Week 1 – Welcome to Second Semester

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.

In Class Daily Reflections is going to be new this semester also… Here is the page we will be using to keep track of how we are doing daily.


Lesson Plans

Clay Assignment HERE


Lesson Plans


Lesson Plans

PLASTER HAND SCULPTURE ARTWORK PROJECT

George Segal inspired Sculpture

Week 19 – The final Days in the Art Studio!

EXPECTATIONS: As always, we need to review the studio expectations. 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

Clay Assignment HERE


Lesson Plans

What worked (or didn’t work) in the final work out of the kiln? How would you fix it if you could redo it?


Lesson Plans

PLASTER HAND SCULPTURE ARTWORK PROJECT

George Segal inspired Sculpture

Week 18 – Two More Weeks – 4 more days…

EXPECTATIONS: Sometimes we need to review the studio expectations. 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

Demo Day – What is it like to work on the potter’s wheel? Let’s find out!

What are you going to GLAZE your keepsake box like? How will that all get pulled together?

Clay Assignment HERE


Lesson Plans

What worked (or didn’t work) in the final work out of the kiln? How would you fix it if you could redo it?


Lesson Plans

PLASTER HAND SCULPTURE ARTWORK PROJECT

  • George Segal inspired Sculpture – Day 2 of sculpting and then painting. What are you going to do with the outside of it, the presentation of it, the display of it to make it work so it can STAND ON ITS OWN?

Week 17 – Happy New Year. We have a LOT of art to make.

EXPECTATIONS: Sometimes we need to review the studio expectations. 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

What is your keepsake box going to hold? How do we see that on the outside of the piece?

Clay Assignment HERE


Lesson Plans

What is your animal and how are you going to REALLY make this successful


Lesson Plans

PLASTER HAND SCULPTURE ARTWORK PROJECT

  • George Segal inspired Sculpture

Week 16 – Still Sculpting!

EXPECTATIONS: Sometimes we need to review the studio expectations. 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

What is your keepsake box going to hold? How do we see that on the outside of the piece?

Clay Assignment HERE


Lesson Plans

What is your animal and how are you going to REALLY make this successful


Lesson Plans

A day late but not a dollar short. Thanks for your patience as I ended the weekend for other things. Hope your school week and whatever else you have to do is GREAT as we all approach some sort of break!

Keep up the POSITIVE ATTITUDE and GREAT WORK!

Frank

We are done glazing and the firing has been completed. How do you feel about your work? How was it successful? what woukld you have done differently?

Coming up AFTER BREAK! – PLASTER HAND SCULPTURE ARTWORK PROJECT

  • AFTER the break… Segal inspired Sculpture for the time and talk about GLAZING…

Week 15 – Sculpting and Painting and Glazing… Oh My!

I feel like I’ve said this before. We all need to work on being good towards everyone… It starts with your choices in how you treat one another.

EXPECTATIONS: Sometimes we need to review the studio expectations. 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

The INTERNET has a lot of ideas – make sure you make your own PERSONAL – Look at these FEET and HANDLES!

Clay Assignment HERE


What is YOUR color scheme?

How could you use these ideas of SHAPE and COLOR in a digital world? This was done in Adobe Illustrator – a CAREER PROGRAM for a digital artist.

Lesson Plans

COLOR SCHEMES – HERE are examples of the 8 color schemes we are using. HERE is a better set of examples.

Experiments (below) with Watercolors are HERE. Are there MORE – Sure… this is what we start with. Work through it with WATERCOLORS!

  • Grab a WATER CUP and PAINT SET!
  • What do you know about COLOR SCHEMES?

Color Wheel HERE and ALONE

Neurographic Portrait in Watercolors – HERE


Lesson Plans

We have 3 days to GLAZE EVERYTHING and then we are going to FIRE it all. ALSO – When you finish glazing a piece, you are going to make a photograph of that work PRIOR to GLAZE firing. Spaces are set up in the fronts of the room.

PLASTER HAND SCULPTURE ARTWORK PROJECT

  • AFTER the break… Segal inspired Sculpture for the time and talk about GLAZING…

Week 14 – Welcome Back! We HAVE to get back to work…

Impulse controlI can use multiple strategies to manage my emotions across settings

6th Grade: Ceramic Keepsake Boxes… What will YOUR BOX hold?

Lesson Plans

Clay Assignment HERE

Jennifer Alexander – Wisconsin Ceramicist – makes these WONDERFUL hand crafted boxes. What goes in them is entirely up to you. What are you going to put into YOUR keepsake box? We are planning this out today!

7th Grade: Neurographic Portraits – Color Schemes and Watercolor Techniques!

Henri Matisse. Portrait of Madame Matisse. (The green line). 1905. 40.5 x 32.5 cm. Oil and tempera on canvas. Statens Museum for Kunst.

What is YOUR color scheme going to be?

Lesson Plans

COLOR SCHEMES – HERE are examples of the 8 color schemes we are using. HERE is a better set of examples.

Experiments (below) with Watercolors are HERE. Are there MORE – Sure… this is what we start with. Work through it with WATERCOLORS!

  • Grab a WATER CUP and PAINT SET!
  • What do you know about COLOR SCHEMES?

Color Wheel HERE and ALONE

Neurographic Portrait in Watercolors – HERE

8th Grade Sculpture: Glazing for the Holidays… HAND THROWN WORKS (for most).

Lesson Plans

PLASTER HAND SCULPTURE ARTWORK PROJECT

  • Let’s pause from the Segal inspired Sculpture for the time and talk about GLAZING…

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

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?

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?