Week 4 – It is hard to understand how FAST things happen.

EXPECTATIONS in the studio… Here are ours.

Also – and we will be going through these in studio – the Studio Habits of Mind – Thank you the art of education university. HERE are the POSTERS.


Lesson Plans

Interiors are coming up…

RULES of One Point Perspective!

  • Horizontal Lines are ALWAYS Horizontal
  • Vertical Lines are ALWAYS Vertical
  • Diagonal Lines go to the VANISHING POINT
  • Always, Always, Always use your ruler
  • Use a pencil and begin drawing lightly

This is OLD but it holds true and STILL WORKS! 13 years ago… 6th graders… how old were you? -2 years old?


Lesson Plans


Lesson Plans

What MOVEMENT are you working in? What is your landscape? We are going to be painting ACRYLIC on CANVAS… you are going to use the COLORS from the MOVEMENT and artist you have chosen.

  • Did you MAKE the photograph?
  • AI an image that has a lot of your own PROMPTS (and you still have to paint and draw it)
  • A Google search that is Creative Commons?

Lesson Plans

Let’s look at the WHEEL! This is the second of the major projects we are working on. How are we going to schedule this with all of you in the studio?

  • Step 1  – Start with a wedged potato of clay.
  • Step 2  – Throw it down as close to the center as possible.
  • Step 3- Use the palm of one hand and the side of the other hand.
  • Step 4  – Don’t let the clay move your hands, make your hands move the clay.
  • Step 5  – Spend a lot of time on the wheel

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