April 25 - 29

• Monday: Begin creating the environment for the the Studio Project. Due Date for the Pre-Planning will be set.
• Tuesday: Work on environment. When environment is complete, then you will begin making three thumbnails for the final piece within your journal using tracing paper over your environment. Artist Homework is due! New assignment will be given. 
• Wednesday: Work on thumbnails and begin working the Studio Project.
• Thursday: Detailed list of supplies is due in your folder for a folder check.
• Friday: work on Studio Project.

DP4 - you should be working on your next painting project. Your Pre-Planning is due prior to beginning the project.

Tuesday, April 19

DUE TODAY: Studio Project - Watercolor Still Life and Artist Homework

• Work on creating an environment using your brainstorm list. It needs to have both color and shape.
• This environment will be used in your final project.

Artist Homework Assignment #2

DP2 & DP4 Homework Assignment

Due Tuesday, April 26th

Complete the following in your journal – no page activation is required.

Love of Artist’s Life (50 points)

· Use the artist given to you in class. You need to provide the following information clearly and in complete sentences.

· Just as we are all influenced by the people we surround ourselves with, so too do all artists find the tangled web of lobe a large influence in their work.

· Find who, who all, or what your artist loved. Write about the person. Find two paintings that help to demonstrate this love. Explain how you can see this in the work.

· Make sure you title the work correctly with date and medium.

Monday, April 18

• Work on making the Background Activations for your Pre-Planning pages for the new project - expect to use at least four pages.


• Profile photos will be handed out in class.


• Due tomorrow --- Studio Project, Watercolor Still Life and Homework Research on Artist


• Postponed until Wednesday --- Post-Planning for WC Still Life.

DP4 - You should be working on your next personal painting project

Expressive self portraits

This power point was used to introduce Expressive Self-Portraits. Focus on the different types of environments or non-environments for each portrait. Notice the color palette of each artist. You will also see how different artists use multiple views.

Expressive self portraits

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Thursday, April 14

• Introduce Expressive Self-Portraits. Click here for the project sheet.


• Reviewed the project guidelines.


• Began self-portraits mini-labs for Pre-Planning Pages. Profile photos will be handed out in class tomorrow.

Due Dates to remember:

• Extra Credit Newspaper due by Wednesday, April 20.


• Watercolor Still Life, due Tuesday, April 19.


• Post-Planning for Watercolor Still Life, due Tuesday, April 19.


• Artist Information, due Tuesday, April 19.

Wednesday, April 15

• Work on Post-Planning and/or completing Watercolor Still Life - both are due by Tuesday, April 19th.


• All mid-point photos, end-point photos, and photos of the views of the still life are uploaded to their web albums. The links are the right. ---->


• Extra Credit: Bring in Recycled Newspaper from now until Wednesday, April 20.


• Folder Check is coming up next week. Get current.


• Artist Information Homework is due by Tuesday, April 19th.