Our Studio with Frank Korb: Pull Everything Out Of…

What are you doing to pull everything out of your teacher? How about your fellow artists? Sister Mary Corita Kent, artist, teacher, nun, wrote out 10 rules of her studio. Rule #2 is to “Pull everything out of your teacher. Pull everything out of your fellow students.” https://www.corita.org/about/corita to learn more about Sister Mary Corita Kent and her art. Thanks!

Let’s talk about that – Come on over.

The full series of episodes can be found HERE! Come on over.

How do you see yourself in Sister Mary Corita Kent’s Studio Rule?

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATIONS.

6th Grade: GLAZING and Keepsake Boxes…

Here are the 6th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Week 2 and I am going to leave this here just like it is…

We are beginning in CLAY! Woo Hoo! We are experimenting first and making some small keepsakes for our pockets. We are going to be making KEEPSAKE boxes – this is one I made for my daughter who collects matchbooks. What is a keepsake you have?

Remember these? These are your small Pokisculps (Pocket Sculptures) 😆😆😆.. we are glazing them after we finish up the boxes. How close to done are you?

Lesson Plans for the Keepsake Box.

7th Grade: Printmaking from Plein Air Drawings SWITCHING GEARS!

Here are the 7th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are switching to draw with soft pastels and make one of a kind prints. This is going to be AWESOME. When you go outside, how much do you appreciate the TREES? We are going to go out and REALLY get to know them (and revisit color schemes too).

Printmaking assignment is HERE.

8th Grade 2D: Linoleum Printing – Let’s get going… Let’s get going… Let’s get going (there will be repeating here!)

Here are the 8th Grade 2D Design semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

https://www.moma.org/multimedia/video/151/937 – Visit the Museum of Modern Art when you go to New York next time.

Printmaking has been around for a LONG time. Almost as long as Mr. Korb has been around. There have been a lot of movements in art that utilized the process of printmaking to express their beliefs and thoughts. German Expressionism was a huge one that implemented the ideas of printmaking to put a lot of their works and thoughts about the world out into the world. Above is an image by Franz Marc (a German Expressionist).

8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Throwing and Hand Building AND TEST TILES

Here are the 8th Grade Sculpture semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

As we end this week we are going to be doing some test tiles. This is an example and HERE is the worksheets we are going to be using. What are your predictions? Here is Florian Gatsby and his dog Ciro in the studio with his test tiles. I made them for you.

Welcome to the pottery studio. The next 4 or 5 weeks we are going to be switching between two different summative assignments. Wheel Throwing (which will be more about the experience) and a new project (I am excited about this) Bas-Relief Architectural Works.

Milwaukee Artist Heather Eiden and her Bas-Relief Sculptures of local homes and spaces. What are you thinking about as you begin to plan your ideas?

The Wheel Thrown Assignment is HERE.

The Bas-Relief Architecture Assignment is HERE

Involving more than 120 artists, craftspeople and self-taught makers from across Japan, Hyakkō is a celebration of contemporary Japanese craft aesthetics.

Virtual Exhibition of the Hyakko Show at Japan House – London. Artists – here is a great place to start for inspiration towards a lifetime of making. One could wander through this virtual exhibition for hours. Imagine what the real space would be like?

This exhibition presents works in clay, glass, wood, leather, metal and bamboo – from ceramic matcha bowls to metal teapots and urushi lacquerware trays. Each item bears traces of its maker’s surroundings and nods to tradition while quietly incorporating both innovation and self-expression.

Discover the people and processes behind the craft of Japan’s every day, where form and function exist in harmony.

https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/whats-on/hyakko-100-makers-from-japan/

Our Studio with Frank Korb: Pull Everything Out Of…

What are you doing to pull everything out of your teacher? How about your fellow artists? Sister Mary Corita Kent, artist, teacher, nun, wrote out 10 rules of her studio. Rule #2 is to “Pull everything out of your teacher. Pull everything out of your fellow students.” https://www.corita.org/about/corita to learn more about Sister Mary Corita Kent and her art. Thanks!

Let’s talk about that – Come on over.

The full series of episodes can be found HERE! Come on over.

How do you see yourself in Sister Mary Corita Kent’s Studio Rule?

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATIONS.

6th Grade: Ceramics and Keepsake Boxes

Here are the 6th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Week 2 and I am going to leave this here just like it is…

We are beginning in CLAY! Woo Hoo! We are experimenting first and making some small keepsakes for our pockets. We are going to be making KEEPSAKE boxes – this is one I made for my daughter who collects matchbooks. What is a keepsake you have?

Lesson Plans for the Keepsake Box.

7th Grade: Printmaking from Plein Air Drawings

Here are the 7th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Here is the Kiln Guardian Art making Assignment.

We are beginning to draw with CRAYONS and make one of a kind prints. This is going to be AWESOME. When you go outside, how much do you appreciate the TREES? We are going to go out and REALLY get to know them (and revisit color schemes too).

Printmaking assignment is HERE.

8th Grade 2D: Linoleum Printing – Let’s get going… Let’s get going… Let’s get going (there will be repeating here!)

Here are the 8th Grade 2D Design semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Printmaking has been around for a LONG time. Almost as long as Mr. Korb has been around. There have been a lot of movements in art that utilized the process of printmaking to express their beliefs and thoughts. German Expressionism was a huge one that implemented the ideas of printmaking to put a lot of their works and thoughts about the world out into the world. Above is an image by Franz Marc (a German Expressionist).

8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Throwing and Hand Building AND TEST TILES

Here are the 8th Grade Sculpture semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

As we end this week we are going to be doing some test tiles. This is an example and HERE is the worksheets we are going to be using. What are your predictions?

Welcome to the pottery studio. The next 4 or 5 weeks we are going to be switching between two different summative assignments. Wheel Throwing (which will be more about the experience) and a new project (I am excited about this) Bas-Relief Architectural Works.

Milwaukee Artist Heather Eiden and her Bas-Relief Sculptures of local homes and spaces. What are you thinking about as you begin to plan your ideas?

The Wheel Thrown Assignment is HERE.

The Bas-Relief Architecture Assignment is HERE

Involving more than 120 artists, craftspeople and self-taught makers from across Japan, Hyakkō is a celebration of contemporary Japanese craft aesthetics.

Virtual Exhibition of the Hyakko Show at Japan House – London. Artists – here is a great place to start for inspiration towards a lifetime of making. One could wander through this virtual exhibition for hours. Imagine what the real space would be like?

This exhibition presents works in clay, glass, wood, leather, metal and bamboo – from ceramic matcha bowls to metal teapots and urushi lacquerware trays. Each item bears traces of its maker’s surroundings and nods to tradition while quietly incorporating both innovation and self-expression.

Discover the people and processes behind the craft of Japan’s every day, where form and function exist in harmony.

https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/whats-on/hyakko-100-makers-from-japan/

Our Studio with Frank Korb: Pull Everything Out Of…

What are you doing to pull everything out of your teacher? How about your fellow artists? Sister Mary Corita Kent, artist, teacher, nun, wrote out 10 rules of her studio. Rule #2 is to “Pull everything out of your teacher. Pull everything out of your fellow students.” https://www.corita.org/about/corita to learn more about Sister Mary Corita Kent and her art. Thanks!

Let’s talk about that – Come on over.

The full series of episodes can be found HERE! Come on over.

How do you see yourself in Sister Mary Corita Kent’s Studio Rule?

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATIONS.

6th Grade: Ceramics and Keepsake Boxes

Here are the 6th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Week 2 and I am going to leave this here just like it is…

We are beginning in CLAY! Woo Hoo! We are experimenting first and making some small keepsakes for our pockets. We are going to be making KEEPSAKE boxes – this is one I made for my daughter who collects matchbooks. What is a keepsake you have?

Lesson Plans for the Keepsake Box.

7th Grade: GLAZING – KILN GODS – Personal “Guardians” and Printmaking with water soluble crayons.

Here are the 7th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Week 2 and I am going to leave this here just like it is… But we are going to assess this and then move into PRINTMAKING – a SHORT unit.

We are glazing the works this week and then FIRING again! This is going to be exciting to see (as I have not opened up the kiln yet). Good luck Kiln Guardians and I hope you all survived!

Here is the Kiln Guardian Art making Assignment.

We are beginning to draw with CRAYONS and make one of a kind prints. This is going to be AWESOME. When you go outside, how much do you appreciate the TREES? We are going to go out and REALLY get to know them (and revisit color schemes too).

Printmaking assignment is HERE.

8th Grade 2D: Linoleum Printing – Let’s get going… Let’s get going… Let’s get going (there will be repeating here!)

Here are the 8th Grade 2D Design semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Printmaking has been around for a LONG time. Almost as long as Mr. Korb has been around. There have been a lot of movements in art that utilized the process of printmaking to express their beliefs and thoughts. German Expressionism was a huge one that implemented the ideas of printmaking to put a lot of their works and thoughts about the world out into the world. Above is an image by Franz Marc (a German Expressionist).

8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Throwing and Hand Building

Here are the 8th Grade Sculpture semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Welcome to the pottery studio. The next 4 or 5 weeks we are going to be switching between two different summative assignments. Wheel Throwing (which will be more about the experience) and a new project (I am excited about this) Bas-Relief Architectural Works.

Milwaukee Artist Heather Eiden and her Bas-Relief Sculptures of local homes and spaces. What are you thinking about as you begin to plan your ideas?

The Wheel Thrown Assignment is HERE.

The Bas-Relief Architecture Assignment is HERE

Involving more than 120 artists, craftspeople and self-taught makers from across Japan, Hyakkō is a celebration of contemporary Japanese craft aesthetics.

Virtual Exhibition of the Hyakko Show at Japan House – London. Artists – here is a great place to start for inspiration towards a lifetime of making. One could wander through this virtual exhibition for hours. Imagine what the real space would be like?

This exhibition presents works in clay, glass, wood, leather, metal and bamboo – from ceramic matcha bowls to metal teapots and urushi lacquerware trays. Each item bears traces of its maker’s surroundings and nods to tradition while quietly incorporating both innovation and self-expression.

Discover the people and processes behind the craft of Japan’s every day, where form and function exist in harmony.

https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/whats-on/hyakko-100-makers-from-japan/

Our Studio with Frank Korb: Trust

Trust is a challenging thing at times. What do you trust? Sister Mary Corita Kent, artist, teacher, nun, wrote out 10 rules of her studio. Rule #1 is to “Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.” https://www.corita.org/about/corita to learn more about Sister Mary Corita Kent and her art. Thanks!

Let’s talk about that – Come on over.

The full series of episodes can be found HERE! Come on over.

How do you see yourself in Sister Mary Corita Kent’s Studio Rule? This is the one that really sticks. It IS the people who do the work that get things done. Did you finish the artwork? Did you do the self assessment? Dis you help your classmates? Did you learn and are excited to move on? YES!

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATIONS.

6th Grade: Ceramics and Keepsake Boxes

Here are the 6th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

WE are beginning in CLAY! Woo Hoo! We are experimenting first and making some small keepsakes for our pockets. We are going to be making KEEPSAKE boxes – this is one I made for my daughter who collects matchbooks. What is a keepsake you have?

Lesson Plans for the Keepsake Box.

7th Grade: GLAZING – KILN GODS – Personal “Guardians”

Here are the 7th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are glazing the works this week and then FIRING again! This is going to be exciting to see (as I have not opened up the kiln yet). Good luck Kiln Guardians and I hope you all survived!

Here is the Kiln Guardian Art making Assignment.

8th Grade 2D: Linoleum Printing – Let’s get going… Let’s get going… Let’s get going (there will be repeating here!)

Here are the 8th Grade 2D Design semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Printmaking has been around for a LONG time. Almost as long as Mr. Korb has been around. There have been a lot of movements in art that utilized the process of printmaking to express their beliefs and thoughts. German Expressionism was a huge one that implemented the ideas of printmaking to put a lot of their works and thoughts about the world out into the world. Above is an image by Franz Marc (a German Expressionist).

8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Throwing and Hand Building

Here are the 8th Grade Sculpture semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Welcome to the pottery studio. The next 4 or 5 weeks we are going to be switching between two different summative assignments. Wheel Throwing (which will be more about the experience) and a new project (I am excited about this) Bas-Relief Architectural Works.

Milwaukee Artist Heather Eiden and her Bas-Relief Sculptures of local homes and spaces. What are you thinking about as you begin to plan your ideas?

The Wheel Thrown Assignment is HERE.

The Bas-Relief Architecture Assignment is HERE

Involving more than 120 artists, craftspeople and self-taught makers from across Japan, Hyakkō is a celebration of contemporary Japanese craft aesthetics.

Virtual Exhibition of the Hyakko Show at Japan House – London. Artists – here is a great place to start for inspiration towards a lifetime of making. One could wander through this virtual exhibition for hours. Imagine what the real space would be like?

This exhibition presents works in clay, glass, wood, leather, metal and bamboo – from ceramic matcha bowls to metal teapots and urushi lacquerware trays. Each item bears traces of its maker’s surroundings and nods to tradition while quietly incorporating both innovation and self-expression.

Discover the people and processes behind the craft of Japan’s every day, where form and function exist in harmony.

https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/whats-on/hyakko-100-makers-from-japan/

Our Studio with Frank Korb: Trust

Trust is a challenging thing at times. What do you trust? Sister Mary Corita Kent, artist, teacher, nun, wrote out 10 rules of her studio. Rule #1 is to “Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.” https://www.corita.org/about/corita to learn more about Sister Mary Corita Kent and her art. Thanks!

Let’s talk about that – Come on over.

The full series of episodes can be found HERE! Come on over.

How do you see yourself in Sister Mary Corita Kent’s Studio Rule? This is the one that really sticks. It IS the people who do the work that get things done. Did you finish the artwork? Did you do the self assessment? Dis you help your classmates? Did you learn and are excited to move on? YES!

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATIONS.

6th Grade: One Point Prospective from a NEW point of view!

Here are the 6th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are wrapping up the drawing and beginning with the sharpie markers and painting. A couple of goofy days last week threw things off a bit. Let’s wrap this up and move on! Notice how all the diagonals are lined up with the vanishing point? You have the rules in front t of you, think about how you SEE the world around you. How are you seeing perspective in your world and how can you put it to use on paper (or canvas or clay or…)?

WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUE WORKSHEET! Use this (other artists and teachers if you want!) We learned about NEW PERSPECTIVES and POINTS of VIEW in the photography unit. We are working through the one Point perspective process and then into the idea of watercolors – you will learn / experience this EVERY TIME I work with you on watercolors. Let us DO THIS!

Here is the PERSPECTIVE Assignment.

7th Grade: KILN GODS – Personal “Guardians”

Here are the 7th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are wrapping up the sculpture this week – PERIOD. Coils, Slabs, Pinch Pots, Texture, Score – Slip – Score + Attach, it is all in there. If you needed a guardian to watch over your prized possessions, what would you want it to be? Our 7th graders are headed there now.

What watches over you during the day? Anything? How about your stuff at home? Cameras? What watches over and protects the Clay community and the kilns? Nothing? WRONG! Kiln Gods! Well… that all depends on your belief system of course…

Here is the Kiln Guardian Art making Assignment.

8th Grade 2D: Landscape Paintings in Acrylic

Here are the 8th Grade 2D Design semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

These are the last days to paint. We are wrapping this up and moving along. What is next? Photographs, name Tags, and assessments.

Layers and brush strokes, color and lighting, highlights and shadows. These are all things that the artists of the past and contemporary times thought (think) about as they work. Are you considering those as you paint in your chosen style?

Planning is really important as we move forward and the first few days allowed for that. We even considered AI (hmmm) as an option for ideas. I’d sooner that one experience the REAL landscape than find one on Google or AI but…

Here is our LANDSCAPE in ACRYLICS assignement.

8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Throwing and Hand Building

Here are the 8th Grade Sculpture semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Welcome to the pottery studio. The next 4 or 5 weeks we are going to be switching between two different summative assignments. Wheel Throwing (which will be more about the experience) and a new project (I am excited about this) Bas-Relief Architectural Works.

Milwaukee Artist Heather Eiden and her Bas-Relief Sculptures of local homes and spaces. What are you thinking about as you begin to plan your ideas?

The Wheel Thrown Assignment is HERE.

The Bas-Relief Architecture Assignment is HERE

Involving more than 120 artists, craftspeople and self-taught makers from across Japan, Hyakkō is a celebration of contemporary Japanese craft aesthetics.

Virtual Exhibition of the Hyakko Show at Japan House – London. Artists – here is a great place to start for inspiration towards a lifetime of making. One could wander through this virtual exhibition for hours. Imagine what the real space would be like?

This exhibition presents works in clay, glass, wood, leather, metal and bamboo – from ceramic matcha bowls to metal teapots and urushi lacquerware trays. Each item bears traces of its maker’s surroundings and nods to tradition while quietly incorporating both innovation and self-expression.

Discover the people and processes behind the craft of Japan’s every day, where form and function exist in harmony.

https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/whats-on/hyakko-100-makers-from-japan/

Our Studio with Frank Korb: Trust

Trust is a challenging thing at times. What do you trust? Sister Mary Corita Kent, artist, teacher, nun, wrote out 10 rules of her studio. Rule #1 is to “Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.” https://www.corita.org/about/corita to learn more about Sister Mary Corita Kent and her art. Thanks!

Let’s talk about that – Come on over.

The full series of episodes can be found HERE! Come on over.

How do you see yourself in Sister Mary Corita Kent’s Studio Rule? What is a mistake in the art studio? An opportunity to explore the process, the materials, the techniques, and one’s own abilities and skills. Sure, there are lines that aren’t drawn to the vanishing point, you are still learning about the rules of perspective. Every mistake, when looked at as an opportunity, can be a stepping stone to progress in your art. Keep at it!

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATIONS.

6th Grade: One Point Prospective from a NEW point of view!

Here are the 6th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are wrapping up the drawing and beginning with the sharpie markers. Notice how all the diagonals are lined up with the vanishing point? You have the rules in front t of you, think about how you SEE the world around you. How are you seeing perspective in your world and how can you put it to use on paper (or canvas or clay or…)?

WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUE WORKSHEET! Use this (other artists and teachers if you want!) We learned about NEW PERSPECTIVES and POINTS of VIEW in the photography unit. We are working through the one Point perspective process and then into the idea of watercolors – you will learn / experience this EVERY TIME I work with you on watercolors. Let us DO THIS!

Here is the PERSPECTIVE Assignment.

7th Grade: KILN GODS – Personal “Guardians”

Here are the 7th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are beginning to sculpt this week. Coils, Slabs, Pinch Pots, Texture, Score – Slip – Score + Attach, it is all in there. If you needed a guardian to watch over your prized possessions, what would you want it to be? Our 7th graders are headed there now.

What watches over you during the day? Anything? How about your stuff at home? Cameras? What watches over and protects the Clay community and the kilns? Nothing? WRONG! Kiln Gods! Well… that all depends on your belief system of course…

Biscuit watches over MY kiln at home. She protects it well.

Here is the Kiln Guardian Art making Assignment.

8th Grade 2D: Landscape Paintings in Acrylic

Here are the 8th Grade 2D Design semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are done researching the art movements and finished with the acrylic practice of the color wheel, tints and shades… now we are going to start the actual painting! WOO HOO!

Layers and brush strokes, color and lighting, highlights and shadows. These are all things that the artists of the past and contemporary times thought (think) about as they work. Are you considering those as you paint in your chosen style?

Planning is really important as we move forward and the first few days allowed for that. We even considered AI (hmmm) as an option for ideas. I’d sooner that one experience the REAL landscape than find one on Google or AI but…

Here is our LANDSCAPE in ACRYLICS assignement.

8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Throwing and Hand Building

Here are the 8th Grade Sculpture semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Welcome to the pottery studio. The next 4 or 5 weeks we are going to be switching between two different summative assignments. Wheel Throwing (which will be more about the experience) and a new project (I am excited about this) Bas-Relief Architectural Works.

Milwaukee Artist Heather Eiden and her Bas-Relief Sculptures of local homes and spaces. What are you thinking about as you begin to plan your ideas?

The Wheel Thrown Assignment is HERE.

The Bas-Relief Architecture Assignment is HERE

Involving more than 120 artists, craftspeople and self-taught makers from across Japan, Hyakkō is a celebration of contemporary Japanese craft aesthetics.

Virtual Exhibition of the Hyakko Show at Japan House – London. Artists – here is a great place to start for inspiration towards a lifetime of making. One could wander through this virtual exhibition for hours. Imagine what the real space would be like?

This exhibition presents works in clay, glass, wood, leather, metal and bamboo – from ceramic matcha bowls to metal teapots and urushi lacquerware trays. Each item bears traces of its maker’s surroundings and nods to tradition while quietly incorporating both innovation and self-expression.

Discover the people and processes behind the craft of Japan’s every day, where form and function exist in harmony.

https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/whats-on/hyakko-100-makers-from-japan/

Our Studio with Frank Korb: Safety in the Studio

How do you stay SAFE in the studio? Do you think about it? Do you practice it? Do you think about it and not practice it? Let’s talk about that – Come on over.

The full series of episodes can be found HERE! Come on over.

How do you see yourself in Sister Mary Corita Kent’s Studio Rule? How disciplined are you as an artist? Do you look and then make? Plan and then make. Make and then reflect? Do you have a plan to FOLLOW or a mentor to FOLLOW? Are you the mentor and have FOLLOWERS? Work to be SELF DISCIPLINED – you are doing it for yourself.

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATIONS.

6th Grade: One Point Prospective from a NEW point of view!

Here are the 6th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

https://jackfearonillustration.wordpress.com/2014/10/ A professional’s approach to one point perspective from a Bird’s Eye View! Thank you Jack!

Think about how you SEE the world around you. It has a lot going on. MATH is a huge part of it and middle school Frank would have freaked out about the math part. Art Frank loves it. How are you seeing perspective in your world and how can you put it to use on paper (or canvas or clay or…)?

WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUE WORKSHEET! Use this (other artists and teachers if you want!) We learned about NEW PERSPECTIVES and POINTS of VIEW in the photography unit. We are working through the one Point perspective process and then into the idea of watercolors – you will learn / experience this EVERY TIME I work with you on watercolors. Let us DO THIS!

Here is the PERSPECTIVE Assignment.

7th Grade: KILN GODS – Personal “Guardians”

Here are the 7th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are beginning to sculpt this week. Coils, Slabs, Pinch Pots, Texture, Score – Slip – Score + Attach, it is all in there. If you needed a guardian to watch over your prized possessions, what would you want it to be? Our 7th graders are headed there now.

What watches over you during the day? Anything? How about your stuff at home? Cameras? What watches over and protects the Clay community and the kilns? Nothing? WRONG! Kiln Gods! Well… that all depends on your belief system of course…

Origins of the Kiln Gods! A SHORT and GOOD READ!

Biscuit watches over MY kiln at home. She protects it well.

Here is the Kiln Guardian Art making Assignment.

8th Grade 2D: Landscape Paintings in Acrylic

Here are the 8th Grade 2D Design semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are done researching the art movements and finished with the acrylic practice of the color wheel, tints and shades… now we are going to start the actual painting! WOO HOO!

Layers and brush strokes, color and lighting, highlights and shadows. These are all things that the artists of the past and contemporary times thought (think) about as they work. Are you considering those as you paint in your chosen style?

Planning is really important as we move forward and the first few days allowed for that. We even considered AI (hmmm) as an option for ideas. I’d sooner that one experience the REAL landscape than find one on Google or AI but…

Here is our LANDSCAPE in ACRYLICS assignement.

8th Grade Sculpture: Stop Motion Photography and Claymation

Here are the 8th Grade Sculpture semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Welcome to the pottery studio. The next 4 or 5 weeks we are going to be switching between two different summative assignments. Wheel Throwing (which will be more about the experience) and a new project (I am excited about this) Bas-Relief Architectural Works.

Milwaukee Artist Heather Eiden and her Bas-Relief Sculptures of local homes and spaces. What are you thinking about as you begin to plan your ideas?

The Wheel Thrown Assignment is HERE.

The Bas-Relief Architecture Assignment is HERE

Involving more than 120 artists, craftspeople and self-taught makers from across Japan, Hyakkō is a celebration of contemporary Japanese craft aesthetics.

This exhibition presents works in clay, glass, wood, leather, metal and bamboo – from ceramic matcha bowls to metal teapots and urushi lacquerware trays. Each item bears traces of its maker’s surroundings and nods to tradition while quietly incorporating both innovation and self-expression.

Discover the people and processes behind the craft of Japan’s every day, where form and function exist in harmony.

https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/whats-on/hyakko-100-makers-from-japan/

Our Studio with Frank Korb: Safety in the Studio

How do you stay SAFE in the studio? Do you think about it? Do you practice it? Do you think about it and not practice it? Let’s talk about that – Come on over.

The full series of episodes can be found HERE! Come on over.

How do you see yourself in Sister Mary Corita Kent’s Studio Rule? How do you trust the process? Do you ever think about the truth that you might not know it all yet and need to EXPERIMENT with things? How about thinking about it all as an experiment?

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATIONS.

6th Grade: One Point Prospective from a NEW point of view!

Here are the 6th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUE WORKSHEET! Use this (other artists and teachers if you want!) We learned about NEW PERSPECTIVES and POINTS of VIEW in the photography unit. We are working through the one Point perspective process and then into the idea of watercolors – you will learn / experience this EVERY TIME I work with you on watercolors. Let us DO THIS!

Here is the PERSPECTIVE Assignment.

7th Grade: KILN GODS – Personal “Guardians”

Here are the 7th grade semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

Origins of the Kiln Gods! A SHORT and GOOD READ!

What watches over you during the day? Anything? How about your stuff at home? Cameras? What watches over and protects the Clay community and the kilns? Nothing? WRONG! Kiln Gods! Well… that all depends on your belief system of course… Biscuit watches over MY kiln at home. She protects it well.

Here is the Kiln Guardian Art making Assignment.

8th Grade 2D: Landscape Paintings in Acrylic

Here are the 8th Grade 2D Design semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are done researching the art movements and finished with the acrylic practice of the color wheel, tints and shades… now we are going to start the actual painting! WOO HOO!

Planning is really important as we move forward and the first few days allowed for that. We even considered AI (hmmm) as an option for ideas. I’d sooner that one experience the REAL landscape than find one on Google or AI but…

Let’s get to transferring the images that you supplied and then start with the paints!

Here is our LANDSCAPE in ACRYLICS assignement.

8th Grade Sculpture: Stop Motion Photography and Claymation

Here are the 8th Grade Sculpture semester Lesson Plans for you to see what our day will look like.

We are ending the time in the digital studio and working in iMovie now to put it all together. 3 days of studio time to make the move – add credits (opening and closing), music, sound effects and all that! Maybe a few transitions too! How many photos did you make? 385? 56? Lots of work to do here folks!

What do you know about claymation and stop motion photography? This is going to be a GREAT time to spend working with a team and building a COOL video from the ground up!

HERE is the assignment for Stop Motion Photography and Claymation