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May 15-18: Learn how to draw a portrait and study Pablo Picasso and his evolution from realistic to abstract art. Begin an abstract portrait! See video for more info.
Turn in completed Faux Stained Glass Flowers!
May 7-17: Bowl Glazing! Here is how we do it.
May 3-4: Learn about the kiln firing process (bowls are being fired now through next week!) Continue coloring Flowers! See examples below along with grading criteria.
May 1-2: Sketchbook Assignments #7 & #8 are given (see below for info and due dates). Continue Faux Stained Glass Flowers in Oil Pastel.
April 27-28: Begin to add color using oil pastels. See full video. Take Ceramic Quiz (20 points summative).
April 25-26: Learn about Stained Glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany and draw (in pencil) a Faux Floral Stained Glass.
April 23-24: Clay vocabulary review study guide (QUIZ FRIDAY/MONDAY)! Oil pastel intro and practice worksheet.
April 19-20: Clay coil bowls day 3 (complete them today). Sketchbook #5 is checked and Surreal Rooms are due. See clay demo below!
April 17-18: Clay coil bowls day two! See video demo.
Surreal Rooms and sketchbook assignment #5 are due next class!
April 13-16: Begin CLAY COIL BOWLS! Sketchbook assignments #5 and #6 are assigned. See images below.
Students should work in their sketchbook drawings in class each day after cleaning up from clay. If drawings aren’t finished in class, they are homework.
April 9-12: Complete Surreal Rooms!
Finish rooms for homework if necessary. Rooms are due April 19-20 for ALL STUDENTS. See finished examples and rubric below!
April 4-5, 2018: Continue your Surreal Room!
Study and discuss Dali’s Mae West Apartment, and view the following video: “Dali on the Fly”.
SPRING BREAK: Have a great time!
Ever wonder what your teacher does with her time off? Here is one of my personal drawings from my Spring Break.
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Begin Surreal Room Project!
Watch the following video for instructions and requirements as you see the process I took to create my example!
March 19-20, 2018: Drawing a Room using 1 Point linear perspective
Warm Up: demo 6 ways to create the illusion of space and depth on a drawing.Complete a practice drawing of a room.
March 15-16, 2018: Intro to 1 point linear perspective
Complete practice worksheets.
March 9-12, 2018: Pop Artist Poster (in groups)
Students read about a Pop Artist and create a poster. Sketchbook Assignments #3 and #4 are passes out.
March 7-8, 2018: cut and rearrange prints!
March 2-5, 2018
Create 4 prints using color combos of your choice.
Feb. 27-28, 2018Create a dessert printing plate and a trial proof
Feb. 23-26, 2018: Basic Form Review and Intro to Pop Art
Practice still life drawing.Create a chart of the basic forms as desserts!
Pop Art Intro Draw one dessert to prepare for printmaking project!
Feb. 21-22, 2018
Review the Elements of Art and create a diagram in our sketchbook.
TAG review a classmate’s Zentangle.Complete Zentangle Summative and turn it in after self assessing on rubric.
Feb. 16-20, 2018
Continue Zentangle Summative.Introduction to Sketchbook Assignments. See below! First 2 are due March 2nd.
Feb. 14-15, 2018: Art Critique, Zentangle Project, and Self Assessment
Inspired by Valentine's Day, we completed a critique (worksheet) about "Birthday" by Marc Chagall (10 points summative). See file below. Also, we continued to work on our Zentangle Project, and we completed a self assessment of our project so far based on our goals (related to the grading criteria.) See photo below.
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Feb. 12-13, 2018:
Discuss human proportions (you can only “break the rules” when you know the rules!) and go over the grading criteria for the Summative Zentangle project. THIS JUST IN! Making news in the world of art, history, and politics is the revealing of the Obama portraits for the American Portriat Gallery’s Presidential Portrait display!
Former President Barack Obama was painted by Kehinde Wilde, who also painted this portrait of rapper L.L. Cool J.
Feb. 8-9, 2018: Introducing...Crazy Hair and Fashion Zentangles!
After learning about Avant-garde fashion, we chose a face to work with for our project and began sketching ideas.
Snow Days...Ever wonder what your art teacher does with a day off?
My whole family paints! No, not all the time, but we love a good snow day to let our creative juices flow. I encourage YOU to spend part of your days off creating something new, too! For FUN!
Here is a Lotus Flower I painted on Feb. 7th, AKA our Snow Without Snow Day. I was inspired by a candle holder shaped like a lotus flower. Besides the form of the flower, the remainder I just imagined!
Feb. 1-2, 2018: Zentangle Intro.
Warm Up: Complete the Art Critique worksheet based on Watson and the Shark.
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Download File Zentangle Intro with review of line, texture, and pattern. Students create Zentangle on index card (formative). See video below.
January 30-31, 2018 - WELCOME SEMESTER 2 ART STUDENTS!
On our first day of art, we got to know each other, discussed classroom expectations and procedures, and began our first drawing assignment. We completed an "Get to Know You" worksheet (below) and took home an Art Packet to our parents (below). The drawing assignment that we began was called "What is the Big Picture?" (also below).
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January 24-25, 2018Goodbye Semester 1 Art Students! I hope you take art as 7th and/or 8th grade elective!
See our Brambleton Middle School Art Program video below for more info about the differences between 6th, 7th, and 8th grade art.
January 22-23, 2018
Continue Surreal Room. See rubric below. Take home bowls! See glaze firing video below.
January 16-19, 2018GLAZE BOWLS! Then, continue Surreal Room.
January 11-12, 2018Surreal Room
Begin your Surreal Room! Summative, due Jan 26th.
January 9-10, 2018One Point Perspective Cont.
I’ve been out sick, but the sub. (Mrs. Bidwell) continued to teach about one point perspective. I had her show the following short videos, and after reviewing past material, art students drew a room in one linear perspective for formative practice.
Watch this to understand what perspective for artists is all about! Watch these demonstrations (there are two options for how to start) to learn how to begin to draw a room in one point perspective:
January 2-3, 2018:Happy New Year and Welcome Back!
NEW TOPIC: How to create the illusion of depth and space in a drawing or painting. Next, review ONE POINT LINEAR PERSPECTIVE. In class, we practice using worksheets provided.
December 14-15, 2017Complete your Snowman Drawing!
Take Ceramics Quiz.Work on sketchbook drawings if necessary.Winter Holiday Choice Extras!
Decemeber 12-13, 2017
Review how to shade a sphere, as well as value drawing terminology. Color snowmen using Oil Pastels!
December 8-11, 2017
Review clay terms and complete worksheet. Study the worksheet!Introduction to Playful Snowman drawing assignment. Sketch ideas and draw in pencil on blue paper.
December 4-8, 2017: complete your clay bowl!
November 30-December 1, 2017
Continue building clay Coil Bowls!
November 28-29, 2017
Introduction to CLAY! Begin clay bowls.
November 17-20, 2017
Complete your Paper Mola! Begin your PEOPLE and ANIMAL drawings from the Q2 Sketchbook Prompts! See list below for choices. People and Animal drawings will be checked the week of Nov. 27-Dec. 1st. Make sure your have a People and Animal drawing done for your sketchbook check! Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document. Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document.
November 15-16, 2017
Continue to decorate Paper Molas! Grading rubric is posted below. Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document.
November 13-14, 2017
After Mola review, begin to create your paper mola following the directions in the YouTube video I created below.
November 9-10, 2017
Mola Introduction (next summative project!)
Draw 4+ animal sketches in preparation for your Mola. FINISH and turn in “The Scream” Parodies!
November 3-8, 2017
A Day Students: Sorry I am absent, but my daughter is sick. (No, I'm not home because of the volleyball game last night!)
Continue and FINISH your Scream Parody after watching my video demonstration. Each table will get a
blue tote caddy with three optional dry mediums (Prismacolor Pencils, Oil Pastels, and Chalk Pastels). When using chalk or oil pastels, please put down newspaper and clean up after yourself. SHARE at your table, and make sure to return the art mediums to the blue caddy in the condition you found them (or better!)
To complete your Scream Parody, do the following:1) Create a drawing that is CLEARLY SIMILAR to "The Scream."2) Be sure to change at least ONE MAJOR PART of "The Scream" for comic effect (humor!).3) Color the ENTIRE paper and layer color and/or mediums to create a rich, finished look.4) Work carefully and control your materials for expressive, yet neat, results!When finished, turn your work. Be sure that your name is clearly labeled on the back! THEN, CREATE A MONA LISA PARODY (worksheet). You MUST create a Mona Lisa Parody if you finish your Scream Parody before clean up time! If you do not have time for the Mona Lisa Parody, it is *optional* homework.
***IMPORTANT!!!!! A DAY STUDENTS, IF YOU HAVE MISSING SILLY DRAWING ASSIGNMENTS, MR. THIELE IN ROOM ART 3 CAN CHECK THEM IN FOR YOU. HE HAS MY LIST AND IS EXPECTING TO SEE YOU. ASK THE SUB WHEN READY TO SHOW YOUR DRAWINGS. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY YOU CAN GET CREDIT FOR THESE DRAWINGS.LINK TO YOUTUBE SCREAM DEMO. VIDEO: https://youtu.be/GCjbZWX30BA
November 1-2, 2017
”The Scream” worksheet and reading- FormativeCreate a parody of “The Scream!” (day 1 if 2) You can choose a medium(s) to work with: Oil pastel, colored pencil, chalk pastel, marker, or COMBINATION! You MUST color the entire scene though.
October 30-31, 2017: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Study “The Scream” by Edvard Munch.Write a short story inspired by “The Scream” (see below).Understand the meaning of an artistic PARODY. Create your own parody of “The Scream” (sketch today, begin with color next class).
October 26-27, 2017
Finish and turn in Sugar Skulls/Calaveras (I can’t decide on a project name...sorry for the confusion!)Summative Mexican Art quiz (20 points).Work on Silly Drawings. EXTENTION: due Friday, Nov. 3rd.
October 24-25, 2017
Review Mexican Art using Quizizz! Review at home if needed: https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/59ee42895bc026110003e08d?from=quizEditorContinue Summative Sugar Skulls in oil pastels.
October 19-20, 2017
Continue working on Sugar Skulls! See grading rubric below. We will continue (and hopefully finish) our Sugar Skulls next class.
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October 17-18, 2017
Learn how to use oil pastels by blending along with the video demo (formative worksheet provided). Then, begin coloring summative Sugar Skulls as soon the skull drawing is complete!
October 13-16, 2017
Complete a rough draft of a Sugar Skull. See worksheet below!
October 11-12, 2017
Day of the Dead Introduction. Sketch a skull (formative)
October 6-10, 2017
Review composition. Complete Still Life drawing (50 points, summative). Assessment is on composition and value. See rubric below.
October 4-5, 2017
Warm Up: Composition - how the elements of art are arranged. What makes an excellent composition?Summative - Begin drawing Large Still Life (Day 1 of 2). Create a view finder, your composition, and lay out a basic line drawing of your scene.
October 2-3, 2017
Formative Shading Forms Worksheet: Using the given light source, shade all of the basic forms. See attached pdf (shade_forms).Summative (25 points): Draw and shade 3 Mega Bloks. See below for grading criteria.
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September 28-29, 2017
Formative Value Worksheet: Create two value scales (blending and hatching) and draw a piece of popcorn. See pdf attachment. Summative (20 points): Draw and shade a folded piece of paper! (10 points for drawing the form, 10 points for including 3 or more values.) ***UPDATE: I CHANGED MY MIND AND THIS IS NOW FORMATIVE (PRACTICE). SUMMATIVE VALUE DRAWING TO WILL BE CREATED NEXT CLASS!
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September 26-27, 2017
Formative drawing of paint bottles (sketchbooks)Still life rotations. Turn in ONE drawing (last rotation.)
September 22-25, 2017
Formative drawing of Mega Blocks.Reviewed Basic Forms and created charts for practice in sketchbooks (formative).
September 20-21, 2017
Summative: Quarter 1 Sketchbook assignments are given out. See "Silling Drawing Prompts" list of choices.
COMPLETE (AT MINIMUM) ONE PER CATEGORY DURING THE QUARTER (4 drawings total).- 10 points each
- Fill one full page per drawing
- Fully colored (pencils or markers)
- On topic (give your drawing a title and label your drawing with the written prompt.)
DRAWINGS WILL BE CHECKED NEAR THE END OF THE QUARTER. Due date TBD later. Work on these drawings during class when finished with other assignments. An opportunity to take sketchbooks home for extra work time will be given later in the quarter, IF NECESSARY. Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document.
September 18-19, 2017
Summative: Describe Starry Night (paragraph including the elements of art.)
Continue painting Mandalas(summarize) and self assess your painting when finished. Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document.
September 14-15, 2017
Formative: Describe a painting.Continue Inking and Painting Mandalas. Self evaluate your mandala drawing and inking (Summative, Part 1, worth 50 points). Part 1 grading sheet below. Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document.
September 12-13, 2017
Watercolor Formative Practice! Begin to paint Mandalas when ready. I recorded and uploaded the entire demo below before I noticed that I spelling "PALETTE" wrong. Please forgive me!
September 8-11, 2017
Learn about inking techniques (stippling, hatching, cross hatching) and Zentangles/Zendoodles and patterns.Begin inking Mandalas!
September 6-7, 2017
Review of the Elements of Art through Creative Notes in sketchbooks.Mandala Intro. and Day 1 of drawing mandala (summative) in pencil.
September 1-5, 2017
Radial Symmetry (formative group assignment): Using the objects provided and the allotted time, create a design that has radial symmetry!*Some students took the assignment further by creating time lapse videos of the process of creation and destruction. Students were inspired by a video clip of Tibetan monks creating and then destroying a sand mandala.
August 30-31st, 2017
Personalize a Phone (summative drawing)
Homework: Complete your phone drawing at home if you did not finish in class! Continue to bring in signed forms and supplies. | personalizedphone.pdf |
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AUGUST 24-25, 2017
Team Building CHALLENGE! "Foil and Fuzzy"
HOMEWORK: Please read, sign, and return the slip at the bottom of the Art Information Packet! Purchase any necessary art materials. 
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