Late, Missing and Incomplete Work final deadline is May 31st!

Exam Schedule

The exam schedule is linked here.  Remember there is no resource during exams and classes start at 7:50

Final Exam

Click the link here to complete your final exam.  Use complete sentences and well developed paragraphs to answer each essay question.  

Week of May 29 - June 2

Learning Targets Present and analyze finished art work through oral and written critique process. 

Wednesday May 31st:
Critique of final free choice drawing.  Make sure you have the following ready for critique:
  • your finished drawing
  • photo of your finished drawing uploaded to the Google Folder lastname-firstname-free.jpg
Critique Follow Up-  Follow up to Critique Parent Communication Letter.  
  1. After critique complete parent communication email about critique.  See Google Doc for what to say. You will simply copy and paste the appropriate portion of the document.   Make sure you copy your teacher on this email.
Friday:  Cleaning Day- 
Prepare for the Exam on June 6th  12:55 - 2:45-You will need your laptop for the exam. 

Week of May 22 - 26

Learning Target: Create a drawing that expresses your own choice of complex concept and highlights your realistic rendering capabilities.  Plan and develop a complex composition as well illustrating a foreground, middle ground and background.  

Monday:  If you didn't conference with me please DO!!!  Fill out the sketchbook rubric as directed last week.   Get started on your Free Choice Drawing.  
Make sure you are meeting the criteria of the assignment.
  •  Full color,
  • realistic rendering,
  • complex composition (foreground, middle ground and back ground)
  • complex concept
  • 11 x 14 for markers or color pencils
  • 16 x 20 or 18 x 24 for chalk pastels or oil pastels
Wednesday/Friday:  Work days to complete Free Choice Drawing.  No class on Monday next week due to holiday.  

Due for final critique on Wednesday May 31st

No artist statement at this time, just finished Drawing and photo of the Drawing on Google Drive Final Free Choice Folder. 

Exam is June 6:  You will need your laptop for the exam. 

Week of May 15 - 19

Learning Target: Create a drawing that expresses your own choice of complex concept and highlights your realistic rendering capabilities.  Plan and develop a complex composition as well illustrating a foreground, middle ground and background.  

Tuesday/Thursday:  Develop Visual Journal Pages that plan your final free choice drawing.  3 pages showing thumbnails, experimentation with media and 
  1. Research (visual and written, could cut out pictures collage, draw etc.) on artists who have inspired your free choice idea.  
  2. Sketches and experimentation with media, composition, thumbnails brainstorming idea, sketches that explore the ideas you have,
  3. Use full color, collage and other visual journal techniques to design these pages. 
  4. Write a 5-7 sentence proposal that explains your subject matter, the chosen media, your concept, the size you plan to work, the support images you will bring in to help you work realistically and how you will meet the criteria for a complex concept and composition. 
    1.  If using photos they need to be your own images.  
    2. If working from real life you need to bring in the objects or sketch from observation and create paintings based on your sketches. 
  5. Complete a sketchbook rubric and conference with me by Thursday May 18th.  
Get started on Final Free Choice Drawing.  

Week of May 8 -12

Learning Target: Create a drawing that expresses abstract realism and is inspired by the collage process for idea and compositional generation. ​
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Monday:  Work day

Wednesday: Last Studio work days to complete your abstract realism drawing.  Emphasis on the 3 Cs especially realistic rendering, but abstract ideas/compositions.  

Friday:  Critique of Abstract Realism Make sure you have the following completed for critique.
  • your finished drawing
  • artist statement named lastname-firstname-abstract.doc Each person needs to do one reflecting on their work for the piece turned into the Google Folder
  • photo of your finished drawing uploaded to the Google Folder lastname-firstname-abstract.jpg
Critique Follow Up-  Follow up to Critique Parent Communication Letter.  
  1. After critique complete parent communication email about critique.  See Google Doc for what to say. You will simply copy and paste the appropriate portion of the document.   Make sure you copy your teacher on this email.

Week of May 1 - 5

Learning Target: Create a drawing that expresses abstract realism and is inspired by the collage process for idea and compositional generation. 

Tuesday and Thursday:  Studio work days to complete your abstract realism drawing.  Emphasis on the 3 Cs especially realistic rendering, but abstract ideas/compositions.  

Critique will be Wednesday May 10

Week of April 24 - 28

REMEMBER:  This week is Intervention and ASPIRE testing schedule.  We have altered class periods daily M-Thursday and no classes on Friday.  
Learning Target: Create a drawing that expresses abstract realism and is inspired by the collage process for idea and compositional generation. 

Tuesday and Thursday:  Studio work days to complete your abstract realism drawing.  Emphasis on the 3 Cs especially realistic rendering, but abstract ideas/compositions.  

Week of April 17 - 21

Learning Target:  Research collage as an artmaking technique Connect to the rich history of collage and artists who have utilized it.  Create 2 collages and Develop a Plan and Written proposal based on your research and Visual Journal Explorations. 

Monday 4/17:  Discuss drawing assignment Abstract Realism based on Collage.  Finish Visual Journal pages.
Conferences: Start meeting with me  to show me your
  1. Visual Journal notes, 
  2. Research on Collage artists, 
  3. The collages you've created 
  4. Your thumbnail ideas showing complex compositions and concepts
  5. Written proposal for the Drawing-based on collage
  6. Sketchbook Rubric completed

Wednesday 4/19:  Conferences to discuss your plan and get started on the drawings.  Consider the abstract realism presentation.  
How will your work be influenced by your collage research and explorations?  
How will your work be abstract, but also realistic?
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Friday 4/21:  Work time to develop abstract realism drawings.  Full color, full rendering.  

Week of April 3 - 7

Learning Target:  Research collage as an artmaking technique Connect to the rich history of collage and artists who have utilized it.  Create 2 collages and Develop a Plan and Written proposal based on your research and Visual Journal Explorations. 

Tuesday 4/4: Complete your Collage Research using the Weebly collage page.  Make sure you click on all the links and watch the embedded videos.  
  • Demonstration and discussion of collage materials and how to get started.  
  • Complete 2 collages in your Visual Journal
  • Complete written proposal for your Collage Inspired art see assignment description sheet for details. 
  • Complete thumbnails planning complex concept and composition for Collage Inspired drawing 
  • Visual Journals with written proposal, research, thumbnails and collages will be due on Thursday April 6
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Thursday 4/6:  Work days to complete collages, written proposal and thumbnails for your proposed art. Conferences: Start meeting with me  to show me your
  1. Visual Journal notes,
  2. Research on Collage artists,
  3. The collages you've created 
  4. Your thumbnail ideas showing complex compositions and concepts
  5. Written proposal for the Drawing-based on collage
  6. Sketchbook Rubric completed​

​Week of March 27 - 31

Learning Target:  Create a life-sized exaggerated figure portrait of yourself, or a classmate while utilizing silhouette, pattern and realistic proportions and rendering style against a bold graphic background.  Develop an exaggerated color palette to emphasize the drama of the pose and use contrast in colors and what is and isn’t patterned. ​Present and analyze finished art work through oral and written critique process. 

Monday 3/27:  Final studio work day to complete Exaggerated Figure for critique on Wednesday

Wednesday 3/29:  Critique of Exaggerated Figure Make sure you have the following completed for critique.
  • your finished drawing
  • artist statement named lastname-firstname-figure.doc Each person needs to do one reflecting on their work for the piece turned into the Google Folder
  • photo of your finished drawing uploaded to the Google Folder lastname-firstname-figure.jpg

Friday 3/31: Conceptual Development -
Research Collage Techniques and Artists 

Week of March 20 - 24

Learning Target:  Create a life-sized exaggerated figure portrait of yourself, or a classmate while utilizing silhouette, pattern and realistic proportions and rendering style against a bold graphic background.  Develop an exaggerated color palette to emphasize the drama of the pose and use contrast in colors and what is and isn’t patterned. ​

Tuesday/Thursday:  Studio Work days to complete exaggerated figure ​

Due for Critique on Wednesday March 29th 

Week of March 13 -17

Learning Target:  Create a life-sized exaggerated figure portrait of yourself, or a classmate while utilizing silhouette, pattern and realistic proportions and rendering style against a bold graphic background.  Develop an exaggerated color palette to emphasize the drama of the pose and use contrast in colors and what is and isn’t patterned. ​

Monday - Friday:  Studio Work days to develop your Exaggerated Figure Project.  Start Color Rendering by Wednesday.  Critique Wednesday, March 29th

Week of March 6 - 10

Learning Target:  Create a life-sized exaggerated figure portrait of yourself, or a classmate while utilizing silhouette, pattern and realistic proportions and rendering style against a bold graphic background.  Develop an exaggerated color palette to emphasize the drama of the pose and use contrast in colors and what is and isn’t patterned. ​

Monday March 6:  Meetings to Discuss your plan for Exaggerated Figure.  Have the following prepared for this meeting:
  1. Completed sketchbook rubric
  2. Who will be traced and who will do the tracing?  Will there be one or 2 figures in your piece?
  3. Visual Journal designed notes on the figrure presentation,
  4. Visual Journal designed research on artists you have been inspired by (from using Pinterest boards)
  5. Visual Journal designed thumbnails planning composition, pose and pattern for works
  6. Visual Journal experimentation with the media you plan to use
  7. Visual journal designed written proposal explaining your plan for the art including
    • who you will partner with,
    • what kind of pattern you will use,
    • what media you will use,
    • what exaggeraged pose you will have 
    • how/why the pose relates to your concept
    • who will be traced and who will trace them
Once you've met with me get started on your project

Wednesday March 8:  Get started on your Exaggerated Figure Project.  Have the entire project drawn and planned out by the end of todays class so you can start rendering next time.  

Friday 3/10  No School Teacher Work Day

Weeks of February 20 - March 3

Learning Target:  Create a life-sized exaggerated figure portrait of yourself, or a classmate while utilizing silhouette, pattern and realistic proportions and rendering style against a bold graphic background.  Develop an exaggerated color palette to emphasize the drama of the pose and use contrast in colors and what is and isn’t patterned. ​

Tuesday 2/21:  Introduction to New Unit Exaggerated Figure Collaborative Pattern Assignment
  • Explain assignment and discuss figure and how to draw accurate, proportional people.  
  • Discuss pattern and the use of repetition
  • Discuss collaborative art
  • Do gesture studies with live model emphasizing overall shape of pose and important lines

Thursday 2/23 Continue with Figure Studies
  1. Long Pose Contour Line (30 minutes) – Look at the model and use contour line to draw/paint a study of the pose.
  2. Long Pose Cross Contour Line (30 minutes)- Look at the model and use cross contour lines in drawing/painting media and develop the volume of the pose.  
  3. Develop your concept for the Exaggerated Figure assignment, do research using the Pinterest Boards and develop your pose, pattern and proposal for the assignment.  See below for details on what your Visual Journal pages should all include.  
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Pattern 
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Human Figure in Art
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Exaggerated Figure

Thursday 3/2
Continue developing research and visual journal pages to plan the exaggerated figure assignment.  
  • You will meet with me on Monday 3/6 with these completed including the following:
    • Visual Journal designed notes on the presentation,
    • Visual Journal designed research on artists using Pinterest boards
    • Visual Journal designed thumbnails planning composition, pose and pattern for works
    • Visual Journal experimentation with the media you plan to use
    • Visual journal designed written proposal explaining your plan for the art including
      • who you will partner with,
      • what kind of pattern you will use,
      • what media you will use,
      • what exaggeraged pose you will have 
      • how/why the pose relates to your concept

Week of February 12 - 17

Learning Targets: Present and Respond to Space Through Mood finished art works through written and oral critique process.  Connect to history of printmaking through research and planning. 

Monday 2/13:  Work day to complete drawings.
Wednesday 2/15:  Last day to complete drawings and prepare for Critique.
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Friday 2/17: Critique of Space Through Mood Drawings
Make sure the following is ready for Tuesday. 
  • finished painting that meets criteria of the assignment with a complex concept and composition
  • fully rendered and detailed painting technique in media chosen; quality craftsmanship
  • photograph of your art (no background clutter, straight, in focus and well lit) named last name-firstname-space.jpg
  • complete artist statement turned into the Google Class folder for this unit.  Named last name-firstname-space.doc
  • Completed Art Project rubric with all grades and calculations completed.  
Critique Follow Up-  Follow up to Critique Parent Communication Letter.  
  1. After critique complete parent communication email about critique.  See Google Doc for what to say. You will simply copy and paste the appropriate portion of the document.   Make sure you copy your teacher on this email.

Week of February 6 - 10

Learning Target:  Create a drawing  that illustrates the element of space through lighting to evoke a mood.  Utilize the 3 Cs to develop a strong drawing or painting that is realistic and 3 dimensional in terms of depth, space and volume.  ​

Tuesday/Thursday:  Drawing studio work day 
  • is your composition complex?
  • are you portraying the mood through color and lighting?
  • are you being realistic in your rendering, craftsmanship?
  • is your perspective realistic and accurate?​​
  • Due for Critique Wednesday February 15th

Week of January 30 - February 3

 Learning Target:  Create a drawing or painting that illustrates the element of space through lighting to evoke a mood.  Utilize the 3 Cs to develop a strong drawing or painting that is realistic and 3 dimensional in terms of depth, space and volume.  ​

Monday January 30th
Work day to complete Visual Journals Planning/Goals and Space Through Mood work. Have the following finished  for today: 
  • Complete Sketchbook Rubric 
  • Goals designed and journaled
  • Notes from Space Through Mood lecture, designed and journaled
  • Thumbnails for Space Through Mood
  • Research (photos you will use for reference, these should be your own images) and
  • Written Proposal for Space Through Mood Painting Write a 3-5 sentence proposal in the journal about your plan for the assignment.
    • Explain how you will create a complex composition that illustrates space, lighting and mood.    All of this should be done in your Visual Journal. 
    • Explain what the mood is and what kind of lighting you will utilize to evoke the mood.
Wednesday 2/1:  Work day drawing on Space Through Mood assignment.  ​Getting started with first DRAWING, tips and discussion on supplies and setting up your design.  Make a portfolio.  
  • Review:  what is rendering?
  • what's the secret to successful rendering?
  • media review: oil pastels, chalk pastels, color pencils, Tombow markers, Prisma Color Markers

Friday 2/3:  Drawing studio work day on Space through Mood

Week of January 23 - 27

Tuesday: Getting Started: Day 1

Learning Targets: Create and Explore our digital work environment setting up digital accounts. 
Research compositional visual journals and how they are used and designed.

Tuesday 1/24
We will be setting up our online and in class room learning environment in the first days of class.  You will want to bookmark the following:
  1. This website assignment page
  2. The Google Assignments Calendar
  3. You may also want to subscribe to the Art Blog for the latest news from the art department including exhibit opportunities, scholarships and more. 
  4. Google Folder for the Class you're in:                   Drawing 2 or Painting 2
  5. What is a Visual Journal? How is it different from a sketchbook?
  6. Develop goals for the class through Visual Journal pages that explore your thoughts. 
  7. Photograph each major drawing or painting and put in the Google folder for the class for critique.  
We will be making portfolios the first day or so of class.

Introductory Presentation about the class, expectations and the first unit.
Learning Target:  Create a drawing or painting that illustrates the element of space through lighting to evoke a mood.  Utilize the 3 Cs to develop a strong drawing or painting that is realistic and 3 dimensional in terms of depth, space and volume.  

Thursday 1/26:  Visual Journal pages are due Monday.  Make sure you have all listed here when you conference with me.  
  • Sketchbook rubric completed.
  • Notes, goals, Thumbnails and research for first project. 
  • Write a 3-5 sentence proposal in the journal about your plan for the assignment. Explain how you will create a complex composition that illustrates space, lighting and mood.    All of this should be done in your Visual Journal. 
  • Get started on the Interior Space Assignment by enlarging your sketches onto paper or canvas. Painters will have the opportunity to try oil paints.  Drawers will be using their choice of color media (chalk, oil pastel, color pencil, watercolor crayon or pencil). 
Emphasis in this project remember is on space, perspective, complex composition and mood through lighting.  Also consider architectural details.

Daily Class Supplies

For daily class you need
  1. this web page bookmarked and ready to look at
  2. a sketchbook - It should have at least 50 pages and be book or spiral bound.  8.5" x 11" or 9" x 12" is a perfect size.
  3. number two pencil. 
  4. Suggested to also have a 2 gb or higher flash drive.

Visual Journals: What Are They? 

A visual journal is more than a sketchbook.  It is a place where you will track your creative process.  You will write, draw, collage, sew, glue, paint, think and plan in your visual journal.  It is the process of making your notes and ideas visual.  You will design your notes and ideas showing the process of how you arrive at your final work of art.  Being able to explain your though process through visual means is vital to literacy.  Leonardo da Vinci did this and so can you!  There are many great Visual Journal examples out in the world.  Check out some of these resources to see what Visual Journaling is and how you can make more of this process.  

Tim Needles Sharing Notebooks Post
Mrs. Bjork's Pinboard on Visual Journals
​Journal Fodder Junkies Website
Journal Fodder Junkies Blog
Lynda Barry's Syllabus

Assessment in This Class

As always the artwork you create and the way you present it will influence the grades you receive in this class.  We are in our second year as a district using Standards Based Grading.  With each unit you will see a highly detailed form that describes the assignment and shows what Reportable Standards and Priority Standards are being covered in the unit.   As we've done in the past you will participate in the critique process, which involves presenting your finished artwork and evaluating it in verbal and written form. 
  •  You will use the following  rubrics to self assess your work. Each is standards based and will be used to determine your grade in this class.  In some classes you will complete these digitally, while in others you will fill out a paper copy.  
  • Each class will digitally turn in their artist statements and a copy of their digital work to the Google folder for the class.  
  • All work will be turned in digitally for this class.  Please see the Google Folder Links Embedded Below.

Tombow Markers How to Blend

Here are some resources that give a bit more detail about how to work with the Tombow Markers including how to blend and what kind of paper to use.  

Tombow Techniques and Papers
Pros and cons of Tombow Water Based Markers
Tombow and other Marker Techniques and Tips

Inspiration

The Music Lesson by Johannes Vermeer
The links shared here are meant to inspire your drawing skills or your creativity.  Check them out for ideas on how to improve or just to be amazed and of course, have fun!

Interactive Websites: 
Artisan Cam
Flash Face Police Sketch Art
Jackson Pollack Dripping Site
Keith Haring Coloring Book
Light Brite
Mondrian Compositions
Meet Matisse
Picasso Head
Pysko Paint
SumoPaint
Scribbler
This is Sand
Van Gogh Mark Making
Abstract Art Maker
The Sistine Chapel (takes a while to load)

Other Links You Might Like
The Sketchbook Project
Moleskine Drawing Journals, Apps and More
Scholastic Art and Writing Winners
The Artfuls-Illustrators
Sketchbooks 
Trendland Art
Mesh Portraits....AMAZING!
Sidewalk Chalk Illusions
Realistic Angry Birds

Art History Links
Famous Painters
Vincent Van Gogh
SFO MOMA-Modern Art
Smart Art History- Khan Academy