- Lunchtime Lecture, Wednesday @ 11:35 am in the auditorium.
- D.C. field trip $/permission forms are due ASAP.
- VAB Fall Art Walk, Friday @ 6:00 pm, starting in room #153.
- The deadline for Scholastic entries is December 13th. Go HERE to learn more about the program and how to prepare.
- With the Weebly app, you can easily upload photos right from your phone! This is really helpful for process pictures.
- Daily drawing - apply lessons learned with TVA, even when not drawing a figure...!!!
- Awareness post/AS #3 DUE; explain next steps
- Mini-process critique... Where are you in the process - where do you need to be? What are we looking for from this project? How can you bring your work to a conclusion and show growth? Are you pushing yourself to the edge of your abilities (risk taking = growth)? How will this process prepare you for the self-portrait?
- Studio day
- PLEASE NOTE: Drawings must be ready for critique by the start of class NEXT WEDNESDAY. The self-assessment must be turned in by the end of the day.
- If you are toning your paper today, you will spend the rest of class practicing with the select medium and working on your website; you must use the entire class period on Wed. to draw on the toned paper. BUT....IS TONING ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY?
- If you are not toning your paper, you should take some time to practice with the select medium - but get started with final drawing ASAP.
- As needed: Individual or group help with websites.
- Time permitting: Sort and store figure drawings
WEDNESDAY: see HW
- Modified schedule, 1:55 - 3:10
- Repeat of Monday but we'll skip the daily drawing in order to get right to work
FRIDAY: see HW
- Studio day
- As needed: Individual or group help with websites.
- Time permitting: Sort and store figure drawings
HOMEWORK: In order to meet the project deadline, you will want to find time to work on the Old Master drawing on your own. Remember to take photos each day and to post your progress as PROCESS posts with dates and commentary.
- DUE MONDAY = WS/AWARENESS/AS #3 (Please read/re-read the directions carefully... have your written your 3 questions?)
- ONGOING = Review the information about the Italian Renaissance and the Old Masters as contained in Artist Spotlight entries, the Projects page, and HERE. Bolster your notes as necessary & use these resources to complete the vocabulary list to be prepared for the open notes quiz on Nov. 5th.
- DUE WEDNESDAY = Mural design with color and annotations as needed
- DUE FRIDAY = Read/sign the open-notes honor pledge on Quia
- DUE Nov. 5 = AS #4 (SB); choose one of the old masters presented as an AWARENESS post on a classmate's blog and complete that entry in your sketchbook.
- DUE Nov. 7 = EXPERIENCE (WS), Lunchtime Lecture/Japanese Aesthetics
- WEEKLY:
- Check itslearning/mosleyart.com each Sunday evening, in order to be prepared for the week.
- Once introduced, Artist Spotlight entries are to be complete by the same day of the next week.
HAPPENINGS:
- WEDNESDAY @ 11: 35 am - 12:25 pm = Lunchtime Lecture in the auditorium; the daily schedule has been modified for the whole school/lunch has been extended specifically for this event/attendance is expected.
- THURSDAY = Parent/Teacher conferences (I am unavailable on this date)
- FRIDAY = Fall Art Walk (First Fridays); you and your family are invited!
- Nov. 6 = Election Day (no school for students); Parent/Teacher conferences
- Nov. 14 = NAHS @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
- Nov. 19 = Field trip to VMFA during 5th AND 7th blocks
- Nov. 21 - 23 = Thanksgiving break
- Nov. 28 = Art Club @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
- Nov. 30 = Figure Drawing Friday
- CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS
LUNCHTIME LECTURES
- October 31, 2018, 11:35 - 12:25 - Amanda Adams, VMFA (Japanese Aesthetics)(extended lunch schedule will accommodate a longer lecture)
- January 16, 2019 - Kirk O'Brien, cartoonist (Politics in Cartoons)
- February 20, 2019 - Sasha Waters Freyer, Dept. Chair, Photo/Film @ VCU
- May 1, 2019 - John Freyer, Associate Professor of Cross Disciplinary Media @ VCU (Social Practice Art)