Monday, April 30, 2012

May 1st

First Period:
Our warm up today will be pattern making. I will have Q tips out for everyone and we will begin creating the dots like in Lichtenstein's work on a small piece of scrap paper. The rest of of the class period is to continue working on making our personalized pop art comic/portraits.

Student Examples from class:
From April 8, 2012
From April 8, 2012
Fourth Period:
Today we will be focusing on thought bubbles and what their shapes mean for the reader. How do we know who they are talking to? Is it a personal thought or a shout for the world to hear? Today we will have our weekly exit slip.

From April 8, 2012
Great job so far guys!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

April 30th

First Period:
Today's warm up will be a table brainstorm. I am asking each person at the table to grab a different colored marker. Each person is to write down five different idea's on the groups sheet, in which could serve as their background in their project at hand. The group will then share ideas with the class. The rest of the class period is dedicated to selecting a photograph that will work for their Lichtenstein emulation.

Fourth Period:
Today I will place this sheet up under the document camera. Which dot patterns best resemble Roy Lichtenstein's work? Discuss with your neighbors or look at the books on your desk for reference. The rest of class will be spent working on our pop art self portraits.

From April 8, 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

April 26th

 First and Fourth Period:
Freeday! Today is a day to catch up on any work you are missing, because today is the last day to turn in work for this six weeks. If you are all caught up with all your assignments you may continue on the pop art project.

The artist we will be looking at briefly uses a fun medium in which we should all be familiar with.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

April 25th

First Period:
Today we will look at another famous Pop artist, Andy Warhol. How do these guys make these images? How do we make our own faces like this? These will all be discussed and walked through over the powerpoint and document camera (with my own examples).

My original photograph:

From April 8, 2012

My final Lichtenstein inspired piece:
Fourth Period:
Our warm up today will be pattern making. I will have Q tips out for everyone and we will begin creating the dots like in Lichtenstein's work on a small piece of scrap paper. The rest of of the class period is to continue working on making our personalized pop art comic/portraits.

Student Examples from class:
From April 8, 2012
From April 8, 2012

Monday, April 23, 2012

April 24th

First Period:
Yesterday we spent the last twenty minutes of class brainstorming different scenario's in which we could place ourselves in. Today we will focus more on the photographs we brought in, placement, background and text boxes. This will all be done in our sketchbooks. Refer to the slides for my project step by step instructions. 

Fourth Period:
Today's warm up asks each table to work together to answer the following questions.  
The rest of class will be spent working individually on their projects at hand.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

April 23rd

First Period:
Today we are beginning a new unit. Click here for  the powerpoint, and for the warm up you will need to pick up a comic strip from class.

Fourth Period:
Today's warm up will be a table brainstorm. I am asking each person at the table to grab a different colored marker. Each person is to write down five different idea's on the groups sheet, in which could serve as their background in their project at hand. The group will then share ideas with the class. The rest of the class period is dedicated to selecting a photograph that will work for their Lichtenstein emulation.

More fantastic Illuminated books were turned in:
From April 8, 2012
From April 8, 2012
From April 8, 2012
From April 8, 2012
From April 8, 2012
From April 8, 2012

Thursday, April 19, 2012

April 20th

First Period:
Today is the last in class work day to finish your illuminated manuscripts, if you are a bit behind don't stress, you have until next Thursday to turn it in.

Wonderful student examples:


From April 8, 2012
From April 8, 2012
From April 8, 2012
Fourth Period:
Today we will look at another famous Pop artist, Andy Warhol. How do these guys make these images? How do we make our own faces like this? These will all be discussed and walked through over the powerpoint and document camera (with my own examples).

My original photograph:
From April 8, 2012

My final Lichtenstein inspired piece:
From April 8, 2012

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

April 9th

First Period:
Continuing on our illuminated manuscript booklets! Today's daily artist is getting us prepared for our next project starting Monday!

Fourth Period:
Yesterday we spent the last twenty minutes of class brainstorming different scenario's in which we could place ourselves in. Today we will focus more on the photographs we brought in, placement, background and text boxes. This will all be done in our sketchbooks. Refer to the slides for my project step by step instructions.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

April 18th

First Period:
This class period is devoted to working and finishing our illuminated letters. They are looking great so far! Remember you can be as creative as you want to be!! Today's artists of the day doesn't tie into the project at hand, but I came across his work and had to share it. Perhaps we can do this on ours or our parents dirty vehicles!

Fourth Period:
Today we are beginning a new unit. Click here for the powerpoint, and for the warm up you will need to pick up a comic strip from class.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

April 17th

First Period:
Today we will jump into looking at our artist for the day, could his work be something you could do for the inside of your book? The rest of class is devoted to finishing the projects up.

Fourth Period:
Today is the last in class day to work on our personalized illuminated manuscript projects, otherwise this becomes homework and is due by the end of this six weeks.

Friday, April 13, 2012

April 13th

First Period:
 I gave the students an anonymous survey to fill out. It seems that the majority of students find warm ups to be a waste of time, but enjoy the daily artist spiel. So, for today we will skip the warm up and jump right into our daily artist. Would this type of art work meet the criteria for the project at hand?

Fourth Period:
This class period is devoted to working and finishing our illuminated letters. They are looking great so far! Remember you can be as create as you want to be!! Today's artists of the day doesn't tie into the project at hand, but I came across his work and had to share it. Perhaps we can do this on ours or our parents dirty vehicles!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

April 12th

First Period:
Today we will be looking at Faith Ringgold's story quilts. Although these are not true illuminated manuscripts, we begin to see the relationship between the two. Also, Ringgold's work is an example of something you could do in the center of your book; paint in the center and write the story around it.

Fourth Period:
Today we will jump into looking at our artist for the day, could his work be something you could do for the inside of your book? The rest of class is devoted to finishing the projects up.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

April 11th

 First Period:
Today we will discuss the last steps in creating our illuminated letter books, refer to the quick video explanation. The rest of today will be to begin creating the inside of our books.  Click here for project details.

Folding Video: Sorry if its sideways...I am having technical difficulties (non sideways version is posted in warm up slides)

April 8, 2012

Fourth Period:
Today I gave the students an anonymous survey to fill out. It seems that the majority of students find warm ups to be a waste of time, but enjoy the daily artist spiel. So, for today we will skip the warm up and jump right into our daily artist. Would this type of art work meet the criteria for the project at hand?

Monday, April 9, 2012

April 10th

First Period:
Today we will be looking at another famous illuminated manuscript and analyzing the ornate letters/images. We will continue finishing our ornate letters and begin folding and gluing to form the front and back of the books.

Fourth Period:
Today we will be looking at Faith Ringgold's story quilts. Although these are not true illuminated manuscripts, we begin to see the relationship between the two. Also, Ringgolds work is an example of something you could do in the center of your book; paint in the center and write the story around it.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

April 9th

First Period:
We will continue transferring our ornate letters onto our final book paper. From here we will begin to paint or sharpie in the details. Today we will be looking at an example of ornate lettering in our society, yes, there are jobs in which people create these!


You need to be thinking about what kind of paint you want to use. Different colors give different effects:




Fourth Period:
Today we will discuss the last  steps in creating our illuminated letter books, refer to the quick video explanation. The rest of today will be to begin creating the inside of our books. Click here for project details.

Folding Video: Sorry if its sideways...I am having technical difficulties (non sideways version is posted in warm up slides)

April 8, 2012

Thursday, April 5, 2012

April 6th

First Period:
Continuing with our illuminated manuscript theme, we will be taking a look at more examples of ornate letters. From here we will begin placing our letters on the brown paper and painting/sharpie-ing the design elements in.

Fourth Period:
Today we will be looking at another famous illuminated manuscript and analyzing the ornate letters/images. We will continue finishing our ornate letters and begin folding and gluing to form the front and back of the books.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

April 5th

First Period:
Congratulations, you finished the surreal projects!We will begin our new illuminated manuscript book project. Today we will have a new warm up as well as project details, click here to view.  

An example of a illuminated book:
From April 5, 2012

This is a quick video on what it looks like when opened:
From April 5, 2012

Fourth Period:
We will continue transferring our ornate letters onto our final book paper. From here we will begin to paint or sharpie in the details. Today we will be looking at an example of ornate lettering in our society, yes, there are jobs in which people create these!

You need to be thinking about what kind of paint you want to use. Different colors give different effects:
From April 5, 2012
From April 5, 2012

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

April 4th

 First Period:
Illustrating a background for the letter F is today's warm up, it can be found here. Today is the last in class day to finish the surrealism project. If your project is not finished, it is considered homework and needs to be turned in with the photocopy, final image, and critique by the end of this six weeks.

Fourth Period:
Continuing with our illuminated manuscript theme, we will be taking a look at more examples of ornate letters. From here we will begin placing our letters on the brown paper and painting/sharpie-ing the design elements in.

Monday, April 2, 2012

April 3rd

 Period One:
Today our warm up will be emulating a certain decorative typeface, which can be found here. Not enough students finished the surreal project, so today we will continue with it.

Period Four: 
Congratulations, you finished the surreal projects! After our vote yesterday, the Illuminated Manuscript book project came in first with scratch boards in a close second (we just might do this after this project). Today we will have a new warm up as well as project details, click here to view. 

A finished illuminated book cover:
From April 5, 2012


A quick video of what the books will look like on the inside:
From April 5, 2012

Sunday, April 1, 2012

April 2nd

Welcome back! I hope your spring break was fantastic! Today will be our last day working on our surrealist drawings/paintings. I will bring in project ideas today and the students will vote on which project they would like to begin next. Today's warm up can be found here.

Finished student examples:
From April 5, 2012
From April 5, 2012
From April 8, 2012