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Week 3: Sets are being built and watercolor media are being opened! New approaches all around!

Week 3 is beginning and the artists are really working! Collaboration and story development is happening in the 8th grade with their stop motion films. 7th graders have had their photographs made and they have found all sorts of values and shapes and highlights and shadows in themselves (and a bunny). 6th graders have gathered together into one classroom and have been learning through co-teaching about the ideas of one point perspective. The artists are moving fast and the work is moving forward! Thanks!

We are going to leave the posts below as they are (for the most part) and we will update more as the projects develop along. Thanks.

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATION

6th Grade: One Point Perspective – looking up!

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

One point perspective is used and seen everywhere you find a single vanishing point with all diagonal lines receding to that point. Below is my example from last year. WE are going to work collaboratively with our other art teacher in the 6th grade classes to learn how to draw using this renaissance invented technique.

Here is the assignment for One Point Perspective

7th Grade: Neurographic Portraits and Color Schemes

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

What do you look like? How do you see yourself? What are your favorite colors? What is a line exactly? Are all lines the same? What about watercolors? Is it as simple as putting water in the tray and taking the color out? Are there more things that can be done with the paints? YOU BET!

This artwork is going to help you explore ALL of those ideas AND it is going to give you the option of making your final artwork be as bright and colorful as you are! Below is my final work of art from last year and BIRK has never looked more colorful!

Here is the Neurographic Assignment.

8th Grade Sculpture: Claymation and Collaboration

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

Stop Motion Film Making has been around for a long time. Collaboration has too. We are going to be taking some time to work on this assignment and we are going to also work through some new challenges that are going to be really open to you as you make decisions in how you plan it out. What MIGHT your ideas be? How are you going to work on the ideas together? This might be challenging in how you choose your groups and the stories and the set design and the approach and ALL SORTS of other ideas.

HERE is the Claymation Assignment!

AND… This is an 18 minute video with Adam Savage and Laika’s Stop Motion photography in the science and patience of Stop Motion Photography and CORALINE specifically.

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Week 2: Perspective on the Self-Portrait through Claymation Movies

Welcome back. Setting up the weekly post has taken a bit of getting back to and I appreciate your following us and your understanding in the first week not getting out in a timely fashion. We are now finding our stride as we begin our first major works of art. We have got two full days of art making in with the artists and mandalas about ourselves and small clay sculptures (pairs) about ourselves are in the books. What do we have in store for this week? Let’s find out.

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATION

6th Grade: One Point Perspective – looking up!

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

One point perspective is used and seen everywhere you find a single vanishing point with all diagonal lines receding to that point. Below is my example from last year. WE are going to work collaboratively with our other art teacher in the 6th grade classes to learn how to draw using this renaissance invented technique.

Here is the assignment for One Point Perspective

7th Grade: Neurographic Portraits and Color Schemes

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

What do you look like? How do you see yourself? What are your favorite colors? What is a line exactly? Are all lines the same? What about watercolors? Is it as simple as putting water in the tray and taking the color out? Are there more things that can be done with the paints? YOU BET!

This artwork is going to help you explore ALL of those ideas AND it is going to give you the option of making your final artwork be as bright and colorful as you are! Below is my final work of art from last year and BIRK has never looked more colorful!

Here is the Neurographic Assignment.

8th Grade Sculpture: Claymation and Collaboration

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

Stop Motion Film Making has been around for a long time. Collaboration has too. We are going to be taking some time to work on this assignment and we are going to also work through some new challenges that are going to be really open to you as you make decisions in how you plan it out. What MIGHT your ideas be? How are you going to work on the ideas together? This might be challenging in how you choose your groups and the stories and the set design and the approach and ALL SORTS of other ideas.

HERE is the Claymation Assignment!

AND… This is an 18 minute video with Adam Savage and Laika’s Stop Motion photography in the science and patience of Stop Motion Photography and CORALINE specifically.

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Week 1: WELCOME BACK TO THE SCHOOL’S ART STUDIO and Art With Korb

I am Mr. Korb and have been an art teacher for 31 years and more importantly an artist for maybe a few more years than that. Join me every week to see what we are doing in the individual classes. If you have any thoughts or ideas to share – drop me a note! I should be publishing every Sunday so stay tuned. Videos and Ideas coming VERY SOON!

Here are all of our Studio EXPECTATION

6th Grade: Mandalas and You!

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

A MANDALA can be used for many different things. We are using them to learn about ourselves a little bit and practice our thinking, reflecting, and drawing skills. Take a look at the lesson and make one for yourself!

1. Teaching Mandala
Teaching mandalas are symbolic, and each shape, line, and color represents a different aspect of a philosophical or religious system. The student creates his or her own mandala based on principles of design and construction, projecting a visual symbolization of everything they have learned. Teaching mandalas serve as colorful, mental maps for their creators.

https://www.invaluable.com/blog/what-is-a-mandala/?srsltid=AfmBOortUDdzKvd2jbE2wz23JTgtxzudjlExcniwpoLyhRshRFi-GBBB

7th Grade: Mandalas and You (also)

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

We’re doing the same thing as the 6th graders… it is a warm up week to get aquainted with the room and the space.

8th Grade Sculpture: Small CLAY Sculptures and YOU!

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

Assignment on Fruits, Veggies, and Animals in Clay: We are going to spend TWO DAYS making small pairs of clay sculptures to the best of our abilities! Fruit, Veggies, or Animals! What kind of fruit are you? What is your spirit animal?

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Week 19 – Here we are – Final Week of 8th, 7th, and 6th Grade.

Respect for Others: I can identify examples of discrimination based on perceived differences.

Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: Letter Writing and CLEANING

Link to lesson plans HERE!

  • Know about different techniques and processes in ART MAKING
  • K ow about how to write a letter
    • Make it Personal
    • Make a CONNECTION
    • Work on PENMANSHIP
  • Know about personal connections in the art
  • Know about Artists and Art History

We did a lot of printing. As 6th graders, it is a bit simpler than how others make prints… Great Work To You ALL!

7th Grade: Photoshop and Portraits

Link to lesson plans HERE!

  • Know about process and art making
  • Know about use of technology and the computer and the camera
  • Know about Photoshop and Inspirational Posters and Text

8th Grade 2D Design: Still Life in Pencil – From 21st Century Technology to the 18th Century Technology – Morandi is a GREAT reference – Watch some of the videos below.

  • Know about OBSERVATION in Drawing
  • Know about using LAYERS with SHADING
  • Know about setting up a STILL LIFE
  • Know about using PHOTOGRAPHY and Strong LIGHTING

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: Photography and Assessment and CLEANING – That is ALL…

Link to lesson plans HERE!

  • Know about ALL the different techniques and processes
  • Know about personal connections in the art
  • Know about Artists and Art History
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Week 18- We are almost

Respect for Others: I can identify examples of discrimination based on perceived differences.

Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: Printmaking and Assessment

Link to lesson plans HERE!

  • Know about different techniques and processes in PRINTMAKING
  • Know about personal connections in the art
  • Know about Artists and Art History

We are doing a lot of different printing. As 6th graders, it is a bit simpler than how others make prints… Mary Cassatt was a phenomenal print maker and the one American in the French Impressionist movement.

SO MUCH ART HISTORY!

7th Grade: Inspirational Posters and Photoshop! Can we focus enough to get the job done?

Link to lesson plans HERE!

  • Know about process and art making
  • Know about use of technology and the computer and the camera
  • Know about Photoshop and Inspirational Posters and Text

Posters and Photoshop! Spot Color as well… this is SPOT COLOR

8th Grade 2D Design: Still Life in Pencil – From 21st Century Technology to the 18th Century Technology – Morandi is a GREAT reference – Watch some of the videos below.

  • Know about OBSERVATION in Drawing
  • Know about using LAYERS with SHADING
  • Know about setting up a STILL LIFE
  • Know about using PHOTOGRAPHY and Strong LIGHTING
  • Know about how art history influences what contemporary artists
  • Reflect on personal ideas and resolve the challenges you have faced.
  • Know about and work through the ideas of making drawings through observation as well as the techniques that are involved.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: Photography and Assessment and CLEANING – That is ALL…

Link to lesson plans HERE!

  • Know about the use of GLAZE
  • Techniques and Process
  • Rationale for techniques and process

I hope all is going well as you are ending your school year! Keep positive and Keep Working! 4, 3 more studio days with most of my awesome artists… how about you?

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Week 17- Hard to believe it but… we have about 6 studio periods together – and a lot of work to still do!

Respect for Others: I can identify examples of discrimination based on perceived differences.

Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: Printmaking

Link to lesson plans HERE!

  • Know about different techniques and processes in PRINTMAKING
  • Know about personal connections in the art
  • Know about Artists and Art History

We are doing a lot of different printing. As 6th graders, it is a bit simpler than how others make prints… Mary Cassatt was a phenomenal print maker and the one American in the French Impressionist movement.

SO MUCH ART HISTORY!

7th Grade: Inspirational Posters and Photoshop!

Link to lesson plans HERE!

  • Know about process and art making
  • Know about use of technology and the computer and the camera
  • Know about Photoshop and Inspirational Posters and Text

Posters and Photoshop! Spot Color as well… this is SPOT COLOR

8th Grade 2D Design: Still Life in Pencil – From 21st Century Technology to the 18th Century Technology

  • Know about OBSERVATION in Drawing
  • Know about using LAYERS with SHADING
  • Know about setting up a STILL LIFE
  • Know about using PHOTOGRAPHY and Strong LIGHTING
  • Know about how art history influences what contemporary artists
  • Reflect on personal ideas and resolve the challenges you have faced.
  • Know about and work through the ideas of making drawings through observation as well as the techniques that are involved.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: Glazing and Firing and Photography and Assessing and Displaying – A lot to do!

    Link to lesson plans HERE!

    • Know about the use of GLAZE
    • Techniques and Process
    • Rationale for techniques and process

    I hope all is going well as you are ending your school year! Keep positive and Keep Working! 6 more studio days with most of my awesome artists… how about you?

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    Week 16 – Our time is running out. What can we get a lot done but we need to keep up a positive set of STUDIO HABITS

    This was a DAY WITH GLASSES and a strong time in my painting years… COVID and QUARANTINE too. I LOVE the Studio Habits as an artist and work to instill them in to the hands of the kiddo’s I work with. What are YOUR studio Habits?

    LINK THE TO THE 8 STUDIO HABITS is HERE and as a PDF from the originators HERE

    Respect for Others: I can identify examples of discrimination based on perceived differences.

    Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

    6th Grade: GLAZING and Printmaking

    Link to lesson plans HERE!

    • Know about ALL the different techniques and processes
    • Know about personal connections in the art
    • Know about GLAZING
    • Know about Artists and Art History

    7th Grade: PHOTOGRAPHY and Identity

    Link to lesson plans HERE!

    • Know about process and art making
    • Know about use of technology and the computer and the camera
    • Know about Portraits, Landscape and Architecture, Foodie Photography
    • Know about Photoshop and Inspirational Posters and Text

    Posters and Photoshop! Spot Color as well… this is NOT SPOT COLOR

    8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.

    • Know about TIMELINE and LAYERS in Adobe Photoshop
    • Know about proper SAVING LOCATION on MAC’s in Computer Lab
    • Know about BRUSHES in Adobe Photoshop
    • Know about Frames / Second (FPS) in animation

    Link to lesson plans HERE!

    8th Grade Sculpture: Glazing

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      • Know about the use of GLAZE
      • Techniques and Process
      • Rationale for techniques and process

      I hope all is going well as you are ending your school year! Keep positive and Keep Working!

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      Week 15 – Can you believe we have FEWER than 12 days together? We have WORK TO GET DONE and we NEED to work – USE YOUR BEST STUDIO HABITS to get the work done!

      This was a DAY WITH GLASSES and a strong time in my painting years… COVID and QUARANTINE too. I LOVE the Studio Habits as an artist and work to instill them in to the hands of the kiddo’s I work with. What are YOUR studio Habits?

      LINK THE TO THE 8 STUDIO HABITS is HERE and as a PDF from the originators HERE

      Respect for Others: I can identify examples of discrimination based on perceived differences.

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: Printmaking

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      7th Grade: PHOTOGRAPHY and Identity

      Ted Orland – Half Car from the Glacier Point Road

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      One of the BIGGEST CHALLENGES I see with 8th graders and your understanding of what art is and what it can be is that you don not have a wide view of the world of the arts. The IMAGE, the PICTURE has to be something and it has to be correct (in many of the 8th graders eyes) and sometimes it can be and should be about the mark making… the act of making art. Sol Le Witt nailed this!

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Thrown and Plaster Sculptures.

      • How did you use your time in the studio to the best of your ability to make the best work you could possibly do?
      • How have you chosen to make an artwork that is PERSONAL to you?
      • What are three things about the hand sculpture that demonstrate this?

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      SHORT LIST of Florian Gatsby

      Florian’s List of videos – 12 Videos

      Earth Nation Ceramics

      Earth Nation Ceramics List of Beginner’s Videos HERE – 30 TOTAL but you don’t need them all

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      Week 14 – What are POSITIVE STUDIO HABITS and how can they help you make stronger art? Use the time and space and materials in the studio well and you will make better art.

      This was a DAY WITH GLASSES and a strong time in my painting years… COVID and QUARANTINE too. I LOVE the Studio Habits as an artist and work to instill them in to the hands of the kiddo’s I work with. What are YOUR studio Habits?

      LINK THE TO THE 8 STUDIO HABITS is HERE and as a PDF from the originators HERE

      I can communicate in positive ways to get my needs met.

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: Printmaking

      Kathe Kollwitz – Memorial Sheet of Karl Liebknecht – AP ART HISTORY IMAGE – Look at this and you are a step ahead of college Art History!

      Keepsake boxes and the final few days… what are your ideas for the surface decoration and embellishment.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      7th Grade: PHOTOGRAPHY and Identity

      The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942, printed 1980
      Ansel Adams, 1902–1984; born San Francisco, CA; died Monterey, CA
      Gelatin silver print
      x1983-166

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.

      Bridget Riley and OP ART – How can you use the Simplest of the ART ELEMENTS and make art that can cause some conversation and inquiry?

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Thrown and Plaster Sculptures.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      SHORT LIST of Florian Gatsby

      Florian’s List of videos – 12 Videos

      Earth Nation Ceramics

      Earth Nation Ceramics List of Beginner’s Videos HERE – 30 TOTAL but you don’t need them all

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      Week 13 – Let us Keep Making Art with the GOAL OF BECOMING STRONGER ARTISTS!

      I can communicate in positive ways to get my needs met.

      “Bad as it is, the world is potentially full of good photographs. But to be good, photographs have to be full of the world.” Dorothea Lange

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: Printmaking

      Keepsake boxes and the final few days… what are your ideas for the surface decoration and embellishment.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      7th Grade: PHOTOGRAPHY and Identity

      and then PHOTOGRAPHY

      How are we able to use these ideas in NEW ways… I wish I knew who did this because it is a REALLY great approach to talking the neurographic breakdown of the contours in another direction!

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Thrown and Plaster Sculptures.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      SHORT LIST of Florian Gatsby

      Florian’s List of videos – 12 Videos

      Earth Nation Ceramics

      Earth Nation Ceramics List of Beginner’s Videos HERE – 30 TOTAL but you don’t need them all