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Last Project and Journal Due on Monday...

• PATTERNED STILL LIFE is due on Monday. We will paint the point of EMPHASIS on Monday.
• JOURNAL for the Patterned Still Life project is due on THE DAY OF YOUR FINAL.
• 6th period is TUESDAY, May 24
• 7th period is FRIDAY, May 27
• 8th period is FRIDAY, May 27
• JOURNAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Introductory Page with the Project/Lesson Name, definitions of Emphasis and Contour Line; and how our Project is Imitationalism. THIS IS THE ONLY PAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE ACTIVATED - use watercolor or tissue paper and compose it with either boxes, windows, or columns (your choice).
• Still Life Collage from your point of view of the still life. (This was done in class and DOES NOT NEED TO BE ACTIVATED).
• Thumbnails from your view of the still life. Glue them in - all of them. Write for each why or why not you choose this thumbnail. (THIS DOES NOT NEED TO BE ACTIVATED.)

WE WILL REVIEW FOR THE FINAL ON MONDAY, May 23rd.

Week of May 9 - 13

This is EOCT week, so class will be off a little.

We are working on our last STUDIO PROJECT: Patterned Still Life

What needs to be completed this week:

1. Pre-Planning Introductory Page
2. Make a Thumbnail of the still life you can make your final drawing from.
3. Make a cut paper collage of the still life thumbnail in your journal.

Due this week, Post-Planning for the Contour Washes Project - Monday, May 9th.

Friday, April 29th

• Paint the 3rd layer with straight Gesso.
• Work on your POST-PLANNING.

Thursday, April 28

• Finding the right Balance for the third layer will be introduced.


• Work on the most detailed drawings you can make for the final layer.


• Paint the drawings in thick gesso carefully.


• Work on Post-Planning.

Wednesday, April 27

Complete the 2nd layer of the Contour Washes Project.
Begin working on the Post-Planning for this project. You will need begin making the newspaper backgrounds and written statements for this assignment:

Post – Planning Information

Technique

·         Studio Project Reflection Pages: o   Write and respond to the Essential Question. o   Reflect on what is observational drawing and how does your work show an understanding of true observational drawing o   Explain how your final drawing has visual movement. o   Explain how your pre-planning pages relate to your studio project. o   Reflect on how successful you were on this studio project. Start the statement with “I like my project, because…” ·         Whole Project Reflection Page(s): o   What new things did you learn through this project? Explain what you learned. o   How does this project fit the AOI? Answer these questions: §  Why do artists create? §  What is the impact of artists on our culture? o   Culture of this class: include comments by two other students made about your project. Reflect on whether these comments helped you make decisions about your project. o   How can you use observational drawing in other areas of your life?

·         Each page must be creatively ‘ACTIVATED’ by collaging watercolor stained newspaper in either warm or cool colors. ·         All text for the pages must be creatively made using the opposite color scheme. For example, if you stain your newspaper cool, then your text must be in warm colors. ·         Compositional Layout: Columns ·         Organization and labeling of the required information ·         All written work MUST be readable.

Tuesday, April 26

• Work on drawing the 2nd layer of your Contour Washes Project. Once complete you can paint the second layer.
• You will need to stain newspaper for your Post-Planning for this project if you have free time.
• Pre-Planning Journal is one day late.
• Folder is one day late.

Monday, April 25

• Folder Check!!
• Pre-Planning Pages are due by the end of class.
• Begin the drawing for the second layer of your Studio Project.
• Take home your artwork!

April 25 - 29

Project in Process: Contour Washes

• Monday: Begin 2nd layer of drawings for the contour washes project. Folder Check and Pre-Planning is due!
• Tuesday: Work on 2nd layer of the contour washes project. Paint the negative space of the 2nd layer, even if it overlaps some of the positive of the first layer.
• Wednesday: Begin the final layer of the Contour Washes project. The drawing in this layer must be the most detailed as possible. Begin staining newspaper for your post-planning pages.
• Thursday:Work on the final layer.
• Friday: Complete the Contour Washes with extra fine sharpie. Work on your Post-Planning Journal Pages. Due date for the Contour Washes Studio Project will be set.

Monday - April 18

POST-PLANNING for the clay portrait is due today!!!
FOLDER CHECK on Thursday, April 21!

• Work on your pre-planning pages.
• Activate your background using either warm or cool stained newspaper in columns.
• All text for the pages needs to be stained in the opposite color scheme from the background.

April 14-15

• We are beginning a Unit and Studio Project - Contour Washes. Click here for the Project Guide.


• Blind Contour of an object.


• If you want to have a specific object to draw you can bring one from home. The objects need negative space and interested surface details. You will need to okay the object with Ms. Munson.




• Some ideas include:




• Egg Beater


• Ice Skates


• Roller Skates


• Folder Check next week - due date will be set on Monday.


• Post-Planning for Clay Portrait is due on Monday, April 18.


• Clay Portraits are due on Friday, April 15.

April 12 - 16

Project in Process: Expressive Clay Portrait and Contour Washes

• Monday: Complete the clay portraits. Final due date will be set.
• Tuesday: Begin post-planning.
• Wednesday: Complete post-planning.
• Thursday: Begin Contour Washes project. Introduce Jim Dine and contour drawing.
• Friday: Work on Pre-Planning page.

Facial Proportions and Expressions

Facial expression

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Week of March 28 - April 1

Project in Process: Expressive Clay Portrait

• Monday: work on eyes.
• Tuesday: add a mouth and a nose. sculpt a nose and begin the mouth.
• Wednesday: add ears. clean up the face.
• Thursday: add hair and complete the texture in the background. Clay Portrait is due!
• Friday: Freshman Field Day. All clay projects must be completed prior to Friday since the clay will be dried up over spring break.

Thursday, March 24

Complete your Pre-Planning Pages for the Expressive Clay Portraits:

• Page 1: All Unit information and cut-out a 6x6 window
• Page 2 (back of page 1): all information on face proportions
• Page 3: 2 6x6 proportional faces with expression.
• Page 4: your proportional drawing of your neighbor

All Pre-Planning Pages are due at the end of class on FRIDAY, March 25.

Week of March 21-25

PROJECT: Expressive Clay Portraits

• Monday: Work on Pre-Planning Pages for Expressive Clay Portraits. Collographs studio project and Post-Planning Pages are due!
• Tuesday: Introduce expressive faces based on face proportions. Work on maquette drawing in journal for clay portrait.
• Wednesday: Begin clay portrait. 
• Thursday: Work on clay portrait.
• Friday: Work on clay portrait.

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Studio Project - COLLAGRAPHS - by Monday, March 21, you need to complete an EMBOSSMENT (no ink), 1 black ink collagraph print, and 1 MONOPRINT (use watercolor to enhance your prints)
2. Collagraph POST-Planning Pages - due on Monday, March 21st. All of your Pre-Planning pages are due at the end of class. All information about the page can be found by clicking on this link.

Monday - Tuesday, March 14-15

Prioritize what you need to complete:

1. Print your COLLAGRAPH.
2. Complete your POST-PLANNING PAGES.
3. Use WATERCOLOR to make a MONOPRINT of one of your prints. Use COMPLEMENTARY colors. You can add colored pencil for effect.
4. ACTIVATE your pages and borders for your Post-Planning Pages.
5. Work on Unit 1 TEST REVIEW

COLLAGRAPH PRINTS DUE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 18TH.

Week of March 14 - 18

PROJECT: Complete COLLAGRAPHS! and begin Expressive Clay Portraits

• Monday: Print Collagraphs. Monoprinting will be introduced. Continue working on Post-Planning Pages.
• Tuesday: Review for Unit 1 test. Discuss upcoming project and expectations while Ms. Munson is away. Work on Post-Planning and Monoprints. LAST DAY TO PRINT YOUR COLLAGRAPH during class
• Wednesday: Begin Expressive Clay Portraits by learning Face Proportions and making a portrait of the student across from you. 
• Thursday: Test on Unit 1! Work on portrait of another student.
• Friday: Work on Pre-Planning Journal Pages for Unit 2: Expressive Clay Portraits

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Studio Project - COLLAGRAPHS - by Monday, March 21, you need to complete an EMBOSSMENT (no ink), 1 black ink collagraph print, and 1 MONOPRINT (use watercolor to enhance your prints)
2. Collagraph POST-Planning Pages - due on Monday, March 21st. All of your Pre-Planning pages are due at the end of class. All information about the page can be found by clicking on this link.

Tuesday-Friday, March 8-11

• Complete your COLLAGRAPH plate.
• Seal it with MOD PODGE.
• Activate your POST-PLANNING PAGES if you have any free time while you are waiting on things to dry.

We will begin printing the COLLAGRAPHS as soon as the plates are dry.

Monday, March 7th

• Complete your COLLAGRAPH plate.
• Seal it with MOD PODGE.
• Activate your POST-PLANNING PAGES if you have any free time while you are waiting on things to dry.

We will begin printing the COLLAGRAPHS as soon as the plates are dry.

Week of March 7 - 11

PROJECT: COLLAGRAPHS!

• Monday - Friday: This week we should complete our collagraph plates and make our prints. Once the plate is complete, it needs to be sealed with Mod Podge before it can be printed. You will need to make an embossment (no ink), 3 prints, and turn one of the prints into a monoprint in order to complete your studio project. Once you complete your print, you will make your Post-Planning Pages for your journal.

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Collagraph Pre-Planning Pages - due on Wednesday, March 2nd. All four of your Pre-Planning pages are due. All information about the page can be found by clicking on this link.

Thursday - Friday, March 3-4

ESSENTIAL Question: How does an artist show emotions through design?

• Use your MAQUETTE to decide on your textures from your STUDIO PROJECT COLLAGRAPH PLATE.
• Fill out your LEGEND for your Maquette.
• Make a rubbing of your maquette. Shade with a pencil in both directions - DO NOT MOVE YOUR "DESIGN (formerly Intro)" PAPER.
• OUTLINE your shapes on the rubbing.
• Use your rubbing as a pattern to begin building your COLLAGRAPH PLATE.

Wednesday, March 2

Essential Question: How does an artist show emotions through design?

PRE-PLANNING PAGES 1-4 are due today, Wednesday, March 2nd at the END OF CLASS!

Complete all pages, borders, Maquette, and Legend.

If you finish early, begin the rubbing (or FROTTAGE) of your Maquette.

Monday, February 28

Work on the following as we go through the Collagraph project. Remember to check off on your Pre-Planning page handout as you complete something:

• Pre-Planning Pages 1-3.
• Complete the page activation with complementary borders.
• Draw 3 shapes from the Matisse power point and talk about how Matisse used repetition and unity with each shape.
• Cut and divide your sample prints at your table. Label and talk about what you did right and wrong with the prints (Page 3).
• Begin your MAQUETTE for your Pre-Planning Page 4:
• GREEN is for the background.
• BLUE is for the Animal.
• PURPLE is for the border.
• RED, ORANGE, & YELLOW are for extra details.

Week of February 28 - March 4

PROJECT: COLLAGRAPHS!

• Monday: Both pages of your animal morphs are due! Begin transferring your favorite morph into a maquette for page 4 of your Pre-Planning Pages. Continue working on Pre-Planning Pages.
• Tuesday: Work on your maquette of your collagraph for Page 4 of the Pre-Planning pages. Continue working on Pre-Planning Pages.
• Wednesday: Complete your Maquette. Pre-Planning Pages and Maquette are both due at the end of the period.
• Thursday - Friday: Begin building your collagraph plate for your Studio Project using your Maquette.

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Animal Morphs - Both pages of animal morphs need to be complete by Monday. If you need another copy of the handout, click here.
2. Collagraph Pre-Planning Pages - due on Wednesday, March 2nd (This date is tentative and will be reassessed at the end of the week). All four of your Pre-Planning pages are due. All information about the page can be found by clicking on this link.

Thursday, February 24 - Friday, February 25

Work on the following as we go through the Collagraph project. Remember to check off on your Pre-Planning page handout as you complete something:

• Pre-Planning Pages 1-3.
• Complete the page activation with complementary borders.
• Draw 3 shapes from the Matisse power point and talk about how Matisse used repetition and unity with each shape.
• Complete your 8 animal morphs.
• In table groups, print your sample cards.
• Cut and divide your sample prints at your table. Label and talk about what you did right and wrong with the prints (Page 3).
• Glue down the GREEN construction paper onto Page 4.
• Use the BLUE construction paper to draw your favorite morphed animal.

Updated Matisse Power Point

You need to draw three shapes from three different Matisse cutout collages. For each shape, you need to write in your journal about how he used the shape in repetition and how he created unity. (Pre-Planning Page 3)

Matisse drawing with color unity and repetition

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Tuesday, February 22 - Wednesday, February 23

Work on the following as we go through the Collagraph project. Remember to check off on your Pre-Planning page handout as you complete something:

• Pre-Planning Pages 1-3
• Complete the page activation with complementary borders
• Draw 3 shapes from the Matisse power point and talk about how Matisse used repetition and unity with each shape.
• Complete your 8 animal morphs
• In table groups, print your sample cards

Project Sheet - Animal Motif Collagraph

This is the main project sheet for our Collagraph project. Click here for the Pre-planning journal breakdown: http://www.slideshare.net/djmunson/collagraphs-journal-break-down-printmakingpreplanning

And here for the Journal Rubric for this project: http://www.slideshare.net/djmunson/rubric-journal-rubric-for-collograph-2

Project name design-collagraph

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Week of February 21 - 25

PROJECT: COLLAGRAPHS!

• Monday - Wednesday: Work on printing your collagraph samples you made as a group. Work on your Pre-Planning pages 1-3. Complete your animal morphs through to the second page.
• Thursday - Friday: Introduce and work on your MAQUETTE for your Studio Project Collagraph. You will use your morphed animal for the construction paper maquette that will go on your 4th and final page of your Pre-Planning Journal Pages.

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Collagraph Pre-Planning Pages - due on Monday, February 28th (This date is tentative and will be reassessed at the end of the week). All four of your Pre-Planning pages are due. All information about the page can be found by clicking on this link. 

Friday, February 18

• Review Animal Morphing - Work on Page 1 of the Morph.
• Complete writing and designing your first two pre-planning pages.
• Discuss grades and missing assignments.
• In groups:
  • Seal your sample cards
  • Make borders in complementary colors using brayers and "Design" paper.
  • Emboss your sample cards in order to proof the techniques required. Make adjustments if necessary.

Matisse Drawing With Color

Here is the power point from our class on Thursday, Feb. 17. From this power point, you need to draw 3 shapes from Matisse's cutouts and to describe how he repeats the shapes and creates unity in his work.

Matisse Drawing With Color

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Thursday, February 18

• Introduce Matisse and Animal Morphing.
• Photo of Animal that matches your personality is ONE DAY LATE!
• Discuss grades and missing assignments.
• In groups:
  • Seal your sample cards
  • Make borders in complementary colors using brayers
  • Emboss your sample cards in order to proof the techniques required. Make adjustments if necessary.
  • Complete writing and designing your first two pre-planning pages.

Wednesday, Feb. 16

6th Period:

• Photo of Animal that matches your personality is due!
• In groups:
• Seal your sample cards
• Complete activation of your printmaking pre-pages
• Make borders in complementary colors using brayers
• Complete writing and designing your first two pre-planning pages.

7th & 8th Periods:

• Photo of Animal that matches your personality is due!
• In groups:
• Seal your sample cards
• Make borders in complementary colors using brayers
• Emboss your sample cards in order to proof the techniques required. Make adjustments if necessary.
• Complete writing and designing your first two pre-planning pages.

Feb. 14 - 18

PROJECT: COLLAGRAPHS!

• Monday: STUDIO PROJECT - Zentangled Initials and the Zentangled Initials Post-Planning Pages are due! FOLDER CHECK! Demo and discuss making 8 different texture sample cards per table for learning how to print Collagraphs. Homework: Choose your Animal to match your Personality, due on Wednesday. 
• Tuesday: Complete the collagraph texture cards and make a border on your Collagraph Pre-Planning Pages.
• Wednesday: Introduce Matisse's cutouts and morphing an object. Begin printing in groups of the collagraph samples, working on Matisse animal morphs, and your Pre-planning pages. Homework due - bring a photo of your ANIMAL that represents your personality.
• Thursday - Friday: In groups work on printing your sample plates, morphing your animal, and completing your Pre-Planning Pages.

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Zentangled Initial Studio Project  - due on Monday, February 14th. Our last day to work on the project in class is Tuesday. All work on this project after Tuesday, Feb. 8th, will need to be completed on your own time. You can turn in your project at time as you complete, but after Monday, Feb. 14th late points will be deducted.
2. Zentangled Initial Project Post-Planing Pages - due on Monday, February 14th. Our last day to work on the project in class is Tuesday. All work on this project after Tuesday, Feb. 8th, will need to be completed on your own time. You can turn in your project at time as you complete, but after Monday, Feb. 14th late points will be deducted.
3. What Animal describes you?  - due on Wednesday, February 16th. - due on Monday, February 14th. Find an animal that best describes your personality. Bring a good photo of your animal. If you are having problems finding an animal - try one of these sites (please ignore the advertisements): 
• http://www.allthetests.com/quiz10/quizpu.php?testid=1095198776
• http://quizilla.teennick.com/quizzes/846460/what-is-your-animal-totem
• http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_s_your_patronus
• http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/Find+Out+Your+Patronus/zachary7/the-ultimate-and-real-patronus-quiz/

Friday, Feb. 11 Update

Due on Monday (2/14):  Studio Project - Zentangled Initials; Post-Planning Pages for your Zentangled Initials; and a Folder Check.

As promised, here are my post-planning pages...

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."

Class Presentation: Printmaking

This presentation introduces our printmaking project and gives definitions for specific printmaking terms we will using in class.

Design Printmaking Terms Pics

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February 7 - 11

PROJECT: Complete Zentangled Initial Photogram and Begin COLLOGRAPHS!

• Monday: PRE-PLANNING PAGES ARE FINALLY DUE at the beginning of class! Demo and discuss how to complete the Zentangled Initial Project. As each student completes their final project, clip a completed rubric to it and submit to your classes box in our class.
• Tuesday: Complete the Studio Project and the Post-Planning Pages for the Zentangled Initial Photograms. ALL ZENTANGLED INITIAL PROJECTS AND POST-PLANNING PAGES FOR THIS PROJECT ARE DUE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14.
• Wednesday: Introduce Printmaking (my favorite!). Printmaking terms from the power point will be used in your Pre-Planning pages for the Collograph project.
• Thursday: Work on Pre-Planning Pages for the Collograph project. Details for the Pre-Planning pages for the Collograph project will be passed out in class and then posted to the blog.
• Friday: Work on Pre-Planning pages for the Collograph project. 

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Zentangled Initial Project Pre-Planning Pages - due on Monday, February 7th at the beginning of class.
2. Zentangled Initial Studio Project  - due on Monday, February 14th. Our last day to work on the project in class is Tuesday. All work on this project after Tuesday, Feb. 8th, will need to be completed on your own time. You can turn in your project at time as you complete, but after Monday, Feb. 14th late points will be deducted.
3. Zentangled Initial Project Post-Planing Pages - due on Monday, February 14th. Our last day to work on the project in class is Tuesday. All work on this project after Tuesday, Feb. 8th, will need to be completed on your own time. You can turn in your project at time as you complete, but after Monday, Feb. 14th late points will be deducted.

January 31 - February 4

Project: Zentangled Initials Photograms

• Monday: Complete the Pre-Planning pages and turn them in for a grade as you complete them. Work on your Zentangled Initials Square so you can go to the darkroom.
• Tuesday - Friday: After you make all your photograms in the darkroom and mount them on construction paper, you will work on and complete your Post-Planning pages:

Post-Planning Pg 1		Post-Planning Pg 2
·      Answer your Essential question. ·      Reflect on new things you have learned.	·      Reflect on whether your final project was successful? Why? ·      How does your project relate to your pre-planning?	·      What is the culture of this class? ·      How does the culture of your class affect your project? ·      How does the project relate to the AOI?
Each page should be “Activated” Have a GRID design in the background ALL ANSWERS MUST BE IN LEGIBLE AND IN FULL SENTENCES

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. Pre-Planning Pages - due as you complete them.
2. Zentangled Initials Mounted Photograms - due by Tuesday, February 8th.
3. Post-Planning Pages - due by Tuesday, February 8th.