PHS Visual Art Department
  • Home
    • Desperate Times Call for Mark-Making Magic
    • Home Jan 2020-August 2020
    • Home Fall 2019 - Feb 18, 2020
    • Home Archive 2018-March 2019
    • Home Archive Summer 2018-First Semester 2019
    • Home Archive Spring Summer 2018
    • Home-Archive January - May 2018
    • Home-Archive First Semester 2017-18
    • Home-Archive May-August 2017
    • Home-Archive Term 4 2017
    • Home-Archive Term 4 2017
    • Home-Archive Term2/3 2016
    • Home-End of Year 2016
    • Home Archive Fall 2015- January 5, 2016
    • Home Archive December 2016
    • Home-Archive May-Aug 2016
    • Home-Archive April-May 16
    • HomeArchive- Winter - April 2016
    • Home-2016 Jan-Feb12 Archive
    • Home- Back to School September 2015
    • Home-Term 6 2015 Archive through August 10th
    • Home-Term 5 Archive Through Sprng Break 2015
    • Home-June 2014 Archive
    • Home-Term 4 Archive 2015
    • Home-Term 3 Archive 2014
    • Home-Term Two Archive 2014
    • Home-Term One 2014 Archive
    • Home-Aug to September 2014 Archive
    • Home-March 2014 Archive
    • Home-February 2014
    • Home January 2014 Archive
  • Blog
  • Standards Based Grading
    • Home Archive-Sept-December 2013
  • Syllabus
  • Classes
    • Introduction to Art >
      • Introduction to Art Assignments
      • Art Fundamentals >
        • Art Fundamentals Assignments >
          • Unit One: Line
          • Unit Two: Positive and Negative Space
          • Unit Three: Color
          • Unit Four: 3 Dimensional Design-Creature Feature
          • AF- Color and Its Meaning
          • Unit Five: Digital Self-Portrait
          • Sumopaint Digital Self Portrait Assignment
          • Unit Six: Clay Vessel
          • Unit Seven: Cartooning
          • Unit Eight: Reduction Printmaking
          • Art Fundamentals Exam Details
    • Introduction to Digital Media >
      • Introduction to Digital Media Assignments >
        • Introduction to Digital Media CH 5 >
          • Introduction to Digital Media CH 5 Part 2
          • Introduction to Digital Media- Inches to Pixels File Size
          • Introduction to Digital Media CH 6 Presentation
        • Archive Fall 2016 Introduction to Digital Media Assignments
    • Animation-Experimental Video >
      • Animation-Exp Video Assignments
    • Graphic Design >
      • Graphic Design Assignments
      • Archive Fall 2015-Graphic Design Assignments >
        • Graphic Design Assignments-Archive 2014
    • Digital Photography 1 >
      • Portrait Research
      • Portrait of A Place Boot Camp
      • Digital Photography 1 Assignments >
        • Archive Digital Photography 1 Assignments
    • Digital Photography 2 >
      • Digital Photography 2 Assignments >
        • Modern Masters Research
        • Digital Photography 2 Light Painters
        • Now You See Me Now You Don't
    • Digital Illustration
    • Drawing 1 >
      • Drawing 1 Assignments >
        • Drawing 1 Assignments Archive Fall 16/17
        • 1st Semester 2015-16-Drawing 1 Assignments
    • Painting 1 >
      • Painting 1 Assignments
    • Drawing 2 / Painting 2 >
      • Drawing 2-Painting 2 Assignments
      • Drawing 2/ Painting 2 Alt Media Fiber Arts
      • Drawing 2/ Painting 2 Alt Media Encaustic
      • Drawing 2/ Painting 2 Collage
      • Drawing 2/ Painting 2 Alt Media Alternative Mark-Making-Invented Tool
      • Drawing 2-Painting 2-Alt Media-Printmaking
      • Archive 2015-16 Drawing 2/ Painting 2 Assignments >
        • Drawing 2/ Painting 2 Assignments 2014
    • Sculpture 1 >
      • Sculpture 1 Assignments >
        • Clay Bust Sculpting Videos
        • Wheel Throwing
    • Sculpture 2 >
      • Sculpture 2 Assignments
    • AP Studio Art >
      • AP Studio Art Assignments >
        • AP Studio Art Assignments First Semester 2016
        • AP Art Alternative Media
    • Art History >
      • Art History Assignments
    • AP Art History >
      • Art History Assignments Archive 15/16
      • The 250 >
        • CA1: Global Prehistory
        • CA2: Ancient Mediterranean
        • CA3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas
        • CA4: Later Europe and Americas
        • CA5: Indigenous Americas
        • CA6: Africa
        • CA7: West and Central Asia
        • CA8: South, East, and Southeast Asia
        • CA9: The Pacific
        • CA10: Global Contemporary
      • AP Art History Exam
  • Calendar
  • Art Club
    • Art Club Archive 2019-20
    • Art Club Archive 2016-17
    • Archive 2016 Art Club >
      • Home-Archive Term 5 2017
      • Art Club Day of the Dead
      • Art Club Archive of 2014-15
      • Art Club archive 2013-14
  • Travel to Italy
  • Wikis
    • Digital Photography Wiki Home
  • College & Career
    • Art College and Career Info
    • Pre College and Summer Art Camp
    • Scholarships
  • Inspirations
  • Advocacy
  • Teacher Resources
  • Wiki-Composition and Focus
  • Virtual and Online Learning Resources
  • A Day in Your Life: Quarantine Realities
If you are currently enrolled in Painting 1 this is where you will find details on class assignments.  Remember that assignment deadlines are always posted to the Google Calendar Tab. 
Assignments Sheets are posted here along with the description for each unit. 

Week of January 5 - 9 plus the 12th

Tuesday: Work on your final free choice painting.  Due the day of the exam, fully rendered.  If completed please work on the exam paper.  Make sure your late, missing and incomplete assignments are turned in by Thursday at the latest.

Thursday:
Work on your
final free choice painting.  Due the day of the exam, fully rendered.  If completed please work on the exam paper.  Make sure your late, missing and incomplete assignments are turned in by Friday at the latest. 
Today is the last day to turn in any late, missing or incomplete assignments.  Will not accept work after today.

Monday 1-12-15
Work on your final free choice color painting.  Due the day of the exam, fully rendered.  If completed please work on the exam paper. Remember the exam paper must be printed.  The Exam day is not a work day and there will be no time to run and print your paper.  If you don't have it you will receive no credit for the paper.

OPEN MAC LAB & ART STUDIO TIME in Room 113/114:
Tuesday January 6, 2:45 - 4:30
Wednesday January 7 2:45 -4:30
Thursday January 8 2:45-3:30
Monday January 12 2:45 -4:30
Tuesday January 13 2:45 -4:30

Week of December 15 - 19

Learning Target:  Create and Plan a unique free choice painting that illustrates realistic color and rendering, while developing a complex composition and concept.  Apply knowledge of color theory and media techniques to paintings.

Monday:  Get started on Free Choice paintings.  All written proposals and sketchbook thumbnails were due last week.  If using watercolors all supplies will be on the cart by the paper-cutter.  If using canvas you will find canvas in the back cabinet near the mac lab windows. 

Wednesday and Friday:  Studio work days to continue with final free choice project.
Free Choice final Project

Week of December 8 - 12

Learning Target:  Create and Plan a unique free choice painting that illustrates realistic color and rendering, while developing a complex composition and concept.  Apply knowledge of color theory and media techniques to paintings. Develop an understanding of watercolor media.

Tuesday:  Introduction to Watercolor media.  Experiment with watercolor crayons, pencils and paints to develop an awareness of media.  Complete several sketchbook practice assignments to try the technique. 

Mrs. Bjork's Pinboard on Watercolors

Thursday: Finish one day painting with water color media working from observation.  Free Choice Proposal is due today.  Make sure you have the following:
  • Written proposal (one paragraph) in your sketchbook telling how you will meet the 3 Cs of quality art making (concept, craftsmanship and composition) with this assignment.
  • Be specific about your plan. Your proposal should also explain your concept.
  • Explain why you want to do this assignment and what you will learn from doing this Painting.
  • 6-8 Thumbnails planning the final project. Make sure the thumbnails show the composition you are planning and enough detail to tell what the idea is. These should be 6-8 different ideas.
  • Your own photos that you will be using for reference for this assignment. Bring these in for approval with sketches and proposal. Ok if they’re on your phone.
Watercolor terms
Watercolor techniques 1
Watercolor Techniques 2

Week of December 1 - 5

Create and Plan a unique self portrait that illustrates realistic color and rendering and also gets at who you are as a person.  Apply knowledge of proportion and color theory to paintings. Present and Respond to self portraits through verbal and written critique process.

Monday
: Continue working on self portrait paintings. 

Wednesday:  Continue working on self portrait paintings.  Make sure you have a typed and printed artist statement for next class.

Friday:  Critique of Self Portrait Paintings.
http://www.pinterest.com/bellafiore3/paintings/

Week of November 24-25

Create and Plan a unique self portrait that illustrates realistic color and rendering and also gets at who you are as a person.  Apply knowledge of proportion and color theory to paintings. 
Monday:
Studio work days to develop your self portrait.  Be sure you are meeting the criteria of the assignment including realistic proportions, colors and rendering.

Self Portrait is due for critique on Wednesday, December 3rd. 

Week of November 17 - 21

Learning Target: Create and Plan a unique self portrait that illustrates realistic color and rendering and also gets at who you are as a person.  Apply knowledge of proportion and color theory to paintings. 

Tuesday and Thursday: 
Studio work days to develop your self portrait.  Be sure you are meeting the criteria of the assignment including realistic proportions, colors and rendering.  Make sure your thumbnails and features sketches have been turned in for grading. 

Self Portrait is due for critique on Wednesday, December 3rd. 

Week of November 10 - 14

Learning Target: Create and Plan a unique self portrait that illustrates realistic color and rendering and also gets at who you are as a person.  Apply knowledge of proportion and color theory to paintings. 

Tuesday:
Meet with Mrs. Bjork and show sketchbook studies from self guided Self Portrait presentation.  Get sketches onto canvas to plan self portrait painting. 

Thursday:  Painting demo on skin tones and other self portrait technique ideas.  Reminders about color theory.  Get started on self portrait painting.  Due for critique on Wednesday December 3rd. 

Week of November 3 - 7

Learning Target: Create a retro, art deco inspired Super Heroes poster using strong bold shapes and colors dynamic diagonals.  Compose your idea with a strong awareness of positive and negative space.   The concept should involve everyday acts of heroism as your inspiration.  This can be funny or serious.  You decide.

Present and Respond to peer paintings through the written and oral critique process.

Monday: 
Painting last day to work on Everyday Super Heroes Paintings. 

Wednesday:
  Critique of Everyday Super Heroes paintings.

We will hang our work in the gallery and atrium for the opening of the Drama Production of Lend Me A Tenor. 

Friday:  Watch and take notes from the embedded instructional video on self portraits in Painting. 
READ THE EMBEDDED ASSIGNMENT SHEET CAREFULLY

  • Use the mirrors on the counter by the exhaust vents (back of room near windows) and create a page full of studies of your features.
  • Develop 6-8 thumbnails of your planned self portrait.  Think about and jot notes as to what colors you will use for the background.
THESE STUDIES AND THUMBNAILS ARE DUE AT THE START OF CLASS ON TUESDAY.  See assignment sheet for details.
Portrait assignment description
Everyday Super Heroes Poster

Week of October 27 - 31

Learning Target: Create a retro, art deco inspired Super Heroes poster using strong bold shapes and colors dynamic diagonals.  Compose your idea with a strong awareness of positive and negative space.   The concept should involve everyday acts of heroism as your inspiration.  This can be funny or serious.  You decide.

Tuesday:
Studio work day on poster designs.  Continue painting.  Due for critique Wednesday, November 5th

Thursday: 
Studio work day on poster designs.  Continue painting.  Due for critique Wednesday, November 5th

Week of October 20 - 24

Learning Target: Create a retro, art deco inspired Super Heroes poster using strong bold shapes and colors dynamic diagonals.  Compose your idea with a strong awareness of positive and negative space.   The concept should involve everyday acts of heroism as your inspiration.  This can be funny or serious.  You decide.

Monday: 
Continue Planning your Everyday Superheroes Poster painting.  How will you interpret this?
  1. Look at Mrs. Bjork’s Pinboard on Superheroes and Art Deco Posters
  2. Create a page long written brainstorm about your Everyday heroes in your sketchbook. This will be very different for each person. Really interpret this and connect to your own experiences and life.
  3. Write a paragraph proposal describing how you will meet the above criteria and what pins inspired your idea.
  4. Develop everyday/super heroes sketches doing at least 6-8 thumbnails. Making sure to use the Art Deco, retro style when designing your idea. If you're using type it must be highly designed into the overall composition.
Wednesday: Get started on posters, sketch out and plan.  Begin paintings, making sure you are meeting criteria

Friday:  Studio work day on poster designs.  Continue painting.  Due for critique Tuesday November 5th

Exams

Assignment Description: Final Exam
You will present your selective portfolio to the class.  It will consist of what you consider to be your top 3 Paintings created during this semester.  Your final free choice must be one of these! After the exam you will take your portfolio and sketchbook home unless I’ve asked to keep something to be photographed or put in a future exhibit.  The presentation will include two components: written paper and oral presentation of the actual works of art.
Click the button below to download the Exam Details.


Semester One Exam Schedule
Painting 1 Exam

Art Department Rubric

The two embedded files are the rubric we use in Art.  You are welcome to download these to your own directory. 

Rubric Spreadsheet
Rubric IT'S CLEAR artist statement

Art Inspirations

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
Mind-blowing Realistic Paintings


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

Week of October 13 - 17


Learning Target:
Create a series of studies and a finished painting that express the science, theory and psychology behind color.  Interpret 2-dimensional space through color, shape and repetition, while creating an abstract work of art.
Connect and Respond to peer's abstract paintings through written and verbal critique process. 

Tuesday: 
Critique of abstract paintings.  Have a printed artist statement that explains how you met the criteria. Use the IT'S CLEAR rubric at right.  Make sure your painting is finished or close to finished for this critique.  

Thursday: 
Finish off abstract paintings based on critique comments and turn in for  grading.  Introduction to new unit on Every Day Super Heroes full color poster designs.  
Learning Target: Create a retro, art deco inspired Super Heroes poster using strong bold shapes and colors dynamic diagonals.  Compose your idea with a strong awareness of positive and negative space.   The concept should involve everyday acts of heroism as your inspiration.  This can be funny or serious.  You decide.
  1. Look at Mrs. Bjork’s Pinboard on Superheroes and Art Deco Posters
  2. Create a page long written brainstorm about your Everyday heroes in your sketchbook. This will be very different for each person. Really interpret this and connect to your own experiences and life.
  3. Write a paragraph proposal describing how you will meet the above criteria and what pins inspired your idea.
  4. Develop everyday/super heroes sketches doing at least 6-8 thumbnails. Making sure to use the Art Deco, retro style when designing your idea. If you're using type it must be highly designed into the overall composition.
 

Week of October 6 - 10

Learning Target:
Create a series of studies and a finished painting that express the science, theory and psychology behind color.  Interpret 2-dimensional space through color, shape and repetition, while creating an abstract work of art.

Monday- Studio work day to continue with abstract color paintings. 
Wednesday-Studio work day to continue with abstract color paintings. 
Friday-Studio work day to finish abstract paintings.  If complete be sure to write an IT's Clear artist statement and have it printed and ready for critique next class. 

Critique of Abstract Paintings Tuesday, October 14th.  Make sure you have a printed IT'S CLEAR artist statement for the critique.

Week of September 29 - October 2

Learning Target:
Create a series of studies and a finished painting that express the science, theory and psychology behind color.  Interpret 2-dimensional space through color, shape and repetition, while creating an abstract work of art.

Monday:  Turn in finished color wheels and complementary color tone scales with completed rubric. Develop a concept and compositions for the Abstract color project.  Create full color thumbnails for color design project. 
Start designs. Use these links for research.
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Abstract Art
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Color Theory
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Color
​Conference to share your full color thumbnail planning sketches for the abstract art project.  Begin paintings.

Wednesday:  Studio day to paint abstract color paintings.
No class on Friday.
Final Abstract Paintings Due on Tuesday, October 14 for critique.  

Week of September 22 - 26

Learning Target:
Create a series of studies and a finished painting that express the science, theory and psychology behind color.  Interpret 2-dimensional space through color, shape and repetition, while creating an abstract work of art.

Tuesday: 
Intro to color theory.  Create color wheels using primary colors only to mix and blend.  Create a tint, shade and tone bar as part of the exploration.  Final day to turn in still life paintings is Thursday. 

Thursday:  Turn in finished color wheels and complementary color tone scales.  Develop a concept and compositions for the Abstract color project.  Create thumbnails for color design project.  Start designs.
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Abstract Art
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Color Theory
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Color

Color Theory Unit Details

Week of September 15 - 20

Monday & Wednesday:  Painting of monochromatic still life.  Make sure you've met the criteria. 
1.  Concept:  What's your idea?  How can you make your painting unique and interesting.
2.  Composition:  How will you design the 2-dimensional space of your painting?  Make sure you have at least the minimum number of objects and an interesting background. 
3.  Craftsmanship:  How will you use the media?  How do you blend smoothly. Did you create a monochromatic painting?

If you finish your painting work on your IT'S CLEAR artist statement.  Typed and printed please!


Friday:  Critique of Monochromatic Still Life.  Make sure you photograph your work and post to the NING or Google Community. 

Week of September 8 - 12

Tuesday and Thursday: 
Work time to complete your monochromatic still life.  The learning target is to Create a unique, complex composition that uses monochromatic color (one color + black and white to show value).  Must have a minimum of 3 objects in the composition.  Must show full value range of lights to mediums to dark tones.  Goal is to realistically represent the still life and fill the page with your composition.
Due Friday, September 19 for critique.  

September 2- 5

Wednesday: 
This week we will begin our Monochromatic Still Life Paintings.  You will be working from the still life set up in the room.  Find a creative composition within the still life.  You don't have to paint the entire thing. 

Things to remember for the still life:
  1. You must have a minimum of 3 objects in your still life and a maximum of 5.
  2. You need to think about positive and negative space and how your shapes will illustrate and define both.
  3. You need to fully render/blend your tones using one color + black and white to show a full range of value.
For more details about the assignment and the deadlines related to it click the button here. 

Your thumbnails planning your painting are due Friday 9/5 at the start of class.   Make sure you show them to me.

Friday:  Get started painting.  Discuss color mixing, clean-up and care of brushes. 


Think about the 3 Cs of quality art making as you design your painting:

1.  Concept:  What's your idea?  How can you make your painting unique and interesting.
2.  Composition:  How will you design the 2-dimensional space of your painting?  Make sure you have the minimum number of objects and an interesting background. 
3.  Craftsmanship:  How will you use the media?  How do you blend smoothly creating tints and shades of the color chosen. 
MONOCHROMATIC STILL LIFE

Getting Started Day 1

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. I will no longer be posting to School Fusion, so please make sure you've bookmarked this site.

Graffiti Art
What is painting?  What makes a painting good?  What are the characteristics of a quality painting?  Graffiti a board with your table team that answers those questions.  Use words, colors and images to design. Make sure the artists from your table have tagged their names into the design.  Check out my Pin Board on the topic for inspiration.

http://pinterest.com/bellafiore3/street-art-and-graffiti/

Supplies
For daily class you need your laptop and you also will need a sketchbook and number two pencil.  The Sketchbook should have at least 50 pages and be book or spiral bound.  8.5" x 11" or 9" x 12" is a perfect size. 

We will be making portfolios the first day or so of class. 
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.