Macro

Hey photo students- need an idea for your portfolio? I'm teaching both my Jr Hi Art class and my High School Painting class about Georgia O'Keefe and her flowers. Then what do ya know I spotted the first flowers to bloom in my in-law's garden out on the farm. So, I couldn't resist putting the old macro setting on the camera and getting down on my knees to shoot a few. I like these so well, I may just have to paint one of them!

MS Art; Mosaic Collages

Middle School Art; Anstract

Here is an old example by a student a few years ago of the assignment that 7th graders had to work on today. First, they had to find a photograph in a magazine then they had to draw it in 4 steps-

1. As realistically as they can manage
2. In a somewhat abstract manor; simplified and stylized
3. Finally as abstracted as possible- to the point that it appears to be non-objective.

Middle School Art; Cross Contours

I haven't been making any posts for the junior high kids, so I thought they were due. We've been learning about the Elements of Design and the first one is Line. After studying about contour line drawing, we learned about how "Cross-Contour Lines" can actually model the forms of objects. Here are just a couple of examples;
Here's Kevin's Mason Jar

And this is Karena's bottle of 409. Great job 7th Graders!

Mr. Mallory's Rules for using Clay

1. No throwing clay (this is not the zoo and you are not orangutans)


2. Please avoid getting clay or glaze ion other people's clothing or in their hair.


3. Please wedge the clay or work the clay, but do not slam the clay (this is ineffective in warming it up and making it more pliable and it is just plain annoying).


4. Please don't eat the clay (it may be true that clay is just mud, which is just dirt and water and "God made dirt and dirt don't hurt," but it could make you fairly ill, so ingesting any is ill-advised).


5. Please do not make anything that could be considered inappropriate for school:
   A) Overtly and graphiccally violent or occult.
   B) Alcohol, tobacco or illicit drug paraphernalia
   C) Anything sexually explicit, erotic, or suggestive.


6. And a new rule being added just this year because some kids seem to have a problem with it; Please do not draw or write on the tables with clay.