March 23rd

We are still working on our surrealist drawings or paintings today. Due to the snow days I am giving extra work time on this project. The Monday after we come back is the last in class day to work on this! So after spring break we can start a new project. Today our warm up and daily artist can be found here.

Student Examples so far:

From March 23, 2012

From March 23, 2012

From March 23, 2012

From March 23, 2012

March 21st

Today our warm up will force us to look at surrealism in terms of functionality, can it still be surrealism? The rest of class period will be project work time.

March 20th

Happy Tuesday! Today we will be silently sketching the work of our daily artist. For warm up or daily artist click here. The rest of the class period will be project work time.

March 19th

Wake up! Its the last Monday before spring break!Today we will be sketching from a photo-montage from our daily artist. After, we will be continuing working on our enlargement and painting/drawing.

March 16th

Lets finish those collages and start enlarging! Today we will practice sketching and look at a new surrealist collage artist.

March 15th

After yesterdays class period I have realized that I haven't explained surrealism enough. A lot of us are confusing a basic collage with a surrealism collage. So, today we will be looking over surrealism and what sets it apart from collage. We will also touch back on general to specific. The rest of the class period will be devoted to finishing our surrealism collage and enlarging it onto the thicker paper.

March 14th

Take a look at today's art work in the warm up. What do you think? Is this an example of Surrealism? Why or why not? From here we will look at our daily artist Alex Fishgoyt and examine some of his surrealist paintings. We will then look at the rubric requirements for this project. Unlike the last two, this project will be graded against this rubric. We will then talk about the steps we have already completed and how to begin drawing or painting our enlarged surrealist collage using the notion of general to specific. Refer to slides for daily artist,  project rubric and project instructions for today. 

March 13th

Today we will be looking at surrealist images and Russian painter/sculptor Vladimir Kush work. From here we will discuss the next two steps to this project. Refer to slides for instructions and power point.

March 12th

Today we will be looking over our classes stencil and writing critiques for our warm ups. After this we will jump into our new unit, surrealism. For project instructions and examples refer to the slide show for today.

If you are absent feel free to find images online, the newspaper, or a magazine you find at home!

March 8th

Today we will be analyzing Swoon's art work, as well as taking a look at a variety of her wheat pastes. Today is a work day, in which I promised this term. We will spend today going over grades and finishing other projects we were behind on. All projects regardless of being finished must be turned in today. The six week grading is this Friday, no work will be accepted for this six weeks grading period after Thursday March 8th.

More student stencils:

From Drawing Two and Painting One

From Drawing Two and Painting One

From Drawing Two and Painting One

March 7th

Today we will be looking at Julian Beever's street art. After our discussion we will be finishing our spray painting. Today is the last in class day to spray paint. If you are not done you will have to come in after school Wednesday or Thursday, after Thursday I will no longer offer spray painting. 


Once your final images are created I am asking each student to critique themselves as well as grade themselves. Thursday I will meet individually with each student and we will discuss what grade they think they deserve and grades will be entered and posted online. Furthermore, for students who finish this step, I am asking them to write 2 paragraphs (minimum 10 sentences) explaining their idea of the future. I showed my example a few days ago. I am asking each student to write these paragraphs because we will be doing a peer critique.

Excellent examples of student work so far!

From Drawing Two and Painting One

From Drawing Two and Painting One

From Drawing Two and Painting One

From Drawing Two and Painting One

March 6th

Today we will be taking a look at the artist JR and discussing his work. We will also watch a short video about his work entitled 28 millimeters to give a taste of his style and thought process. The rest of the class period will be for spray painting as well as self critiques.

My finished example used as demo:

From Drawing Two and Painting One

March 5th

Today we will be looking at a Russian street Artist by the name of Nikita and analyzing some of his work. After this we will all go outside for the demonstration of spray paint, its hazards and application techniques. For those who are absent, you will have tomorrow and possibly wednesday to paint with the class.

Keep in mind, the six week grading period is this Friday. So all work must be turned in by Thursday for credit. Current grades are posted, if you are missing work, start working on it!