Studio Art
Studio Art – Homework Sketchbook Assignment due Feb. 27
- room interior sketch, using measurement
Studio Art – Homework Sketchbook Assignment due Feb. 20
Measurement method practice
– 3 separate drawing sessions (Tue/Wed/Thu) using skewer/plumb line
– Document your 3 setups with photos, email or post to Artsonia
– Show sighting angles and measurement marks in your drawings
– Minimum 3 pages
– You’ll leave your sketchbook in the classroom
Studio Art – Homework due Feb. 18 – selected students only
- Write a paragraph describing three benefits of self-government in maintaining a quiet and focused work space in art class.
- Write a paragraph laying out your proposed ideas for governing yourself with respect to drawing and talking during art class, including talking during instruction and talking while working.
Studio Art – Master Artwork Presentations
If you forgot which artwork you chose, you can find here.
Grade 8 Art
Grade 8 Quiz: Harlem Renaissance & Photorealism
8B, 8C Feb. 26
8A Feb. 27
Grade 8 Quiz: Photorealism & Neo-expressionism
8B, 8C Mar. 4
8A Mar. 5
Grade 8 – Studio Project #1
due Jan. 29 (8A), Jan. 28 (8C, 8B)
Choose a master work of art from the past, and use it to design a (parody) package for an imaginary product.Use Warhol’s or Lichtenstein’s Pop Art style. Follow these steps:
- refer to the master work of art
- stylize the master work
- choose/imagine a product
- use the pop-ified art/sketch as art in the design of a package for that product
- turn in a shareable concept sketch page on 9×12″, showing:
- color choices
- placement of elements
- all sides
Grade 7 Art
Grade 7 Quiz: Expressionism & Cubism
7AB Feb. 26
Grade 7 Quiz: Cubism & Abstraction
7C Mar. 5
How to turn in work (early, on time, or late)
The “turn in tray”
Work must be labeled with the student’s full name, section, date, and assignment title.
I use one location for turning work in, and for storing it until I am able to grade it. When I take papers out of the “turn in tray” they go into my “to grade” folder for that class/section, according to how the work is labeled. This system simplifies the task of submitting work, limits the number of times I must handle each student’s work, and keeps work out of other students’ hands. If the work is not labeled, I place it in the “ghost” folder.
The “ghost” folder
When a student is certain they have submitted an assignment that I have marked as missing, most times it will turn up in the “ghost” folder. This a marked folder, below the turn in tray where I place all work (complete or incomplete) that I find around the classroom, on tables, seats, floors, drying rack, countertops, or shelves, and all work that is not labeled with the student’s name and section. Occasionally, when a work is still in progress and we store it in the classroom, I will find it mixed into a file belonging to a different class/section, placed there by a well-meaning student.
Other places to look for missing work
Recently, a student found her missing work between the pages of her own sketchbook, another student found his missing work in his folder for another subject, and another student discovered that she had written the wrong section on her work. Students have come to me in the past with completed work on locker-clean-out day.
Why do I keep student work in the classroom?
I do not take student work out of the classroom until after it has been graded, and then only a few pieces of exemplary work for display. I only rarely allow ungraded work to go home with a student, because of the increased risk that I will not see the work again, even when it is due for a grade. I allowed this with the grade 8 ‘Shading Practice with Athena’ project because some of my class sections were short changed for time by safety drills and other unforeseen circumstances.
