Monday, February 28

• Begin working on your background for your collage for the Studio Project.
• LAST DAY TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT IN CLASS IS TUESDAY, MARCH 1ST. Due date will be set tomorrow!
• Continue working on your POST-PLANNING Pages for the Color Theory Form Paintings. 
• Complete the 3 thumbnails using photos of your four Form paintings. These thumbnails are part of the Post-Planning Pages. Here is what you need to consider for each thumbnail:
• Forms from the painting. 
• Focal Point. 
• Visual Movement. 
• What extra can you add? You can add more paint, words, magazines - whatever will creative make a new composite composition of your paintings.
• LAST TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT IN CLASS IS TUESDAY, MARCH 1. The final due date for this project will be set on Tuesday.

•  DP4 - Work on your Post-Planning for your Impressionistic painting. What are you planning for your next painting?
• DP4 - Begin your Personal Painting Project
• DP4 - Bring inspiration for your next painting. Find an artist reference and something you want to paint. Use the Links and Resources to find an artist reference. 

Week of February 28 - March 4

DP 2 Project - Color Theory Forms Composite and Watercolor Still Life
DP 4 Project - Personal Painting Project

• Monday: Work on your background for the composite collage. Begin cutting out your paintings and planning placement of your collage. Also make final adjustments to your matboard. DP4 - inspiration photos are due for your next painting. Home project that was originally to be assigned last week, will be assigned today. Click here for your project sheet.
• Tuesday: LAST DAY IN CLASS to work on the Color Forms Composite. The final DUE DATE will be assigned today. DP4 - Post-Planning and Impressionist Painting are due. Begin research for next painting. 3 Minute Drawing Homework is due.
• Wednesday: Introduce Watercolor and next project. Begin Watercolor Techniques Handout. Set up watercolor palette. DP4 - working on the planning of your painting.
• Thursday-Friday: Work on watercolor techniques. DP4 begin your next painting.

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Drawing Homework: 5 black ballpoint pen gestural drawings of your feet in an environment (each should be 3 minutes in length - dated and timed). Make sure each day your feet are in a new environment. Due on Tuesday, March 8th.
2. DP4 Home Drawing Assignment: make a watercolor painting of your yard. Yes, paint outside! use your impressionistic techniques! Due on Friday, March 11th.

Friday, February 25

• Begin working on your background for your collage for the Studio Project.
• Continue working on your POST-PLANNING Pages for the Color Theory Form Paintings. 
• Complete the 3 thumbnails using photos of your four Form paintings. These thumbnails are part of the Post-Planning Pages. Here is what you need to consider for each thumbnail:
• Forms from the painting. 
• Focal Point. 
• Visual Movement. 
• What extra can you add? You can add more paint, words, magazines - whatever will creative make a new composite composition of your paintings.
• LAST TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT IN CLASS IS TUESDAY, MARCH 1. The final due date for this project will be set on Tuesday.

•  DP4 - Work on your Post-Planning for your Impressionistic painting. What are you planning for your next painting?
• DP4 - Bring inspiration for your next painting. Find an artist reference and something you want to paint. Use the Links and Resources to find an artist reference. 

Tuesday, February 22 - Thursday, February 24

• Begin your POST-PLANNING Pages for the Color Theory Form Paintings. Click here for the project sheet and the journal requirements. Each page needs to be activated like the pre-planning pages and you need to make sure include all the information in the post-planning pages.
• Make 3 thumbnails using photos of your four Form paintings. For each thumbnail, you need to cut up the photos and reorganize them into a new composite composition. One of these thumbnails will eventually become your final project (due next Tuesday). These thumbnails are part of the Post-Planning Pages. Here is what you need to consider for each thumbnail:
• Forms from the painting. Each form must be in tact. In other words you can't cut up the actual form in each painting, but the rest of the painting needs to be used in new and creative ways.
• Focal Point. You need to have a clear focal point. One of the best places for a focal point is the offset it to the right of the middle and a little lower than the middle of the page. A good rule is to leave your best form painting intact.
• Visual Movement. As you cut up the painting and reorganize them, make sure you spread out the colors around the composition. Don't isolate a color unless you want it to be the focal point.
• What extra can you add? You can add more paint, words, magazines - whatever will creative make a new composite composition of your paintings.
•  DP4 - Work on your Post-Planning for your Impressionistic painting. What are you planning for your next painting?

Week of February 21 - 25

DP 2 Project - Color Theory Forms Composite
DP 4 Project - Impressionistic Masterstudy

• Monday: Teacher workday1 
• Tuesday: Begin the planning for the composite collage of your color theory paintings. You need to bring in 3 photos of each of your color form paintings - 12 in total. DP4 should be complete with their last painting. Bring in a resource and an idea for your next project. 3 Minute Drawing Homework is due.
• Wednesday: Work on your post planning pages and your composite compositions. Gesso matboard. DP4 - working on the planning of your painting.
• Thursday-Friday: Begin your composite and complete your post planning pages. DP4 begin your next painting.

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Drawing Homework: 5 black ballpoint pen gestural drawings of an open window (each should be 3 minutes in length - dated and timed). Use  a different window each day. Due on Tuesday, March 1st.
2. DP4 Home Drawing Assignment: make a watercolor painting of your yard. Yes, paint outside! use your impressionistic techniques! Due on Friday, March 4th.

Friday, February 18

SHORT CLASS TODAY due to Black History Month Assembly at Lunch!

• LAST DAY IN CLASS to work on your Analogous Form Painting - Warm to Cool! warm hues are your light values, coolest color are your dark values. Use complements to dark your colors. Do NOT use pure color!
• For Tuesday, BRING IN 3 PHOTOS OF EACH OF YOUR 4 PAINTINGS.
• If you finish early, you can print out your photos of your paintings and begin working on your POST-PLANNING for the Color Theory Forms Composite.
• Due by FRIDAY (at midnight) - a digital or a hard copy of photos of the following paintings. My home email is danajungmunson@mac.com if you want to email the photos to me (email if there is a problem):
• Grayscale
• Monochromatic
• Intensity Sphere
• Analogous

Thursday, Feb. 17

• Work on your Analogous Form Painting - Warm to Cool! warm hues are your light values, coolest color are your dark values. Use complements to dark your colors. Do NOT use pure color!
• Due by FRIDAY - a digital or a hard copy of photos of the following paintings. My home email is danajungmunson@mac.com if you want to email the photos to me:
• Grayscale
• Monochromatic
• Intensity Sphere
• Analogous

Wednesday, Feb. 16

• Folder Check today!!
• Work on your Analogous Form Painting - Warm to Cool! warm hues are your light values, coolest color are your dark values. Use complements to dark your colors. Do NOT use pure color!
• Due by FRIDAY - a digital or a hard copy of photos of the following paintings. My home email is danajungmunson@mac.com if you want to email the photos to me:
• Grayscale
• Monochromatic
• Intensity Sphere
• Analogous

Feb. 14 - 18

DP 2 Project - Color Theory Forms Composite
DP 4 Project - Impressionistic Masterstudy

• Monday: Work on your analogous painting. DP4 should be working on details and be close to completion.  
• Tuesday: Work on the analogous painting. 3 Minute Drawing Homework is due.
• Wednesday: FOLDER CHECK! Demo split-complementary Form Painting. DP4 - working on the detail of your painting.
• Thursday: Work on split-complementary Form Painting.
• Friday: Photos of all form paintings are due except the split-complementary painting. Work on split-complementary Form Painting. Discuss end of project and post-planning pages. DP4 Home Drawing Assignment will be given. Folders are due.

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Drawing Homework: 5 black ballpoint pen gestural drawings of the corner of a room (each should be 3 minutes in length - dated and timed). Use  a different corner each day. Due on Tuesday, February 22nd.
2. Grayscale, Monochromatic, and Intensity-Monochromatic Value Spheres should be complete by this week. If not, you will need to work on the paintings on your own time.
3. DP4 Home Drawing Assignment: use a 12x9 piece of drawing paper. Set up a still life in your home of three of your most favorite objects. Use a light source to create shadows. Use your drawing pencils to render the still life. Due on Tuesday, Feburary 15th.

Quotes from class: Jan. 18, Jan. 24, Jan. 31, and Feb. 7

• Jan. 18: "We think from the heart, feel from the head, learn from the body."
• Jan. 24: "Smart artists balance 'fire in the belly' with 'electricity in the brain'."
• Jan. 31: "I think about art as an idea, rather than as a specific composition or object."
• Feb. 7: "Perhaps it is simply that being human, we think, but being an artist surely deepens our thinking, makes us approach things differently."

DP2 - Link to student photos of your color theory form paintings

Click here for the link to get to your photos you have taken in class with either of my digital cameras.

February 7 - 11

DP 2 Project - Color Theory Forms Composite
DP 4 Project - Impressionistic Masterstudy

• Monday: Work on your Monochromatic Intensity value sphere. Discuss Post-Planning Pages and working on them as you complete the project. DP4 should be working on mid-state. DP4 home project drawing paper will given out. Homework assignment will be given for DP2 and DP4.
• Tuesday: Work on your Monochromatic Intensity value sphere.Gesso paper. 3 Minute Drawing Homework is due.
• Wednesday: Demo Analogous Form Painting. DP4 - working on the detail of your painting.
• Thursday: Work on Analogous Form Painting.
• Friday: Work on Analogous Form Painting. Discuss end of project and post-planning pages. DP4 Home Drawing Assignment will be given. Folders are due.

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Drawing Homework: 5 black ballpoint pen gestural drawings of your hand holding a book. Use a different book each day and alternate the pose (each should be 3 minutes in length - dated and timed). Due on Tuesday, February 15th.
2. Grayscale and Monochromatic Value Spheres should be complete by this week. If not, you will need to work on the paintings on your own time.
3. DP4 Home Drawing Assignment: use a 12x9 piece of drawing paper. Set up a still life in your home of three of your most favorite objects. Use a light source to create shadows. Use your drawing pencils to render the still life. Due on Monday, Feburary 14th.

DP4 - Weekend Assignment for Home Drawing Project

Over the weekend, set up a still life with your three favorite objects. Use a light to create nice shadows. Make three thumbnails - at least 2" x 3" for Monday. Make sure you give enough details in the thumbnail for both of us to understand the composition. Due on Monday, Feb. 8.