November 1-5

Studio Projects: Color Value Drawings

• Monday: Introduce drawing Value using Color. Mini-lab: Color value spheres and practicing new medium-chalk pastels and felt paper. EXTRA CREDIT: BRING IN RED APPLES AND/OR GREEN PEARS FOR FRUIT STILL-LIFE!
• Tuesday: Journal Assignment Due Today. Homework: 5 Shirts Due today. Review setting up a composition. Complete at least 3 contour sketches of still-life for compositional planning.
• Wednesday: . Finish value spheres mini-lab and contour composition planning sketches BEFORE Beginning color value still-life drawing on felt paper using chalk pastels.
• Thursday: Work on Color Value Still-life drawings.
  
• Friday: Value Still-Life Drawing Due Today. Work on Color Value Still-life drawings.

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday, October 25^th, homework assignment will be to draw a shirt hanging on a hanger. Each day you should change the shirt. Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Remember this is modified contour drawing – all will be in line. Drawings due on Tuesday, November 2.

Journal Assignment – Make 5 full page spreads (a half page). Your decide the concept. A good place to look for inspiration is to open up your language book and point to a sentence. Make it the basis for the concept. For technique – choose a different technique from the “Stuck? Need a new idea?” Journaling technique pages in your folder. Include writing with each paqge. Due on Tuesday, November 2nd.

October 25 - 29

Studio Projects: Pencil Value Drawings

• Monday: Work on Still Life. 
• Tuesday: Homework drawings are due. Work on Still Life. Today you should be moving from mid-state into the finishing stages of the drawing.
• Wednesday: Work on Value Still Life. Last day in class. Still Life Drawing is due on Wednesday, November 3rd. 
• Thursday: TBA
• Friday: TBA

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday, October 25^th, homework assignment will be to draw a shirt hanging on a hanger. Each day you should change the shirt. Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Remember this is modified contour drawing – all will be in line. Drawings due on Tuesday, November 2.

Journal Assignment – Make 5 full page spreads (a half page). Your decide the concept. A good place to look for inspiration is to open up your language book and point to a sentence. Make it the basis for the concept. For technique – choose a different technique from the “Stuck? Need a new idea?” Journaling technique pages in your folder. Include writing with each paqge. Due on Monday, November 1^st.

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DP 3

• Studio Projects: Work on your giant Value Drawing.
• Homework – follow the assignments for DP1.
• Journal Assignment – 8 full-page spreads (1/2 pages)  like DP1.
• Home Project – Choose one of your Full-Page Spreads and develop it into a completed piece.

October 17-22

Studio Projects: Pencil Value Drawings

• Monday: Should begin breaking down your values today. You set the 0s and the 9s – decide which pencil will give you the best light and dark values. Begin sculpting the objects in value. Don’t get distracted by details. Environments Journal pages are due! Mini-Labs will be graded along with the environment pages.
• Tuesday: Homework drawings are due. Discuss how to decide what are the best techniques to use for the creating the values on each object.
• Wednesday: Work on Value Still Life. Next Journal Assignment will be introduced. Students may work on the journal during the value project.
• Thursday- Friday: Working value project or journal assignments.

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday, October 18^th, homework assignment will be to draw a shirt hanging on a hanger. Each day you should change the shirt. Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Remember this is modified contour drawing – all will be in line. Drawings due on Tuesday, October 27^th.

Journal Assignment – Make 5 full page spreads (a half page). Your decide the concept. A good place to look for inspiration is to open up your language book and point to a sentence. Make it the basis for the concept. For technique – choose a different technique from the “Stuck? Need a new idea?” Journaling technique pages in your folder. Include writing with each paqge. Due on Monday, November 1^st.

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DP 3

• Studio Projects: Work on your giant Value Drawing.
• Homework – follow the assignments for DP1.
• Journal Assignment – 8 full-page spreads (1/2 pages)  like DP1.
• Home Project – Choose one of your Full-Page Spreads and develop it into a completed piece.

October 12 - 15

Studio Projects: Pencil Value Drawing

• Monday: Teacher Workday – no school.
• Tuesday: Homework drawings are due. Begin modified contour drawings of your still life in your journal – you will need 3 drawings. Discuss what makes a well-planned composition.
• Wednesday: PSAT – no class.
• Thursday: Complete your still life drawing plan. Discuss how to begin the still life drawing.
• Friday: Work on your still life drawing. Journal assignment due today.

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday, October 19^th, homework assignment will be to draw a coffee cup on different surfaces. Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted drawing. Drawings due on Tuesday, October 12^th.

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DP 3

• Studio Projects: Create a large still life drawing of the Asian still life in class.
• Journal Assignment – Environments, due on Friday, October 15^th.
• Home Project – Coming soon!

Dp1 replacement project

If you are a student who wants to improve your first studio project grade, here is the assignment. There is one and only one due date for this one - Friday, October 15th. There will be no late work accepted - even if your cat ate your dog who ate your homework! :)

Dp1 replacement project

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October 6 - Pencil Value Power Point

This is the class presentation with the mini-lab images.

Creating form on a 2 d surface

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October 4 - 8

DP 1

Studio Projects: completing the Expressive Hands and will begin a pencil Value Drawing

• Monday: Work on Hands. New journal assignment will be handed out. REMEMBER: I removed the "windows" option under requirements.
• Tuesday: Homework drawings are due. Work on Expressive Hands and Journal.
• Wednesday-Thursday: Introduce value drawing and discuss different pencil techniques. Complete 6 mini-labs in your Journal by Tuesday, October 12.
• Friday: Critique Tool Composites and Expressive Hands.Complete the Pencil techniques and value sphere in journal.

Extra Credit – bring in Asian objects for a still life.

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday, October 5^th, homework assignment will be to draw your iPod or cell phone on different surfaces. Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Drawings due on Tuesday, October 12^th.

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DP 3

• Studio Projects: your artist research self-portrait is due on Monday, October 4^th.  Begin a large value drawing in pencil. Pencil Mini-labs due on Tuesday, October 12th.
• Journal Assignment – Environments
• Home Project – View down a street