March is Youth Art and Music Month....Click HERE to enter label info. for your YAMM exhibit entry (due Friday)
MONDAY/TUESDAY:
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY:
FRIDAY: fyi, there will be VCU Art Ed. students observing today
HOMEWORK is designed to: 1) allow for exploration, practice, preparation, and application of class content, 2) encourage independent work, time management, and efficiency of work flow (don't procrastinate!), 3) fit within the weekly homework time allotted for this class. Keep these things in mind as you work. Use of a timer is one way to stay on task and to monitor your work time. Please note that your individual needs and work process may result in spending more or less than the suggested average time. Please ask for help/use extended lunch as needed; communicate extension requests 3-days before a deadline.
HAPPENINGS:
- Warm up: 10 min.
- Continue/finish Non-Objective project, including both pages of the analysis assignment (due Friday); proof-read for clarity and completion
- Class activities:
- Review YAMM selection procedures:
- What will you exhibit? Make the selection now, if you can, or by Friday at the latest. Put it into the designated portfolio, add the info. to the hard-copy list on the portfolio, AND input label info. to the online form (use link above)
- If you choose to exhibit your subject/content/composition project, then move it from the class drawer to your portfolio
- If you choose to exhibit your non-objective project, then move it to the YAMM portfolio AFTER you are done with the analysis/title
- What will you exhibit? Make the selection now, if you can, or by Friday at the latest. Put it into the designated portfolio, add the info. to the hard-copy list on the portfolio, AND input label info. to the online form (use link above)
- Review figure drawing/proportion/head-lengths
- Use any remaining time to complete the Non-Objective project
- Review YAMM selection procedures:
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY:
- Warm up: 10 min.
- Get ready to work with Kirk; put the finishing touches on your homework, finalize ideas (names, situations, and settings for characters + story sequence, etc.) & have answers to the questions!
- Continue YAMM selection/procedures (DUE Friday)
- Class activities:
- Guest artist, Kirk O'Brien - review characters and story lines; intro. to panel/page composition
FRIDAY: fyi, there will be VCU Art Ed. students observing today
- Warm up: 10 min.
- SB Check - Share: ______-a-Week #5
- Class activities:
- Finish what is due TODAY:
- Non-Objective project
- Selection/label info. for YAMM exhibit
- With any remaining time, work on these things, in this order:
- #1 Linear Perspective packet
- #2 Value scales (#1 - #3)
- #3 Cartoon
- #4 SB #5
- Finish what is due TODAY:
HOMEWORK is designed to: 1) allow for exploration, practice, preparation, and application of class content, 2) encourage independent work, time management, and efficiency of work flow (don't procrastinate!), 3) fit within the weekly homework time allotted for this class. Keep these things in mind as you work. Use of a timer is one way to stay on task and to monitor your work time. Please note that your individual needs and work process may result in spending more or less than the suggested average time. Please ask for help/use extended lunch as needed; communicate extension requests 3-days before a deadline.
- DUE WED./THURS. = develop a cartoon character(s). Think of a story in which this character can participate. Make sure to consider the 22 Helpful Hints of Storytelling...AND answer Kirk's questions:
- What are they good at? Bad at? What do they like? Dislike?
- Who are their friends? Enemies? (so that you can develop a second character for the first one to interact with)
- What are their tags? (special characteristics that act as identifiers)
- How tall are they? (in head-lengths)
- DUE FRIDAY:
- SB Check/_____-a-Week #5
- Non-Objective project (art + assignment)
- YAMM work selected, in designated portfolio, and label info. entered online (see link @ top of page)
- DUE March 9 = SB Check/_____-a-Week #6
- DUE March 30 = SB #5
- DUE EVERY WEEK = Check the website at the start of each week; update your agenda accordingly and complete any required preparatory work
HAPPENINGS:
- TUESDAY = Art Club @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
- WED./THURS. = Guest artist, cartoonist, Kirk O'Brien (2nd of 3 visits)
- March is Youth Art and Music Month (YAMM):
- NAHS workshops on EACH Tuesday @ lunch, starting March 6th
- The annual YAMM exhibit opens on March 14th, from 5 - 7 pm; each Art 1 and 2 student has one piece on display (advanced classes display more work)
- March 19 - 22 = Future Dragon Days
- CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS
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