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Mini Grids | due 8/22 at end of class

You will choose ONE mini grid drawing to draw. It's a mystery at first until you start drawing in each section. Follow the order of A1, A2, A3, A4 etc. for the rows and A1, B1, C1, etc. for the columns. Focus on the detail of each value. Challenge - ink pen only. Please do not write on the class set.

Note: Columns are up and down... think of the Greek columns on buildings. Rows are sideways/horizontal like the horizon

Turn in to the turn in box with your name on your paper. We will glue this into our sketchbooks when we make them. 

Why? This shows you that if you focus your attention on one section at a time, you can draw pretty much anything! Using pen will let me see how you overcome the oops factor.

Sketchbooks | due 8/22 at end of class

Grab paper, fold one piece in half to show you the midline, allign all paper nicely, use the stapler to staple 3 times down the middle of that folded piece. Fold and press down to make the book part. Decorate your cover and add your name large on the front. There will be some more time tomorrow to finish the design part if needed. 

Glue in your mini grids after I pass them back out to you. 

Grading as participation. Keep these on your shelves in class. 

Note: Waiting for the stapler?? Start designing your cover. 

Design font and scavenger hunt | due 8/25 at end of class

Do first (10 minutes) with phones: take the What Makes You You questionnaire on this website under the Art Info tab.

Design Font:

1. In your sketchbook, write the pangram sentence in the EXACT SAME STYLE as best as you can. It's located in the classroom as well as on the Art Info tab on this website under Art Terms.

 

2. Call me over and I will go over each letter giving you tips on what or how to make it better. Make the changes if needed.

 

3. Then write the same sentance using a different medium. Choose between color pencils, markers or watercolors. Each one will have a slightly different skill needed to replicate the font. 

4. Turn in - when your entire table is finished, call me over and I will grade them. If you get done early, add more to your sketchbook cover. 

 

Note: If needed to see how, watch the video found on Art Info tab. 

Why? It increases your attention to detail, makes your handwriting readable and it helps you with drawing straight lines and being consistent. 

Scavenger Hunt:

All answers are either in a tab on this website (so search around to find it) or it is physically in the classroom somewhere (search around to find it). Type the answers in any notes app or write it down - your choice. Organize it how you want. Save it. We always help each other out in my class (don't just watch someone struggle) so you can help each other out with this too. Have fun... wander around... get to know the art room. 

1. What is the phone policy? And, if you have not done so yet, google search and set up a free foriio- it lets you keep folders of artwork.

 

2. Take the WHAT KIND OF LEARNER ARE YOU QUIZ and the PERSONALITY test found on this website and screen shot the answers or write it down somewhere to access it later.

3. Which sink is used for paint and clay only? 

4. Add any songs you wish to be played on Spotify by adding to the google form found in the Art Info tab.

5. How do you become successful in art regardless of your ability?

6. Where is the physical turn in box located in the class? 

7. Save this website as a favorite on your phone/laptop. 

8. Where are the Art 1 supplies located?

9. Talk to someone new at your table or another table - write down their name along with something cool/interesting about them or what you talked about now or earlier in the class. 

10. Where are the art games located? When can you play them?

11. Where are the erasers and pencil sharpeners located?

12. What are your options if you finish early? 

13. What do you do before you leave art class?

14. What are you excited about after looking on the website and being in the classroom?

craftsmanship | due 8/26 at end of class

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Glue or staple the craftsmansip page into your sketchbook. Read and follow the directions on the page. 

Grading: Come up to me whenever you get done for a grade. 

 

This will be an ongoing thing to practice each time you come across a new medium like oil pastels, watercolor, acrylic, etc. This is your practice page to see what it does - you can add designs and shapes as we discover new mediums. Collect the discoveries like a collage - fit as many as you can on one page before going to a new page. 

Add a black or grey paper to use as a test page of what that medium looks like on a different colored paper. Not needing craftsmanship but as a quick value scale check of what each medium can do. Also collect the discoveries on this page like a collage. 

 

Definitions major project | due 9/12 at end of class

Prior

1. Prior to starting, watch the videos on the Art Info tab called 1. Elements of Art Animation (three videos) and 2. Principles of Design Animation. 

 

2. Word Definitions: On a piece of paper by the Giraffe in class (not sketchbook) write all of the Elements of Art and Principle of Design definitions using DESIGN FONT. It must fit on one single page (words and images on front). Repeat same process for Principles of Design (so there will be TWO PAPERS. Label each paper of what terms they belog to (Elements or Principles). 

 

See example below - the definitions are on the back or missing and a work in progress image.

3. Picture Definitions - Elements of Art: For your image - you will choose an insect or animal (from the red basket by The Great Wave with lights in class) to base all of your Elements of Art on (yes, I know my pineapple example is not the subject you are doing - it's just another visual for an example). Any layout you wish to design it your way. No white space. 

 

4. Picture Definitions - Principles of Design: You will choose your own subject to base all of your Principles of Design on but also add things related to you - PERSONALIZE IT. For example, I like tropical places, animal print, I have 2 dogs and I'm from WA state. If my subject is palm trees, when drawing movement, I will also add my dogs in there or when drawing pattern I will have a zebra or leopard background of my palm tree patterns. No white space.

 

5. Use CRAFTSMANSHIP on both. 

6. Style - it can be different sizes of sections (like the example), flip chart, or any style. 

Turn BOTH PAPERS into the turn in box with your name on it. 

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poster style lettering | due 9/19

You will be drawing your words using a ruler. It will look like you professionally printed it out. So no single pencil line- it must be bold. We will use this new technique on our next project. 

Directions:
Choose a level...

1. Beginner- block letters using the design font

2. Designer- script cursive or any font style. Dafont.com

THE WORDS you will "draw" in your sketchbook using a ruler are:
uniquely creative art

Use LIGHT PRESSURE! Then ink pen outline and erase light pencil marks. Lastly, fill in letters solid - using craftsmanship.

Detail instructions if needed: 

Use a ruler. Write the word off to the side to see where the center is. Mark your paper LIGHTLY. Measure the height and width of your first letter (you choose the size). Keep in mind some letters will be skinnier or wider than your first letter. Make those adjustments with your best judgement and draw LIGHTLY all the boxes of each letter including the exact same spacing between each letter (use a ruler for everything). Then LIGHTLY draw the letter in each box… again making adjustments if needed. Go over with ink pen or marker once it’s perfect. Erase the pencil lines. Fill the letters in solid or with style/pattern while using craftsmanship. Make it look like someone printed it out! You have 3 days so take your time in getting it correct. Here are some examples.Write big … two lines to fit them on one page. 



Note: You are using LINE to create the SHAPE of each letter. If you do it well, then you achieve HARMONY if they are aligned as if you typed it out. This plus craftsmanship is how and what I’m grading you on. 

Turn in: Come up to me for a grade when finished.

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Pepsi challenge | due 10/10 major project

Designing Data in a visualy pleasing and easy to understand way. Lots of professionals get this wrong! You will be in small groups (3 max) of your choice where you will decide what challenge (like the pepsi challenge) you want to conduct during class time or visiting other classes to gather your data. 9/23 & 10/3 & 10/7 will be a Discovery Lab.

Do first: Watch the following videos on the Art Info tab: 1. Color Schemes 2. Composition and Leading Lines Explained. 

1. Get into groups of no more than 3, plan all the due dates and work days in your calendar (due 9/22 in person) of who is doing what in your group, gather supplies if needed, start typing the questionairre in a google form due 9/27 in google classroom so you know what you will be asking. Make sure the questions being asked are to collect useful data.  

2. Once you have your topic sign up due 9/22 using the form below   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Mm0m05qhF5uGXcwZebfKPZBrwgqsPlMKYsOquyvKpeQ/edit?usp=sharing    This will give you a basic data chart to reference and make your final poster (see step 5) more unique and creative. Depending on the challenge or when you want it to take place, I might have to get permission from Admin - this could take a while so let me know ASAP. Get a Permission slip from me if you need to collect data (9/29 or 9/30) from another class during this class. 

3. Make an info poster (digitally/typed) due in google classroom 9/28 to advertise what you are doing (printed for the day of your challenge). Who, What, Where, When - (time & day). Add a QR code to it for the google form of questions.  

 

 

4. Day of event can be done on 9/29 or 9/30. Collect data from students/teachers/staff, enter data in excel (for a basic visual of what is happening). Decide how many graphs or charts you need to best represent your data - multiple charts is required for a grade. Everyone's will be different based on their questionnaire. 

5. After the data has been collected: On large paper - Use a ruler to draw or paint a graph or chart or something else creative (that's the goal) to let the viewer do as little reading as possible to understand what is going on. Relate it to your challenge. Turn this in to me in person as a wole group to explain the process, what you learned from the challenge and who did what. Due 10/10 by end of class. 

 

What I'm Grading on: 10% for each of the following:

  • your use of craftsmanship,

  • alignment of your poster style lettering with the graphs,

  • multiple graphs/charts are creative and unique,

  • the type of questions asked gave you useable data,

  • you choose an appropriate color scheme based on your topic

  • when you come up as a group you will tell me in person if you used EMPHASIS, PATTERN, LINE, OR ANY OF THE ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES in your final poster design.
     

The other 40% on the following:

  • How well you managed your time as a group to complete this,

  • you all worked equally,

  • you used your calendar to check off tasks completed (organized/communicating)

  • you made the mini deadlines on time.

Note: Afterwards, I will display all data graphs (once I have graded them) and as a class we will discuss through a critique which stood out the most in a good way, an odd way, which was the most creative, the best craftsmaship, etc. 

Fine print: if you are sick for a long time, in ISS or not participating while in class- then you are on your own team - team of one. If you are absent- you need to make up for lost time on your own or tutorial time- talk with your team.

Topic examples; Who wore what (shoes, hoodies, brands, etc.), Pepsi vs. coke and if they are brand loyal or not afterwards, where have you traveled, favorite food lunch vs bring own lunch vs. eat after school, favorite sport. It can also be political and your poster can stand for somthing you want to bring awareness to.

For reference... Basic yet colorful charts on the top left. Slightly more creative charts on the bottom left. Creative, unique and colorful charts on the right. Your goal should be the right side! 

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This is a line graph turned into what looks like mountains using SHAPE and VALUE - of blues and purples making it unique and creative if it's for an outdoors company. If it's for a dessert place, it's a poor choice overall. 

critique awards

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Go over as a class - found on the Art Info tab

We will critique everyone's Pepsi project to see who got what award and what they could improve on for their next project. 

Color wheel | due see dates below
For next grading cycle

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1. Discovery lab: Practice watercolor techniques by watching and following along with this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEXfQKabQGI and atmospheric perspective video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6ZTXJPE85E Cut watercolor paper in half if needed and attach in your sketchbook (one half will be for the lab and the other half will be for the color wheel in step 2. Add all of these things to your calendar so you know how you are spending your time.

 

HOMEWORK: Copy the definitions of all the color schemes (found in the Art Info tab) using Design Font and then attach it to your sketchbook. Due in google classroom 10/13.

2. Color Wheel: Use your new freehand skills to draw a large circle on the watercolor paper - divide it into 12 equal sections for a color wheel. Leave room for the labels around the edges. Add the three circles for Primary and three circles for Secondary as you see in the blank example. Fill in with watercolor by mixing the primary colors to get the secondary and tertiary colors. Remember: paint every other one so it has time to dry or the edges will bleed together when you don't want it to. Due 10/18 in google classroom

3. Card Game: Team up with one other person (you might want to work on this when you are waiting for your color wheel to dry) and make one set of matching cards for the Color Scheme Game. Color Schemes are found on the Art Info tab - choose one that you want to become an expert on and sign up using the link below to make the matching pair of cards: Focus on hadwritting (or drawing). Card one will have the english words in black letters only and the second card will have the Tagalog word written in the color of what scheme it is. See example. Use any medium you want for this. Due 10/18 in the turn in box

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bQa-Ceh-uF4ya0s-wbzAWlNpQVefqech892_3dfQFJY/edit?usp=sharing 

 

Watch the Tagalog video so you know what the colors are called. https://youtu.be/F4_lDuVyGu0 

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Some background: Tagalog (Filipino language)

A lot of Tagalog words are extensions of the Spanish occupation that were incorporated into the native languages or adopted Spanish and English words with different spellings.  We only recently adopted letters like c (used to be K), f, j (use to be DY), q (used to be KU), v (used to be B), x (used to be KS) and z (used to be S).  This is why when you look up words, you'll sometimes have two or three. 

Families may speak a different dialect based on their geography in the Philippines.  There are over 100 dialects!

 

Kulay means color... in some dialects. 

Culture: Dia de los muertos or mandalas | dUe 11/1 + various due dates for tattoo option

First do some research between the two cultures. Choose a culture. Then there are options for both cultures - paper version or tattoo version. 

1. Paper: You will either draw/paint the Mandalas, a sugar skull or skeleton (bone study). You can choose to also be a practice client for those doing the tattoo option.

2. Tattoo: You will practice the same tattoo/s of your design over and over again so you can get confident in tattooing this on clients (myself, students and staff). 

Here are the options:

  • Henna cones - real brown henna paste (lasts longer) for mandalas on hands/arms of clients.

  • Henna markers - (brown and black) for Mandalas that you draw on clients hands/arms. 

  • Colorful henna markers - for Dia de los Muertos sugar skulls or bones of a hand/arm.

  • Henna markers - for script writting the name of a loved one who has passed on for Dia de los Muertos... in any color.  

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Image by Eduardo Dorantes

Henna Videos:

Henna Overview

https://youtu.be/fAwdB-jltuQ

Henna Care:

https://youtu.be/YtkKZpEvf78

https://youtu.be/PXwHqouBUTo

Henna Flowers:

https://youtu.be/eGc-lPCmdaI

Henna Leaves:

https://youtu.be/TPQMktznZsg


 

Dia de los Muertos Videos:

How to draw a Sugar Skull and it's History

https://youtu.be/4SZJcN9mwxs

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Various due dates if choosing any Tattoo option:

  • If you choose Mandala or Dia de los Muertos tattoo option, then you will need to have a parent/guardian fill out the permission slip (due 10/20) and that is your ticket to begin the project or you will do the paper version if you forget to bring it back. The first 10 to bring this back signed get to do the project. 

  • If you want to do the Paper option but would like be a practice client for students in class to practice their tattoo design, then you will also need a parent permission slip - Due 10/20 

  • Your final design from what you practiced over and over needs to be emailed to me, along with how long it will take you to complete it (so time yourself during practice). Due 10/24 so teachers and staff can start signing up. 

  • Your practice student clients (in class) are only on 10/26, 10/27 and 10/28

  • Real clients are on 10/31 and 11/1 only. This is your main project. To get a grade, you must take photos of all your client work to show me. 

Directions for Mandala Tattoos: Either marker or henna paste

Create 3 different traditional Mandala designs after watching the videos above. Show me. Choose a favorite. Then practice the SAME design on a piece of paper with a regular marker 3 times... send me the best image - so take a picture of it and email me. Then practice on students in class. Theachers will sign up based on the photo reference you emailed me. If I don't have your image, then you will unfortunately not have a client that day and loose points. 

Directions for Dia de los Muertos Tattoos: Either sugar skulls, script or bones

Create 3 different designs of sugar skulls or three different styles of depicting bones or three different script fonts you think clients will like after watching the videos above. Show me. Choose a favorite. Then practice the SAME design on a piece of paper with a regular marker 3 times... send me the best image - so take a picture of it and email me. Then practice on students in class (markers or real henna). Teachers will sign up based on the photo reference you emailed me. If I don't have your image, then you will unfortunately not have a client that day and loose points. 

If you are wanting to tattoo names, then have a couple names as your reference photo or the pangram sentance (A-Z) so they know what it will look like if they book you. 

Directions for paper Mandalas

It will be your choice from the follwing in what medium to use - ink pen, color pencil, watercolor or mixed media. No pencil but you can use that first if you'd like. At least 90% of your paper will be traditional Mandalas so watch the videos above to see what lines and shapes are used in their culture. Sketch 3 options in your sketchbook. Choose a favorite. Show me. Then begin on your large paper. Plan to set aside one day of not working on your own project if you are volunteering to be a practice client for those choosing the tattoo option. 

Directions for paper Dia de los Muertos

It will be your choice from the follwing in what medium to use - ink pen, color pencil, highlighters (these glow in black light), watercolor or mixed media. No pencil but you can use that first if you'd like. Watch the videos above to see what lines and shapes are used in their culture and what it represents. If you plan on doing sugar skulls, at least 90% of your paper will be a skull/s (you can put your own twist on it). If you choose to do script, this will also take up 90% of your paper. You will need to add some cultural lines, shapes and colors associated with Dia de los Muertos along with the name of your choice (variations can be different fonts or different backgrounds or a mixture). If you are planning to do a bone study then look up what real bones of the hand look like or the ribs or the legs (your choice) and add cultural lines, shapes, colors to represent Dia de los Muertos. It will also need to take up at least 90% of your paper. Sketch 3 options in your sketchbook of whatever theme you decide. Choose a favorite. Show me. Then begin on your large paper. Plan to set aside one day of not working on your own project if you are volunteering to be a practice client for those choosing the tattoo option. 

Value Shading Techniques | due 11/3

Follow the set up from the example - use a ruler. Use your skills and knowledge from Discovery labs and art terms on cross hatching and craftsmanship.

The Value Shading Techniques will be done in your sketchbook. 

Post an image to google classroom on the due date.

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color scheme page | due 11/9 (prgress pic) and finished by 11/14

Follow the set up from the example. Use your skills and knowledge from Discovery labs and art terms on cross hatching, color schemes, craftsmanship and fill the whole page with color. Use color pencils. 

 

The color page will be done on the paper in the green basket. 

Steps:

Create two equal squares on left side.

 

Label the top left - what color scheme you are choosing, what type of shape (pattern) you are designing and what value shading style you are choosing. 

Label the bottom left square - a different color scheme than above, it will be the same shape (pattern) as above and a different value shading technique. 

On the top right - everyone will draw the 7 value scales showing the values of your own image of what you choose. Everyone will label this one Monochromatic but the hue is of your choice.

On the bottom right - label it your choice of color scheme and what type of pattern you chose for the background. Everyone will draw their initials in some type of block lettering of your choice. 

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11/9 post an image for a progress check grade to google classroom.

11/14 turn in to the turn in box and a finished pic to google classroom

drawing warm ups | due 11/16

Choose any 10 you want to draw. You can keep is safe, have a challenge, try to improve on a couple of items or a healthy blend of everything. 

Do this in your sketchbook using a ruller to get a grid of 10 spaces on one page. If time left, then add your color. 

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popcorn study | due 11/30
with a  blind contour drawing due 11/17

We will be drawing popcorn! Then we will eat the evidence (let me know if you are allergic).

1. Watch the composition video in Art Info tab. I will pass out popcorn. DO NOT EAT IT AT FIRST. You need it for a reference photo so take lots of different angles, zoom in for the texture and rotate each piece for a cool contour shape.

 

2. Draw a blind countour drawing of popcorn using markers only! In your sketchbook. Use a different color each time for a cool overlapping effect. Post this in Google classroom 11/17

 

3. Divide your small black or grey paper in half. Practice on one side: hatching, cross-hatching, stippling or scribbling technique - which ever is your strongest shading skill. NO SOLID OR BLENDING. Use a sphere shape for practice to practice curves. 

 

4. Use one of the photos you took to practice an actual piece of popcorn on the other side of the small black or grey paper. Include the shadows! Glue this into your sketchbook for reference 11/18

5. After the break, start on your large piece of black or grey paper to do a popcorn study piece. Have multiple pieces of popcorn in your photo - frankenstien multiple photos from earlier to create a new creative composition of interest. Add shadows and detail like the example below. You can keep it one hue or you can use color composition in your piece like the video showed DUE 11/30

We are using white color pencils, white charcoal pencils, charcoal pencils, chalk pencils or a colored pencil that you practiced with earlier to see if it shows up well on the paper color.

Art terms - line, texture, value, form, composition

6. Vote on best composition, detail, shading and overall on 12/1 

1st Period Voting: https://forms.gle/4gKwR7BftwdzV2Zw9  

5th Period Voting: https://forms.gle/JyhZc9AA1pnwpuBR8 

7th Period Voting: https://forms.gle/iZPZXTzibZyRH94JA

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patternish | due same day 12/1

Download the app called Patternish or use the iPads with it already loaded. 

Mess around with the features and settings by using a previous photo or take one in class without having anyone else in the background. 

Submit your favorite one to google classroom - or more if you have a few awesome ones! 

photography photos | due 12/6

I will show a slideshow of different things to keep in mind when intentionally thinking creatively while taking a photograph. 

You will take the photos OUTSIDE of class as homework over the weekend.

You will adjust, crop, edit and format the photos during class or work on late projects.

•Categories to submit to google classroom (see the example of how for each one): Subject is your choice – choose wisely/intentional = creativity

•1. One photo involving perspective.

•2. One photo using rule of thirds.

•3. One photo involving reflection.

•4. One photo with light/shadows.

•5. One photo involving an Element or Principle of Design that is not yet listed above. Specify what you chose/used. 

Clarity: You should have 5 pages like the one example of the fish. 

midterms project | due... 
1st period - 12/16     5th period - 12/15     7th period - 12/14

You can start this as soon as you have turned in your 5 Photography Photos.

Because this is a project taking longer than 1.5 hours like a regular midterm exam, Art is not an option to get exempt from taking the midterm. 

What to do:

Choose (game style) the items you will need to include in your single drawing or painting. Miss Larson will write this on the back of your paper.

 

The medium will be your choice and you must include all of the the things you drew/rolled as part of the game aspect showing me you are knowledgable of the things we have been learning in class. You are "problem solving" in a creative way. Don't copyright from google.

 

The day of our scheduled midterm: You will write a critique on two peoples pieces that were not from your table. Turn those into the artist and read what others wrote about yours. 

1st period - 12/16     5th period - 12/15     7th period - 12/14

Semester 2

Elements and principles focus | due 1/5 

You will use your knowledge from when we did the full page Elements of Art and Principles of Design but now you will only be in charge of one term instead of all of them. This way you can focus your attention to just one of them and do it well. Reminder: definitions if needed are in the Art Info tab on this website. 

Requirements:

1. You must demostrate the knowledge of each term and not have any other term overpowering it or even sharing the stage equally - it must be clear which term you are referencing. 

2. The entire page must be filled with art (no blank space or white space or negative space). Write the term on the BACK not the front. 

3. Choose the best medium you work in to create this piece and use craftsmanship. 

4. Your choice of subject matter that is equivalent to a high standard (for yourself as an artist - not campared to another artist). Nothing rudimentary or basic. You will plan, execute and create. 

Due in google classroom (picture of front and back) and in the turn in box - remember to always let me know if you have internet issues of submitting your work before you leave for next class. 

On Friday, 1/6, we will critique/dicuss which ones are easy to figure out without needing to see what term they had and why or what they could have done to make us see it easier/clearer. 

Color Mixology | due 1/13

Your goal is to try and match the following colors as close as you can in the following mediums: Acrylic, Watercolor, color pencil, pastel/makeup. Use your sketchbook. 

Focus on one medium per day in any order you want. Then work on creating your own unique colors - as many as you can, in any medium you like best, until the due date. GIve them cool names as if you worked on the Crayola marketing team. 

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Eyes | due 1/18

I will go over basic eye properties and tricks to draw an eye. You will follow along in your sketchbook using a pencil. 

Then on your own, you will practice 5 more eyes with a focus on what to improve on like the eyelashes, the shape, the tearduct, the iris, etc. Number them so I see your progression. Use different mediums like watercolor, color pencil. Your practice page can have at least 2 human eyes and 3 can be animal eyes - but you must research a REAL LIFE eye as your reference and not a cartoon or someone elses drawing of one. Or all 5 practice eyes can be human - your choice on gender, shape and L or R. 

This will be helpful in the upcoming project where you will draw a face. 

half face | due 1/30

You will get to choose if you want to draw two halves of a human face or half animal half human. It can be you, a friend, family member or just a made up person. You can focus on just the eyes or the entire face. Each half could be different genders, skin tones, color wheel iris, your zodiac sign, etc. Play around with different emotions too like fear, excitement, sadness, funny, skeptical. FOcus on texture and using all the components of an eye we went over. 

 

No comic eyes - must be realistic and use a real reference photo. That photo will be posted in google classroom when turning in your project. 

 

You will use two different mediums we practiced earlier in the color mixing project. Choose the ones that you did really well at for skin tones and then what you think would pair well with it for your other half. Let me know if you need special watercolor paper for your project or pastel/makeup paper.

You must practice in your sketchbook first to show me your plan to get the main paper.

Criteria: Aesthetics and craftsmanship, mixing colors well, correct proportions for each eye and making a good pairing choice for each half of the face. Use the whole paper - add a  background if needed. 

CLAY! Various due dates see below

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KNOWLEDGE - HIDDEN FIGURES | DUE 2/1

Why is so much African American History not written in text books or talked about in school? Africans had Queens, Kings, developed cities and impressive architecture. It didn’t start at slavery - let’s change that view point

Research what the forgotten, influential people did for our way of living like a key Scientist not written in the History books or a powerful Queen that led her people in battle. Write a paragraph in your own words about the person you are highlighting. Then sketch out a single image as an illustration depicting that person once forgotten and write their name next to it as well.

POST TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM

For example, Rosa Parks (who is well known so the example makes sense) I would draw a single bus seat because she refused to give her seat up to a white person and it brought iconic awareness and impact to the Civil Rights movement. 

WATCH THIS VIDEO ON HOW TO SCULPT A FIGURE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mkYFTC99jg

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MINI SCULPTURE | DUE 2/3 or 2/6

Clay! Turn that 2D sketch from your research ABOVE into a mini sculpture with room for their name and what people might not know about them from your research.  Once fired – add their name and why they need to be remembered on it somewhere creative (typography) like it is being placed in a dedicated area of importance to educate the public and give appreciation.  

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USEFUL CREATION | DUE 2/9 or 2/10

Clay! Create something useful for your first apartment or dorm like a unique shaped ring holder or a unique shaped tray for keys (with an elaborate painting plan) or an entire animal figure as décor which is also a glasses holder for your first apartment or dorm life. It needs to look like art and also have another use to it. Create your plan in your sketchbook of what the shape will be and what the design will look like when you glaze or paint it after it has been fired. We will need to multitask on this when waiting for the kiln to be done firing all of our items.

If time left, using left over clay, you can make a fortune cookie. Carve your initials on it.

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lyrical portrait | due 2/22 and
3/8 - new due date!

You will choose a song or poem or saying that has impacted you in some way… reflect that meaning into images and color (color psychology will help reiterate this aspect) using typography as an art style. There are a few different types of typography that you can choose from or blend together.

Typography Practice due 2/22

Requirements:

  1. Typography style is evident with foreground and background 

  2. Aesthetics and Craftsmanship

  3. Composition and portrait choice is pushing you personally and not basic

  4. Your use of color and Elements/Principles gave meaning to the piece and not just there to be there

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Painting Techniques | due various see below  

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1. Atmospheric Perspective - Practice getting 7 different values using watercolor - a value scale.

  • Then create your own mini painting using atmospheric perspective but your choice of subject using at least 7 values. Darkest value is closest, in the front. 

2. Blending - Practice using the wide flat brush and getting the smooth fade from one color to another color.

  • Then choose two colors to blend on the paper in 2 styles (smooth & impressionism).

3. Bob Ross Chaos 3/24 - You will follow along with Bob Ross on the screen and complete a full painting in one day. One day only in class! Make up during tutorials one day only on 3/27 so be on time to this - we'll start at 2:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81QKellPA70 

Due dates: Techniques 1 and 2 due together in google classroom on 3/23. Bob Ross Chaos due in google on 3/24 and we will take a class photo at the end. 

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Large Grids | Due 3/31-4/3
We are gluing it together on 4/3 during class

You will choose TWO sections of picture/s you want to be a part of creating. If it is a simple one, you might need to do multiple simple ones to get the full credit.

 

Pay attention to what medium everyone will use for that picture so we achieve UNITY.

Everyone will have their own style making up a VARIETY of styles within one image but at the same time UNITY is there when it is all put together.

 

You will need to have an eye for detail where the shape/lines starts or ends in your section so the person next to you can have a good set up for success on their section of the picture.

 

Keep the code visible on the BACK so we know how to put it together.

Extra Credit opportunity for those who don’t finish or we have empty spots.

sculpture | TBD

You will either choose to paper mâché an item from the list below or you can get into a group of 2-3 and paper mâché a large version of something from the list. All together, we will make a sculpture of Koi fish in a river with frogs and waterlilies in the hallway. The large-scale items will be placed around the school (frogs) or hanging from the ceiling (Koi) or taped to the windows (flowers). Write down which item you are doing on the list in class and who your group members are if that applies.

  1. Koi Fish

  2. Waterlily and flower

  3. Frog

  4. Water – this will be a few people each class to continue the pattern on the paper creating a river

  5. Grass blades – large scale only

Sizes: If you are working individually, the items will be around the size of the pineapples on the desk. If you are working on the group item, the large scale will at least be as big as the turtle on the wall by the Tiki supplies – or larger.

For photo references, please see the board for examples and ideas. 

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