7th grade term 3 notes 2020
Monday, Feb 3
Kiwiet out
Tuesday, Feb 4
Wednesday, Feb 5
Thursday, Feb 6
Friday, Feb 7
warm up: coral reefs
drawing using the properties of an item
observations
riffing
practice coral
warm up: strange fungi
drawing using contour lines and noteability
choose a landscape 12 x 18
fore, mid, back
add building if time
warm up: inspirational moodboard
1) beautiful landscapes around the world
2) strange landscapes from around the world
3) architecture from around the world
upload all 3 to google classroom
pre-instruction: draw a face
use a reference photo
keep the expression on the reference neutral--no smiles or weird expressions
do your best work at this moment
draw on drawing paper and fill the paper (make the face large)
drawing must be of a realistic human, no cartooning or anime
take at least 20 - 30 minutes
if you finish, you may free draw
Did all three moodboards b/c I wasn't there. Would be better to do the two landscapes and put off the architecture
contour lines and noteability--do a few more to make it a habit, practice fungi, coral, etc and have them then draw on the watercolor paper
Maybe do some sponge painting with acrylic prior to this time so they can have something to practice the contour lines on and still have product? Also keep them from the habit of white paper
doing the 12 x 18 contour was great--but maybe do on cheap paper so they don't think it's their final? Or have them do it on the background color?
Drawing the properties is brilliant for them--went really really well and lowered the tension of having to be perfect. Still had to think about angles, observations, etc. made them look at the whole instead of just small parts
when doing the tree, maybe do all together the same one? this group was a little weird about this, but could just be the kids...
add coral to foreground of your landscape
large
overlaps other items
bottom of the paper
warm up: microscopic bacteria
Review: how to peer edit
Austin's butterfly
discuss key points
peer edit
Revise drawing
upload to google classroom
1st hour
3rd hour
warm up: microscopic bacteria
Review: how to peer edit
Austin's butterfly
discuss key points
draw a tree
Monday, Feb 10
Tuesday, Feb 11
DEAL available
Wednesday, Feb 12
Thursday, Feb 13
DEAL available
PTC 3:30 - 7:30
Friday, Feb 14
half day
9:06
1st hour
the brain looks for patterns, so they can't go too far off of the basic characteristics. Find the properties and mess with one or two:
move something
change size
change color
properties plus a mash up--taking steps for creativity, adding things at attachment points, looking for similarities in two items and then making a switcheroo
the plants worked really well and kids got great ideas. They were slower and less great when they worked alone in the following days. might be better to make as we go with the lessons above
warm up: upload tree drawing
steps to be creative
patterns and properties
practice with tree, insect, fungus
3rd hour
warm up: draw tree from Friday
peer edit, revise, upload
steps to be creative
patterns and properties
practice with tree, insect, fungus
Homework: due Friday 11/14
2) fill in the note sheet--upload
warm up: what are the properties of this flowering plant?
draw a plant using your observations
creativity practice--how could we change this plant to make it new?
acrylic demo--use for backgrounds and for textures
warm up: media review
transforming the drawing to the layered landscape
understanding the layers
using properties for background
using size and detail
using placement
work time for landscapes
homework for face due tomorrow!
2) fill in the note sheet--upload
warm up: how did it go? What could be better?
face notes due, go over together
begin drawing using canon--due Friday
kids did not do the homework for the notes, but did better with the drawings. Need to do the graph together for visual literacy
warm up: muscle memory face
Draw the canon together on drawing paper
work time: landscape, plants, and creatures
plan
practice
pace
warm up: muscle memory face
Draw the canon together on drawing paper--finish face
work time: landscape, plants, and creatures
plan
practice
pace
warm up: value scale
finish drawing face together using the canon
(last day for awhile) work time: landscape, plants, and creatures
plan
practice
pace
warm up: how's it going? landscapes, creature, plants
Face: parts and pieces
eye
finish drawing the eye
adding value to the nose