Our Studio with Frank Korb: Discipline

Be Self-Disciplined. That is rule #5.

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.

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATION

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6th Grade: Printmaking – Cardboard and Found Objects and FROTTAGE

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

Lesson Plans for Found Object Printing

AND FROTTAGE!

Max Ernst and Frottage – 101-year-old process! This is a lot of fun!

Max ?Er7th Grade: DIGITAL ART – Portraits in Photoshop

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

We have found this to be a REALLY challenging unit – and that is OK! Keep learning how to make art and use as many of the various approaches as possible – even the challenging ones.

New assignment, and it has yet to be built in Google about the use of portrait and digital art – layer masks. This will be CLEARLY EXPLAINED in the assignment.

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8th Grade 2D: Still Life in Pencil Drawing

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

The still Life is an important part of art history (as is drawing). We are exploring the variety of pencils and marks that they can make, as well as the variety of values that are capable of being produced. Slow down and make a great still Life.

Here is the Drawing assignment.

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8th Grade Sculpture: Plaster Sculpture – One more run at plaster and cardboard. Here we come Alexander Calder!

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

Alexander Calder’s Maquette for a large sculpture – read the NYT Article to learn more.

We are going to try to approach an Alexander Calder-inspired construction that failed last semester. We are going to remove the idea of sculpting around our bodies and try the cardboard approach one more time. I believe it will work, and we just need more time.

Alexander Calder Sculpture – Lessons

Our Studio with Frank Korb: Discipline

Be Self-Disciplined. That is rule #5.

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.

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATION

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6th Grade: Printmaking – Cardboard and Found Objects

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

We are working on the lesson plans for this… but It will be set for the future.

7th Grade: DIGITAL ART – Portraits in Photoshop

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

We have found this to be a REALLY challenging unit – and that is OK! Keep learning how to make art and use as many of the various approaches as possible – even the challenging ones.

New assignment and it has still yet to be built in Google about the use of the portrait and digital art – layer masks. This will be CLEARLY EXPLAINED in the assignment.

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8th Grade 2D: Still Life in Pencil Drawing

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

The still Life is an important part of art history (as is drawing). We are exploring the variety of pencils and marks that they can make as well as the variety of values that are capable of being produced. Slow down and make a great still Life.

Here is the Drawing assignment.

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8th Grade Sculpture: Plaster Sculpture – One more run at plaster and cardboard. Here we come Alexander Calder!

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

Alexander Calder’s Maquette for a large sculpture – read the NYT Article to learn more.

We are going to try to approach an Alexander Calder inspired construction that failed last semester. We are going to remove the idea of sculpting around our bodies and try the cardboard approach one more time. I believe it will work and we just need more time.

Alexander Calder Sculpture – Lessons

Our Studio with Frank Korb: Experiment

Consider Everything An Experiment. That is rule #4 – what are you doing to always think about the works as experiments? Hmmm.

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.

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

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATIONS.

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6th Grade: Keepsake Boxes Assessments

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

We are all done with the Keepsake Boxes and we are now assessing them. These will be in the display case for a bit (I will add a ink to all the photos soon too). These artists did an outstanding job. Congratulations on the hard and dedicated work.

We are wrapping up CLAY! Boo Hoo!

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Lesson Plans for the Keepsake Box.

7th Grade: DIGITAL ART – Portraits in Photoshop

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

New assignment and it has still yet to be built in Google about the use of the portrait and digital art – layer masks. This will be CLEARLY EXPLAINED in the assignment.

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8th Grade 2D: Still Life in Pencil Drawing

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

The still Life is an important part of art history (as is drawing). We are exploring the variety of pencils and marks that they can make as well as the variety of values that are capable of being produced. Slow down and make a great still Life.

Here is the Drawing assignment.

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8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Throwing and Hand Building AND TEST TILES and GLAZING – this week is ALL ASSESSMENTS – UGH on my part too.

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/