Thursday, August 13, 2009

Week of August 17 - 21

PLEASE NOTE: My tutoring hour has changed to Mondays 3:15 - 4:00pm.

1st per/Yearbook
You have done a great job narrowing down to a theme that can be used throughout the book. Let's get down to business!

  • Setting up a ladder
  • Assigning sections
  • Understanding deadlines
  • The Jostens Avenue software
  • How to take, manage, label and upload photos
3rd per/6th Gr Beginning
Art as a communication tool

  • Symbols
  • Graphic representation
  • Lascaux Caves
  • Charcoal on sandpaper!
4th per/7th Gr Intermediate
Continuing to understanding light

  • Highlights
  • Shadows
  • Reflected light

Using colored pencils effectively.

6th per/8th Gr Advanced
Sketchbook assignment: create a full page drawing showing ALL reanges of a 10-point value scale (may be in color or black and white)

The golden section/fractals: understanding more geometry in art

  • nature's patterns
  • ratios/relative scale
  • rectangles, triangles, squares
8th Per/Digital Studio
Now that you know how to work the camera, take some photos!

  • Complete the cyan sunprint
  • Print the digital image of your composition
  • Begin working on a variety of compositions
  • Learning iPhoto and beginning Photoshop

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