own style

Due Friday: HW - choose an artist, surface treatment or clay technique to further investigate - print image and reflect on what you like.

Essential Question:  How can you take a small part of your observational plant drawings and use it as inspiration for your plaster sculptures?

Monday: Working on plaster carvings

Tuesday: Working on plaster carvings

Wednesday: Working on plaster carvings

Thursday: Working on plaster carvings

Friday: Working on plaster carvings

 

Image from Fineartamerica.com

Image from artoakpark.com

Essential Question: How can you use found objects in your jewelry designs?

Monday: Read chapter 7 about alternative techniques - complete a sketchbook page containing images and plans for your own found object jewelry.

Tuesday: Sketchbook plans - collecting objects

Wednesday: Sketchbook plans - collecting objects

Thursday: Working on found object jewelry

Friday: Working on found object jewelry

Essential Question: How can you create two layers of metal that work together and attach them using cold connections?

Monday:  Working on cold connections pieces

Tuesday: Working on cold connections pieces

Wednesday: Working on cold connections pieces

Thursday: Working on cold connections pieces

Friday: Working on cold connections pieces

 

Image of a student's work from Intro To Art

Essential Question:  How can you make use of color schemes in your abstract drawings?

Monday: Working on Color scheme paintings

Tuesday: Working on Color scheme paintings

Wednesday: Working on Color scheme paintings

Thursday: Working on Color scheme paintings

Friday: Working on Color scheme paintings - due today

When finished, students will work on sketchbook pages: complete a "bleed composition" on the topic....Emotion

Metal Jewelry Examples.ppt

Monday - Friday: Working on Plaster sculpture

Essential Question:  How can you create an interesting form that makes use of both positive and negative space?

 

Monday: Carving demo - begin mini lab - carving in soap

Tuesday: Carving soap - mixing plaster

Wednesday: Carving soap - mixing plaster

Thursday: Soap carving due - mixing plaster - plaster carving demo

Friday: Begin plaster carvings

From March 14th through April 15th the students will switching off each week as follows:

 

Group #	3rd - 9th	10th - 16th	17th - 23rd	24th - 30th	Apr 11th - 15th
1	Pinhole	Sketchbook	Book	Book	Digital
2	Digital	Pinhole	Book	Book	Sketchbook
3	Sketchbook	Digital	Pinhole	Book	Book
4	Book	Book	Sketchbook	Pinhole	Digital
5	Book	Book	Digital	Sketchbook	Pinhole

 

 

 

Pinhole Camera:  EQ: How do you use your pinhole camera to create a photo?

Your main focus is to take 2 photos to turn in.  They need to be well exposed (blacks, whites and a variety of grays), clear, and have an interesting and creative composition.  Photo #1 should emphasize Texture Photo #2 should emphasize Line

 

Digital Images:  EQ: How can you create an original self portrait that shows a little about you and is inspired by researched artist?

You need to complete your self portrait that is inspired by an artist and also compete the photography scavenger hunt.  Your self portrait needs to be printed in color (if it is a color image) and turned in - your scavenger hunt may be turned in digitally either on a disk or flash drive.

 

Sketchbook: How are Berenice Abbott and Imogen Cunningham similar and different?

Complete a 2 page spread - Compare and contrast the following photographers: Berenice Abbott (pgs 2-9) and Imogen Cunningham(pgs2-9)

First read information in "Art & Man" magazines.  In your sketchbook page, compare and contrast the following information:

            - the photographers style of photographs

            - topic or meaning behind work

            - artistic background

            - influences

            - visual similarities and differences

Print a couple of images of each of their work - paste in sketchbook and include info above

 

Photobook: EQ:  How can you create an original design for a photobook to hold your pinhole photos?

Research an idea for a photobook to hold your pinhole photos - Create a plan in your sketchbook that includes directions, a materials list, and size dimensions.  Once you have collected all of your materials - make it!  Remember when deciding on size, the photo paper we use is 5 inches x 7 inches. 

 

Essential Question:  What are cold connections for metal jewelry?

Monday:  Finish graphing shapes - continue sketching out designs for metal - graph designs for metal
Tuesday: Demo on using jewelers saw, bench hook and clamp - begin practice
Wednesday: continue practice pieces - saw Lincoln out of a penny
Thursday:  Continue practice - work on designs - graph designs
Friday: Finish practice, designs and graphing

Essential Question:  What is the color wheel and how do you mix secondary and tertiary colors?

Monday:  Viewing a demo on color wheels, how to mix secondary and tertiary colors - begin color wheels
Tuesday: Finish color wheels - continue working on 4 color scheme thumbnail designs
Wednesday: Working on 4 color scheme thumbnail designs - choose the best for your painting
Thursday: Working on painting - abstract contour line using color schemes
Friday: Working on painting

Ceramic students will be working on ceramic work that is in their own style.  During this time, they are working on pieces 1 - 5 - constructing, firing, and glazing.

Each week there is a homework assignment due on Friday - they must research an artist, technique or surface design method and briefly describe and reflect.

Essential Question: How do you use your pinhole camera?

Monday - Wednesday: Group 1: Using pinhole camera Group 2: working in sketchbook on 2 page spread on a photographer you like - print a few images, brief bio and your reflection on what you like about them.  Group 3: will be working on digital assignment Group 4 and 5 will be working on creating a photobook

Thursday and Friday: Group 1 working in sketchbook on 2 page spread on a photographer you like - print a few images, brief bio and your reflection on what you like about them. Group 2 Using pinhole camera Group 3 working on digital assignment and groups 4 and 5 will be working on creating a photobook

Essential Question:  What are cold connections?

Monday: Working on leather cuffs or bead weavings

Tuesday: Leather cuffs due today - when done work on bead weaving

Wednesday: Powerpoint on Cold Connections - Begin research for plans on metal cold connections piece

Thursday: Demo on cold connections - Plans in sketchbook for cold connections

Friday: Planning in sketchbook

Essential Question:  What is the colorwheel?  How do you make Secondary and Tertiary colors?

Monday: Sketchbooks - Who am I? 

Tuesday: Quiz on Color chapter - View powerpoint on Color

Wednesday:  Begin Colorwheels

Thursday:  Finish Colorwheels

Friday: Sketchbooks due today - color wheels due today

Students are working on 3rd clay piece and working on glazing all others