Week of Dec. 12th through 16th

Well, we have had quite a first half of the year. This week should be just as busy as all the others. However, the term busy can be substituted for 'fun' as well. This coming friday is our BETA Variety Show. Which is always fun. I will be performing as well. Stay tuned.

This week in art will be a laid back one. Nonetheless, we all need to stay busy. AP Art History, as usual, will stay on pace for this half of the semester. AP Art Studio has their half way deadline on the 15th. The rest of our studio classes will be working on a project of their choice for their 'final' this week.

RHS Art Students can ----->

1 Art I- Final (work of your choice)
BREAKFAST- practice for BETA Variety Show
2 PLANNING
3 AP Art History- continue study into the Renaissance
4 2D/3D - Final (work of your choice)
5 Advanced Art- Final (work of your choice)
6 AP Art Studio- Midway review
7 New Media- Commercial & Claymation

Our week beats your year,
Mr. Grizzle

Week of December 5th through 9th

     Winter break is quickly approaching. As a visual art department, we will be moving in at a pretty quick pace. Which is perfectly fine with me, I tend to work better at such a pace. Nonetheless, we will be continuing in drawing this week will ALL classes. We are doing this, because we all need it. Plus, doing life studies of certain things aids a lot of us for various reasons. This coming week we will be sketching and finishing draped cloth studies. Though they are not easy, the ideals of using and working with line, shape and value will be good for all of us. Including myself.
     In AP Art History we are now on pace to enter the Renaissance before break. Which makes me quite happy. The Renaissance is when art really starts to pick up and we begin to see masters work in grand detail.
     RHS Art studies can and will ------->
1 Art I- Draped cloth study. Students are to draw from life. Minimum of three sketchbook drawings and one 'finished' drawling by friday December 9th
BREAKFAST- There will be practice sessions for the BETA variety show
2 PLANNING
3 AP Art History- Continual look into Gothic/Proto-Renaissance work
4 2D/3D - Draped cloth study. Students are to draw from life. Minimum of three sketchbook drawings and one 'finished' drawling by friday December 9th
5 Advanced Art- Draped cloth study. Students are to draw/photograph from life. A minimum of three drawings or 5 shots in sketchbook. One 'finished' drawing or 2 photographs will be due by friday December 9th.
6 AP Art Studio- continue work with porfolio. Students may participate in Draped Cloth study, whether drawing or photography.
7 New Media- continue work on Claymation and commercials. Both are due December 13th.



Our week beats your year,
Mr. Jeremy Grizzle

Week of Nov. 28 through Dec. 2

Thanksgiving Break is over. It was a pretty good one for me. This coming week will be a busy one. We will be finishing up our lessons on hand built pottery. Hopefully, everything will be dry enough to fire and and we will fire on monday. Through our the week we will be glazing and finishing these vessels.
     We will be jumping back into drawing a bit. The theme for this weeks drawing lesson is 'Fists & Feet'. The main goal of these drawing is to create a finished product with a bit of drawing technique involved. Most people find drawing to be some sort of magical thing that only a few people can do. This isn't the case. Drawing takes time. Especially when trying to create something representational. We'll all see after my discussion on it this week.

     AP Art History will be diving in Gothic Art with the Renaissance in the near distance. Gothic Art, at times can be over looked, but in lies a grand importance to the set-up for the master's of perspective and humanistic creation.
     It is unfortunate that when we think of 'gothic' we think of this --------->

     Though, beautiful in it's own right. The 'modern' interpretation of Goth is a lot different.

RHS Art students can ----->
1- Art I: Students will begin the 'Fist & Feet' project
BREAKFAST
2- PLANNING
3- AP Art History: Gothic Art
4- 2D/3D: Students will begin the 'Fist & Feet' project
5- Adv. Art- Students will begin the 'Fist & Feet' project. Student may also dip into the digital realm using cameras and film. However, all work must be done at school.
6- AP Art Studio: continuing work on concentration. Students may also partake in the 'Fist & Feet' project if needed.
7- New Media: Commercials & Clay-mation.


Our week beats your year,
Mr. Jeremy Grizzle

Week of Nov. 21....two day'er

      This week will be quite a quick one. After we return from Thanksgiving Break we will be hitting it hard until Winter Break. We will be having quite a bit of 3D project to complete until then. Plus, we will be hitting the books hard in AP Art History. Renaissance here we come.

RHS Art Students can ----->
1 Art I- Begin work on paper mache' project
Breakfast
2 PLANNING
3 AP Art History- Romanesque & Gothic Art
4 2D/3D- Begin work on still-life sketch for faux litho print
5 Advanced Art- Begin work on still-life for faux litho print
6 AP Art Studio- continue with portfolio work
7 New Media- continue work on Commercials

Week of Nov. 14 - 18

     Well, welcome to the only full week of November. Quite interesting. Nonetheless, things will be picking up in relation to activity in the art room until winter break. All my classes will heading into the 3D world, with the exception of AP Art History, New Media & AP Art Studio. We will be breaking the clay out to create some hand built pots. We will be creating thrown pottery soon, but not quite yet.
     Hand built pottery has been a favorite thing of mine for quite some time. Being able to create a vessel out of clay, forming it using only your hands to a powerful statement. Just think about it. :) Hundreds of songs have been created, relating to this subject.

     It is important to make sure that you are deliberate. Pinch pots and coil pots are only as good as the people behind them. Take your time. Use the plastic to cover. Make good art.

     RHS Art students can ----->
1 Art I- Coil pots/Pinch Pots. Demo to be shown
BREAKFAST
2 PLANNING
3 AP Art History- Early Medieval Art/Medieval Art
4 2D/3D- Coil pots/Pinch Pots
LUNCH
5 Advanced Art- Coil Pots/Pinch Pots
6 AP Art Studio- portfolio work
7 New Media- Genre Work. Commercials


p.s. I haven't forgot that we haven't critiqued the 'Bodyscapes'. We will have this crit this coming friday.

Week of November 9-11

     Wow! What a long weekend can do. Though I've been mostly ill this whole long weekend, it has been great to be able to sit back and relax with family. This week will be an eventful one with the annual Veteran's Day presentation and our short week. The month of November will fly by, so don't blink.

   
 AP Art History students need to make sure and send me your e-mail address. I am starting a 'Group' using our free Microsoft software supplied by the state. In this group will be able to communicate a bit more outside of class for various projects. Sound like a lot more work? Well, not really. It will actually be to your benefit. Make sure to check our site, twitter & here for updates.
     AP Art Studio. Your first major deadline is Dec. 16th. Half of your portfolio needs to be complete, including shots, etc. Do not let this date slip up on you.
     Since this is a short week, our assignment will be confind a bit. However, thought (as always) is needed to receive a good grade for this assignment. The topic is the human body as landscape. How can you us a picture of a person body to create a landscape-like image?

RHS art student can ----->
1 Art I- 'Body-scapes'
BREAKFAST
2 PLANNING
3 AP Art History- continued study in NonWestern Art.
4 2D- 'Body-scapes'
5 Advanced Art- 'Body-scapes'
6 AP Art Studio- portfolio work
7 New Media- Genre film

Week of October 31- November 4th

Well, what a week this past week has been. Our Haunted House has gone pretty well for a first time thing. Our last night is monday night, the 31st. We hope to end with a bang! We still need a few more volunteers for monday night. Please come see me if you are interested.

     This coming week all studio classes will be starting on a landscape project. I will be workshopping basic landscape ideas and allowing students to create one from 'memory'. There will be some pretty straight forward steps to this lesson. The irony of this lesson is that this time of year is the best time to create such lessons. However, who knew how much it was going to snow up east? Crazy.

RHS art students can ------>
1 Art I- Landscape Project
BREAKFAST
2 PLANNING
3 AP Art History- continue study of Non-Western Art
4 2D/3D- Landscape Project
5 Advanced Art- Landscape Project
6 AP Art Studio- Landscape paintings for breathe work
7 New Media- 'Genre Films'

Our week beats your year,
Mr. Jeremy Grizzle

Week of October 24th - 28th

     Hello all! Well, we had our first night of the haunted house. Overall, we can say that it was a success. We still need to do some tweaking in order to make it more effective. What we have found is that those that go to haunted house a lot tend to find ours entertaining and a bit scary. However, not so frequent house goers come out pretty scared. Which is good. Nonetheless, we have worked pretty hard on it and it would be awesome to have as many as possible come out to see it. Plus, Dr. Tim Decker and his middle school art classes have done an awesome job of putting on the 'smaller kids' house as well.
     This week in art we will be finishing up our look at 'Halloween' type lessons. The lesson that we are working on at the present time is a mixture of all of these lessons. What makes us uncomfortable is a powerful look into the human emotional state. Though we may be opening ourselves up a bit, this lesson isn't going to be censored....within reason. :) Furthermore, this lesson is due friday Oct. 28th at the BEGINNING of class.
     AP Art History will be having an essay exam this coming thursday. Please prepare for that.

Art students at RHS can ----->
1st Art I- Uncomfortable Project
BREAKFAST
2nd PLANNING
3rd AP Art History- continuing study into Non-Western Art. Test Thursday
4th 2D/3D- Uncomfortable Project
5th Adv. Art- Uncomfortable Project
6th AP Art Studio- Continuation of 'Me' mask project.
7th New Media- An extension has been given to the "Ghost Story' project. Finished films are due wednesday Oct. 26 AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS! :)


Here are some images from our Haunted House!

Week of October the 17th - 21st

     Fall is officially begun and well, kinda gone. It was cool then it became quite warm again. This has led to our leaves to turn and fall much quicker than usual. Nonetheless, plans for out haunted house has gone quite well. We had our first work day & believe that we are about 80% finished with it. We plan on going back this tuesday for more work. We will be opening the house to the public this saturday (Oct. 22nd). Halloween is my favorite holiday so.....yea!

     In AP Art History this week we will be diving into Non-Western Art. However, don't forget about our essay exam on Early Christian, Islamic, and Byzantine Art. We will be agreeing upon when to have this exam on monday.
     RHS Art Students can ----->

1st Art I: Students will continue with their 'Nightmare project'.
Breakfast
2nd PLANNING
3rd AP Art History: We will be continuing on Indian Art
4th 2D/3D: Students will be continuing with their 'Nightmare project'.
5th Ad. Art: Students will be continuing with their 'Nightmare Project'. Detailed critique this friday. Details to come
6th AP Art Studio: Continue independent work
7th New Media: Students will being working on their 'Ghost Story' short films. These are due this friday.


     Our week beat your year,
Mr. Jeremy Grizzle

Week October 11th through 14th

Well! First nine weeks is over. Here's to another great nine weeks. We will be very busy this quarter with designing, decorating, maintaining & performing our own haunted house with the middle school art department. Looking forward to the fun.

RHS Art students can ----->

1st Art I: finish portrait project. Begin the 'Nightmare Project'. The main objective of this lesson is the continual use of value in our work. Students are to create a visual representation of one of their own nightmares, whether actual or 'day-mare'. See Henry Fuseli
2nd PLANNING
3rd AP Art History: Continue studying Byzantine Art
4th 2D/3D: finish portrait project. Begin the 'Nightmare Project'. The main objective of this lesson is the continual use of value in our work. Students are to create a visual representation of one of their own nightmares, whether actual or 'day-mare'. See Henry Fuseli
5th Adv. Art: finish portrait project. Begin the 'Nightmare Project'. The main objective of this lesson is the continual use of value in our work. Students are to create a visual representation of one of their own nightmares, whether actual or 'day-mare'. See Henry Fuseli . However, students will be asked to create theirs in a multimedia manner, if need to.
6th AP Art Studio: Continue working on portfolio
7th New Media: Begin 'Ghost Story' project, short film.

our week beats your year,
Mr. Jeremy Grizzle

Week of October 3rd through 6th

Well, another great trip to the St. James Art Show in Louisville, KY. With all the extras going on this year, including homecoming, it really added a bit of stress to Mrs. Russell and I but in the end....ALL WENT GREAT! The students very thankful and appreciative of the trip. Which means a lot to Mrs. Russell and I. One great observation I overhead from a lot of the student this year was the lack of proletariat art. I agree. Though we are in 'old' Louisville, the need to see and interact with practicing artist that are 'more' like us is important. Nonetheless, the potters, artisans, painters, and puppermakers that make the event so enjoyable are working class people. Just like us. Viva the proletariat! :)
     Needless to say, since we are in Oct. we are kicking into 'Halloween' mode with design and construction of the haunted house in Downtown Russell. Dr. Decker and I will be posting some pictures of our ideas soon.
     This week in art, Russell High School students can & will------>

1: Art I- Students will continue to work and finished their Halloween themed work. We will be working on some odds and ends for the holiday this week.
BREAKFAST
2: PLANNING
3: AP Art History- Test on Roman and Greek Art is this tuesday. We will be studying for the test this monday in class. After ward we will be continuing with Early Christian/Islamic/Byzantium Art.
4: 2D/3D- Students will finish there Halloween project and begin work on the haunted house
5: Advanced Art- Students will finish their Halloween project and begin work on the haunted house.
6: AP Studio Art- Deadline for our first 12 pieces is still the 31st. It is fastly approaching.

7: New Media- Students will be working/finishing their two music videos. Film viewing day is this wednesday. Thursday we will be traveling to RPS to show our videos to some 1st grade classrooms.


Our week beat yours year,
Mr Grizzle

Week of Sept. 19th

     Hello All! We've a bit busy with things the past several weeks. However, hopefully, we will continue to post a bit more frequent. We are starting to get in the swing of things, school wise, as of late. We are starting to see some pretty good work in all areas. New Media has been fun. However we are still hammering a bit of the kinks out.
     Retired Coach Jones has invited us and Dr. Decker's middle art classes to decorate/design a Haunted House for the Downtown Russell Civics League. Still waiting on details.
     A lot of our lessons for the coming weeks will be emotion based. As always, if there is particular method or specific thought and ideas that you have PLEASE come to me. It is best to work with you individually on method/technique ideas. However, we absolutely can address these to the whole class as well.
     This week Russell High School Students can:

1- Art I: 'Twisted'. What is something that you like that everyone else may feel is a bit 'weird'? This is media of your choice.
BREAKFAST- Open Studio
2- PLANNING
3- AP Art History: ---continuation of the study of Greek/Roman Art. Toga party??
4- 2D/3D: 'Twisted'. What is something that you like that everyone else may feel is a bit 'weird'? Media of your choice
LUNCH- Open Studio
5- Advanced Art: 'Twisted'. Same assignment as above. However, advanced students may use photography/new media processes to fulfill assignment
6- AP Art Studio: continuation of concentration work.
7- New Media: Silent Film. Students are working on their silent films.

Mr. Grizzle

Short week of Sept. 6th

Labor Day was a good long weekend. Hopefully everyone rested well. However, I doubt it. For some reason some many people feel they have to see how much stuff they can cram into one weekend. That is quite unfortunate. But, the way capitalism is we feel left out if we aren't doing or buying something. Which is entirely foolish. Nonetheless, we are starting our unit of emotions this coming week. This weeks theme is 'What makes you Happy?'. We had quite a few good projects out of this last year. We will see where it goes this year. As a whole, we work a bit better this year than last. However, we seem to have a bit more retinal artists in the art room this year as opposed to last. Which, I've had to adapt to. Nonetheless, here is out basic plan for the week.

1st- Art I: What makes we Happy? Project. Students may us media of choice with teachers consent.
2nd- PLANNING
3rd- AP Art History: We begin our study of the Greeks. Gods and Goddess first.
4th- 2D/3D: What makes me Happy? Project. Students may us media of choice with teachers consent. The option of photography has been added. See teacher for details.
5th- Advanced Art: What makes me Happy? Project. See above.
6th- AP Art Studio: Continuation of independent work
7th- New Media: continue to work on Live Action Stop-Motion.

First FULL week

So, the first week went pretty well. I have A LOT of different types of students than I did last year. To be honest, I am quite proud of that. We have a diverse world so why not a diverse art room. We will be hitting 'real' lessons this week. Hopefully, everyone will see the difference between 'get to know me lessons' as opposed to real art lessons.
 Basic plans are as follows:
1st- Art I- still life drawing #1. Students are to draw from life to the best of their ability. Focusing on line, shape, & value.
2nd- PLANNING
3rd- AP Art History- Chapter Two The Ancient Near East.
4th- 2D/3D- still life drawing #1. Focusing on line, shape, & value
5th- Advanced Art- still-life drawing #1
6th- AP Art Studio- still-life drawing #1 & focus of first major project
7th- New Media- continued work photoweaving/season project

2011/2012 School Year

Hello All! We are about 98% ready for students as of today. This year will be the unveiling of our new class: New Media. We will see how everything goes!

Week of May 23 through May 27th

     These are the end days. No 'rapture' jokes here. It's the truth, we have very little school left. As usual, it will either creep by or speed by. I am sure for the seniors, it will creep by. This weeks assignment, for all classes, was given last wednesday. Final pieces of work should be done, and hung by this coming friday. Also, I am looking for all ceiling tiles to be finished by May 27th as well. This week, we are also going to be doing some extensive cleaning in the art room. Slowly but surely the 'Grizzle Revolution' has moved into the room and by the beginning of next school I hope it will be fully realized. This being said, any art work not account for by this friday will be discarded; trashed. There is a great part of me is sadden by this statement, but for the sake of my sanity (to late) and others it must be done.
     Sam is also in the works of making a year in review show for the 'Art-Room & Beyond' web show. This one should be fun for everyone.

                                         Bride Stripped of Her Bachelors, Even by Marcel Duchamp

ARTSHOW! -Update

First off, sorry for the lack of posts.....we've been a bit busy. The art show went really well. See the photos below......more to come.

Week of May 9 through 13th

ARTSHOW! ARTSHOW! ARTSHOW! Our artshow is May 17th from 6 to 8 pm. There will be a lot of artwork on display, finger foods, and live music. Our students have worked pretty well this year, in spite of a newbie to the building! :) Nonetheless, this week are continuing to finish up any work that we need in order to show on next tuesday. We's all excite!

week of April 24th through 29th

This week will probably start off as hectic as last weeks. The testing window, for various things, are upon us. Our lessons are staying the same as last, with critique this coming friday. Big and busy things are ahead of us!

Week of April 18th through 22nd

copy write worldchanging.com

Oddly enough, last weeks post is AWOL. The topics of the week were 'Change'. However, my students didn't seem to do so well on the project, so I guess a lost week isn't so bad. Nonetheless, this week we will be focusing on friday's Earth Day. I know that many have quite a few comments and responses to this particular day. However, regardless of our religion, faith, or politics we all need to do our part to take care of the place that we live. This, I feel, is a no-brainer. That being said, most of this weeks studio classes will be dedicated to this topic.

RHS art students can-
1st 2D/3D: Students will be asked to create a 'robot' sculpture entirely out of found parts/materials. This robot needs to be as least a foot in height & designed to be free standing
2nd Art I: Students will be asked to create an image of a 'healthy environment'.
3rd AP Art History: Students will continue to review of years material. Focus on Non-western
4th Advanced Art: Students will be asked to create a 'robot' 2D or 3D out of 'found parts/materials'.
5th AP Studio Art: Students will continue finishing their portfolios. Reminder- even if you are not fully submitting to the College Board you are to still have ALL PROJECTS done by April 29th
6th Planning
7th Ceramics: Students have been given their final list projects for the years. Students are to create ---> a bowl (has to be completely functional), a cup (has to be completely functional), & two tiles. All of said ceramic pieces must be fired, glazed, and finished.

week of March 27 through April 1st

Another great week in the art room ahead. This past weekend Sam Perkin's wrapped up his performance in 'HairSpray' at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland. Sam is a very talented young man with a lot of good things ahead of him. Please make sure you support us and Sam by watching the latest version of 'The Art-Room & Beyond' located on YouTube.

RHS Art Students can------->  Focus this week for ALL classes is -COLOR
1st 2D/3D: create an animal, of your choosing, that is at least 12 inches in length. This can be 2D or 3D- srtudents choice.
2nd Art I: create an animal, of your choosing, same as above
3rd AP Art History: continue to learn about artwork of the 20th century----> Identity Art, etc....
4th Advanced Art: create an animal of your choosing, that is at least the size of the paper (uncut) in the art-room. Must be a complete imagine. Absolutely no white should be showing
5th AP Art Studio: continue to work on portfolio deadline
6th PLANNING
7th Crafts/Ceramics: create an animal of your choosing. We are waiting on clay. :)

week of March 21 through 25th

Spring is offically here. Hopefully, more consistant days of warmth are on their way. The month of April will be a busy one with the planning and construction of our art show. Also, a lot of us will be building and finishing our portfolios.

RHS art students can-
1st: Flowers-  create a flower, in at least 12 inches in length, out of any sort of 3D material. This flower needs to be free standing and decorative.
2nd: Flowers- create a flower in 'zoom'. This lesson is loosely based off the work of Ms. Georgia O'keefe.
3rd: continue with presentations. Then continue with art of the 20th century
4th: Flowers- create a flower in 2D or 3D that is representational and in unusual color
5th: continue work with portfolios. Also, students may choice from the above lessons
6th: PLANNING
7th: Flowers- create a flowers in 2D to be painted or colored using pastel.

Week of of March 7th - 11th

As always, this weeks episode of 'The Art-Room & Beyond' is up and running. Spring is certainly here with all the warm to cool, cool to warm weather that is bothering with our noses. However, with the spring comes a lot of renewal. At present time we have quite a few of students in round two for GSA. Three art students, this past weekend, auditioned. If any of these judges know what good art is, ;) , then all three ladies will get in. If not, it is certainly GSA's loss.
Nonetheless, the art students at RHS CAN -
1st 2D/3D - finish pottery from last week and begin new clay sculptural project- Masks. These masks do not need to be functional.
2nd Art I- Begin and finish grocery bag design project for local art celebration.
3rd AP Art History- Continue looking into Art after the two wars: Abstract Expressionism
4th Advanced Art- The Great Escape. Students, on a piece of paper, will create an image of the interior of a suitcase. This is a self-discovery lesson.
5th AP Art Studio- Continue to work on portfolio
6th PLANNING
7th Ceramincs- finish coil-pot project and then begin work on sculptural clay project- Masks

week of Feb. 28 through March 4th

Please, if you get the chance check out our web-show _ The Art-Room and Beyond hosted by Samuel Perkins located on our school website. It's always fun and entertaining.  Plus, an art show is in the works. Look for updates.

Our Art students can-
2D/3D- Create an unusual pitch-pot that is sculptural
Art I- Create a collage that tells a story
AP Art History- continue with lecturing about modern art
Advance Art- Create an illustration of a joke
AP Art Studio- continue work on portfolios & summarize designs for murals
Ceramics- continue with coil pot making and move into sculptural

Two Masters, Two Opposing Approaches

Two Masters, Two Opposing Approaches to Art

Every profession has its own history in which the accumulation of knowledge is the basis to push the frontiers into the unknown. Dali and Picasso are two masters who stand at the vanguard of two opposite approaches to art in the Twentieth Century: To use that accumulated knowledge and build upon it, or to discard it.

Dali embraced all the science of painting as a way to study the psyche through subconscious images. He called this process the Paranoiac Critical Method. As any paranoiac, the artist should allow these images to reach the conscience, and then do what the paranoiac cannot do: Freeze them on canvas to give consciousness the opportunity to comprehend their meaning. Later on, he expanded the process into the Oniric-Critical Method, in which the artist pays attention to his dreams, freezing them through art, and analyzing them as well. As Freud said, "A dream that is not interpreted is like a letter that is not opened."

Picasso took the opposite approach to art. He inherited the gusto for ugliness, scandal and chaos of the Dada movement and the automatic surrealists. Picasso rejected the craft to become "primitive," deciding that the ingenuity of childhood is the basis of art. To him this meant that the less the artist is preoccupied with his craft the better his art. To Dali, however, the "ingenuity of childhood" meant keeping an open mind and maintaining the curiosity and excitement of the child throughout one's life, not painting as a child.

Further study on Dal v Picasso

retrieved from- http://www.gosurreal.com/history.htm

(c) Monica Sanchez

2/21/11 through 2/25/11

We will be shifting gears a bit this week in the art-room. The warmer weather has given me to push an assignment forward, a bit. Nonetheless, we are "all" getting back into drawing a bit.
AP Art History needs to continue to think about their final 'What is Art' project. Use my school website for the detailed plan.

this week our art students can-
1st- 2D/3D: Hand-scapes- students will create an imaginary landscape involving their hand and/or hands. Your hands need to be as representational as possible. Where as, you background and other continuing images do not need to be.
2nd -Art 1: Hand-scapes- see lesson above
3rd- AP Art History: Surrealism & Modern Art
4th Advanced Art- You biggest complaint. My biggest complaint :This is a first time lesson for me. I've had the concept for years, but honestly, now willing to brave it. Students will split their paper in half. One side will be a drawing of their biggest complaint and the other my biggest complaint of them.
5th AP Art Studio: Still-life drawing of their choice. Minimum of three objects.
6th- PLANNING
7th- Ceramics: finish pinch pots, continue on to coil pots. This week will be our first fire.

2/14/11 - 2/18/11

If we all remember, due to snow and the half day last week, our critique for last weeks lesson has been moved to wednesday. Remember, there will be two grades for this assignment: 1- completion (50 or 100), 2- regular critique grade.
We will be starting another assignment thursday.

MUPPETS AND QUEEN

Week of Feb. 7th

Well, we made it 5 days last week. The way the winter has gone this year that is actually quite an accomplishment. Needless to say, to have new assignments for this week. Below is our..."I CANs' for the week.

Student Can-
1st- 3D Art: This week students are to interpret a phrase or word, in 3D, making a visual pun.
       -----> example: church mouse, grandfather clock, etc.
2nd-Art I: Monochromatic painting
      ------> pick your own image, anything. Then using ONE color create image.
3rd- AP Art History: Continuation of study into Modern Art: Supremism, DaDa, inc.
4th- Adv Art: Self-portrait (any media)
5th- AP Studio Art: Self-portrait (any media)
6th- PLANNING
7th- "Pick your poison; clay project"
     ------> students are to pick a project of their choice. This will be their final project using air-dry clay.

All projects will be due by determined time in class.

Political Art

What is political art? Why is it or why isn't it important? Very valid questions, says I. Nonetheless, the less you think the more they think for you. Pay Witness.

thoughts and ideas 1/24 - 1/29

Hello all. Below is what we are doing this week in the art-room. Unless noted otherwise, these assignments are due- friday Feb 4th.

1st- 2D/3D: You are to create a 'chalk' pastel image of some political issue you have a strong stance on.
2nd- Art I: You are to create a two images- one 'good' memory when you were younger, one 'bad'. Your are to switch the 'mood' using color only. How is this done?
3rd- AP Art History: We will continue our study into Realism, Impressionism and the emergence of 'modern art'.
4th- Advanced Art: You are to create a painted of some political issue you have a strong stance on.
5th- AP Studio Art: In order to build more breadth for your portfolio you are to paint an image dealing directly with ONE art element of your choice
     Art Elements- Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Space, Value, Color
6th- My Planning
7th- Ceramics: You are to create a decorative bowl/plate using the molds or some other explained/demonstrated method. These are due Wednesday Feb. 2nd.


As always,
".....if you ever need a big tall glass of cool.....come back to the art room"
Mr. Grizzle