Category: Goals

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?

7th Grade: Portraits with Watercolor and Line

We are working on watercolors and line portraits… this is my demonstration of the process for the rock star artists – who are doing some incredible color scheme work and watercolor technique paintings. Well done artists.

8th Grade 2D: Landscapes

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.

We are ALL inspired by a work of art and artist from one of 4 movements in art history.
- Impressionism
- Post Impressionism
- Fauvism
- Contemporary
For 1,000,000 Korb Points… what movement is the above painting from? Who was the painter?

8th Grade 3D Design: Wheel and Hand Building

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

September 22, 2025

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

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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.

6th Grade: One Point Perspective

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?

7th Grade: Portraits with Watercolor and Line

8th Grade 2D: Landscapes

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?

8th Grade 3D Design: Wheel and Hand Building

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

September 14, 2025

Week 3 – Now we are in the MIDST of it all. Let’s MAKE ART!

HELLO! WELCOME to ArtWithKorb.com. If you want to ALWAYS SEE what is happening the SUNDAY before it happens – SUBSCRIBE.

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.

NEW for this year… In Class weekly (5 days) of Reflections is Here. I am going to work with goals and reflections on what we are doing so… let’s hope this works well for our growth.

6th Grade: One Point Perspective

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?

7th Grade: Portraits with Watercolor and Line

I am just going to keep Jon’s face here for another week. This is a GREAT example of the final product – this is in acrylic and we are going to work in watercolor. Thanks Jon!

8th Grade Sculpture: Hand Building and Wheel Throwing

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?

8th Grade 2D Design: Landscape Paintings

Musician and Artist Herb Alpert and his totem inspired works. AND…

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

September 9, 2025

Week 2 – We are BACK AT IT and moving forward FAST

HELLO! WELCOME to ArtWithKorb.com. If you want to ALWAYS SEE what is happening the SUNDAY before it happens – SUBSCRIBE.

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.

NEW for this year… In Class weekly (5 days) of Reflections is Here. I am going to work with goals and reflections on what we are doing so… let’s hope this works well for our growth.

6th Grade: One Point Perspective

One Point Perspective is FULL of challenges and we need to practice the BASICS before we move along to the in depth stuff!

7th Grade: Portraits with Watercolor and Line

Elements of Art CUBES – Thanks Mrs. McGilton for the idea. A Good 2 day intoduction.

Portraits in Line – Neurographc Lines

8th Grade Sculpture: Hand Building and Wheel Throwing

Totem Inspired Sculptures in the round

Learn about the HISTORY and then put it into your LIFE and ART. Always be respectful of the history of others.

8th Grade 2D Design: Landscape Paintings

Landscape in a Post-Impressionistic style – Pierre Bonnard

September 1, 2025

2025 – 2026 HERE WE ARE in Week 1 – Welcome Back! This is going to be a FABULOUS year in art.

HELLO! WELCOME to ArtWithKorb.com. If you want to ALWAYS SEE what is happening the SUNDAY before it happens – SUBSCRIBE.

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.

NEW for this year… In Class weekly (5 days) of Reflections is Here. I am going to work with goals and reflections on what we are doing so… let’s hope this works well for our growth.

6th Grade: One Point Perspective

7th Grade: Portraits with Watercolor and Line

8th Grade Sculpture: Hand Building and Wheel Throwing

8th Grade 2D Design: Landscape Paintings

Landscape in a Post-Impressionistic style – Pierre Bonnard

June 11, 2025

And that’s a wrap. Year 2 at the middle school in the books!

HELLO Friends of Art With Korb. If you want to ALWAYS SEE what is happening the SUNDAY before it happens – SUBSCRIBE.

As Always – the Studio Expectations are Here. – We will be exploring these even more. Handout and conversations will happen.

Studio Habits of Mind – Thank you the art of education university. HERE are the POSTERS.
In Class Daily Reflections – Welcome to the page that will serve as our guide for this exciting journey. Keep track of how we are doing daily.

6th, 7th, and 8th Grades WORKED until the end

With the end of the year less than 24 hours behind me, I look back on a year of learning and experiments, stresses and successes. I hope my fading memory remembers the successes more than the stressors.

The last days (and I wish I had made photographs of the works, included plein air drawings and paintings, fused glass magnets, and a day of exquisite corpses. That was a lot of fun (for those who could follow directions and draw for 4 minutes).

Biggest lesson I learned is a reminder from my mom. “Frank” she says, “remember to not be so uptight in the class. Nobody there is going to be as passionate or interested in the arts as you. They are teenagers (and preteens) and always have three things on their minds. Art isn’t one of them.” Now I can only guess what the pre-teens have on their minds… and I know that art isn’t one of them (all the time at least). I DO need to chill a bit.

Anyhow. Thanks for the year of follows. I don’t get a lot of feedback from the audience from these posts but I am always interested in your thoughts. How to be more chill? Relax? Ways to let them just be the energy filled children they are and not have it drive me to the verge of anger? I am up for your thoughts.

This is the first thing I am doing on my summer break (other than removing a bad microwave and making coffee, and struggling to change the head on a QUIP toothbrush). And this is going to be it for the summer (maybe some Waterford 7+ photos but… we aren’t there yet. That is my adults with differing abilities and mad passion for art group – names after the Group of Seven from Canada – Oh Canada…).

Check out MoMA’s Exquisite Corpse site and the Group of Seven.

Have a GREAT Summer.

Frank

June 1, 2025

1 week and 1 day. I DO hope that we are able to get it all done.

HELLO Friends of Art With Korb. If you want to ALWAYS SEE what is happening the SUNDAY before it happens – SUBSCRIBE.

As Always – the Studio Expectations are Here. – Next year we will be exploring these even more. Handout and conversations will happen.

Studio Habits of Mind – Thank you the art of education university. HERE are the POSTERS.
In Class Daily Reflections – Welcome to the page that will serve as our guide for this exciting journey. Keep track of how we are doing daily.

6th Grade: Keepsake Boxes, glazing, and FIRING!

What did you learn about when it came to glazing? We have VERY LITTLE TIME left and the minutes click by.

4 coats work the best. Make sure you are aware of the SAX versus Amaco and Mayco glazes.

Thank you Reddit and R/Ceramics for the image. This is done with Terra Sigilata

7th Grade: Photoshop: Inspirational Posters, Toolbox, Text… and then… ON YOUR OWN.

What have you learned? How will you think about the use of Photoshop and the digital world as you move forward? How did you make the TEXT easy to read?

Poster Assignment HERE

8th Grade Sculpture: Glass Fusing and Firing

Without hurting ourselves with the glass, lets try some glass Fusing.

One day to plan and research

One day to build with the materials we have on hand.

One day to FIRE and PICK THEM UP.

May 27, 2025

I count 2 weeks and 1 day. This comes down to 5 classes. We STILL have a LOT of WORK to get done.

HELLO Friends of Art With Korb. If you want to ALWAYS SEE what is happening the SUNDAY before it happens – SUBSCRIBE.

Studio Expectations are Here.

Studio Habits of Mind – Thank you the art of education university. HERE are the POSTERS.
In Class Daily Reflections – Welcome to the page that will serve as our guide for this exciting journey. Keep track of how we are doing daily.

6th Grade: Keepsake Boxes and GLAZING!

What colors are you thinking about? It is time to UNLOAD THE KILN and start to put the glaze on.

4 coats work the best. Make sure you are aware of the SAX versus Amaco and Mayco glazes.

7th Grade: Photoshop: Inspirational Posters, Toolbox, Text… and then… ON YOUR OWN.

Philippe Sainte-Laudy – Filters and Layers in Photoshop…

Photoshop and Filters? Color Changes? Repetition and Emotion? Let’s see how much fun you can have with this work.

POP Portraits Assignment HERE

8th Grade Sculpture: Critique and Cleaning!

We are GLAZING for the next 2 days. Then we CRITIQUE and CLEAN THE STUDIO…

May 18, 2025

I count 3 weeks and 1 day. This comes down to 7 classes. We have WORK to get done.

HELLO Friends of Art With Korb. If you want to ALWAYS SEE what is happening the SUNDAY before it happens – SUBSCRIBE.

Studio Expectations are Here.

Studio Habits of Mind – Thank you the art of education university. HERE are the POSTERS.
In Class Daily Reflections – Welcome to the page that will serve as our guide for this exciting journey. Keep track of how we are doing daily.

6th Grade: Final days of Ceramic Keepsake Boxes!

Look at the LIDS and the HANDLES – What are you going to do with your lid and handle?

Additive, Subtractive, Carving, Sgraffito, Modeling / Sculpting – ALL of these are required!

7th Grade: Photoshop: Inspirational Posters, Toolbox, Text…

Philippe Sainte-Laudy – Filters and Layers in Photoshop…

Photoshop and Filters? Color Changes? Repetition and Emotion? Let’s see how much fun you can have with this work.

POP Portraits Assignment HERE

8th Grade Sculpture: GLAZING time… firing at the end of the week. Critique NEXT WEEK!

We are GLAZING for the next 2 days. Then we CRITIQUE and CLEAN THE STUDIO…

May 11, 2025

I count 4 weeks and 10 classes – YIKES!

HELLO Friends of Art With Korb. If you want to ALWAYS SEE what is happening the SUNDAY before it happens – SUBSCRIBE.

Studio Expectations are Here.

Studio Habits of Mind – Thank you the art of education university. HERE are the POSTERS.
In Class Daily Reflections – Welcome to the page that will serve as our guide for this exciting journey. Keep track of how we are doing daily.

6th Grade: Ceramic Keepsake Boxes!

Look at the LIDS and the HANDLES – What are you going to do with your lid and handle?

Additive, Subtractive, Carving, Sgraffito, Modeling / Sculpting – ALL of these are required!

Carol Long Pottery

7th Grade: Photoshop and Andy Warhol POP Portrait

Andy Warhol, The Complete Athlete Series, 1978. (O.J. Simpson, Dorothy Hamill, Pelé, Jack Nicklaus, Rod Gilbert, Muhammad Ali, Tom Seaver, Willie Shoemaker, Chris Evert, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)

Photoshop and Filters? Color Changes? Repetition and Emotion? Let’s see how much fun you can have with this work.

POP Portraits Assignment HERE

8th Grade Sculpture: GLAZING time… firing comes SOON.