Agenda 3rd 12-13

Friday, March 8, 2013

Focus: Quick review of styles, color, and subject matter.

Painting set up and Tint and Shades exercise. Paint!


Awareness: Notice things that a tint

Vocabulary:tint, shade, value,

Reflection: What is your experience using tempera paint?

Homework: Printed inspiration image for painting DUE: 3/20.

Get water container HALF full - not more.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Focus: Intro to Inspired Painting- style and color. Group activity


Awareness: Notice things that abstracted

Vocabulary:abstract, realistic, monochromatic, analgous

Reflection: What is your experience using tempera paint?

Homework: Think about Night Gallery DUE: 3/18 after spring break.

Put your clay piece back in the cabinet. They won't go to the kiln until after break.

READ, no copying this week.Get you piece and glaze.Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Focus: Glaze - get glaze glaze away! If finished see me!

Put in "Finished Tub"


Awareness: ceramic glazes in construction (check out the places at school where you see glazes)

Vocabulary:craftsmanship, quality

Reflection: How was the glazing experience compared with the bell?

Homework: Think about Night Gallery DUE: 3/18 after spring break. If you read this agenda, say "Yeah! I love Global Art!"

READ, no copying this week.Get you piece and glaze.Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Focus: Glaze - get glaze (please be patient), glaze away! If finished see me!


Awareness: ceramic glazes at home

Vocabulary:gloss, mat

Reflection: What do you envision your piece to look like after it is fired?

Homework: Think about Night Gallery DUE: 3/18 after spring break

If you read this all, say "Yeah! Spring break soon!"

Who went to Empty Bowls on Sunday?Read, no copying this week.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Focus: Glaze - get glaze (please be patient), glaze away!


Awareness: How different it is to apply the glaze with a brush than sumi e painting ink.

Vocabulary:gloss, mat

Reflection: How does this new design compare with your original Asian Inspired design?

Homework: Think about Night Gallery DUE: 3/18 after spring break

Reminder Empty Bowls Sunday 11-2 SWSAC

Friday, March 1, 2013

Agendas will be turned in at the end of class today.

Focus: Glaze prep and review

lab clean up, clean up your water colors,

set up for glazing

Night Gallery overview and procedure for submitting artwork by 3/6


Awareness: Your methods of working - messy, clean or in between

Vocabulary: glaze, bisque fire, glaze fire, cone 05

Reflection: Explain your method of working? Mess, clean, or in between.

Homework: Think about Night Gallery DUE: 3/soon

Thursday, February 28, 2013Place self-eval with printed artist statement on top of the water color to be turned in. Put on the end of the table in alpha orderby ten minutes before end of class. Printing only at back computers.

Finished with everything? Let's clean up the studio so we can start glazing!

Focus: water color - be creative! It must be dry to turn in. You may continue to paint for fun if your piece to turn in is finished.


Awareness: How hard the class worked on this project.

Vocabulary: studio, community

Reflection: How much effort did you put into creating water color?

Homework: Think about Night Gallery DUE: Friday

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Place self-eval with printed artist statement on top of the sumi-e to be turned in. Put on the end of the table in alpha order.

Put the inkstones in their box. Send to the end of the table. Stack the ink palettes on the end of the table.

Focus: water color - be creative!


Awareness: How your creativity expresses itself.

Vocabulary: wash, wet on wet, dry brush

Reflection: How much effort did you put into creating your sumi e?

Homework: Write your artist statement for water color DUE: Thursday tomorrow

Tuesday, February 26, 2013Focus: sumi e- if you are still painting remember to warm up first on practice paper


Awareness: How different paper changes how you work

Vocabulary: zen, impermanence, full range of values

Reflection: How is your final piece

Homework: Write your artist statement DUE: sumi e- Wed. water color Thursday

Monday, February 25, 2013

Focus: sumi e- get goo

d paper, work up at least two versions of painting to turn in

Awareness: how different inks change your painting

Vocabulary: composition, balanced, wabi sabi

Reflection: What is/will be the subject matter of your painting to turn in?

Homework: Think about sumi e final painting, water color due DUE: end of class Thursday both sumi e and water color

Friday, February 22, 2013Focus: sumi e- continue practice, plan you composition for the good paper


Awareness: how much water to mix with the ink

Vocabulary: full range of values, visual interest, subject matter

Reflection: Which ink do you prefer and why?

Homework: Think about sumi e final painting, water color due DUE: Tuesday 2/26- decide in class Friday.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Get a little water in your container Copy the agenda. Any and all grade changes or late work due at the beginning of this class, with late sheet if late.

Focus: sumi e- continue practice, grinding ink, Yolanda's 10 Rules, glazes for next week



Awareness: tones of black

Vocabulary: "loading the brush", value, contrast

Reflection: What subject matter will you paint on the rice paper?

Homework: Think about sumi e final painting DUE: Monday 2/25

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Get a little water in your container Copy the agenda. Need two people to help man the Global Art table tonight 6-7. Earn two community service hours.

Focus: sumi e- continue practice, prepare to get rice paper progress report/grade check, carry clay pieces



Awareness: child prodigies

Vocabulary: Wang Yani

Reflection: What subject matter will you paint on the rice paper?

Homework: Check missing grades. Turn in with late note beginning class DUE: 2/21 (digital haiku, ten versions or agendas only)

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Get a little water in your container

Copy the agenda

Focus: sumi e- continue practice, prepare to get rice paper, Yani video, Chinese prodigy (below)

Guest Artist: Susan Pierce



Awareness: Values

Vocabulary: washi (paper), fude (brush), sumi e, ink stone, shikishi (mounted washi)

Reflection: How do you think sumi e ink is made?

Homework: Think about what you will paint on the rice paper.

Thursday, February 14 and 15th, 2013

Get a little water in your container

Copy the agenda

Focus: sumi e

Guest Artist: Susan Pierce



Awareness: Black and white have many variations

Vocabulary: washi (paper), fude (brush)

Reflection: How does sumi e compare with the water coloring that you did?

Homework: Notice shades of black and white

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Late work Self eval accepted at the BEGINNING of class TODAY. Put on the end of the table NOW!

- Get 1/4 container of water.

- Take one of each size of paper on your table (total 3)

- Copy AGENDA

Focus: water color practice

- create one sky

- create one non-objective

- create one representational (Photos on your phone? Use!)



Awareness: Things that are opaque

Vocabulary: Georgia Okeeffe, tooth (for paper), washi (paper), fude (brush), representational

Reflection: How do you feel about starting water color after a day of practice?

Homework: check that all late work has been turned in Due: NOW!

Reminder: Any Digital Haiku not turned in by the beginning of class is late. To be able to turn in a work late, you must fill out the late form AND discuss with Ms.Valentine the extended time frame. Without that, it will not be accepted. Student's responsibility.

Resources for counting syllables (thank you Andres Pope)

How Many Syllables You will save PPT as a PNG!!!

Monday, February 11, 2013

Log in. Get your haiku image up in picasa.

Focus:


putting it all together- Do it! Look at the options if you finish.


Awareness: how you deal with deadlines

Vocabulary: png, jpg, file size, high resolution

Reflection: How did you choose the poem out of the ten?

Resources for counting syllables (thank you Andres Pope)

How Many Syllables You will save PPT as a PNG!!!

Friday, February 8, 2013

Log in. Get your haiku image up in picasa. VASE kids see me!

Focus:


writing haiku- 10 versions consult (10 minutes only) Print. Consult. Initial.

putting it all together- Do it! Look at the options if you finish.


Awareness: how many different ways to say something

Vocabulary: article (the, a, this, etc. )

Reflection: How does you poem affect the meaning of the photograph?

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Log in. Get your haiku image up in picasa.VASE kids see me!

Focus:


writing haiku- 10 versions

putting it all together


Awareness: how many different ways to say something

Vocabulary: onji: sound symbol

Reflection: How does you poem affect the meaning of the photograph?

Homework: High resolution version of your image must have access for class for Friday to make the slide with the poem

Due: Friday beginning of class.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Focus:

writing haiku


Awareness: how images and words communicate

Vocabulary:haiku, season word, syllable

Reflection: What is the "event" that your photo and haiku record or comment on?

Homework: Work on your haiku Due: Thursday beginning of class.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Turn on laptop. Log in.

Focus:


- What makes a good photograph?

- Share work with classmate

- grade check in


Awareness: Discussing your work and others helps you grow as an artist (photographer)

Vocabulary:

Reflection: What do you think about talking about your artwork with a classmate?

Homework: Decide on your photograph for the haiku. Look at all of the photographs and words. Due: Wednesday beginning of class.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Get new agendas Focus:


- field trip debrief

- What makes a good photograph?


Awareness: Composition in a photograph

Vocabulary:Creative Commons, public, attrition

Reflection: What makes a good photograph?

Homework: Start to decide on your photograph for the haiku. Look at all of the photographs and words. Due: Wednesday


Thursday, January 31, 2013

Focus:

preparation for field trip

point of view


Awareness: Point of view

Vocabulary:jpeg, depth of field, megapixel, sd card

Reflection: What do you have ready for the field trip and what do you still need to do? (batteries charged, lunch and drink, etc.)

Homework:10 images saved to Picasa and shared pvalen@neisd.net Due:Monday beginning of class

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Hand in permission slips


Focus:

- review rules of thirds, photography tips, sighting and macro


Awareness: How cropping can communicate

Vocabulary: resolution, format size, print, and digital images

Reflection: How well do you know how to change the settings on the camera on your phone and/or digital cameras

Homework:prepare for the field trip Due: Friday

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

San Antonio Potters Guild - Empty Bowls - 3/3/13 11AM-2PM Hand in permission slips

Last chance to go tomorrow! Lists will be made from the slips. Others not...!!!


Focus:

- Intro Matsuo Basho

- digital haiku


Awareness: How words communicate image. How images communicate feelings.

Vocabulary: Matsuo Basho, haiku, narrative, sacred space

Reflection: Do you have a digital camera to use on the trip or for those of you not going, to use to photographs on your own?


Homework: field trip permission slip DUE: NOW!!!


Monday, January 28, 2013

San Antonio Potters Guild - Empty Bowls - 3/3/13 11AM-2PM Hand in permission slips


Focus:

- Harding Black video

- surface treatments for ceramics


Awareness: surface treatments of ceramics

Vocabulary: slip, glaze, carve, emboss, burnish

Reflection: What is your plan for your surface design of the vessel?


Homework: field trip permission slip DUE: NOW!!!

Friday, January 25, 2013

San Antonio Potters Guild - Empty Bowls - 3/3/13 11AM-2PM Hand in permission slips


Focus:

- put clappers on bells and self-evaluate

- finish critique of vessel construction(it will go faster!)

Awareness: How it feels to give and get feedback about your work.

Vocabulary: critique, artist statements, feedback

Reflection: How did your vessel turn out compared with your plan?


Homework: field trip permission slip and bell eval DUE: tomorrow

Late Work Policy Worksheet

Group Critique Ceramics

Thursday, January 24, 2013

San Antonio Potters Guild - Empty Bowls - 3/3/13 11AM-2PM Hand in permission slips


Focus:

- critique of vessel construction

Awareness: How it feels to give and get feedback about your work.

Vocabulary: critique, artist statements, feedback

Reflection: How did your vessel turn out compared with your plan?


Homework: field trip permission slip and bell eval DUE: tomorrow

Late Work Policy Worksheet

Group Critique Ceramics

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

San Antonio Potters Guild - Empty Bowls - 3/3/13 Hand in permission slips


Focus:

- finish building vessel - self-evaluation and vessel due tomorrow at beginning of class

- sign the bottom using a pencil - first name and class #/table

Awareness: timelines

Vocabulary:

Reflection: How did your vessel turn out compared with your plan?

Homework: field trip permission slip DUE: Today!

When you are finished options:

- free draw - at your seat

- doodle for google - at your seat

- help set up for glazing

Focus:- build vessel (due end of class tomorrow)

sign the bottom using a pencil - first name and class #/table

Awareness: how humidity and time affect clay

Vocabulary: leather hard, bone dry, bisque fire, glaze fire

Reflection: How is the construction going?

Homework: field trip permission slip DUE: Wednesday, 1/22 (TOMORROW!)

When you are finished options:

- free draw - at your seat

- doodle for google - at your seat

- help set up for glazing

Friday, January 18, 2013


Focus:

- build vessel - the intent is for this to be a more challenging and complex construction than the bell- NOT another small piece- Let's consult

Awareness: surface design in ceramic pieces

Vocabulary: carve, stamp, glaze, drip

Reflection: How is the construction going?

Homework: think about your surface design once it is glazed




Thursday, January 17, 2013 Bells should be ready Friday hopefully cool enough to touch


Focus - build vessel (get clay)

Awareness: thickness of walls on vessels

Vocabulary: craftsmanship, potter, ceramics, stoneware

Reflection: How did construction go today?

Homework: Think about your work and plan how to work tomorrow

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Wednesday, January 17, 2013 

Bells are being fired again today! ?? Ready Thursday or Friday

GET OUT THE PLAN with the photograph of the inspiration.


Focus:

- consult about design

- build vessel

Awareness: shapes of bowls and function

Vocabulary: wedge, mesh, air bubbles

Reflection: What do you anticipate will be a challenge about your design (or if nothing, what will be easy)?

Homework: think about your design: 

Bells

are being fired!

Focus:

- form follows function- drinking

- demo coil building

- Maria Martinez video for those who haven't seen it.

Awareness: shapes of drinking vessels

Vocabulary:coil, slip, score

Reflection: What construction method are you using?

Homework: Inspired vessel design due: Wednesday, 1/16, beginning of class.

Monday, January 14, 2013

All bells should be glazed and in the box to take over to the kiln by the end lunch TODAY or they will have to wait until the next firing several weeks from now and will be considered late.


Focus:

- concept of a vessel

- form follows function- lecture and videos

- Asian ceramics video

Awareness: form follows function

Vocabulary:vessel, slab, coil, pinch, cast

Reflection: What inspires you about the ceramic piece that you have selected?

Homework: Inspired vessel design due: Wednesday, 1/16, beginning of class.

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Friday, January 11, 2013 Get bell. Copy agenda. Get glazing. VASE was sent in yesterday. Thank you to the participants.

Focus:

- glaze put in tub when finished- make sure the bottom has no glaze on it

- work on inspired design - should include the country of origin/culture, date created, artist (if available), function of vessel, and type of ceramics

Awareness: form follows function

Vocabulary:coil, pinch, slab

Reflection: When will you finish glazing your bell as it is due by end of class on Friday?

Homework: Inspired vessel design due: Monday, 1/14

Thursday, January 9, 2013

Glaze or work on other work. Freshmen and sophomores off campus for MUNSA.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 Get bell. Copy agenda. Get glazing.

VASE Registration due Wednesday $15 per piece (TAKE HOME Remembrance!)


Focus:

- glaze put in tub when finished- make sure the bottom has no glaze on it

- work on inspired design

Awareness: the bottom of ceramic pieces

Vocabulary:coil, pinch, slab

Reflection: When will you finish glazing your bell as it is due by end of class on Friday?

Homework: Inspired vessel design due: Monday, 1/14

Glaze

- 3 medium coats

- let dry in between coats

- nothing on the bottom edge

- keep brushes clean, don't mix, clean lid before closing

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 VASE Registration due Wednesday $15 per piece (TAKE HOME Remembrance!)


Focus:

- empty personal folder except for current agenda and ceramic plans

- get ok and glaze

Awareness: Surface designs on ceramics pieces

Vocabulary:underglaze, glaze, slip

Reflection: How does the quality/thickness of the slip affect your design?

Homework: Inspired vessel design due: Monday, 1/14

Glaze

- 3 medium coats

- let dry in between coats

- nothing on the bottom edge

- keep brushes clean, don't mix, clean lid before closing

Monday, January 7, 2013 (Get a new agenda) Happy New Year!

VASE Registration due Wednesday $15 per piece


Focus:

- Final Exams, semester reviews, moving forwardTalavera - bells glazing demo

- Asian... or other... inspired vessels

Awareness: Cultural influences on design

Vocabulary:underglaze, glaze, slip

Reflection: How does your design show Talavera influence?

Homework: Find a ceramic inspiration: image of piece and signage (culture, date, type of clay, artist if available) Due: Friday,1/11

Late work policy following district guidelines:

1. Work is due on the date indicated by the teacher. Accommodations can be negotiated by consultation BEFORE the deadline. It is understood that some art projects may need more than the allowed class time. Students need to make arrangements to finish their work.

2. Late work is penalized 20%.

3. Art projects are considered summative work. They will not be accepted more than one day late unless it is an excused absence or extenuating circumstances. It is the student's responsibility to turn in any work missed or late after an absence.