Student blog posts review

For each blog post I want to see how you are developing as an artist. Pick three Artistic Behaviors and provide evidence about how you’ve used each one. Evidence can include photos of finished artwork, images from your sketchbook or work in progress and should support your written response.

2 pictures =
1 in progress
1 completed

1. Artists create original art.

-think creatively

-develop original ideas

How did you use your own unique ideas in your work?

Did you use a source for inspiration, then combine it with your own ideas to make it original?

2.  Artists develop art making skills.

- learn techniques and processes

- explore media

Did you learn new techniques or processes as part of the work for this project?

Did you gain skill with familiar materials?

3. Artists communicate through their work.

- self-expres

- include personal interests

- examine important issues

What is this artwork intended to say?

What issues are you examining through your artwork?

How is this artwork about who you are or what you like?

4. Artists take risks.

- try new things

- experiment

Did you try something that you weren’t sure about as part of this project?

Did you pick a material or technique that was new or different over something that was familiar?

5. Artists collaborate.

- share ideas and knowledge

- teach

- help

Did you ask another student for feedback during your work process?

Did someone help you understand important information or inspire you?

6. Artists solve problems.

- try alternative solutions

- use mistakes as learning opportunities

How did you respond to challenges that occurred as you worked?

Did your work take an unexpected turn due to a mistake or did something happen that was unplanned?

7. Artists reflect.

- analyze work and process

When did you step back and analyze you work during this project?

8. Artists understand the art community.

- art in history

- current art and artists

- how technology affects art

- local arts community

How did any of the descriptors above affect your work?

Ceramics 2

Throwing on the pottery wheel is really hard work! 
They took 2 weeks to learn how to center and pull a cylinder.
Then we began with mugs and handles to bowls to plates!  Here are some mugs!

Claire

Kelsey

Ceramics

It's really hard to think outside the box!  Ceramics student are having a tough time coming up with extra original work to create!  they have been brainstorming and have come up with some good ideas!

Forest S

Painting class Acrylics

Painting!
We started off with Acrylics.  They were to create 3 paintings that used techniques from the demonstration I gave.

Here are some of the results!

Kaleigh G
 

 Rachel R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art 1 Zentangles

Art 1 again is really working on their creativity and elements of art. 
They had to create many different  sketches before they did their final work for this project.  They were to create a letter, an animal and a crazy shape, to fill with zentangles that are all the rage right now!

Laura

Grace

Aaliyah

Art 1 Texture and Value Typography

Art one has been working really hard on their elements of art!
For their 1st project they used a font of their choice to create a word that they added texture to the background in varying layers to create a shadow. 

Tom F

 

 

Sydney L

 

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Blog Posts

Each project…

Add a new post per project

Drag 2 images or a gallery to the post per project
            Add picture 1- in progress
             Add picture 2- completed
Drag text box to same new post
             Add text to receive the best grade.
 You must answers questions using full sentences, art vocabulary that was utilized with in your work (texture, value, score, etc.), and evidence that supports your project.

Answer at least 4 questions, explain your answers, back up your answers with why, how and what.

 Don’t…

Don’t answer your questions with only yes or no.

Don’t answer questions with only one sentence. 


These are the questions... you are to answer at least 4 of them about your work for your blog post.

I Create Original Art -think creatively -develop original ideas

Questions How did you use your own unique ideas in your work? Did you use a source for inspiration, then combine it with your own ideas to make it original?

Answers:

 

 I Developed My Art Making Skills - learn techniques and processes - explore media

Questions Did you learn new techniques or processes as part of the work for this project? Did you gain skill with familiar materials?

Answers:

 

I Communicate Through My Work. - self-expression - include personal interests - examine important issues

Questions What is this artwork intended to say? What issues are you examining through your artwork? How is this artwork about who you are or what you like?

Answers:

I Take Risks - try new media/ processes - experiment

Questions Did you try something that you weren’t sure about as part of this project? Did you pick a material or technique that was new or different over something that was familiar?

Answers:

   

We Collaborate - share ideas and knowledge - teach - help - critique

Questions Did you ask another student for feedback during your work process? Did someone help you understand important information or inspire you?

Answers:

 

I Solve Problems - try alternative solutions - use mistakes as learning opportunities - plan

Questions How did you respond to challenges that occurred as you worked? Did your work take an unexpected turn due to a mistake or did something happen that was unplanned?

Answers:

I Reflect - analyze work and process - plan

Questions When did you step back and analyze you work during this project? Did you consider how ideas would work before you tried them?

Answers:

I Have a Global Awareness of Art making - art in history and current artists - 21st century skills - how technology affects art - art community

Questions Did you find inspiration from another artist or culture? Did you use technology as a tool? Did you participate as an art community member?

Answers:

This is the rubric for grading the blog posts.

 

 

60 points total for each post

I Followed Directions Points

40 possible points in this section

20 points - minimum of 2 pictures 1 in progress and one completed

 

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Content Points

60 possible points in this section

Level 3 - 60 points - your writing analyzes your work process honestly and explains your thinking clearly using art vocabulary. Your pictures provide visual evidence to support your writing.

 

“For this project I used oil pastels, and ended up gaining more proficiency then I had before. I learned that you can use the burnishing technique with oil pastels too. Not only does this make the colors look more vibrant but it also blends better if you apply it in layers. Using this technique I colored the flamingos pink with peach, yellow, red and white pastels.They blended well and gave the flamingos a natural color.”

“I learned many new techniques and processes while doing the sphere warm-up. I learned how to shade the whole sphere the local color, and then layer on colors to give the sphere more depth. The darkest color is the core shadow, and the lightest color is around the sphere's highlight. I also learned how to layer colors on top of one another in order to get the shade that you need. I gained skill with colored pencils because I learned how the amount of weight you put on the pencil determines how dark the shading is.”

Level 2 - 50 points  - your writing is surface level, thoughts aren’t clearly explained. Your photos are related to what you write about but don’t provide clear evidence.

 

“My art was original. I found a picture of a bird to use as inspiration but I changed things. This made my art my own.”

 

To make it a three explain why you think your art is original, describe how you changed the picture and add art vocabulary.

“My art is original because I took an idea I found on Pinterest and made it my own by changing the bird to a fish. I also included a sunset for the background instead of solid black like the original because I wanted to include a beach theme. I used a picture I took on a family trip for the sunset, which made the drawing even more my own because the photo was my work”.

Level 1-  40 points - your writing is general and could apply to anyone’s work, thoughts aren’t explained. Your photos aren’t connected to your writing.

 

“My art is original because I did it. I came up with the ideas and that makes it my own. I’m really happy with my work.”

 

 

 

Good Gravy!

I love to make examples and use them to inspire my students.  Here are some fun examples I just created.

                                                          Completed coil and slab pumpkins

                                           This ceramics project was "What can I hold?"
                                               My pumpkin has a hidy hole up inside of it to
                                             hold keys, notes, pictures, etc.   

This pumpkin was created all out of coils and is hollow inside.

 Mugs made on the wheel for ceramics 2

 cool glaze!  black adventurine, blue ridge and exotic blue

Sponge holder monster made of slabs

cup and batter bowl with  black adventurine, blue ridge and exotic blue glazes

 

Art 1 texture, value and line

typography



Student blogs semester 1 2014- 2015

Art 1
Thomas     Lindsay G     Shawn K       Laura S         Caleb
Justin G     Morgan        Mary               Tayla            Cassady
 Zack          Jasmine       Lance L            Cole            Taylor W
Shane          Sarah H       Marianna         Shelton         Aaliyah
Austin G      Brooke H     Kaitlin R        Madison T


McKinley
Jacob G
 Joe H                                                      
Josh H                                                                     
Grace
 Jesse K                                         
 Zach L                                                                     
 Sydney L                                                                    
 Jordan S
Hannah      
           


Ceramics
Lindsey B       Madison D      Jordan H           Hannah M      Forest
DJ                   Zoie F              Brooklyn          Brie                 Gavin
Mateo            Sydney G          Madison L       Damir              Katelynn Z
Natalie           Chelsie G        Allyson              Jordan S
Stephanie C     Marcus            Jackie              Gabrielle

Brea A
 Shelby
Madison M
 Randy
 Nate                                       
 Jacob S                                
 Samantha                            
                                               
 Ceramics 2
Gabby
Tyler L
John F
Kelsey C
Claire S

Painting
Kayla     Addison   Emily    Alyssa   Josie
Kaleigh   Brea A    Joe H
Rachel R  Garrett

Reflections 2014 showing growth in Ceramics

 My large lidded jar and my teapot are the two pieces that show my growth the most. At the beginning of the semester i wasn't able to bring up my cup above 4 inches, and now i can get it up to about 8-9 inches. Also I had no clue on how to create a lid, but now i can do it successfully. The jar was also my favorite project to do because i love bringing things up and smoothing them out. My teapot final also shows my growth because before i never used to add anything to any of my projects and with this I added a large tree. Also it taught me how to make a different type of lid. When i glazed it I had to get in all the tiny places which also helped me get better. The teapot made me struggle a little bit too because i had to figure out how to do a spout. Overall my teapot and jars showed my growth the most.- Avery

Reflections of 2014 Art 2

Most successful projects

           My project that I believe was most successful is my non-traditional portrait of Chris Evans. The theme of the portrait and topic centered around the idea of a non-traditional medium idea where we are required to use an untypical medium. To obtain the non-traditional status, I chose to use makeup as the medium. To start the project though, I used pencil to outline his major features and then went over it in varying shades and styles of makeup including eye shadow, bronzer, blush, and eyeliner. The first thing that I colored was his hair/beard/eyebrows using a little of the eye shadow/bronzer to fill in the spaces. After completing the eyes using more eyeliner and eye shadow, I wen to on creating the definition of his face using bronzer and eye shadow. Lastly, I created the jacket/shirt by using wet eye shadow and eyeliner to create the lowlights and highlights. I believe using this size paper and medium added to enhancing the project because of the similarities between makeup and actual skin tones. The makeup also made it very easy to add definition and realistic aspects to the portrait that greatly enhanced the project.    -jackie

The Up Close and Personal project is my most successful piece. It is of the Statue of Liberty's Torch with the moon behind. The theme of this project was Up Close and Personal, for this I was allowed to use oil pastels, which is my medium. The process I went through to finish this was first I had to come up with an idea, I had many different ideas such as a China Plate, an eye, or a flower, I chose the torch. The second step was getting the sketch then drawing the sketch on my final piece of paper. I then colored with oil pastels, I used many different techniques one being shading. I finished it off by adding more detail to the flame and adding the shadow using shading by the hand. I chose to draw the picture portrait style since it was a tall object that I needed to draw, I didn't need to shrink or smash the torch. I thought after the torch was finished that the oil pastels really made all the objects pop out/stick out from the paper. The shading also helped me distinguish between the hand and the torch. If I could not tell that there was a difference between the hand and the torch then everything would blend together and no one could tell the difference, maybe even what the artwork was of.  - allyson

blog instruction

How to create your blog! follow this link pop some headphones in and follow the instructions!!!

blog creator link

Ceiling tiles!!!

This is my favorite part. I love putting all the new tiles up at the end of the year!

I had a couple kids recreate some famous works to add to the ceiling this year!

Before picture  of the ceiling 

crushing a pepsi can

Practice  value and observational drawing