Pottery I- We are still working in 3 separate groups, eventually everyone will get their chance to work on the pottery wheel.
Group A- You are beginning your slab containers. By the end of the week you should be connecting the sides using one of the 3 techniques taught in class. Don't forget to score and slip and also place a coil in the inside corner to make sure the corner is joined permanently. Begin burnishing when everything is connected.
Group B - You are on the wheel! Remember, you must create one cylinder and one bowl to be graded. The dates have changed, you are throwing until 10/27. You are not throwing on the half days.
Group C- You are working on your themed coil pots. Remember to score and slip each layer. If your slab containers are not finished yet, they must be in by Monday.
On the half days we are going to update our notes in the terminology folder to prepare for the mid-term exam coming up. We will also be doing some mid-term cleanup, going through supplies and cleaning out cubbies.
Drawing I - We are finishing the still life, complete with high contrast with cast shadows and high lights. The still life is due on Tuesday. Wed, and Thurs. we will be working on perspective.
Foundations of Design- Your Op-Art design is due on Tuesday. New project on Wednesday.
Visual Arts - Yeah, it is portrait time!! We are working on individual features first then moving onto full face self-portraits. Remember, you can always do extra credit in your sketchbooks by drawing a portrait of someone at home!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Mr. Rice's Classes 6 Weeks
Foundations of Design: Students are working on shading techniques. Value Scales will be created so students can refer back to compare values on their drawings and designs. Value design: Taking simple patterns and designs and creating graded value to create depth. Hand Drawings have just been turned in. Students draw from life working from worksheets and continue onto drawing from life and shading.
Students are drawing bottles from life right now in class.
Visual Art: Students are working on Shading techniques. Students created value Charts as guides for future projects. Students created radial designs using symmetrical balance, then using graded value in color to create depth. Students are working on drawing from life drawing hands. Students are painting the background using watercolors.
Graphic Design: Students have created textile designs using adobe illustrator. Students created Olympic Pictograms representing Olympic sports. Students used artist Catalina Estrada as inspiration for art work. (link to Catalina Estrada's website. http://www.katika.net/ Students create designs using inspirational quotes. (Creative text, typing on a path, and emphasizing important words or letters in the quote) Students are now creating individual logos that represent each student. Studens will use their logo on business cards, letterhead, and in a resume'.
Students are drawing bottles from life right now in class.
Visual Art: Students are working on Shading techniques. Students created value Charts as guides for future projects. Students created radial designs using symmetrical balance, then using graded value in color to create depth. Students are working on drawing from life drawing hands. Students are painting the background using watercolors.
Graphic Design: Students have created textile designs using adobe illustrator. Students created Olympic Pictograms representing Olympic sports. Students used artist Catalina Estrada as inspiration for art work. (link to Catalina Estrada's website. http://www.katika.net/ Students create designs using inspirational quotes. (Creative text, typing on a path, and emphasizing important words or letters in the quote) Students are now creating individual logos that represent each student. Studens will use their logo on business cards, letterhead, and in a resume'.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Mrs. Graves' classes - 9/27-10/1
Pottery I- Group A is continuing the work on the wheel, you should be working on making a bowl and we will have a demo on trimming the foot of your work on Thursday and Friday, your last day on the wheel is Tuesday (10-5). Groups B & C are putting together their slab container and beging the process of burnishing when the work is leather hard.
Drawing I - We are still in our still life unit, finishing up working in our sketchbook on individual objects, trasparent, reflective and textured. Thursday and Friday we are drawing rough drafts in the sketchbook of the final still life, 2 views. Geometric form composition is due on Wednesday.
Visual Arts - We are continuing our shoes and legs project. The goal: creating the illusion of depth.
Drawing I - We are still in our still life unit, finishing up working in our sketchbook on individual objects, trasparent, reflective and textured. Thursday and Friday we are drawing rough drafts in the sketchbook of the final still life, 2 views. Geometric form composition is due on Wednesday.
Visual Arts - We are continuing our shoes and legs project. The goal: creating the illusion of depth.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Mrs. Graves says "Have a great summer!"
Have a nice summer and I will see you back in class on August 18. I will be teaching Pottery I, II & III; Drawing I, Visual Arts, and Foundations of Drawing.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Mr. Klausing's Art Classes
Painting I
The monochromatic watercolor self-portrait is due Thursday, February 18th. If you have had extended absences during the time we've worked on these, please talk to Mr. Klausing about arranging a new due date for your painting project. Remember, the grading criteria for the monochromatic self-portrait. They are:
- Quality of Drawing/Likeness
- Use of Value Contrast in Painting
- Craftsmanship/Control and use of Watercolor Techniques
- Detail/Complexity/Difficulty of Challenge
- Neatness and Presentation of Project
All students need to provide a high-contrast photo for their next watercolor activity- Lift-Off Painting in Watercolor. Students should have these photos with them when they come to class on Tuesday, February 16th.
Students will also be doing a reading activity from the ARTFORMS textbook which will cover the background and history of various painting techniques. This activity will be done in class Monday and Tuesday of the week of February 16th - February 19th.
IB Visual Art and Portfolio II
Students have their Investigation Workbooks for the first 6 weeks due Tuesday, February 16th.
The second Independent Study Project for the 6 weeks is due Thursday, February 18th. During the next week(February 14- 19), IB Visual Art students will begin to work on their Candidate Statements which are part of the required materials which will be turned in with their Candidate Record Booklet prior to their IB Visual Art Exam.
The IB Visual Art Exams/Interviews for 2010 have been extended to include Saturday, March 27th as well as Monday, March 29th. All IB Visual Art and Portfolio II students are required to participate in the set-up on Friday, March 26th, and also expected to be in attendance at the IB Visual Art and Portfolio Art Exhibit and Reception on Sunday, March 28th, at 7:00 pm. The reception will begin at 7:00 pm and run till approximately 9:00 pm. Friends, family, and faculty are invited to attend the event. IB Visual Art students and Portfolio students are expected to help provide the refreshments for the reception.
Painting I
The monochromatic watercolor self-portrait is due Thursday, February 18th. If you have had extended absences during the time we've worked on these, please talk to Mr. Klausing about arranging a new due date for your painting project. Remember, the grading criteria for the monochromatic self-portrait. They are:
- Quality of Drawing/Likeness
- Use of Value Contrast in Painting
- Craftsmanship/Control and use of Watercolor Techniques
- Detail/Complexity/Difficulty of Challenge
- Neatness and Presentation of Project
All students need to provide a high-contrast photo for their next watercolor activity- Lift-Off Painting in Watercolor. Students should have these photos with them when they come to class on Tuesday, February 16th.
Students will also be doing a reading activity from the ARTFORMS textbook which will cover the background and history of various painting techniques. This activity will be done in class Monday and Tuesday of the week of February 16th - February 19th.
IB Visual Art and Portfolio II
Students have their Investigation Workbooks for the first 6 weeks due Tuesday, February 16th.
The second Independent Study Project for the 6 weeks is due Thursday, February 18th. During the next week(February 14- 19), IB Visual Art students will begin to work on their Candidate Statements which are part of the required materials which will be turned in with their Candidate Record Booklet prior to their IB Visual Art Exam.
The IB Visual Art Exams/Interviews for 2010 have been extended to include Saturday, March 27th as well as Monday, March 29th. All IB Visual Art and Portfolio II students are required to participate in the set-up on Friday, March 26th, and also expected to be in attendance at the IB Visual Art and Portfolio Art Exhibit and Reception on Sunday, March 28th, at 7:00 pm. The reception will begin at 7:00 pm and run till approximately 9:00 pm. Friends, family, and faculty are invited to attend the event. IB Visual Art students and Portfolio students are expected to help provide the refreshments for the reception.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mr. Briscoe's Class: 12/18-1/11
Well, life is hectic and I haven't had a chance to post in a couple of weeks...I apologize. What we've been up to...
Foundations of Drawing:
Foundations of Drawing has been continuing to work with contour lines. Contour line drawings are drawings that defy the outer and inner line by prohibiting lifting of the pencil. In other words contour line drawings teach you to view all lines as significant, forcing the artist to focus on detail. This is important because many people tend to focus on just the outline or just the obvious lines...well, not in my class!
Creative Hands Project:
We began a project using sign language letters to guide our drawing. Each student chose a series of words or a phrase, perhaps even their name, to sign with one hand. With the other hand they were asked to draw a contour line drawing of their own hand. Again this was used to practice focusing on detail by forcing the artist to look back and forth between the object and the paper.
Rubric:
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of contour line, value & overlapping. - 15 pts
2. Student used 10 or more hand gestures - 10 pts
3. Student used high degree of detail - 10 pts
4. Effort - Student took time to develop idea and complete project - 20 pts
5. Craftsmanship - Neat, Clean, Complet - 20 pts.
Shoe Drawings
Foundations of Design also started another contour line drawing but this time of shoes placed in a still life.
Rubric:
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of contour line - 15 pts.
2. Student filled space and used overlapping. - 10 pts
3. Student used high degree of detail - 10 pts
4. Effort - took time to develop idea and complet project. - 20 pts
5. Crafsmanship - Neat, Clean, Complete. - 20 pts
Foundations of Design:
We have spent the last two weeks talking about positive and negative space. Positive space is the space that represents the "object" or the space occupied. Negative space is the area all around the the "object".
We did a packet that practiced this concept worth 50 pts.
We also started a new project dealing with pos/neg relationships using transfer paper. The class is overlapping lines and reversing out the pos/neg space.
Rubric:
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of pos/neg space. - 15pts
2. Student filled space and used overlapping. - 10 pts
3. Student used high degree of detail. - 10 pts
4. Effort - took time to develop idea and complete project. - 20 pts
5. Craftsmanship - Neat, clean, complet. - 20 pts
Again, feel free to e-mail me with questions: brandon.briscoe@leesummit.k12.mo.us
Foundations of Drawing:
Foundations of Drawing has been continuing to work with contour lines. Contour line drawings are drawings that defy the outer and inner line by prohibiting lifting of the pencil. In other words contour line drawings teach you to view all lines as significant, forcing the artist to focus on detail. This is important because many people tend to focus on just the outline or just the obvious lines...well, not in my class!
Creative Hands Project:
We began a project using sign language letters to guide our drawing. Each student chose a series of words or a phrase, perhaps even their name, to sign with one hand. With the other hand they were asked to draw a contour line drawing of their own hand. Again this was used to practice focusing on detail by forcing the artist to look back and forth between the object and the paper.
Rubric:
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of contour line, value & overlapping. - 15 pts
2. Student used 10 or more hand gestures - 10 pts
3. Student used high degree of detail - 10 pts
4. Effort - Student took time to develop idea and complete project - 20 pts
5. Craftsmanship - Neat, Clean, Complet - 20 pts.
Shoe Drawings
Foundations of Design also started another contour line drawing but this time of shoes placed in a still life.
Rubric:
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of contour line - 15 pts.
2. Student filled space and used overlapping. - 10 pts
3. Student used high degree of detail - 10 pts
4. Effort - took time to develop idea and complet project. - 20 pts
5. Crafsmanship - Neat, Clean, Complete. - 20 pts
Foundations of Design:
We have spent the last two weeks talking about positive and negative space. Positive space is the space that represents the "object" or the space occupied. Negative space is the area all around the the "object".
We did a packet that practiced this concept worth 50 pts.
We also started a new project dealing with pos/neg relationships using transfer paper. The class is overlapping lines and reversing out the pos/neg space.
Rubric:
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of pos/neg space. - 15pts
2. Student filled space and used overlapping. - 10 pts
3. Student used high degree of detail. - 10 pts
4. Effort - took time to develop idea and complete project. - 20 pts
5. Craftsmanship - Neat, clean, complet. - 20 pts
Again, feel free to e-mail me with questions: brandon.briscoe@leesummit.k12.mo.us
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