Wednesday, December 19, 2012
no agenda to copy
4th and 6th Period - Final Exam Presentations
Get your notes out we will start right away.
Homework: Be sure that you bell design is finished so that youcan start glazing when you return. Also, if you don't have an Asian inspiration piece, look for one over the holiday.
7th Period
3 of you have not turned in your end of course evaluation. Please work on that now. Print a copy before you submit and give it to me by the end of class.
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esday, December 18, 2012Focus:VASE interest form and Final End of Course Evaluation
Awareness: How you feel about your artwork
Vocabulary: vessel, inspiration, copy
Reflection: How prepared are you for your presentation for the final?
Homework: Find inspiration for Asian Due: Monday,1/7 an imageand the signage information (date, country, kind of ceramic clay (stoneware), artist if available)
Reminder: Your final exam is a presentation part of which uses the images on your blog. Be sure that there are images there for us to see.
Fall Final Exam- presentation rubric Fall Final End of Course Evaluation
Work for today - in this order
2. Final End of Course Evaluation
4. Prepare for your final presentation
4. Finish Talavera design
5. Look for more inspiration using these key search words: Asian ceramics - You may focus on a country of your choice too. Example: Korean ceramics Once there look at images and follow the website to information about the piece. Save in a google doc so that you can find it later (unless you use Diigo).
Friday, December 14, 2012
Focus:Native American pottery and Talavera bell design
Awareness: cultures use materials that are at hand
Vocabulary: Maria Martinez, pit fire, horse manure, carbon
Reflection: What kind of effort did it take for Maria and Popovi Dave to create a piece of ceramics?
Homework: Find inspiration Due: Monday,12/17
Reminder: Your final exam is a presentation part of which uses the images on your blog. Be sure that there are images there for us to see.
Fall Final Exam - presentation rubric Fall Final End of Course Evaluation
Thurday, December 12, 2012
Focus:Ceramics - forming bells
Awareness: clay makes different sounds depending its shape and thickness
Vocabulary: buff with grog, greenware, clapper
Reflection: Did your bell turn out the way that you had planned?
Homework: Find inspiration Due: Monday,12/17
Reminder: Your final exam is a presentation part of which uses the images on your blog.
Late grades - please note these HARD deadlines
mandala- if you were not finished you may turn in through Wednesday of this week (with self eval)
blogs - put your self-evaluation with a note "grade this" on each one that still needs to be graded", put in the late work folder for re-grading through Thursday 4:05 pm Please... turn this in earlier if at all possible.
Fall Final Exam- presentation rubric Fall Final End of Course Evaluation
Slide Show of Previous Students' Bells
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Focus:Ceramics - properties of clay
Awareness: Ceramics in your environment
Vocabulary: plasticity, fire, kiln, buff with grog, clay bodies
Reflection: What is clay?
Homework: Find inspiration Due: Tuesday,12/17
Reminder: Your final exam is a presentation part of which uses the images on your blog.
Slide Show of Previous Students' Bells
Types of Clay for Ceramics -- powered by ehow
Using Natural Clay for Pottery
Monday, December 10, 2012 (Get a new agenda)
Focus:Intro ceramics, WDYK? group activity, overview of unit
Awareness: Ceramics in your environment
Vocabulary:ceramic, clay, glaze, fire, kiln
Reflection: What do you think or feel about working with clay?
Homework: Read ceramic brochure Due: Tuesday,12/11
Reminder: Your final exam is a presentation part of which uses the images on your blog.
Fall Final Exam- presentation rubric Fall Final End of Course Evaluation
Late grades - please note these HARD deadlines
mandala- if you were not finished you may turn in through Wednesday of this week (with self eval)
blogs - put your self-evaluation with a note "grade this" on each one that still needs to be graded", put in the late work folder for re-grading through Friday 8:30 am Please... turn this in earlier if at all possible.
Log in. Get started! Four posts due today! Attached power adapters NOW!
Friday, December 7, 2012
Focus:Blog entries
Aware ness: How great it is to show off your work on your blog.
Vocabulary:audience, creative commons,
Reflection: What could you have done to make your blog posts easier to complete? Homework: Look around your house for ceramic vessels. Work Due: Monday
Fall Final Exam - presentation rubric Fall Final End of Course Evaluation
Resources for Working on the Blogs
Log in. Get started! Four posts due Friday, 12/7
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Focus:Blogs
Awareness: How well you have prepared yourself for this work on the blogs.
Vocabulary:justify, insert, crop
Reflection: What previous activity in class best prepared your for the work on the blogs?
Homework: Check you grade online. Work Due: Friday
Fall Final Exam- presentation rubric Fall Final End of Course Evaluation
Resources for Working on the Blogs
Log in. Get out "Global Art- Electronic Portfolio" handoutWednesday, December 4, 2012
Focus:Blogs
Awareness: Online forms of communication
Vocabulary:blog, website, email, journal, portfolio
Reflection: What will you blog say about you and your work in Global Art?
Homework: Make sure that your photographs of mandala are accessible from school. Save to Picasa web! Due: Thursday
Get out your mandala and the self evaluationTake it out of the protective sheet of newsprint
Tuesday, December 3, 2012
Focus: Mandala - turn in with the self evaluation, gallery walk
Awareness: Notice how different the mandalas are from one another
Vocabulary:blog, presentation, Web 2.0, post, publish
Reflection: Who has a mandala similar to yours?
Homework: Check that you have all of your artist statements electronic versions available. Due: Wednesday
Staple the hard copy of the artist statement response to the self-evaluation.
Paper clip to the mandala
Global Art Portfolio Turn in Basket
Value Scribble Blog Post Self-Evaluation and Checklist
Drawing Unity Blog Post Self-Evaluation and Checklist
Remembrance Blog Post Self-Evaluation and Checklist
Mandala Blog Post Self-Evaluation and Checklist
start working- Finish mandala, evaluate
Focus: Mandala - complete
Awareness: How you felt you were going to do on this project compared with how you feel about the final project.
Vocabulary:radial symmetry, balance, repetition
Reflection: How you felt your were going to do on this project compared with how you feel about the final project.
Homework: Think about working on your blog Due: Tuesday
Global Art Portfolio Turn in Basket
Value Scribble Blog Post Self-Evaluation and Checklist
Drawing Unity Blog Post Self-Evaluation and Checklist
Friday, November 30, 2012
start working- Is the image a mandala?
Focus: Mandala - completing
Awareness: Your energy completing a project
Vocabulary:radial symmetry, balance, repetition
Reflection:How has creating a mandala given you insight into yourself?
Homework: Begin thinking about the self-evaluation.
start working- Is the image a mandala?
Focus: Mandala - working in color
Awareness: How deadlines affect the way that you work.
Vocabulary:primary colors, secondary colors, complimentary colors, analogous colors
Reflection:When will you finish your mandala? How much did you accomplish today. How much do you have to do tomorrow, Friday?
Homework: think about your mandala, picture your color
start working
Focus: Mandala - from plan to
WHITE
You should be finished or finishing the white
Awareness: How you respond to deadlines.
Vocabulary: balance, repetition, pattern, unity
Reflection:How much did you accomplish on your mandala today?
Homework: think about your mandala, picture your color
Get started drawing
Due: Thursday
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Focus: Mandala - from plan to WHITE
(NO COLOR until ok) Reminder- photograph as you draw
Awareness: how you solve creative problems
Vocabulary: radial symmetry, radial balance, color scheme
Reflection:How much did you accomplish on your mandala today?
Homework: think about your mandala, picture your color
Due: Tuesday
Get new agenda
Focus: Mandala - from plan to WHITE
(NO COLOR until ok) Reminder- photograph as you draw
Awareness: radial designs
Homework: think about your mandala, picture your color
Due: late assignments due by end of lunch TODAY!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Monday, November 13, 2012 You do not have to copy, but do READ!
Focus: Mandala - from plan to WHITE
(NO COLOR yet)
Progress reports - take artwork out of case
Awareness: radial designs (notice them on your trip)
Reminder about Picasa web albums (most of you have NOT done this)
Homework:google picasaweb album "trip images"
share with pvalen@neisd.net
Due: last week, but get them in
, November 9, 2012
Find you table. Stash your bags out of the way under the white boards.
Focus: Mandala presentation - Molly Nunnely
Awareness: Tibetan mandalas have meaning
Reminder about Picasa web albums
Homework:google picasaweb album "trip images"
share with pvalen@neisd.net
Due: Wednesday11/6 but will accept late by Friday - evening 10PM
Thursday, November 8, 2012 Get your plan out. Pass it to the right. Experiment (or finish) the practice until I consult with you.Focus: Starting the mandala
Awareness: Not all radial designs are mandalas. You can see radial symmetry in many places.
Reflection:How much did you accomplish in class today?
Vocabulary: intensity, pigment, tooth, color scheme
Homework:plan and upload images to google picasaweb album "trip images" share with pvalen@neisd.net Due: Wednesday11/6 but will accept late by Friday
mandala planning sheet mandala self-evaluation
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Get started. The plan should be finished at the end of class.
Focus: planning the mandala
Awareness: radial symmetry
Reflection:What was the easiest part of designing your mandala?
Vocabulary: base 3 symmetry, balance, linear symmetry, diameter, circumference
Homework:plan and upload images to google picasaweb album "trip images" share with pvalen@neisd.net Due: Wednesday11/6
mandala planning sheet mandala self-evaluation
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Pass the triangle exercise in. Get started on the plan front page. Wait to draw.
Focus: planning the mandala
Awareness: artists communicate through symbols
Reflection:What is one symbol that you will use in your mandala?
Vocabulary: sign, symbol, ideogram, organic, geometric
Homework:plan and upload images to google picasaweb album "trip images" share with pvalen@neisd.net, plan sheet - Due: Wednesday11/6
mandala planning sheet mandala self-evaluation
Monday, November 5, 2012
Set up for drawing. Start back on the color exercise.
Focus: Debrief Field Trip (4th) Finish color exercise, "play" with pencils
Awareness: color intensity
Reflection:Where else have you seen public art besides our river walk?
Vocabulary: opaque, translucent, blend, organic, geometric
Homework:plan and upload images to google picasaweb album "trip images" share with pvalen@neisd.net- Due: 11/6
mandala planning sheet mandala self-evaluation
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Pass the triangle exercise in. Get started on the plan front page. Wait to draw.
Focus: planning the mandala
Awareness: artists communicate through symbols
Reflection:What is one symbol that you will use in your mandala?
Vocabulary: sign, symbol, ideogram, organic, geometric
Homework:plan and upload images to google picasaweb album "trip images" share with pvalen@neisd.net, plan sheet - Due: Wednesday11/6
mandala planning sheet mandala self-evaluation
Monday, November 5, 2012
Set up for drawing. Start back on the color exercise.
Focus: Debrief Field Trip (4th) Finish color exercise, "play" with pencils
Awareness: color intensity
Reflection:Where else have you seen public art besides our river walk?
Vocabulary: opaque, translucent, blend, organic, geometric
Homework:plan and upload images to google picasaweb album "trip images" share with pvalen@neisd.net- Due: 11/6
http://www.crossroad.to/Books/symbols1.html
3-D mandala
Friday, November 2, 2012
Set up for drawing. Start working.
Focus: Debrief Field Trip
Awareness: public art
Reflection:Where else have you seen public art?
Vocabulary: color scheme, light/white
Homework:collect images and ideas for mandala Due: 11/5
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Pass your home to the right. Do NOT set up for drawing.
Focus: Prep for Field Trip
Awareness: How a person dresses, behaves, and talks reflects identity.
Reflection:What are you looking forward to for tomorrow
s trip.
Vocabulary: pigment, binder, hue, value, color, tint
Homework:prepare for trip: lunch, camera batteries charged, etc. Due: Friday, 8:35 ISA room 211
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Focus: Color Theory and Prisma Pencils
Awareness:Light affects color
Reflection:What colors will reflect your identify?
Vocabulary: pigment, binder, hue, value, color, tint
Homework: identity worksheet Due: Thursday
Field Trip Permission Slip - last call Wednesday!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
copy agenda, log in to google email... wait
get out yellow worksheet - WDYK and identity sheet
Focus:mandala research
Awareness: Many cultures have mandalas.
Reflection:Which symbol most IS you? Why?
Vocabulary: Tibetan, monks, symmetry,symbol, ideogram
Homework: identity worksheet Due: Thursday
Field Trip Permission Slip - last chance Wednesday!Tuesday, October 30, 2012
copy agenda, log in to google email... wait
get out yellow worksheet - WDYK and identity sheet
Focus:mandala research
Awareness: Many cultures have mandalas.
Reflection:Which symbol most IS you? Why?
Vocabulary: Tibetan, monks, symmetry,symbol, ideogram
Homework: identity worksheet Due: Thursday
Field Trip Permission Slip - last chance Wednesday!
Monday, October 29, 2012
Focus: Intro Mandala and color theory- WDYK
Reflection:What will you communicate about your identity?
Vocabulary: mandala, primary colors, secondary colors, symbols
Awareness:How will you express your personal identity?
Homework: identity worksheet Due: Thursday