Boss B Weekly Updates
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Weekly Company-wide Updates from Boss Broyles to the Broyles Design Group and their families.
Weekly Company-wide Updates from Boss Broyles to the Broyles Design Group and their families.
May/ June
May/ June
Wrapping up your professional experience with the Broyles Design Group.
At the end of your contract with the Broyles Design Group, you are expected to create a portfolio of the 4 best pieces of artwork you have made this semester.
For credit you need to do the Sem 2 Final Portfolio Slideshow or Update your Web Portfolio.
(if updating web portfolio, please leave me a comment in the Google Classroom assignment letting me know your portfolio is updated).
Reflections must be filled out. Answer the relflection questions.
For credit you also need to do the Design Principles Art Collection Slideshow.
(IF YOU DID NOT DO IT SEMESTER 1)
To get a B in the class you need to do at least one of these Surveys. Here is the last one you can add to.
To get an A in the class you need to post 2 pieces of work to this Padlet (I just added you...) and Comment on 2 peer's work.
Here is your Feedback Loop Padlet Locations. Sign in with your School Google Account.
If you struggle with sign-in, here is the link to SIGN in with GOOGLE into the RiverHomeLink Padlet site.
Please also look at the Post in Google Classroom to fix grades from semester 1.
Let me know if you have questions.
The sooner you get all this done, the sooner I will lock in your final grade and we can just make art without worry of credit.
I will start putting in grades Mid- May. This means it will show missing until the end of May, even though it is not due until the end of May.
As a reminder, no credit will be earned without the above items.
- Boss Broyles
Take the best photo you can of the artwork. We will rotate, crop, and "skew" the photo to look flat.
Great inspirational video to watch...
Remember, your art is yours, do what brings you joy.
-Make it your own. Everyone is an artist. Make the world your canvas. Just Start.
It is time again to Submit entries to the RHL 2021 Virtual Art Show!
SUBMIT your ARTwork to be posted on the RHL website and the RHL Social Media!
The RHL Art Show Entry Deadline is May 5th, 2021 @ 8:00 AM.
Here is the Google Form to Upload your artwork.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1yUuhynHOCcsV0Yex_7jzWra6IhqUUeeHTVuYj5m3hCkJvQ/viewform
You may submit up to 2 pieces per RHL student.
Student name (Becky B.) & Grade level will be displayed.
You may submit photos of students holding the art in addition to an image of the art! We will use the one with kids in them in the RHL Yearbook!
Yearbook is beginning to collect comic book style art that show events/emotions from the 20-21 year! More info very soon, but maybe turn that into this art show as well!
All Grade Levels and All types of ART from September 2020-May 2021.
Categories are: 2D, 3D, Photography, Video/Animation.
This is a showcase, not a judged show.
Video and Animation included, but upload the original file or type link to your drive so Boss B can find it.
The show will go live on the RHL social media and website on May 19th.
Take the best photo you can of the artwork. We will rotate, crop, and "skew" the photo to look flat.
April B_week (week of April 12th)
April B_week (week of April 12th)
Here is a great idea for enjoying the sunshine and getting some artwork made this week!
Do as much as you like. As always... this is optional... but an idea to get you unstuck creatively.
Update - CHECK out these amazing Art Workshops starting this Friday!
Update - CHECK out these amazing Art Workshops starting this Friday!
Audience: High School Students
You may use the school address and phone number and a fake birthday, if you want. Choose a major that you would be interesting in if it asks.
610 A SW Eaton Blvd. Battle Ground WA 98604
360-334-8200
April A_week (week of March 29th)
April A_week (week of March 29th)
Post Progress to Padlet Feedback Loops and Comment on 2 DUE for March
Self-Reflections Survey
April A week due on Friday.
Just keep Moving forward.
In class this week you will be developing your ideas on how you are going to create and envision your 2020 | 2021 Super Hero or Super Villain.
There are MANY different ways you can create based on this theme.
Be prepared to tell me what project ideas you are considering from those I presented or you own on this A week's survey!
Next Steps in Idea Generation...
Next Steps in Idea Generation...
Artist Research= videos linked below.
Create Project Plan. You may using various media. See below for project ideas.
Artist Documentary on Jack Kirby. Great examples!
Great video to watch to understand How to Draw Comics from the young Stan Lee!
I am adding various tutorials here to spark your creative energies.
I am adding various tutorials here to spark your creative energies.
Using drawing in Real-Life Photograph -
Camera vs Pencil with Ben Heine.
CHECK out his work!
Take a photo of a scene and hold a blank paper where you would like to alter the scene. Print out the image and draw onto it to complete your final vision for the work. It may be helpful to print on non-glossy paper.
I have made video tutorials to help you draw the figure. Yes, you can trace, but some of you wanted some drawing help.
Tracing the figure in Photopea.com
Using Layers and Paintbrush and pen... Digitally paint in your figure using source photo (deleted later)
(my tutorial coming soon)
Mash-Up collage of the figure in Photopea.com
Like the Ol'Animal Project.
Digital Collage.
[Selection tools, Copy Paste and Transform.]
(tutorial coming soon)
Start looking for source images
Multiple Exposure Photography and Graphic Design
Check out the image inspiration here. or google Multiple Exposure Photography in Google.
March D_week (week of March 22nd)
March D_week (week of March 22nd)
[Feedback Loop Zooms, Post Progress to Padlet Feedback Loops and Comment on 2]
[Feedback Loop Zooms, Post Progress to Padlet Feedback Loops and Comment on 2]
March Progress Grades Going in to replace the Feb. Grades this week.
See NEW NEW Schedule [Hybrid] listed in Navigation on Left.
Click on the buttons to join Zoom Meetings and Office Hours.
All students still on the 2 ~ 2 ~ 2 Plan.
See previous posts for an explanation if you don't know what that means.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it... (and you all should...)
This week, you are beginning the process of creating a
2020 / 2021
Super Hero or Super Villian!
Please go through the brainstorming steps read through this WebPage I made to get you started.
This is for In-person and Remote students.
Next week, we will share our preliminary sketches that you will continue with at home.
Please use your peers in class and on Padlet for feedback discussion that can only enhance our characters!
It has been too many years since I have displayed my own art.
This year I have been pushing you, my students, to share their work, and I took my own advice and entered this show!
My photograph will be hung on the walls of the Maryhill Museum of Art along with the Masters who have graced the walls before me! It is such an honor to have my work hanging here.
The show is virtual, linked below, and also now open in-person.
Please take the drive out to Maryhill Museum as it is a soul-cleansing drive where you can observe the beauty of nature and the great tunnels on the Hwy 14 side! See my work!
The show will be up until April 25th and then will travel to the Tacoma Art Museum! How cool!
The more you try, the luckier you get- advice from a friend.
Look out world...
TEACHERS AS ARTISTS: CONNECTIONS
Maryhill Museum of Art, working in partnership with the Washington Art Education Association, showcases teacher talent by inviting educators to participate in Teachers as Artists, an annual juried exhibition in the museum’s MJ Murdock Charitable Trust Education Center.
In 2021 we invited regional arts educators to submit work around the theme Connections. The theme brings a focus to people, places, or things that have connected our lives during the past year, inviting arts educators to explore their vision of “connections” through multiple media. Presented in partnership with Washington Art Education Association and Tacoma Museum of Art. You can view Connections — Teachers as Artists online here, and also see the show in person at Maryhill Museum of Art from March 15 – April 25, 2021.
To see my work in the context of others...
https://www.maryhillmuseum.org/teachersasartists2021
or here.
The Path
Giclee print
20.5” x 24.5”
Matt Kesler, Principal
River HomeLink School
Battle Ground, WA
Artist Statement:
Connections. This last year has been fragmented. The blinding light of life streams in through the cracks, providing contrast to the shadows as they began to set hold in the intricate patterns of life. Not knowing which way to go, only forward. Feeling uneasy and off-balanced the whole year.
I like to think of the strong pillars of the torii gates as my thoughts and beats undulating around my heart. The light and the shadows are the connections keeping it all together and making sense of it all. The light guides me forward to walk on. Unsure of the path. Unsure of the direction. Unsure of what is around the bend. Although this path is difficult to follow right now, I feel comforted by the shelter the red gates provide. Many come to this shrine to photograph the beauty of the repeating tori gates… I found the beauty in the path.
I learned through this digital photo taken at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan (2018) that there is beauty in the darkness (and there are no tourists at night). Beginning in the Edo period, patrons donated torii gates to have a wish come true or in gratitude for a wish that came true. There are many wishes that have blessed my past year. Strong, loving, meaningful connections with others, and self, is a wish that came true for me. Bless your path and may the light guide you through the darkness.
Congratulations to the RHL High School Students who entered the ESD112 Regional Art Show!
Congratulations to the RHL High School Students who entered the ESD112 Regional Art Show!
The Southwest Washington Regional High School Art Show is an annual event to celebrate the extraordinary artistic talent of the high school students in our region. The Regional High School Art Show is hosted by Educational Service District 112 (ESD 112) and will be virtual this year.
The Virtual Art Show Event will Livestream on the ESD 112 Facebook Page on March 31 at 5 p.m. Anyone is welcome to watch. The show will also be aired on Comcast Cable channels 28 and 328 (for Clark County Comcast subscribers only) on March 31 at 5 p.m.
During the show, viewers will have the opportunity to see videos from participating students and teachers from around the region, as well as be present for the awards announcements.
You just might see a video from one of your very own art teachers!
RSVP on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/817723532156372
View the Virtual Art Gallery to see the work from Battle Ground (it is ours!)
https://www.esd112.org/artshow/?utm_source=mailpoet...
We hope you will join us in this celebration of our region's talented high school art students and teachers!
The winners from this regional show will proceed on to the State Show!
March C_week (week of March 15th)
March C_week (week of March 15th)
Beginning of in-person hybrid schedule. Starting March 15th, 2021. In-person still on 2-2-2 plan.
Remote students will continue as usual. EXCEPT for Remote Feedback Loops Times have changed.
See NEW NEW Schedule [Hybrid] listed in Navigation on Left.
Click on the buttons to join Zoom Meetings and Office Hours. (No Zoom Feedback Loops this week as it is C week.) I will have office hours open during zoom times for you to stop by and ask questions.
All students still on the 2 ~ 2 ~ 2 Plan.
See previous posts for an explanation if you don't know what that means.
[Studio work, Survey week, No Feedback Loop Zoom ('cuz it is C week) ]
We March Forward.
In-Person Peeps.
There are surge protectors on the floor under each row if you need to charge your devices. Help each other plug things in.
Phones are allowed in the room 16 Studio as they are tools for art.
If you are having trouble logging into the BGPS wifi, you can log into the BGPS Guest (no password needed)
Students that bring in their own devices/laptops will log into the Guest Wifi and are responsible for any damage/loss.
The iMacs are not being hooked up for now. The Macbooks in the cart are not being shared at this time. You are instructed to bring their your device. If you need a Chromebook, go get one from the CASEE center afterschool any day until I think 4:00.
Any Borrowed supplies will go into the USED bin on the table(by door) by the hand sanitizer. We will set those supplies aside to de-germ, or you will sanitize them with hand sanitizer before returning them to the place of origin.
Students should have their own pencils, Chromebooks, Chromebook chargers, etc.
In class this week and at-home... I encourage you to do this exercise.
We are making cranes as a community project for March.
We are making cranes as a community project for March.
The whole school will make them and turn them into our cute Yearbook Mailbox in front of the school! I will hang them in the windows.
You can take yours home if you want to, otherwise, if you want the crane (s) to be part of the hanging, they will leave them in the box on the supply table or drop off in the RHL LOVE Mailbox located by the front door!
Okay…
Step 1 to make these a useful tool for ourselves.
Using a pencil or pen… on a SQUARE piece of paper (maybe 8.5x8.5).
I want you to free-write your feelings about today. This time. This place. This moment. What do you see? What do you hear? What do you feel (physically and emotionally)? What smells? What tastes? Describe as best you can. No one will read this. It is going to be folded on the inside of your crane. Write only on one side of the paper. You have 5 minutes.
(If you want to document your feelings/writing…before you fold it up, then take a photo of it with your phone or Chromebook.)
Now, with the square paper, text facing up. Fold the paper in half, from the top corner down to form a triangle with the words inside. Continue on with the linked instructions.
Here is a link to a good set of instructions.
This is your first crane and is your first step in this process. It is a valid step. But your second one will look better! It will get better with each try!
At-home you can continue with various materials to add variety to the community project. Turn into the RHL Love Mailbox located by the front door.
You might already know how to do this! I release you to make as many as you can!
You might just want to watch the video and make it. That is fine.
We have many different learning styles and as a class we can flex into what works best for you and what you need now.
ubt-wxak-qjy (2021-03-18 at 10:03 GMT-7)WEll that sucks. That video didn't work. Blerg. See video to the right to help you through the steps.
Here I tried again...
March B_week (week of March 8th)
March B_week (week of March 8th)
[Feedback Loop Zooms, Post Progress to Padlet Feedback Loops and Comment on 2]
[Feedback Loop Zooms, Post Progress to Padlet Feedback Loops and Comment on 2]
Still figuring things out. Check back later this week as I formulate what our schedule is going to look like.
But...
Class is not really changing.
2 posts to Padlet a Month, 2 comments on your co-workers posts, and 2 surveys done during A and C week.
ALL students will continue in this structure.
I notice
MANY of you have not posted to Padlet for about 2 months. Get on that please.
I also notice that some of you have not joined Google Classroom for Semester 2. Do that please.
Work for Boss B.
I am figuring out what this new change will make to our feedback loop schedule. And will be entering grades this week. Get your posts in.
March A_week (week of March 1st)
March A_week (week of March 1st)
[Studio work, Survey week, No Feedback Loop Zoom]
[Studio work, Survey week, No Feedback Loop Zoom]
I get that there are a lot of questions about what hybrid means to the Broyles Design Group.
I am figuring it out this week and will let you know soon what changes will be made to the Broyles Design Group.
Please fill out your self-reflection Survey by this Friday at 3pm. Thanks.
I am adding resources based on your feedback. Please be looking on your feedback loop page, SCROLL down to the bottom to view the Resource Padlets for Project ideas and tutorials.
If you did not post to Padlet for the month of Feb., please do it by Tuesday morning. Skyward grades going in.
2 creative process posts for February, 2 comments on Padlet giving peer review, and 2 surveys (Feb. surveys are closed)
Make sure you do the March A week survey this week for your March grade.
Check out this great resource!
Click Log in.
Then, I am a STUDENT
Click Sign in with GOOGLE CLASSROOM
Choose your @battlegroundps.org address (if it asks)
Then OPEN PRESENTATION VIEW located under the cover image.
The Scholastic Art is such a great website and magazine!
If you are looking for something to work on... Read an article, review the article on Padlet (tell us which edition and what article)...(it will encourage others to read up!) and/or do a sketch or project based on something you read in this edition. They even have project ideas! Do them with the family!
You can also see past issues and view other videos and parts of the website! Check out what interests you!
You can even pick your reading level when you click Presentation view!
Art and Nature is the main article in this edition.
There is a highlight on Ansel Adams's photography! One of my favorite photographers!
There is an Ansel Adams exhibit opening soon at the Portland Art Museum... They will be HOPEFULLY open SOON for a masked, social distanced gallery walk for you! check the website before you head down. FYI, free for those 17 and under. https://portlandartmuseum.org/
Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984); Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1960 Photograph, gelatin silver print; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Lane Collection, 2018.2681; Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust
Feb-D_week (week of 2/22/21)
Feb-D_week (week of 2/22/21)
[Feedback Loop Zooms, Post Progress to Padlet Feedback Loops and Comment on 2]
[Feedback Loop Zooms, Post Progress to Padlet Feedback Loops and Comment on 2]
I will leave last week's survey open until tomorrow morning. Please make sure you fill it out rather than just turn it in. I am asking you to do this 2 times a month.
Posting Progress onto your Padlet can be as simple as posting an image of what you are working on, to a narrative of what it is you are brainstorming what you are working on... then we can engage in helping you proceed.
Please be professional and comment of 2 posts on your own feedback loop Padlet.
I added Drawing the Figure tutorials for Fashion and Illustration to use as optional project idea resources. I also added a new PhotoPea tutorial and am adding more of those this week. I am working as best I can on getting resources to you... Please know that it is okay to Google "How do I...." and seek out resources as you are waiting on me. I am trying my best.
Feb-C_week
Feb-C_week
[Studio work, Survey week, No Feedback Loop Zoom]
[Studio work, Survey week, No Feedback Loop Zoom]
Please join the Broyles Design Group Google Classroom.
The survey is linked here in Classroom as an Assignment.
I have altered the survey to allow for those of you in more than one Design Team to answer twice.
I am going through the last survey's responses and will be communicating and working on resources this week..
There are no feedback loops this week.
Wondering what to work on?
Check out the Resource Padlets on the bottom of your Feedback Loop Pages.
shom_resource.pdf
Here is some photography I did this weekend.
Contrast is something to look out for when shooting in the snow. The reds and greens pop against the white.
Click on the Album, and I think you can add comments.
I am trying out Google Photos as I already had my photos in Google Drive...
RHL YEARBOOK PORTRAIT PHOTO UPLOAD!
All Student Portrait Photos can be uploaded here.
Please RHL Yearbook WEBSITE linked below for more information and tips for getting us the best photo.
https://sites.google.com/battlegroundps.org/rhl-yearbook/home
email the RHL Yearbook Advisor with questions. broyles.rebecca@battlegroundps.org
This is optional, posting here is a way to communicate... If Yearbook does not have a photo of you, your name will be on the Not Pictured list.
I have added some art workshops provided by SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) for you, High School Art/Design students that are starting This Friday. They continue for the month of February on Fridays.
Please register for each using the link in the Padlet post. You can use the school's address and a fake birthday if you want.
These are free and very informative and fun! Take the time, if you want, to engage in these learning opportunities.
Please note the start time. The first one listed is Eastern Time Zone... I have done the 3 hour time difference and listed the Pacific Time Zone times for you)
Workshop titles to explore in Padlet shown to the right. Look at Feb.:
Drawing Workshop: Using Music/Sound to Inform & Motivate the Narrative in Visual Composition [2/19 @ 9am PST]
Free-range animation (stop-motion) [2/19 @ 12 noon PST]
What is Typography? [2/26 @ 9am PST]
Interactive design and game development workshop: Games and Apps [2/26 @12noon PST]
Fire & Ice Yearbook Challenge
Fire & Ice Yearbook Challenge
As you begin to play in the snow, please consider making art or taking photos based on the theme Fire and Ice.
Use Button below for use in the RHL Yearbook and/or YOU CAN POST TO YOUR FEEDBACK LOOP PADLET
FEB_Week 20 (B week) - Feedback Loops this week.
FEB_Week 20 (B week) - Feedback Loops this week.
Please Join the Semester 2 Google Classroom. I have Archived last semester.
Check back here tomorrow for a video overview of what is expected for class this semester...I think it is more streamlined. the plan and video is taking longer than I expected and I will finish it up tonight.
Here is an overview:
Reminder:
B/D weeks are devoted to feedback loops. Please see the Schedule for times and team meeting zoom links (click on the button)
A/C weeks are studio time for you to work on your art and posting and comments. I am available for one-on-one meetings.
If you do not have a Feedback Loop team, please email me so I can set you up in one.
New:
2-2-2 Each Month I need 2-2-2 from you.
2 self-critique surveys per month (A/C week)
2 posts to Padlet / month. Show what you are working on in your creative process.
2 comments on the other posts in your Feedback Loop Team.
We will pull from this work for your final portfolio to wrap up semester 2.
Please watch before your Feedback Loops so we can discuss...
For the Month of February... We are collecting...
I Heart RIVER HOMELINK HEARTS
to display on the outside of River HomeLink's building and virtually on our social media.
Create a HEART shape artwork and drop it off at the school in the RED RHL LOVE box by the front door!
Any size is okay. Any Medium is okay. *they will not be returned to the artist.
ALSO!... Feel free to make cards and hearts for your teachers and drop them into the RED RHL LOVE box and we will put them in the teacher's box for you!
If you cannot make it to school, please upload the photo of your heart (with or without your face) here to be added to the virtual heart display.
Tell us why your love River on the survey as well!
Last submissions for display is February 22nd. Hearts will be posted each week.
FEB_Week 19 (A week) - First week of Semester 2!
FEB_Week 19 (A week) - First week of Semester 2!
Please Join the Semester 2 Google Classroom. I have Archived last semesters.
Let’s get real, sometimes we don’t end the semester as well as we wish to. Maybe you didn’t end up with a grade that you thought you deserved, or you didn't put your best work forward in your portfolio. If that does happen, this song reminds you to not get bogged down in sadness...Choose instead to continue on with your head held high. This catchy Modest Mouse tune will encourage you to move past any disappointing experiences of the previous semester. Enter the new semester with an optimistic attitude, as well as a greater appreciation for the many successes you had. There’s always room to improve in the future. We are in the Artistic Process, and it is a process. Semester grades are just a system check.
Sometimes we all just need a little reminder to “float on” in order to get to the next great experience.
Speaking of a System Check...
Speaking of a System Check...
One thing I realized with closing out semester 1, is that I need a better peek into each of your Artistic Processes.
Introducing the...
20-21 A/C week Student Self-Reflection Form!
Please fill out every A and C week.
This will give me more information about what you are working on and it will also show that you are covering all the standards. You will see that art is more than just creating. I will need this "contact" with ALL students.
There is a place to upload an image in the form, but I would prefer that you keep uploading images of your Creative Process to your Feedback Loop Padlet for peer feedback...
Let's take a test run of the form this week. I am open to feedback as we are only stronger if we work together.
The slideshow below will help you think of what part of the process you are in... We bounce around between the "stages" of the creative process.
20-21 Bi-weekly Student Self-Reflection Form!
It is A week, so no Feedback Loops this week.
It is A week, so no Feedback Loops this week.
If you are a new student to the Broyles Design Group, I will be reaching out to you this week for a one-on-one meeting to get you onboarded into our Design Firm and set you up with a Career Pathway.
Please feel free to stop by my Office Hours, or email me for a meeting, if you need my input.
We are moving into the CREATIVE STUDIO time within our year. Please look at the Resources Padlets located underneath your Feedback Loop Padlets and start thinking about getting your feet wet into a new project. I will be posting more resources this week... Get ready...fun times ahead!
As a reminder... of what we set out to do... I re-watched the Orientation for this class. I encourage you to re-watch it (especially if you have never seen it) Let it load all the way, it will. It is located here. We are on the Right Path!
I am SO happy to be on this JOURNEY with you. We will Float On!
Deep Breath, pat yourself on the back, and let's get back to work!
I am proud of you. This is not easy.
Week 18 (1/D week) LAST WEEK OF SEM 1
Week 18 (1/D week) LAST WEEK OF SEM 1
Friday Update...
Friday Update...
Me... waiting on Portfolios and Design Principle Art Collections to be turned in before grades are due this evening.
Me... waiting on Portfolios and Design Principle Art Collections to be turned in before grades are due this evening.
Please email me once you turn something in so I do not miss it.
Please email me once you turn something in so I do not miss it.
I apologize for those who have everything in and this is a repeat message.
I am grading all day today to update grades.
Please make sure you have the Design Principles Art Collection turned in on your Padlet, or Google Classroom.
Please make sure you have done one of the 2 Portfolio options. Turn in either on your Padlet (website already there) or in Google Classroom.
BY Tuesday morning at 8AM, your grades will be updated.
Please note...
If these 2 assignments are not complete, credit will not be earned for semester 1.
If you recieve an F, you will have the ability to fix the grade in Semester 2, and I will have the oppertunity to change your F to the grade you earn in Semester 2.
I do not want to give F's, but my options are an F or a W...
OR...
How about you just get this work done by Friday at 3pm.
IF YOU HAVE AN F ON TUESDAY AND TURN IN WORK AFTER TUESDAY, 1/26/21, THEN YOU SHOULD EMAIL ME SO I WILL GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
By Kurt Vonnegut:
“When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig. I was talking to one of the archeologists one day during our lunch break and he asked those kinds of “getting to know you” questions you ask young people: Do you play sports? What’s your favorite subject? And I told him, no I don’t play any sports. I do theater, I’m in choir, I play the violin and piano, I used to take art classes.
And he went WOW. That’s amazing! And I said, “Oh no, but I’m not any good at ANY of them.”
And he said something then that I will never forget and which absolutely blew my mind because no one had ever said anything like it to me before: “I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them. I think you’ve got all these wonderful experiences with different skills, and that all teaches you things and makes you an interesting person, no matter how well you do them.”
And that honestly changed my life. Because I went from a failure, someone who hadn’t been talented enough at anything to excel, to someone who did things because I enjoyed them. I had been raised in such an achievement-oriented environment, so inundated with the myth of Talent, that I thought it was only worth doing things if you could “Win” at them.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
Week 16 and 17 (1/B-C week)
Week 16 and 17 (1/B-C week)
[update from Wednesday, Jan. 12th:
I have added another option in Google Classroom for how your final portfolio may be completed.
If the website is too much of an ask right now, I have given you a formatted slide show that you can edit.
FOR base credit for this class. I need:
Your Design Principles Art Collection.
Either your Website Portfolio edited with 4 images of your best artwork, and the text reflections filled out.
or The Google slideshow Portfolio I just shared out.
Worry about these things, and not about previous 1 point projects like creative challenges.
We are going over the text part of your online portfolio this week. Please attempt to fill it out so we may peer edit it in feedback loops this week.
As a reminder, I am only asking for 4 pieces of art work (any media for semester 1 and it can also be something you have already turned into me.) Your 4 best pieces of work. (and your Principles of Art Collection at the bottom.)
Please make sure it is your own work.
Please make sure it is your own work.
We are nothing without integrity.
We are nothing without integrity.
If you are struggling to find your portfolio,
please find your group on this site and your portfolio is on your feedback loop Padlet.
See more information in last week's weekly update below.
________________
If you are struggling to log into the Padlet.
If you are struggling to log into the Padlet.
Use this link.
https://riverhomelink.padlet.org/auth/login
Log in with Google... Then the Padlets will work on your Webpages too.
___________
Stop by any time this week to any feedback loop to ask questions, talk, or just Be. We are all going over portfolios, so anytime works for help.
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I will be running a guided drawing exercise this week in Lynx Lair if you want to come to do that with me (neurographical art)...(paper, sharpie, colored pencils) kinda lose yourself into an abstract drawing that calms you down. Or come to Lynx Lair to talk and play games. Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-3:30.
Make sure you are adding your images onto the ART GALLERY page of your WEBSITE... not the home page. Click Pages and then Art Gallery.
Make sure you are adding your images onto the ART GALLERY page of your WEBSITE... not the home page. Click Pages and then Art Gallery.
Week 15 (1/A week)
Week 15 (1/A week)
Welcome back! Happy New YEAR! We can do this!
Welcome back! Happy New YEAR! We can do this!
For the month of January. We are doing small Career Path Feedback Loops (schedule here) during B and D week. If you want to come at your time on A week (this week) to chat, then stop on by... any Office Hour Time or class time! Even if it is not your feedback loop!
The month of January in this class is devoted to your online portfolio.
The month of January in this class is devoted to your online portfolio.
Your portfolio is located on your Feedback Loop Padlet located on this website.
You might have to scroll over to see your name.
Once you click on the Portfolio Link on your column, your website portfolio will open.-------
This is your site to edit. Your copy.
I have already shared it with me and published it to BGPS viewers only for you.
I already have the link to this website as well.
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CLICK EDIT, then Click on the PAGES TAB to get to YOUR ART GALLERY.
More Video Instructions for Google Sites. (soon)
You need to add your Principles of Design Art Collection Project to the bottom of the Art Gallery Page.
You need to add 4 images of artwork you have worked on this semester. Your 4 best pieces.
For semester 1, if they happen to be in your career path, then great. If not, no worries. we all use drawing and photography to sketch out ideas and record inspiration in every career. They can also be pieces that you have done for creativity challenges as well. You may use work from other classes as long as they are not Art credit classes (English, History, etc.)
We will talk about the proper editing of the text underneath each image next week.
The REFLECTION text is the meat of your website! This text shows me your understanding of the Design Principles and your reflection on your artistic process.
We will then peer edit each others websites using Comments on our Feedback loops during week 3 of this month.
I will post short helpful videos this week to show you how to edit you Google Site.
You should have already made your own banner (in Adobe Spark, etc.) in December. If you have not, scroll down for those instructions.
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I am working through the emails I received over break. I followed my advice and took 2 weeks away from my computer and job. I am going through them this week.
wu-1-4-2021.mp4
Publishing slides to web to get link.webmTech Tip- Remember this one!
Tech Tip- Remember this one!
Here is a short, short video to show you how to Get your Design Principle Art Collection SlideShow into your Feedback Loop Padlet and your portfolio website using Publish to Web instead of sharing the link.
I did a lot of them and put them on your Padlet. You will need to use the same menu (file> Publish to Web) to Copy the Link to be able to EMBED the link into your website Portfolio.
another Website specific Video about EMBED-ING links into your GOOGLE SITE byTuesday this week. (I gotta record it).
Wellness Tip
Wellness Tip
As we turn school back on, please remember that it all does not have to be done in one day. It looks like a lot of work, but we have time. don't forget to breathe and try to better your situation just a bit each day. The mountain might be too high to climb in one day. See you on the trails.
Week 15 (12/A/C week)
Week 15 (12/A/C week)
<<<update>>> from Tuesday 12/8
<<<update>>> from Tuesday 12/8
That’s right folks... this girl has been playing pain limbo since the day before Thanksgiving... and this girl has a very safe penthouse booked at Legacy Hospital and a fine set of hands to expunge her of the corroding painful beast that is her gall bladder.
It is time to say goodbye to this organ and hello to a long life without it!
Marie Kondo says, "If it does not give you Joy, say thank you for its service to you and say goodbye." Well I guess after I cleaned my closets, my body decided to do it's own Kondo-cleaning. Ha..
I will be ok. It is a simple surgery but it will take me out for a bit. I should be back to good by next Thursday.
I have OPEN OFFICE HOURS ALL DAY TODAY so please ask questions.
You also know that I am tied to my email, but will not be checking as regularly.
,,,from Monday 12/7/2020
I am so sorry to launch a new schedule and then get sick. I have to cancel the Weekly Update Meeting for Monday at 10:10 (which is optional and recorded weekly). I also have to cancel Yearbook for Monday.
I am doing ok. I am having issues with my gall bladder which I need to go talk to a surgeon Monday about getting it taken out. It is an organ that you don't really need... but it means I have to watch out for butter and fried foods...ya know, the things we all love... Thank you for all your healing thoughts and prayers. It means a lot to me. Please do not worry. I will be okay and the hospital is very careful and safe.
I hope to be available for office hours all day Tuesday. I am working on getting your resource Padlets all added to your feedback loop sites.
Boss B out sick Thursday 12/10 and Friday 12/11 this week as well.
Boss B out sick Thursday 12/10 and Friday 12/11 this week as well.
BossB out sick on Monday 12/7 :(
BossB out sick on Monday 12/7 :(
Who inspires you within your art career? Share a bit about the artist and why you admire the art.
If you do not have an inspiring artist that you admire already, do some research into your field and share with your feedback loop the name of the person you found.
Post in your Feedback Loop Padlet.
If you have not checked out your Feedback Loop Page and Padlet, please do. Add your email address to the Padlet so I know you have seen it.
Your Portfolios are located there as well.
Email me if you do not have a group and tell me what group you want to be part of (what art do you want to do or are doing?)
Spend this week making a banner for your Portfolio website.
Use a digital program like Adobe Spark (or Photopea if you have Photoshop experience)
to create
a new banner.
The name of your portfolio should be the name of your own personal Design Company. (example, Becky Design's, Errant Focus Photography, DH Graphics, etc.
Adobe Spark is a great tool to begin designing
a banner for your art portfolio.
Also, Why not use it to make some positive images that you can email around to your friends and families to let them know you are thinking about them.
It is really easy to use and works on Chrome books and mobile and computer devices.
Tutorial below.
Use the video tutorial here to create your own Web banners in Adobe Spark for your Web Portfolio.
Your Portfolio is located on your Feedback Loop Padlet.
Then, use Adobe Spark to make someone else's day with an uplifting message sent via email. Have fun!
Adobe Spark 1-banner4website.webmGreat ideas to work on here... Read through the lessons and pick on if you want.
You can use it as your December Artwork.
There are templates to download and many seasonal ideas!
Check out the
Check out the
located right here on this website!
located right here on this website!
I have added some cool SCAD workshops and Fashion Shows for the month of December.
Check it out.
There are more throughout the month so add the ones you want to your calendar and register for each one.
Just fill out the information to register and put in the school address and phone if you want. 610 NE Eaton Blvd. Battle Ground, WA and 360-334-8200 and use your battlegroundps.org email and use whatever else.. It doesn't matter.
New Weekly Schedule. Re-posting.
New Weekly Schedule. Re-posting.
More INFORMATION HERE ... It was easier to make a new page.
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT NEW ZOOM SCHEDULE
If you are looking for your zoom links... Click the above Button.
Week 14 (11/D week)
Week 14 (11/D week)
New Weekly Schedule.
New Weekly Schedule.
More INFORMATION HERE ... It was easier to make a new page.
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT NEW ZOOM SCHEDULE
If you are looking for your zoom links... Click the above Button.
Publishing slides to web to get link.webmTech Tip- You need this one!
Tech Tip- You need this one!
Here is a short, short video to show you how to Get your Design Principle Art Collection SlideShow into your Feedback Loop Padlet and your portfolio website using Publish to Web instead of sharing the link.
Do it this way please.
Wellness Tip
Wellness Tip
This video is here for a few reasons. It is this month's theme song. And if anyone can make a tutorial video on how to do the dance the dancers are doing to this song, I will give you a gold star. Just watch it, get the song stuck in your head, and repeat after me, "Ain't Nothing goin' Break my Stride, Ain't Nothing going to slow me down, I got to keep on movin'!"
Boss B 11-30 Week D Weekly Update Recording.
Boss B 11-30 Week D Weekly Update Recording.
notes:
-Make sure you turn in your Design Principles Art collection on your Feedback Loop Padlet. See video above on how to Publish to the Web.
-Answer this weeks Creativity Challenge on your Feedback Loop.
-See you in your NEW and IMPROVED Feedback Loops.
weekly update1130.mp4What Does BossB want from me by the end of the semester?
What Does BossB want from me by the end of the semester?
Week 12 (11/C)
Week 12 (11/C)
Design Team Feedback loops are Launching first week of December.
What does that mean?
Your current class time will be flexed into a smaller feedback loop group that will meet every other week.
Please ANSWER THIS SURVEY by FRIDAY to have input on when your new meeting time will be.
Please tell me in the survey when your ARE able and willing to be part of a ZOOM meeting with your Career Path Design Team.
This is important!
Give input.
Class times are changing.
FILL OUT THE SURVEY LINKED HERE BY FRIDAY 11/20!
FILL OUT THE SURVEY LINKED HERE BY FRIDAY 11/20!
But Boss B... When will you read the website to me?
But Boss B... When will you read the website to me?
Every Monday afternoon (or maybe Tuesday morning) I will go over the tasks for the week in a live meeting that the entire Broyles Design Group is invited to. (will fit around feedback loop schedule, time TBD)
I will post a recording as well.
This will begin in December along with new feedback loop meetings.
But Boss B, when will we hang out and chat with you and other students?
But Boss B, when will we hang out and chat with you and other students?
Introducing Lynx Lair -
Lynx Lair is a virtual space where RHL High School Department Students (that are in a course with Broyles, Anderson, Andrews, and VanderMolen) can come build connections and community with each other.
----more information here and link for Lynx Lair--
We are launching Lynx Lair this Tuesday at 2:30-3:30.
----and now on Thursdays from 2:30 -3:30 as well!----
More times will be added on other days once I get your Feedback Loop Design Teams scheduled.
Week C and D
Draw faces.
Practice eyes, noses, mouths...
May draw two famous faces and write a conversation they would have today.
Resources and ideas on the Creativity Challenge page.
Find your name, click on your group page located on the page...Find your name and add your email address to the Feedback Loop Padlet.
Read the instructions on the site if your name is not listed.
It is important that you answer this survey by Friday 11/20.
Read above and read the survey for more information.
Keep working on this.
this week you should be transferring your definitions and inserting your images into a Google Slide Show, a google site, or a Padlet.
See Project Page how to generally create it using Google Slides.
You will be curating a collection of 10 artworks(tied to your art career path)to show your understanding of the Principles of Design and do some guided art research.
See Project Page for more details.
Tech Tip of the week.
Tech Tip of the week.
How to take Great School Photos! Watch the video!
It is great!
Wellness Tip of the week.
Wellness Tip of the week.
What joy did you find today?
Week 11 (11/B)
Week 11 (11/B)
Please give me a minute this week.
I am saying goodbye to my dog, Honey, on Tuesday.
I will finish this posting tomorrow.
Photography class on Tuesday will be cancelled. Watch the video of last weeks photography workshop and the Product photography video posted last week and again in this update.
Maybe take some photos of your pets this week.
Cherish the time you have.
Work on your Principles of Design Project, Do the circle project from last week, I will be posting some drawing face info soon.
Tech Tip of the week.
Tech Tip of the week.
How to take a picture on a Chromebook.
Wellness Tip of the week.
Wellness Tip of the week.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Week 10 (11/A)
Week 10 (11/A)
Welcome to November.
Welcome to November.
I want to encourage you to find ways to incorporate your art into things that bring you comfort, joy, and happiness. Look for things you are already doing, and ask yourself... How can I integrate my art career path into this activity?
I so enjoy arranging flowers as a stress relief and a way to beauty up my world. It is an art in itself (ikebana= Japanese flower arranging). It is about balance, repetition, emphasis, to name a few. How did I add contrast? (complementary colors, shapes, textures) Can you tell me HOW? What shapes, what colors, what textures? What other Principles of Design can you see in this arrangement?
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As you also might know, I love to cook. I love to share my cooking with others...and for now... dinner parties at my house are on hold. But I am so enjoying photographing my dishes and the process it takes me to get there.
I am also starting a Website for my cooking recipes and photography. I have so many things to share and I am taking this time to collect my photos to share...along with the new ones I take. I am making it in Google Sites... It needs work (it is just in the framework stage)... But here is the process.
It is important to share your process along the way, even if you are like me and only want to share it when it is done... Getting feedback and encouragement along the way can only help us get to the end.
I just spent the weekend making a Hakata-style Tonkotsu (Pork) Ramen with a Shoyu Tare. It has a braised Chashu (rolled pork belly) and pork spare rib. It also has a Ramen Egg, various mushrooms, an okra (cuz I wanted too), mizuna greens and bok choy, green onion and the noodles are all underneath it. The broth takes about 18 hours on the stove and is sooo good for you. It was my brother's birthday. The hard part about food photography is: taking the photos before your food gets cold, remembering to plate it pretty when all you want to do is eat it, and accidentally eating it all before you take the photo!
We have THE MOST AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEK!
We have THE MOST AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEK!
We will be having an In-Studio Conversation with Meghan Forthe, the director of art for all product photography for Patagonia and Meghan Hollister, studio photographer.
We will be having an In-Studio Conversation with Meghan Forthe, the director of art for all product photography for Patagonia and Meghan Hollister, studio photographer.
They will show us how a working photography studio for product photography works. A real day-in-the-life look into the career path of photography, product design, advertising, and fashion.
Presenter's Bio:
Meghan Forthe - Director of Art for all Product Photography: I started in 2000 as prep then moved to stylist in 2001. I left in 2004 to freelance for a bunch of companies domestically and internationally. I still kept Patagonia as a freelance client and was asked back as a full time employee again in 2012 as a stylist and then transitioned into art directing e-commerce. Then directing all product photography 2018-currently. I never finished college or had fancy training but kinda fell into this naturally and worked hard and grew from there.
Meghan Hollister - Studio Photographer: She went to Cal Poly and graduated in 2011 in art and design/photography. In college she had a job taking portrait photos. After graduation worked as a product photographer for 6 yrs for Tennis Warehouse. In 2017 she joined Patagonia. She is now the main photographer for product photography shooting all e-commerce, catalog, GTM, GSM, and POP. Meghan Forthe loves working with her! She also edits all shots when things can't be fixed in styling. She is also trained as Forthe's backup art director as well.
What an AMAZING opportunity brought to us by the RHL Family network of family and friend connections! Thank you Amy Y.!
November / Week A and B
In your sketchbook (or digitally, or through photography)...
-more info on Padlet-
1-Show me 30 circles.
2-Inside each of the circles, turn the blank circles into recognizable objects (think clock faces, billiard ball, etc.) New concept in each circle. You may add small details outside the circle if necessary
-turn into Circle Padlet linked to Creativity Challenge Padlet linked here
Next week we will dig into drawing some faces...
Inktober- October Images due this week (4 of them)
If Padlet is freezing on you...
Use this Form to UPLOAD them to me.
You only need to upload the ones not on the Inktober Padlet.
image credit: Dizzy, Wren Darling.
Design Principle Art Collection
Start "shopping" this week for your Art Collection.
Use the Art Collection Links provided or seek out your own.
You need to know the artist, or studio, that created the artwork.(at least)
Rather than writing the citation as you "shop", just copy the link and paste it into the Guided Notes. You have your own copy in your Google Classroom.
(you can go back and write the proper citation later)
Get your Design Principles "shopping" done this week so we can play in Google Sites next week.
Website Portfolios are being launched next week!
You will be curating a collection of 10 artworks
(tied to your art career path)
to show your understanding of the Principles of Design and do some guided art research.
There are various ways to present your 10 Principle Collection...
See Project Page for more details.
Tech Tip of the week.
Tech Tip of the week.
How to Create Citations and Bibliographies in Google Docs.
Wellness Tip of the week.
Wellness Tip of the week.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Week 9 (10/D)
Week 9 (10/D)
Enjoy the last of the light!
This week is a great week to get out and take photos! Go for a walk, notice the little things. The colors, the textures. Use the rule of thirds and think about balance. Take your sketchbook and sit and draw too! The changing leaves are great to focus on. Maybe take a trip to the Japanese Garden in Portland this week!
Also, what kind of art can you make out of all those candy wrappers? or the pumpkin seeds? We can make art from many things.
Don't forget to breathe this week. Feel the warmth of the sun on your face as you show me this week your understanding of the Principles of Design.
Baseline: you should have at least 4 drawings done by the end of this week. If you are only doing one artwork a week, please spend some time on it.
Congrats to those who have kept with it... and those like me who have fallen behind... carry on and maybe try to finish with many, many, many small sketches! I might just draw mine like a storyboard.
And as some would say... after this week... Thank goodness Inktober is over... But let us not give up the practice of drawing every day or every week.
If you are struggling with the Padlet...I hear he has been not cooperative lately. Give it a day and try again the next day. Shoot me an email if you are struggling with Padlet so I may try to decipher the issue.
Here is a nice review of the Elements of Art... the building blocks of your designs.
Using the Design Principles you reviewed last week and with a few more added this week...
You will be curating a collection of 10 artworks
(tied to your art career path)
to show your understanding of the Principles of Design and do some guided art research.
There are various ways to present your 10 Principle Collection...
Check out the
Check out the
located right here on this website!
located right here on this website!
A place to find events and workshops to enhance our creative careers and minds!
A place to find events and workshops to enhance our creative careers and minds!
Please email me if you see something to share on the Board.
Please email me if you see something to share on the Board.
It is under the Weekly Update Tab in the side navigation
for future finding.
techtipFOLDER_Tabs_Chrome.mp4Tech Tip of the week.
Tech Tip of the week.
Creating a Chrome bookmark Folder with all the TABS you need for the day!
Creating a Chrome bookmark Folder with all the TABS you need for the day!
Wellness Tip of the week.
Wellness Tip of the week.
Know that it's enough.
Week 8 (10/C)
Week 8 (10/C)
There is an end in sight.
Thanks for sticking with me.
Have I caught up on grades? no. Will I? yes. Am I going to change my grading system so that I don't grade every week because it is unmaintainable. Yes. I am going to put in grades on B week and D week. Mid-month progress and end-of-the-month progress. I want you working on art, and I want to spend my time providing you art opportunities. You are responsible for getting your work done in a timely manner, and if it is late... just get it done. We don't need this stress of whether it is in the grade book or not. So, whew... I am lifting that stress off of me so that I can proceed with your paths and focus on giving you feedback, and not keeping score of your activity. Your final semester grade is based on the work you will have in your Online Portfolio which I will launch to you in November (if not sooner)...
The work I am doing behind the scenes right now is slow and tedious. Everything seems to be taking more time than it needs to. But I am almost done. Thanks for your patience.
Baseline: you should have at least 3 drawings done by the end of this week. If you are only doing one artwork a week, please spend some time on it.
Learn the Design Principles and hear from working Creatives how they apply these in their work.
Please start at the top and work your way down this Collection for some in depth looks into the Principles of Design.
Please watch the
KQED Element of Art Inspection Videos
videos on the Elements of Art for Review.
The ones on the Principles are helpful as well.
I am working with the IT Department to get you guys onto Adobe Spark.
Tech Tip of the week.
Tech Tip of the week.
Um... Did you know that There are ways to learn shortcuts on your Chromebook?
Wellness Tip of the week.
Wellness Tip of the week.
Find a Way...
Week 7 (10/B)
Week 7 (10/B)
I am drowning this week. The mountain seems a bit too high. I know that we are on a long journey, but the incline of the start is wearing me down. I think I am going to give myself some space and cancel feedback loops this week to get caught up with class structure, design team Learning Plans for your Art Careers, and your portfolio structure to launch those with you shortly.
I will open the zoom rooms for your class time if you want to come and have studio time- meaning we are all working on something, you guys can chat and work, but I will be preparing for our journey.
Think of this as a stop to get more supplies and fix the wagon for our journey. We will call this place Fort Hope... (or what else should we call the Fort...?)
I am at the last hill, and once I get up and over it, it is a nice walk along the ridge and a great view. I just need to retreat where I can just work work work without any distractions.
Thanks for the space and time, and for sharing this path with me.
I will work out of this pit of work I have found myself in, but the rain surely hit me and threw me into a work panic landslide. Just sharing. Thanks.
Baseline: you should have at least 2 drawings done by the end of this week. If you are only doing one artwork a week, please spend some time on it.
BY FRIDAY! PLEASE!
This information is what I need to proceed with Creating Teams. Please get this done.
in process...of making it better. If you are working on your drawing skills. Turn down the Audio a bit...it is a bit shaky, but great tutorial.
Art Career Workshops on Friday.
See posts in Google Classroom. These are optional, but have been great!
Tech Tip of the week.
Tech Tip of the week.
Please See previous Tech Help videos on Google Classroom and Padlet in the Tech Help section of Google Classroom.
Importance_of_PlayWellness Tip of the week.
Wellness Tip of the week.
The importance of PLAY.
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