Post date: Aug 28, 2014 10:9:16 PM
Every week there will be a quick post as to what the classes are up to. Occasionally in-progress pictures will be included here as well as important dates to look out for.
Week 1:
Clay 1 is getting familiar with clay, and we are making our first pinch pot
Clay 2 and 3 are getting started by creating designs for a passive speaker dock for a smart phone/ mp3 player.
Intro to art is learning to do still life drawing
Intermediate drawing is creating their abstracted self portraits using fingerprints for one, and typography for the other.
Week 2:
Clay 1 is learning to wedge clay.
The wedging test will be during class on the 12th and 15th of September.
This test is a pass fail test and will be repeated until it is passed.
Clay 2 is warming up for the term with a designed and textured slab vase
Intro to art is developing an understanding of form, and begin work applying their knowledge into some formative assignments.
Intermediate drawing is warming up on human portraiture and learning to apply style to their work.
AP is going over background readings and preparing portfolio plans