Thursday, February 9, 2017

Upload your Color Theory practice

Today you will upload the folllowing work from our color practice:


  • Color Wheel with Primary, Secondary, and Intermediate colors
  • Color Wheel with Hue, Tint, Tone, and Shade
  • Organic shapes painting with Monochromatic colors
  • Geometric shapes painting with Complimentary colors
  • Your choice of Oganic or Geometric Shapes with warm or Cool colors
  • Your choice of Oganic or Geometric Shapes with warm or Cool Analogous colors


Friday, February 3, 2017

Tuesday, February 7 - Design with Colored pencils

I am not in class today. Here is your assignment...

Today you will create a design with colored pencils.

Make a design on the 6x6 inch paper (on the round table) using either organic lines, geometric lines, or a combination of the two.

Choose a color scheme, monochromatic, complimentary, or analogous, using either warm or cool colors.

Color in each lines using values of the color from light to dark. this will create a feeling that the lines have turned into forms.


Look at the examples below:



Complimentary colors, organic forms




Monochromatic color, organic forms

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Upload Day

Today I will be checking to see that you've uploaded your Picasso portraits and questions.

Also, 
Upload your Celebrity Portrait. It is now Due:

Answer the following questions about drawing the portrait:

1. How did you feel you have progressed in your drawing skills ?

  • At first I didn't understand to.....
  • Now I understand to...
  • I still don't understand how to....
  • What did you find the easiest in your drawings?
  • What did you find the most difficult?

2.Grade your WORK ETHIC based on the Rubric.
3.Grade your CRAFTSMANSHIP/QUALITY based on the IMAGE CRITERIA Rubric

What grade do you deserve?

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Upload Your Mask and Self - Assessment

1. Take a picture of your mask and upload it.

2. Write a brief description of the your mask masking process. Use at least 5 vocabulary words from the clay vocabulary blog post.

3. Grade yourself according to the Work Ethic and Image Criteria rubric above

Gridded Celebrity Portrait

Today we will continue the gridded celebrity portrait.

Last time we worked on the outline of the face, hair, and clothing.

Today work on the eyes, and nose. Pay close attention to where details of the eues and nose cross the grid lines.

Draw very lightly and do not add any value or shadow. 

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Scholastic Magazine Assignment - How To Read Art

Read the Scholastic Magazine - How to Read Art
Answer BOTH worksheets.
Write down the questions and answer them in a new blog post.
Title it "Scholastic Magazine  - How to Read Art"

Monday, November 21, 2016

Upload day - Drawing Progress

Upload the following drawings:

1 Grid drawing - Flower, Hand, etc
Eye Video Drawing
Eye Freehand Drawing

Eye grid Drawing
Nose Video Drawing
Mouth Video Drawing
Female Face Video Drawing

Answer the following:

Answer the following questions:
Grade your WORK ETHIC based on the Rubric.
Grade your CRAFTSMANSHIP/QUALITY based on the IMAGE CRITERIA Rubric

How did you feel you have progressed in your drawing skills ?
At first I didn't understand to.....
Now I understand to...
I still don't understand how to....
What did you find the easiest in your drawings?

What did you find the most difficult?