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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 20-24

Monday, January 20:  Last day of first semester classes, B day.  Mac lab and art room  open until 4:30 after school.

EXAM SCHEDULE      SEMESTER ONE – 2013-14
Note: There is no resource on exam days.
Open campus will be in effect during the lunch period.

 Tuesday, January 21

A1 7:50 – 9:40
A2 9:55 – 11:45
Lunch 11:50 – 12:50
A3 12:55 – 2:45

 Wednesday, January 22
B1 7:50 – 9:40
B2 9:55 – 11:45
Lunch 11:50 – 12:50
B3 12:55 – 2:45

 Thursday, January 23
A4 7:50 – 9:40
B4 9:55 – 11:45
Lunch 11:50 – 12:50
Make-up Exams 12:55 – 2:45

Friday January 24:  NO CLASSES, SEMESTER BREAK.

Week January 13-17

Tuesday 1/14:  Work day on final free choice painting.  Make sure you're also doing your exam paper outside of class.

Thursday 1/16:  Work day on final free choice painting.  Make sure you're also doing your exam paper outside of class.

Week of January 2-10

Thursday 1/2:  Final in class day to work on Ism paintings.  Make sure your artist statement references the ism and artist whose style you were emulating.  Critique next class.  

Monday 1/6:  Critique of Ism Paintings.  Make sure you have a finished artist statement and grade rubric completed.

Intro to Final Free Choice Painting
  • Must showcase skills learned in this class.
  • Must be fully rendered in media of your choice and rendering technique of your choice.  (acrylic or watercolor including crayons/pencils)
  • Must show complex composition, concept and excellent craftsmanship with the media chosen. 
  • Must utilize one or two principles of design to develop concept and composition.  
  • Must use reference photos to portray realism of subject and illusion of 3-dimensional space.
  • Must be 16" x 20" minimum. 

Wednesday 1/8:  Written proposal and 6-8 Thumbnails for Final Free Choice painting due.  

Friday 1/10:  Work day to get started on Final Free Choice Painting.  

Week of December 16-20

Tuesday/Thursday:  Work Day on ism painting.


Finished Paintings will be due January 8th

Week of December 9-13

Monday:  Finish self portrait critique.  Presentation of next assignment  Free Choice Ism Painting   Research your master artist and the ism that they are associated with. Use the links provided here.  

Write a 5 paragraph essay about your artist, the ism they represent and the way you will be influenced by the artist.  See the assignment sheet for details required in paper.  
Type and print this paper for next class.  (there will be some class time to work, but the sooner you finish the sooner you can start painting.)

Mrs. Bjork's Pinboard on Isms
Wikipaintings Site on Art Movements

Wednesday: Master Artist Ism 5 paragraph essay is due.  Make sure you've met all of the criteria for this paper.  See the assignment sheet for detail.  Show your 6-8 thumbnails planning your own original painting done in the style of the master and ism you wrote about.  Due today by end of class.  

Friday: Get started on Ism Paintings.  16 x 20 or 18 x 24 canvas or watercolor paper.  You may use acrylic or watercolor, but be certain to choose the media that will best represent the style of the ism you are emulating. 

Finished Paintings will be due January 8th
Masters Isms Style Painting
isms 5 Paragraph essay Rubric

Week of December 2-6

Monday 12/2:  Finish Self Portraits, full rendering in Acrylics, good proportions, looks like you!

Wednesday 12/4:  Critique on self portraits

Friday 12/6:  No School

Weeks of November 18-26

Tuesday 19th :  Work on self portrait paintings, goals are: fully rendered accurate proportions and details through color.

Thursday 21st: 
Work on self portrait paintings, goals are: fully rendered accurate proportions and details through color.

Monday 25th:  Critique of Self Portraits

Week of November 11-15

Monday:  Continue with feature studies in sketchbook.  Demo how to get started with Self Portrait.  Learning Target is to create a  painted self portrait based on observation, showing accurate proportions and color rendering.  

Wednesday: Get started painting self portraits

Friday:  Continue painting self portraits


Week of November 4-8

Tuesday:   Critique of Watercolor Illustrations, make sure you have a typed and printed copy of the literary quote you illustrated.  Make sure you've completed a grade sheet and artist statement.  YOU WILL NEED YOUR LAPTOPS FOR THURSDAY!!!

Thursday: Watch the embedded PowerPoint presentation on Self portraits in Painting.  READ THE EMBEDDED ASSIGNMENT SHEET CAREFULLY

Develop 6-8 thumbnails of your planned self portrait.  Think about and jot notes as to what colors you will use for the background.  Use the mirror provided and create a page full of studies of your features.  THESE STUDIES AND THUMBNAILS ARE DUE AT THE START OF CLASS ON MONDAY.  See assignment sheet for details. 
self portrait

Week of Oct 28- November 1

Monday:  Get started with watercolor illustration projects.  Your thumbnails, proposal and research for this project was already due last week.  Make sure you've met with me if you missed doing this last week.

Wednesday: Continue working on watercolor illustration projects.  See assignment details below. 

Friday:  Work day for watercolor illustrations.  These are due for critique on Tuesday next week, November 5th.

Week of October 21-25

Tuesday:  Introduction to Illustration through children's literature books.  Continue working on your worksheets and experimental sheets. 
  1. Begin research on your own idea for illustration.  Create a brainstorm list of ideas,
  2. Draw 8-10 thumbnails. 
  3. Get  a copy of the story, poem, song or other literary reference you intend to illustrate. 
  4. Create a pin board on Pinterest if you wish that shows your research. 
  5. Send me the link to your board in email for Thursday. 

Thursday:  Mini-conferences with Mrs. Bjork to discuss your ideas through thumbnails and Pinterest Research.  Get started on the actual painting using any of the 3 watercolor media introduced.  Must show evidence of at least 3 watercolor techniques in the painting.  See handout for details. 

Watercolor Painting Unit Details
Watercolor Terms
Water Color Techniques Worksheet 1
Water Color Techniques Worksheet 2

Final Illustrated Painting are due for Critque on Tuesday, November 5th. 

Week of October 14-18

Monday: Critique of Color Abstract paintings; Painting intro to Watercolors, techniques and styles. 

Wednesday:  Demonstration of various Watercolor techniques and styles Work on 2 watercolor worksheets to develop your own technique with watercolor, Caran D'ache Crayons and Watercolor pencil.  Two worksheets plus one sketchbook page with experimentation due next Tuesday by end of class. 

Week of October 7-11

Tuesday:  Work day to finish painting color shape designs
Thursday: Critique on Color Shape Designs.

Week of September 30-Oct. 4

Monday:  Intro to full color, color wheels.  Final day to turn in still life paintings.  Hang exhibit in gallery.
Wednesday:  Turn in finished color wheels and complementary color tone scales.  Create thumbnails for color design project.  Start designs.
Friday:  Work on color design projects.  Due next class by end of class. 

Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Color
Color Theory Unit Details

Week of September 23-26

Tuesday:  Work on your monochromatic still life.
Thursday:  Critique of the monochromatic still life.

September 16-20

This week we will begin our Monochromatic Still Life Paintings.  You may use the objects I have at school or bring in your own.  Each table will set up their own still life to work from.  Make sure you photograph your still life so you can re-set it up the subsequent classes. 

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 were due last week Thursday 9/12.  Make sure you showed them to me.

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. 

Semester Exam Information

Your semester exam will consist of a paper and a presentation of your selective portfolio.  The paper should be word processes and printed for the exam day.  Exam day will NOT be a work day, instead students will present their portfolios and papers to the class.  Please see the details of your exam and the rubric it will be graded with here.
exam details
exam rubric

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


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