Thursday, October 30, 2008

Rubric Announcement

As promised the Rubrics and Checklists for each class are posted. You can find them in the right-hand column under Rubrics. These will be updated with each new assignment and also each time there is a check-list to make sure that your Development Sketchbooks are up-to-date.

Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8

Friday, October 24, 2008

Announcements Week 8 (27 Oct -02 Nov, 2008)

Grade 6
This week you should be all caught up in your Development Sketchbooks and we are going to look at the Art in Forensic Science. Check out the Rob Gonsalves slide-show

Grade 7
The Grade 7 class keeps getting interrupted, hopefully this week we can really get to work on the Kapadokya Projects. Come with ideas!

Grade 8
Read Cells 3 and come to class with each of the steps listed in that post recorded and laid out in your Development Sketchbooks.

In your Development Sketchbooks you need to have the following for next class:

  1. Make sure your Cell is indeed a Cell...
  2. More images of your Cell (at LEAST 3)
  3. An explanation in your Development Sketchbook about where your cell can be found and what its function is.
  4. A story of your making that tells us where your cell is in your picture and what it is doing.
  5. Think about mixed-media techniques that you might like to employ.
  6. Be ready next week to come to class and start this painting.

Rob Gonsalves: Real to Surreal


Grade 6, here is the link to the Rob Gonsalves slide-show (click on his name) that I was showing you in art class. Enjoy! Thank you Bade for sharing this with us.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Cells 3


Your Cell Project is beginning to take some real shape in both Biology and Art class. Mr. Young has posted information for you on Moodle including a rubric clearly stating his expectations for the Science side of things.

I clarified for you in Art class this week what I expect you to be doing as you develop an idea for your painting. We have talked about understanding your Cell almost as if it were a personality and you have now pulled together its biography. Many of you have created a context for where to place your cell in a picture that will tell a "story" both factual and fictional about your chosen cell.

In your Development Sketchbooks you need to have the following for next class:
  1. Make sure your Cell is indeed a Cell...
  2. More images of your Cell (at LEAST 3) - you need to become as familiar with your cell, as if you were studying a person to paint their portrait.
  3. An explanation in your Development Sketchbook about where your cell can be found and what its function is.
  4. A story of your making that tells us where your cell is in your picture and what it is doing. Remember the examples that I shared using Erim's Goblet Cell and Laila's Strep Cell.
  5. Think about mixed-media techniques that you might like to employ. Some of you have already talked to me about paints, sewing, collage.
  6. Be ready next week to come to class and start this painting. You will complete a full sketch-painting in your Development Sketchbooks before you work on your final "canvas".


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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Urban Sketchers

Check out this link for Urban Sketchers.

"Urban Sketchers is a community of artists around the world who draw the people and places of the cities where they live and travel to. This blog is an extension to the Flickr
Urban Sketchers group started in November of 2007 by Seattle journalist and illustrator Gabi Campanario."

Announcements Week 7 (20-26 October, 2008)

Grade 6
This week you will be completing your Complementary Colour charts - and making sure that your Development Sketchbooks are up to date. Those of you in the class who are completely up-to-date will be helping the people who are not and explaining to them what they have missed.

Grade 7
I will handing back your Kapadokya Assignments. This week is full of interruptions because of testing and field-trips so our goal in class is to make sure of the following:

  1. Your Development Sketchbooks are up to date
  2. The Chalk Pastel Landscapes are completed
  3. Chalk Pastel Landscape is mounted
  4. Planning for the Cappadocia Class Project is started
Grade 8
This week in class you will complete a sketch-painting of your cell structure. Any adjustments made to your Cell Research need to be recorded in your Development Sketchbooks.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Colour 2


Complementary Colours are the colours that are directly opposite each other on the Colour Wheel.


In art class this week you are going to make your own Complementary Colour chart for your Development Sketchbooks. While you are painting your chart you will probably notice how a colour and its complement seem to work very nicely side-by-side. You will also notice that the colours appear to be strong and might even feel like they vibrate when they are together. This is because when the two colours (red & green, blue & orange, yellow & purple) are together they seem brighter and more intense.

Your first painting assignment in Art this year is going to be a Complementary Colour painting. We will talk more about that in class. Right now you should note the colours in the painting called La Musique (Music) by Henri Matisse (1869-1964) ...


La Musique (1939)
by Henri Matisse

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Announcements Week 6 (13-19 October, 2008)

Grade 6
This week you will be starting Complementary Colours - you will make a colour chart using complementary colours for your Development Sketchbook.

Grade 7

I will be collecting your Cappadocia Assignment in class, make sure that you have completed the Check List before you come to class. If you are missing something, there is enough information on TetraBlink 2 to help you complete the work.

Grade 7 Kapadokya Check List
  1. Architectural sketch of a valley (x1)
  2. Note the colours of the frescoes and find out about pigment
  3. Sketch a detail (x1) of one of the frescoes
  4. Find and record (x3) symbols
  5. Find the chicken, draw it (x1) and find out its story
  6. Take photos of Pigeon Houses
Grade 8
I will be handing back your graded Cell Research and you will start a sketch painting in your Development Sketchbooks.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Kapadokya 2


The Cappadocia trip is happening this week and while you are there you are going to be doing some independent work for art class. Please read the list below carefully and make sure that you see me before you go if you have any questions. I would like you to keep in mind all the fun facts/details that we have explored in art and to keep in mind the fascinating role that pigeons might have played in the monks lives.

When you get home you are going to take your observations and use them in your work.


Your art assignment is:

Day 1 (Wed. Oct 08 - Zelve Valley) or Day 3 (Fri. Oct 10 - Ihlara Valley)

  1. Complete an Architectural Sketch (x1) of either the Zelve Valley or the Ihlara Valley. Use your contour drawing skills and remember to sketch lightly first, then to go back after the initial sketch is completed and CHOOSE your lines. Fill your page. You know what I mean...
Day 2 (Thurs. Oct 09 - Göreme Open Air Museum)
  1. Make a list of the colours used in the frescoes and find out how the pigments for those colours were made.
  2. Sketch a detail of ONE (x1) of the frescoes in the churches. Pay attention to detail and use your contour drawing skills. Always use your contour drawing skills to lightly sketch out the details, use the full page and then go back and choose your lines, darken your details using line-work.
  3. Find and record (x3) symbols from the churches. If you can, find out what they mean and write the meaning underneath your sketch.
  4. There is church that has a chicken in it. Find the chicken/rooster/peacock (which is it?), draw it and discover its story.
Everyday
  1. Take photos of different Pigeon Houses and concentrate on interesting details. Come home with at least 3 photos.


Have a great trip. I look forward to seeing your sketches and photographs when you come home. Remember, your chaperones will have a copy of the list, and so will some of the students from 7_02.

Grade 7 Kapadokya Check List
  1. Architectural sketch of a valley (x1)
  2. Note the colours of the frescoes and find out about pigment
  3. Sketch a detail (x1) of one of the frescoes
  4. Find and record (x3) symbols
  5. Find the chicken, draw it (x1) and find out its story
  6. Take photos of Pigeon Houses
  7. Have fun

If you are not going on the Cappadocia Trip please check out the links that I have provided. Your assignment is to do a virtual tour and also complete the Kapadokya Check List. Instead of taking photos of Pigeon Houses you will find three good ones on the computer or in a book.

Announcements Week 5 (06-12 October, 2008)

Grade 6
This week you will be completing your Colour Charts in class.

Grade 7
Your Cappadocia Assignment will be clearly explained in the posting Kapadokya 2. This is the list:

  1. Architectural Sketch (x1) of either the Zelve Valley or the Ihlara Valley
  2. Note the colours of the frescoes and find out about pigment - Göreme
  3. Sketch a detail of ONE of the frescoes - Göreme
  4. Find and record (x3) symbols - Göreme
  5. Find the chicken/rooster/peacock (which is it?), draw it and find out its story - Göreme
  6. Take photos of Pigeon Houses
Grade 8
This week in class we will finally be looking at your 2 Eggs and a Box. You will be writing about the assignment in your development sketchbooks. Your Cell Research is due in class this week. You will also begin a working sketch of your Cell painting.