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Welcome to Week 12! Printing – again, Painting, and 2 Days of Photographs in Stop Motion Photography

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As Always… Studio Expectations are Here.

6th Grade: Printmaking!

Lesson Plans

https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/mary-cassatt-selected-color-prints.html#slide_9

Printmaking Art Assignment

The MET – Woodcut Demo Page – This is GOOD! – Check it out.

7th Grade: Assessment and PORTRAITS!

Neurographic Line Portrait Assignment HERE

Watercolor Technique DEMO – NO PORTRAIT WORK this week (unless we get through it all on the FIRST DAY!

  • https://youtu.be/qSZM0WpFY4k
  • On the BACK of your COLOR SCHEME PAINTINGS – Draw out 8 Squares… Use the mat board squares provided…
  • Looking at the portraits…
    • What is ONE GOAL – ONE measurable goal – something you can look back on at the end of the hour and see if you hit it or not – that you can set for yourself today?

8th Grade Sculpture: Ceramics first then CLAYMATION!

Lesson Plans

Onto CLAYMATION! Claymation Assignment HERE.

  • 2 MORE DAYS TO MAKE PHOTOS!
  • PLEASE GET YOUR WORK OUT and be at a GROUP TABLE.
  • Cameras and tripods are READY TO GO at the table.
  • You are going to set things up and make a LOT of photographs today. 12 photos per second… 10 seconds – 120 photographs
  • WHAT ARE YOU going to do in order to make a very successful team project SO THAT you can upload the images and make a movie next time?
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Welcome to Week 11! Printing, Portraits, and Stop Motion Photography

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

As Always… Studio Expectations are Here.

6th Grade: Printmaking!

Lesson Plans

https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2025/elizabeth-catlett-black-revolutionary-artist.html

The MET – Woodcut Demo Page – This is GOOD! – Check it out.

Printmaking Art Assignment

7th Grade: Assessment and PORTRAITS!

Neurographic Line Portrait Assignment HERE

8th Grade Sculpture: Ceramics first then CLAYMATION!

Lesson Plans

Onto CLAYMATION! Claymation Assignment HERE.

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Welcome to Week 10! Welcome to 4th QUARTER! Whoa that went fast!

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As Always… Studio Expectations are Here.

6th Grade: Printmaking!

Lesson Plans

Sister Mary Corita Kent’s work at the National Gallery – she was a print maker! I love her studio expectations as well… do you remember them?

The MET – Woodcut Demo Page – This is GOOD! – Check it out.

Printmaking Art Assignment

7th Grade: Assessment and PORTRAITS!

David Najib Kasir – Milwaukee Artist in the line of PORTRAITS!

Neurographic Line Portrait Assignment HERE

8th Grade Sculpture: Ceramics first then CLAYMATION!

Lesson Plans

Being at the National Indian Museum in Washington DC over spring break… I saw a number of works that were pertinent to what we’ve been doing.

Onto CLAYMATION! Claymation Assignment HERE.

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Welcome to Week 9! The last week of the QUARTER – GRADES will be done soon.

I made it past the FIRST ROUND… Is Frank Korb America’s Favorite Teacher? Please help a teacher out… You Decide: https://americasfavteacher.org/2025/frank-korb

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

Studio Expectations are Here.

THIS WEEK! the 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: Printmaking!

Lesson Plans

Head a young woman facing the viewer, from the portfolio ‘Los pequeños grabadores en madera, alumnos de la Escuela Preparatoria de Jalisco‘ (Guadalajara, Mexico 1925).
María Marín de Orozco Mexican, ca. 1924 – The MET

The MET – Woodcut Demo Page – This is GOOD! – Check it out.

Printmaking Art Assignment

7th Grade: Glazing our works – KILN READY ON FRIDAY!

We are GLAZING – How many coats do you need?

8th Grade Sculpture: Totems and Wheel Thrown… I missed this for a few weeks I think in the title…

Lesson Plans

Totem, Ettore Sottsass, Italian, born Austria, 1966, The MET – Not on View

CLAY and Totem Inspired Works – and the wheel!

Totem Inspired Sculpture ASSIGNMENT

Wheel Thrown Assignment / Glazing

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Welcome to Week 8! This quarter is REALLY moving along fas

Is Frank Korb America’s Favorite Teacher? You Decide: https://americasfavteacher.org/2025/frank-korb

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.

THIS WEEK! the 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: One-Point Perspective – Yeah… still here.

Lesson Plans

One Point Perspective Drawing / Painting Assignment

Watercolor Techniques – Thanks Sasha for getting this going last week. This week will be better!

Look at your one-point perspective drawings and write out 2 things you found success in AND write out 1 thing you still saw / felt as a struggle.

Calendar

  • Day 13 – 15: Begin Watercolor – use ALL of the techniques we have learned
  • Day 16: Wrap up painting, Assessment, Nametags, Mount, Display

7th Grade: Photography – Portraits (and for the next assignment), Architecture, and Foodie Photography

Lesson Plans – Photography and the many approaches to it! Being Better Photographers!

What kind of COMPOSITION do you think this photography is?

Open? Closed? No Horizon? Rule of Thirds?

Photography Assignment

8th Grade Sculpture: Plaster Hand Sculpting like George Segal

Lesson Plans

Herb Alpert – Blood Totems

CLAY and Totem Inspired Works – and the wheel!

Jenni Ward Ceramic Totems – What are you doing to REALLY make this an impressive work? 45 minutes in class will not cut it. Coil! Slab! Pinch! Read the instructions!

Totem Inspired Sculpture ASSIGNMENT

Wheel Thrown Assignment / Glazing

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Week 7: Time is REALLY moving along… let’s Van Gogh out of here.

Is Frank Korb America’s Favorite Teacher? You Decide: https://americasfavteacher.org/2025/frank-korb

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.

THIS WEEK! the 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: One-Point Perspective – Yeah… still here.

Lesson Plans

One Point Perspective Drawing / Painting Assignment

Watercolor Techniques – Thanks Sasha for getting this going last week. This week will be better!

Look at your one-point perspective drawings and write out 2 things you found success in AND write out 1 thing you still saw / felt as a struggle.

Calendar

  • Day 13 – 15: Begin Watercolor – use ALL of the techniques we have learned
  • Day 16: Wrap up painting, Assessment, Nametags, Mount, Display

7th Grade: Photography – Portraits (and for the next assignment), Architecture, and Foodie Photography

Lesson Plans – Photography and the many approaches to it! Being Better Photographers!

What kind of COMPOSITION do you think this photography is?

Open? Closed? No Horizon? Rule of Thirds?

Photography Assignment

8th Grade Sculpture: Plaster Hand Sculpting like George Segal

Lesson Plans

CLAY and Totem Inspired Works – and the wheel!

Hello Friends of Art With Korb! What a week! We are in WEEK 7 and the time continues to move ahead with no slowing down. Look at the WHEEL and the TOTEM inspired works! Lots of personal connection. Check out the COLOR SCHEMES! How are you doing with PHOTOGRAPHY? Thanks All - F

Jenni Ward Ceramic Totems – What are you doing to REALLY make this an impressive work? 45 minutes in class will not cut it. Coil! Slab! Pinch! Read the instructions!

Totem Inspired Sculpture ASSIGNMENT

Wheel Thrown Assignment / Glazing

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Week 6: America’s Favorite Teacher? Maybe? You decide!

Is Frank Korb America’s Favorite Teacher? You Decide: https://americasfavteacher.org/2025/frank-korb

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.

THIS WEEK! the 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: One-Point Perspective – Yeah… still here.

Lesson Plans

One Point Perspective Drawing / Painting Assignment

Watercolor Techniques – Thanks Sasha for getting this going last week. This week will be better!

Look at your one-point perspective drawings and write out 2 things you found success in AND write out 1 thing you still saw / felt as a struggle.

Calendar

  • Day 11 and 12: Watercolors and review the use of them – techniques – using the lid as a place to mix color – SMALL WATER IN COLORS THEMSELVES,  and proper handling of brushes – good brushes to use. Practice Worksheet with Watercolors – ONE DAY McGilton and Korb’s Art Corridor – Watercolor Practice – Step by Step – 6th Grade Art
  • Day 13: Begin Watercolor – use ALL of the techniques we have learned
  • Days 14 – 15: Paint
  • Day 16: Wrap up painting, Assessment, Nametags, Mount, Displ

7th Grade: Photography – Portraits (and for the next assignment), Architecture, and Foodie Photography

Lesson Plans – Photography and the many approaches to it! Being Better Photographers!

Photography Assignment

8th Grade Sculpture: Plaster Hand Sculpting like George Segal

Lesson Plans

CLAY and Totem Inspired Works – and the wheel!

Totem Inspired Sculpture ASSIGNMENT

Wheel Thrown Assignment / Glazing

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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?