Monday, December 19, 2011

Sketchbook "J" Homework

Three objects or animals that start with the letter "J", detailed, shaded or colored.

Due Friday 12/23/2011

Monday, December 12, 2011

Sketchbook "I" Homework

Three objects or animals that start with the letter "I", detailed, shaded or colored.

Due Friday 12/16/2011

Monday, December 5, 2011

Sketchbook "H" Homework

Three objects, shaded and detailed that start with letter "H", due 12/9/2011.

Monday, November 28, 2011

FOR TOMORROW!

Students must bring a quality photograph with them to redraw for a pencil reproduction.

11/28 Sketchbook Homework "G"

Students should draw three things that start with the letter "g", shaded, detailed, and due Friday 12/2/2011.

Monday, November 21, 2011

11/21 Sketchbook "F" Homework

Students should draw three things that start with the letter "F", shaded, detailed, and due Wednesday 11/23/2011 because of the short week.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Working on Crayon Resists...


11/14 Sketchbook Homework "E"

Student can select three objects or animals that start with the letter "E", and must represent them in detail, with color or shading. They are due Friday 11/18/2011.

Monday, November 7, 2011

11/7 Sketchbook Homework

Student can select three objects or animals that start with the letter "D", and must represent them in detail, with color or shading. They are due Thursday 11/10/2011.

Monday, October 31, 2011

10/31 Sketchbook Homework

Student can select three objects or animals that start with the letter "C", and must represent them in detail, with color or shading. They are due friday 11/4/2011.

Some Finished Collages


Friday, October 28, 2011

Fun With Collage

Students used images from magazines to represent their chosen sub contextual themes based on their objects.




Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Students Begin Context and Subtext around "Material Culture"

Students complete a show and tell type activity where they present an item of importance to them. the context and subtext are listed by the class and the student then takes ideas surrounding a sub-textual theme and isolates it for a collage.

Monday, October 24, 2011

10/24 Sketchbook Homework

Student can select three objects or animals that start with the letter "B", and must represent them in detail, with color or shading. They are due friday 10/28/2011.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Students Begin One Point Perspective

Students will be taught to use a vanishing point to demonstrate one point perspective by drawing image of a school hallway. Once hallway is drawn students will trace pencil lines in marker and erase pencil. Vocabulary includes parallel lines, recede, converge, vanishing point, and foreshorten.

Monday, October 17, 2011

10/17 Sketchbook Homework

Student can select three objects or animals that start with the letter "A", and must represent them in detail, with color or shading. They are due friday 10/21/2011.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

10/11 Sketchbook Homework

Students must complete three full page landscapes, showing a horizon line, and techniques that emphasis depth, such as smaller objects closer to the horizon line or lighter colors on areas that recede. Due Friday 10/14/2011.

Aerial Perspectives




Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Students begin Aerial Perspective

Students learn concepts surrounding aerial perspective and terminology including "Horizon Line". In order to produce illusion of depth students should show a reduction in size of objects that are further away, a light color for objects further away, and objects in the distance should be placed closer to the horizon line.

Students will create landscapes from imagery based on these details.

Monday, October 3, 2011

10/3 Sketchbook Homework

Students complete three textural drawings of objects from their home, due Friday 10/7/2011.

Monday, September 26, 2011

9/26 Sketchbook Homework

Students represent three objects showing highlight, middle tones, and shadow. Due Wednesday 9/28.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Textural Drawing

Students are working on learning to see and draw the texture of objects as opposed to just using the same line to represent a pine cone, a silk clothe and a fuzzy teddy bear. Students will work from a still life, laying out the image in pencil, students will then retrace these lines in sharpie to emphasis the linear quality, and erase pencil marks.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Today students looked at "Maman" sculptures by Louise Bourgeois, and discussed concepts of metaphor and symbolism for motherhood.