Projects for the week 10.0

ELEMENTS, SKILLS and MATERIALS		Inspiration and THINKING…
7th	ELEMENTS & Principles: Line and Color SKILLS: Printing, Creating print plates, drawing from observation, blending, Identifying warm and cool colors. MATERIALS: Yarn, glue, cardboard, ink, brayer, paper, oil pastel, white crayon.	How do I create a useable printing plate with yarn, glue and cardboard? When I draw the design I created, what do I observe? What are warm and cool colors? Which warm and cool colors will I choose to use?
8th	ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES: Radial Symmetry, Color, Line SKILLS: creating mandalas using radial symmetry, using a drawing compass, creating non-objective patterns, using light sources as a drawing tool. MATERIALS: White Paper, Black Sharpie color pencils, compass, ruler	What is radial symmetry?  How can I create a pattern and repeat it in a circle? What is non-objective art?
9th	ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES: Form, Space, Value, Color, Pattern, Texture SKILLS: Portraiture, Face formula, Wet on wet water color, Wet on dry paint, glue and oil resists, Mixed media MATERIALS:  Paper, Pencils, color pencils, markers, water color, watercolor crayons, charcoal, oil pastels, glue…it’s mixed media!	How Do I use the face formula to draw myself realistically?  How can I creatively include an animal in my work?  What materials or techniques would work best for my idea? Where can I use at least 4 different meduims?
10th	ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES: Form, Space SKILLS: Drawing Movie Sets in perspective, slab clay technique, glazing. MATERIALS: paper, pencil, clay, slip, clay tools, glaze	How can I draw my movie set to demonstrate perspective? Using a vanishing point on the horizon line will help me to make shapes appear______. To connect slabs of clay I will need to ___ and ____. What details can I included to clue viewers into the movie set I designed?

Projects for the week 9.0

ELEMENTS, SKILLS and MATERIALS		Inspiration and THINKING…
7th	ELEMENTS: Line and Shape SKILLS: Understanding Organic and Geometric lines and Shapes, Using variety MATERIALS: Paper, Crayons, Sharpie	Can I create a work of art with organic lines and shapes on one side and geometric lines and shapes on the other half? What is an idea for demonstrating the differences?
8th	ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES: Space,Line SKILLS: creating illusions of space through objects going In, Out, Over and Under and recalling overlapping MATERIALS: White Paper, Black Sharpie color pencils	What the method to make objects appear like they are overlapping?  Can I demonstrate a loop and IOOU? What is a creative scene that can use IOOU?
9th	ELEMENTS: Form, Space, Value, Perspective and color theory, value SKILLS: Discovering 3 dimensional objects, shading using light sources, affecting objects with perspective, ellipses, creating monochromatic, complementary, triadic, and analogous color schemes, value and intensity MATERIALS:  Paper, Pencils, color pencils, markers, Erasers, sketchbooks	How Do I use what I know about forms and overlapping to correctly draw a still life?  How do Value  and contour lines make objects look 3-D?  Do any objects in my still life use ellipses, one point or two point perspective? What is the difference between value and intensity?
10th	ELEMENTS: Value SKILLS: Contour line drawing, Charcoal, smudging, additive and subtractive drawing techniques. MATERIALS: Toned gray paper, white pencil, charcoal, smudge sticks	How can I illustrate my dream on toned paper? Which two techniques can I use to show more values in my artwork?

Still Lives

Here is a video of some 9th Age ladies working on their still life drawings. These masterful drawings show an understanding of Art Elements Value, Form and Space. These later get quartered and each fourth becomes a color theory study. Look for monochromatic, complementary, triadic, and analogous still lives soon!

Five Minute Museum Artist of the Week

The Five minute museum Artist of the Week is Flossy-P. We had alot of discussion in the Art Studio about how her face is distorted and resembles a bird's face more than a human's. This is a segue to the new 9th Age project, using mixed media. Flossy-P uses many different materials and techniques in this piece, called "Curiosity". Can you name some?

Projects for the week 8.0

ELEMENTS, SKILLS and MATERIALS		Inspiration and THINKING…
7th	ELEMENTS: Directional Line, painting like a pro, overlapping SKILLS: Understanding art element line, discovering anatomy of a paintbrush, Using line variety, push/vs. pull paintbrush technique, creating works with limited line requirements, multimedia MATERIALS: Paper, Colored pencils, paint	Can I create a work of art using ALL the lines plus overlapping? Why should I use a number two brush to outline? How will I use what I know about lines and proper paint brush technique to design my work? What scene from over 100 years ago will be my inspiration?
8th	ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES: Space,Line SKILLS: creating illusions of space through objects going In, Out, Over and Under and recalling overlapping MATERIALS: White Paper, Black Sharpie color pencils	What the method to make objects appear like they are overlapping? Can I demonstrate a loop and IOOU? What is a creative scene that can use IOOU?
9th	ELEMENTS: Form, Space, Value, Perspective and color theory, value SKILLS: Discovering 3 dimensional objects, shading using light sources, affecting objects with perspective, ellipses, creating monochromatic, complementary, triadic, and analogous color schemes, value and intensity MATERIALS: Paper, Pencils, color pencils, markers, Erasers, sketchbooks	How Do I use what I know about forms and overlapping to correctly draw a still life? How do Value and contour lines make objects look 3-D? Do any objects in my still life use ellipses, one point or two point perspective? What is the difference between value and intensity?
10th	ELEMENTS: Value SKILLS: Contour line drawing, Charcoal, smudging, additive and subtractive drawing techniques. MATERIALS: Toned gray paper, white pencil, charcoal, smudge sticks	How can I illustrate my dream on toned paper? Which two techniques can I use to show more values in my artwork?

Five Minute Museum Artist of the Week

You have to check out Kirina Smigla-Bobinski's Helium Filled Kinetic Sculpture. If you have a chance look the video up on You-Tube you will be amazed. In the meantime, what do you think this could be? It is a floating sculpture with charcoal spikes sticking all over it. The installation is trapped inside a small room and the charcoal drags along along the gallery walls as participants, twirl, toss, and interact with it.Is the artist Kirina, the viewers, or maybe the ball? I really urge you to look at the video! My artists are LOVING this one!

Five Minute Museum Artist of the Week

Mr. Bishop found this artist and was excited for me to share it with my art students. Scott Wade took scribbling "wash me" on a dirty car to a whole other level! He intentionally muddies the windows of a car then brushes away the mess to create his masterpieces. Very unconventional and fun!

Five Minute Museum Artist of the Week

Tyree Callahan's "Chromatic Typewriter" was a hit this week. He replaced the letter stamps and ink with water color paint. Then he painted the keys to correspond. He says that he "painted a paragraph" or "typed a painting". Pretty neat, huh?

Projects for the week 7.0

ELEMENTS, SKILLS and MATERIALS		Inspiration and THINKING…
ELEMENTS: Directional Line SKILLS: Understanding art element line, discovering anatomy of a paintbrush, Using line variety, push/vs. pull paintbrush technique, creating works with limited line requirements, multimedia MATERIALS: Paper, Colored pencils, crayons, paint	Can I create a work of art using only 3 types of lines? What materials will work best for my idea? How will I use what I know about lines and proper paint brush technique to design my work?
ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES: Space,Line SKILLS: creating illusions of space through objects going In, Out, Over and Under and recalling overlapping MATERIALS: White Paper, Black Sharpie color pencils	What the method to make objects appear like they are overlapping? Can I demonstrate a loop and IOOU? What is a creative scene that can use IOOU?
ELEMENTS: Form, Space, Value, Perspective SKILLS: Discovering 3 dimensional objects, shading using light sources, affecting objects with perspective. MATERIALS: Paper, Pencils, Erasers, sketchbooks	How are forms different than shapes? How does Value make objects look 3-D? How does a Vanishing Point on a Horizon line help to make shapes look like forms?
ELEMENTS: Color, Shape, Line SKILLS: Recognizing color relationships, Contour line drawing, Pressing a Print MATERIALS: Cardboard, Paper, Markers, Tacky Glue, Yarn, Scissors, Water Soluble Ink, Brayer, Baren	How can words and art work together? Which three words are important in my life right now? How will I make sure my words read correctly when I print?

Five Minute Museum Artist of the Week

The Artist of the week is Guy Laramee. His amazing works are carved from real book pages! Have you ever looked at an ordinary object and imagined what it could be?