Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good…” Ira Glass and then lead into the video.
Stained Glass: Box Building
BY THE WAY: everything-stained-glass.com is a good site for your own personal research.
- 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
- 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
- What have been the HARDEST parts of the building of the glass box? The Bottom? The Etching? While I know full well that there was a bit of struggle in the measurements, what lessons can you take from this learning experience

CIaD: T-Shirt Designs
- 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
- 2.2Ac: Demonstrate awareness of ethical implications of making and distributing creative work.
- How have you utilized the skills you have developed in Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop to begin the design of the Tichigan Lions Club Car Club T-Shirt? What are the strengths of your design? What is a struggle that you are facing right now?

Drawing: Last Nest Critique and GALLERY!
- 1.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
- 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
- What did you take away from the drawing experience last week? What strengths did you see in your drawing? What challenges did you face going outside of the studio?

Book Assignment HERE
AP Studio Art: PRINTS THIS WEEK
- 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
- 9.1Ad: Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria.
- How well are you moving forward on the assembly of the portfolio? What do you need to do this week to finish assembling the QUALITY works? How about the ONLINE portion? This is NEXT WEEK Folks!

Adv. Drawing: Resolve and then GALLERY!
- Previous Student’s Work
- 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
- 2.2Ad: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.
- Look at the drawing from a few feet back and SIT QUIETLY. What is working? What is lacking in the drawing right now? Write out your thoughts in the processes that you are going to be working on specifically.
