Face the Face

Drawing & Seeing Class has been learning about portraiture. Every day after taking notes on general guidelines for placement and proportion of facial features, I assign students to draw several features in their sketchbooks- Last Thursday were four eyes, Monday was four noses, five mouths yesterday, and four ears today. These are from my own sketchbook, which I used a mirror for.

8th Grade ART; American Gothic

After studying about Iowa artist Grant Wood, 8th Graders are creating their own parodies of Wood's 'American Gothic.' Above is mine. This was the cross-curriculum perfect storm. In Civics we are wrapping up our unit on Iowa History and in Art we just learned about the Social Realists and Regionalists.

Mallory Sub Lessons Fri Nov. 30

Thank you (Sub) for taking my classes. One of my daughters is sick today.

1&2hr CIVICS-

Have students read pages 330-334 and answer the section review questions about county government on page 334. Have them turn them into the purple boxes by the end of the hour. Otherwise they can use today to catch-up on any of the Review Question worksheets or notes they may be missing from this past week (blanks are on the counter under the cabinets)


3rd Hr DRAWING-
Students should read pp.162-172 of chapter 9 in their book, then take a look at figure 9-5 on p.166, then trace themselves on a mirror with an overhead marker, then copy or re-trace it into their sketchbooks. They may want to look through the "test for yourself:" diagrams in figures 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4 & 9-5 to help them understand. Afterward, they can use the time to catch-up on whatever real-life sketches of eyes of noses in their sketchbooks that they need to catch up on.

4th Hr- Planning Period

5th Hr 7th Grade Art-
DEAR TIME- 11:52-12:12

Students should continue working on their Complimentary-Color Oil Pastel Self Portraits

6th Hr Painting-
Students should use today to catch-up on & complete their watercolor charts & exercises:

• Neutralizing Complement Scale Washes
• 9 Texture Techniques
• 9 Mood/Emotion Analogues

If they're caught up, they may try one watercolor "free choice painting" or use the time as a study-hall. Please have them start cleaning up at 1:40 pm. If there is ANY trouble, please send students to the office right away.

7th Hr 8th Grade Art-
8th graders have PE on Fridays so enjoy a break!

8th Hr Yearbook-
Students should work on their pages on yearbookavenue.com either in the lab or on a laptop. Or, they may want to explore http://www.fontspace.com since we've been studying typography, but don't download anything, even though its free.

Since it is a Friday home game, there should be a short pep rally today at 3:00pm. Please dismiss cheerleaders at 2:45- ask Jim Jordan when he'd like the band dismissed. If cheerleaders wonder where I'm at, please let them know I'll be there for the game tonight.

Thanks again & have a great weekend.


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Boyer Valley Community Schools
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Painting Choices

COPY of the ARTIST WHO's PAINTING YOU ANALYZED for the formal paper- Due Fri. Nov.9

AGE of REVOLUTIONS PAINTING- Due Wed. Nov.14
Create a painting in either neoclassical or romantic style of a person, place, or scene...

• A scene out of history, like David, Turner, or Delecroix
• A local landscape, like Gainsborough or Constable
• An extremely expressive portrait, like Gericault or Goya
• A "genre" slice of everyday life, like Chardin or Ingres

THIS TIME, you may choose to work with a different media-

• Use a thick impasto, like Chardin (be sure to mix plenty of glue in your tempera to prevent cracking & flaking)
• Use pastels, like Ingres, or
• Use watercolor, like Turner

YEARBOOK this week

When in doubt- you can see what's planned and what's due when by checking http://planbook.com/student?t=928417&k=maldog

This week, we'll be learning about caption writing. Be sure to check http://archive-yrbk.wikispaces.com/YB+012-+Caption+Writing for details.

PLEASE NOTE- (unless, of course you have NO pictures whatsoever yet)
Fall Spread Assignments are due at the end of this week.

• MON- Caption Writing; Read pp. 74-77
• TUES- Complete Activities 12.1, 12.2 and/or work in lab on pages
• WED- Activities 12.1, 12.2 Due today
• THUR- Complete Activities 12.3 and 12.4, and/or work on pages in lab
• FRI- Test on Caption Writing
• Activities 12.3 and 12.4 Due today
• Fall pages DUE TODAY

ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND- Your grade comes from 3 sources; Assignments/Quizzes, Ad & Book Sales, and Production work. Therefore, keep these things in mind...

• Assignments/Quizzes
• Module 12 Activity worksheets, Captions reading/notes & Quiz 
• Ad & Book Sales
• Keep selling ads on your own time, just because we aren't going out together, missing school anymore, doesn't mean you can't keep selling & raise your grade!
• As of today (11/5) we're only at about 30% of our ad goal. $2,097.00/$7,000.00
• Start trying to get people to buy books. Sell to teachers & staff, both Dunlap and Dow City (they get $10 off!)
• REMIND EVERYBODY that the price will go up (from $36 to $42) if they don't order before Christmas break!
• Can you believe we've only sold 14 pre-orders so far?! Out of almost 500+ people K-12!
  You're working hard on this book, don't you want people to see it?
• Remember too, that we have plenty of 2011-12 books left if people are interested. Often parents & alumni are interested in older books too. We have lots from 2002-2011 for just $25 each.
• Production work
• Every week, from now on, I check on how much time everyone spends on yearbookavenue (it keeps track) and how many times you hit "save," not to mention how your pages are coming. It will become a weekly score.
• Next Monday, we'll go over the rubrics (score sheets) for page production and see what changes/improvements you can make on your Fall assignments. We'll also take a look at the ladder and start assigning Winter pages, so be thinking about what sports, events, or clubs you want to be in charge of.
• Bob & Paul- we have to send the cover to the plant by or before Friday, November 16!!!

8th Grade Art this week

This week, we'll begin learning about Early 20th Century Art.
BUT, EXPECT A "POP" QUIZ OVER THE ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN THIS WEEK, AT ANY TIME...

When in doubt, see what we're doing and if/what is due & when at http://planbook.com/student?t=928417&k=maldog

• Mon.-Examining Your Work p.13,
• Early 20th Century- pp.241-245
• Tues- Finish discussing 241-245,
• Read Directions (pp.246-247)/Begin Cubist Chalk Drawing
• Wed-Thur- Continue working on Cubist Chalk Drawing
• DUE THURS!- Check Your Understanding questions 1-6 p.245

PAINTING this week

This week we'll be studying the neoclassicists and and the romantics of the Age of Enlightenment (1700's).

Remember, you can always check http://bv-painting.wikispaces.com/ART.HIST.+08+Revolutions for vocabulary terms, a list of painters, the assignment choices, the notes slideshow, and of course, Sister Wendy's video.

• MON- Notes
• TUES- Video & begin painting
• WED-FRI Painting

The formal written Painting Analysis Papers (http://bv-painting.wikispaces.com/01-+Formal+Writing+Assignment) are due on Tuesday, Nov. 6. 

• In addition to an "Age of Revolution" Painting (Due Wed. 11/14), 
• everyone needs to create a copy of the painting which they analyzed in their paper (Due Fri 11/9)
• Renea, and only those volunteers whom she chooses, may also help paint the giant grass needed for the Drill team's set props (not due till December).

When in doubt, you can always check out http://planbook.com/student?t=928417&k=maldog to see what we're doing and what's due and when.