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Fashion Inspired

– September 6, 2010

One of my 8th graders, Laura B., (2009-2010) was really into fashion and drawing clothing. She did all her projects during the trimester as fashion related, but used many mediums.

She used the fiber center and some of her own ties to create a tie skirt. (Most of which she worked on at home.)

  • Title: “All Tied Together”
  • Medium: Fabric, Sewing utensils
  • I loved doing this project because I stuck with my challenging idea. My sewing skills got much better.

She used drawing center to draw many clothing ideas.

  • Title: “Summer heat”
  • Medium: Pencil, rubbing plates, colored pencil
  • Using the rubbing plates was fun and I could come up with ideas off the top of my head with this drawing.

She used paint center to create some fabric print samples.

Finally she brought all these ideas together in a design poster for a line of clothes. She used fabric scraps she found in our fiber center and added designs and prints to them in the paint center, she used the printmaking/ stamp and collage centers to enhance the background for her poster and she used drawing center to create her illustrations.

  • Title: “Bold Shimmer”
  • Medium: Stamps, markers, pencil, fabric, glitter, beads, feathers, colored pencil
  • This was the most fun project only because I had such great ideas and it turned out looking great.
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Surrealism

– January 16, 2010

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A gallery of student work from the 2009-2010 school year.

Surrealism:

A type of artwork that includes realistic images but makes them appear strange and dream-like.

Moods: •Mysterious •Humorous •frightening

Techniques:

  • Nighttime Scenes
  • Cool or Neutral Colors –Blue, green, violet –Black, Brown, White, Grey
  • Realistic Objects
  • Unrealistic placement of objects
  • Shadows
  • Use of Symbols (images that represent an idea)
  • Unreal Proportions

Long Term Project #1: Surrealism:

Due Date: January 19, 2010 Value: 100 points

Definition: A style of art developed in the 1920’s that combines realistic images with dream-like ideas.

Note: Surrealism is NOT the same as Fantasy, so dragons, fairies and imaginary creatures or outer space should not be part of your images.

Resources: Read Portfolios Textbook Pages 162-165 and watch Slide Show of Surrealism Samples.

Acceptable Media: Drawings in pencil or colored pencil; magazine collage; digital collage using Adobe Photoshop; Paint (Tempera or Acrylic) and Found Object Sculpture.

Requirements:

  1. MUST fit the definition of Surrealism and have a story/ meaning behind the art.
  2. MUST use 2 or more techniques of surrealism (example: cool and neutral colors; out of proportion; unrealistic placement of objects; nighttime scenes.)
  3. MUST complete a rough draft and have it approved before moving on to final draft.
  4. Final Draft must represent at least 4 hours of dedicated work time.
  5. Final Draft must have a written reflection/artist’s statement attached.
  6. Must have a title that adds to the understanding of the artwork.
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Rotoscoping!

– April 28, 2009

Students (MS and HS) around the world collaborated to do this cool rotoscoping animation project… I keep trying to figure out how to add this assignment to my video class, but we barely get through the basics…


Rotoball 2009 from The Carrot Revolution on Vimeo.

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Art club and ATCs

– October 25, 2008

This week in artclub I brought out my binder of ATCs that I have collected over the years along with a BAG of cards that were donated to me for trading. I explained a bit about trading cards, let them look through the card collection.

I had 17 kids this week and I run the club like TAB, open studio. We have 2+ hours so most of the kids do 2 or more centers within the time period. So a few went off to the sculpture, paint and computer centers but the bulk of the kids went to collage or drawing center and got to making cards.

I traded them one of my creations and 2 of the donated cards for 1 of their cards. I thought it was a good way to get their collections going. A couple traded with each other, a couple made special boxes that they decorated to keep their collection in and a few of the kids that went to other centers were eventually drawn over to make cards too as the excitment bubbled.

There ended up being a SERIOUS amount of clean-up as the collage center seemed to have erupted. But I now have some great newbie cards added to my collection and several kids that vowed to make some more at home and bring them to trade next week.

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Get Ready for Drawing Day!

– May 23, 2008

Drawing Day 2008

June 7th, 2008 is Drawing Day!

Drawing Day is a worldwide drawing event encouraging everyone to drop everything and draw for the sake of art. The internet is an open canvas. Help us create 1 million drawings online this day and boost online art communities. You can even video tape yourself drawing and share on our blog or other online communities.

I hope you will participate, just pick up a pencil and draw! Check out some great links and inspirations at the Art Junction where this Art teacher who shares his favorite drawing sites or how about I Like Pencils.

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Rotoball Project

– April 27, 2008

Students from several countries crated rotoscoped animations.

Rotoball 2008 from The Carrot Revolution on Vimeo.

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ArTecTivity Podcast #1

– December 14, 2007

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Our first podcast is finished and many more will be on the way when we return from break. Each student in my 8th grade Digital and Video arts classes have selected an art related segment topic to research, write, record and edit. We are off to winter vacation with a few great segments completed. When we return we will be finishing up many more exciting segments for complete podcasts. So check back in January for more art fun!

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In this Episode:

  • Jael tells us how to make a collage in “The Meaning of a Medium“
  • Heather shares her steps for creating a clay dog sculpture in a segment called “In the Studio“
  • Paige shares career information about professional printmaking for our “Careers in Art” Segment. Tune in to a future episode when she has a live interview with a person who works in this career.
  • Tanner explains why his sketchbook is his ”Favorite Project“
  • Leobardo tells in both English and Spanish how to draw a truck in our “How to” segment
  • Anna and Emily create a mock interview with famous artist Bridget Riley for our segment of “Artist Interviews“

We would love to have you comment and let us know what you think of our podcast!

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Creative Name Challenge

– September 23, 2007

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First week of the trimester students were challenged to create some art that included their name. The only guidelines were to show your skill and personality in their name art. They could use any medium from drawing and computer centers. Some students also used construction paper collage. Several examples were shown (including radial symmetry and mirroring text.)

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First Week “Creative Name” Challenge

– September 17, 2007

First week of the trimester students were challenged to create some art that included their name. The only guidelines were to show your skill and personality in their name art. Several examples were shown(including radial symmetry and mirroring text.) They had drawing and collage centers open.  See more student Creative Name art in the gallery.

 

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This Old House Assignment

– March 22, 2007

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This Old House Assignment: (from A Survival Kit for the Elementary/Middle School Art Teacher) To prep this assignment, find numerous pictures of houses and other architecture, I used magazines. Copy them in medium contrast black and white.  The goal is to re-create the structure in pencil VALUE only, using shading techniques such as cross-hatching.

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