Painting 2009

Students used a photograph of themselves, used Photoshop to analyze the basic facets on their faces, then chose their own colors to blow it up to a 14X20 poster. Nick tried his hardest to look like President Obama in his pose, and chose the complimentary colors, orange and blue to try to make as striking an image as he could.

Graphic Artist, Shepherd Fairey used an AP photo by Michael Garcia to create his famous campaign poster of Barrack Obama. His original now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery

Victoria's pose and color choices, make this look like one of 60's Pop Artist Andy Warhol's portraits of Hollywood stars. She received a Judge's Choice ribbon for this painting at the first annual Western Valley Conference Art Show March 20-2 hosted by West Monona HS in Onawa.

Nisha's analogous color scheme (next to each other on the color wheel) make it look like she's deep in the ocean
Christine's monochromatic (one color in different shades) almost looks like a photograph in maroon, red, and pink

Rosario's color choices make this look like an actual thermal scan using an infrared imaging divice

Billie used the same patriotic colors as our exemplar, Shepherd Fairey. It really intensifies her eyes.
Megan used only the primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) making this a very striking composition
Luke's striking yellow background and limiting himself to just four shades, really makes this look like a comic book image

Photo Websites

Some of these are options for ordering prints, some offer online storage and sharing, some are social networking communities.

• http://flickr.com Flicker

• http://www.mpix.com Mpix

• http://photobucket.com Photo Bucket

• http://psc.photoshelter.com Photo Shelter

• http://photo.net photo.net

• http://picasaweb.google.com/home Picassa

• http://www2.snapfish.com/home Snapfish

• http://www.walmart.com/photo-center Wal-Mart Photo

• http://winkflash.com Winkflash

• http://pg.photos.yahoo.com Yahoo Photos

• http://target.com/photocenter Target Photo Center

• http://www.KodakGallery.com Kodak Photo Gallery

• http://photo.walgreens.com Walgreens Photo Center

• http://cooliris.com Cool Iris is plugin for your web browser for viewing pictures and videos

• http://www.picnik.com PicNik is an online editing tool with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart's content, then get creative with oodles of effects

• http://www.gimp.org GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It is a FREE download for people who can’t afford PhotoShop but want more control that picnik

Sub lessons

Mallory Sub Lessons, leaving 11:30 (mid 4th hour) Friday, March 6

PER 4- MS Art   I will have gotten students started on their value-puzzle portraits. They need to draw as silently as they can, one square at a time, only looking at them upside down. They may use graphite sticks, blending sticks and Kleenex for blending. Please also make sure that they read silently during DEAR time.

PER 5- Painting  Students have already received directions for three color exercises in their watercolor pads. Examples are hung on the whiteboard. Most students will be working on the second of three. Those students who finish all three may "free paint." Clean-up is important the last 5 minutes of class.

PER 6- Yearbook   Mandi, Danielle, and Christine may work on layouts on www.yearbookavenue.com in the Graphics Lab. The rest of the students have a quiz ( I will leave it on the island counter). They may use their notes, but not their book or worksheets. When they turn in their finished quiz, please return their previous quiz (also on the counter). They have a headline writing assignment that they may work on in groups quietly once they're done with their quiz. It is due at the end of the class period- please collect it. (Kelsey & Cortney have already finished it so they may use the time as a study hall.)

Remembering Mrs. Weber

Susan Weber was the kind of teacher who inspires people to go into teaching.
She was the kind of a teacher whom those of us who go into teaching aspire to be like.

Our colleges and administrators and the state dept. of Ed and AEA consultants are constantly telling us that we need to maintain both rigor and relevance. Honestly I wonder sometimes how any teacher can possibly provide both. Teachers with rigorous standards often frighten or discourage students and teachers who bring learning alive by providing practical and meaningful relevance sometimes let kids get by with too much (or too little).

Susan was someone who somehow struck the perfect balance. I never knew a student who thought her classes were easy, but I at the same time, I don't remember ever hearing a single student say an ill word about her. On the contrary, I don't know of another teacher in our district and few elsewhere of whom so many students spoke with such admiration, appreciation and affection.

Just today a former student shared with me how much Susan Weber had challenged them, and at the same time encouraged them. They told me without a doubt that they would not be where they are today if it weren't for Susan.

She was truly gifted and she constantly and generously shared those gifts with others. What a gift we've all lost in her now that she is gone. Yet because she touched so many lives, her influence will be felt for generations.

In Memory

This morning we were told that Boyer Valley's U.S. History teacher, Susan Weber passed away last night. She had been admitted to the hospital last week due to complications from her chemotherapy treatments for Lukemia.

We don't know when the funeral will be yet, but it may be Monday or Tuesday of next week. There was even talk of having it here at school. Please keep her mom, Wanda, and all of her students, friends and colleagues in your prayers.

Susan was a consummate professional who know her stuff and dearly loved her students. She and I enjoyed having long talks about history and politics. I've already missed her all this year while she was on her medical leave of absence. She is irreplaceable. Boyer Valley is truly an emptier place this morning.

Theme Spin Offs

"Characters Welcome"
Section	Dirrect Spin-Off	Indirect Spin-Off
Elementary	Cartoon Characters	Rugrats, Backyardigans
MS	Character Development	Immaturity
MS Sports	Character Education	Heaveyweights, True Life, Comebacks
HS	A range of characters	Confessoins of a teenaged Drama Queen, Secret Life of the American Teenager
Summer Sports	Welcome to the big leagues
Fall Sports		Friday Night Lights
Winter Sports		Benchwarmers, Air Bud
Spring Sports	It builds character	Juno
Activities	Welcome to the Carribean	Jack Sparrow
Fine Arts		Ramona, Step Up
Clubs	Your Welcomed	Bill Nye the Science Guy, Cash Cab
Seniors	Welcome to the Real World
Ads	Solicitors Welcome

Painting; Color theory

In the visual arts, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impact of specific color combinations. Although color theory principles first appear in the writings of Leone Battista Alberti (c.1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (c.1490), a tradition of "colory theory" begins in the 18th century, initially within a partisan controversy around Isaac Newton's theory of color (Opticks, 1704) and the nature of so-called primary colors. From there it developed as an independent artistic tradition with only superficial reference to colorimetry and vision science.

To learn more, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastel_colors