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Art I

Open Studio in Art Room 115 every Thursday after school until 4:30pm

Week 17

Picture
Dec 18
A
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​​
Ceramic Ornament
  • Glaze
​​Safe City​​
  • continue ​
Finals Pds 1 + 3
Picture
Dec 19
​B
Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​​
Ceramic Ornament
  • Glaze
​​Safe City​​
  • continue ​​
Finals Pds 5 + 7
Picture
Dec 20
​A
Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​​​
PD 3 - Revisions
Finals Pds 2 + 4
Picture
Dec 21
B
Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​​​
Finals Pd 6 + 8
Early Release
Picture
Dec 22
Winter Break
Happy Holidays!

Week 16

Picture
Dec 11
B
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​
  • Semester Exam Article for you and your parents​
Ceramic Ornaments
  • Begin Ornaments
  • Pass out clay
​​Safe City​​​

Street Art Photos
PD 8
Picture
Dec 12
A
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​​
  • Semester Exam Article for you and your parents​
Ceramic Ornament
  • Begin Ornaments
  • Pass out clay
​​Safe City​​
  • Refined Drawing
  • ​Z-Cont rendering with color pencil
  • Z - DUE Thursday​
Street Art Photos
PD 3
​PD 4
Picture
Dec 13
B
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​
  • Semester Exam Article for you and your parents​
Ceramic Ornaments
  • Cont Ornaments
​​Safe City​​​
Street Art Photos
PD 8
​Bulldog Techie Award
PLEASE VOTE
Picture
Dec 14
A
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​​
  • Semester Exam Article for you and your parents​
Ceramic Ornament
  • COMPLETE Ornaments
  • DUE TODAY
​​Safe City​​
  • Refined Drawing
  • Elements + Principles
  • Z-Cont rendering with color pencil
    Z - DUE Thursday
    ​
Street Art Photos
PD 3
​PD 4
​Bulldog Techie Award
PLEASE VOTE
Picture
Dec 15
B
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​
  • Semester Exam Article for you and your parents​
Ceramic Ornaments
  • COMPLETE
    ​Ornaments
  • DUE TODAY​
​​Safe City​​​
Street Art Photos
PD 8

Week 15

Picture
Dec 4
A
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​
Street Art
  • Installation
  • Obey Giant
​​Safe City​​
  • Cont rendering with color pencil​ ​
Handout
Picture
Dec 5
B
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​
Street Art
  • Installation​​
Picture
Dec 6
A
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​
  • Semester Exam Article for you and your parents
Obey Giant
  • Continue
​​Safe City​​
  • Symbols thumbnails
  • Composition thumbnails
  • Z-Cont rendering with color pencil​ ​
Picture
Dec 7
B
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​
  • Semester Exam Article for you and your parents​
Ceramic Ornaments
  • Clay demo​
  • Ornament thumbnails
  • Pass out clay, wedge, set up bags and shelves
​​Safe City​​
  • Symbols thumbnails
  • Composition thumbnails​
Picture
Dec 8
A
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​​
  • Semester Exam Article for you and your parents​
Ceramic Ornament
  • Clay demo
​​Safe City​​
  • Symbols thumbnails
  • Composition thumbnails
  • Z-Cont rendering with color pencil​ 

Week 14

Picture
​Nov 27
B
​Street Art
  • cont printing
  • At least 4 prints each
  • Warhol style
  • Repetition
​Digital Portfolio - semester final project
  • Photograph all images as is and upload to your Google Drive folder
  • Begin your Digital Portfolio on weebly.com

Picture
Nov 28
A
​Street Art
  • cont printing
  • At least 4 prints each
  • Warhol style
  • Repetition
​​Safe City
  • ​Color Pencil Tutorial
Digital Portfolio - semester final project
  • Photograph all images as is and upload to your Google Drive folder
  • Begin your Digital Portfolio on weebly.com
Picture
Nov 29
B
​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​
Street Art
  • Prep work to install
  • Photograph for Google Drive Folder
  • Sketchbook: sketch of piece and location prop​​
Picture
Nov 30
A
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​ ​
Street Art
  • Today you will complete the handout the sub gives to you.
  • ​Handout
​​Safe City
  • ​Sketch comp onto Safe City board
  • Begin rendering with color pencil​ ​
Picture
Dec 1
B
​​​​Semester Final Portfolio
  • Art 1 Works​ ​​
Street Art
  • Install Work
    Photograph in location (pending)
  • Critique on Google Classroom
Collaboration Mural
  • Print your Street Art stencil onto the mural paper 

Week 13

Picture
Nov 13
A
Stencil Tutorial

​Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • continue cutting out stencils
Safe City
  • 4 thumbnail sketches of composition ideas
  • ​Begin refinement
Picture
​Nov 14
B
​Stencil Tutorial

​Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • continue cutting out stencils
​Nov 15
A
​Street Art
  • Begin printing
  • At least 4 prints each
  • Warhol style
  • Repetition
New Street Art Documentary
  • Shepard Fairey
​Safe City
  • Refinement
  • Elements and principles
​Nov 16
B
​Street Art
  • Begin printing
  • At least 4 prints each
  • Warhol style
  • Repetition
New Street Art Documentary
  • Shepard Fairey
Sketchbook #7

Picture
Nov 17
A
​Street Art
  • Begin printing
  • At least 4 prints each
  • Warhol style
  • Repetition

​​Safe City
  • Elements and Principles
Sketchbook #7

Week 12

Picture
Nov 6
B
​Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • Begin Stencils
Picture
Nov 7
A
PD 3: 
Perspective
  • Follow the instructions HERE to create your perspective drawing
  • DUE at the end of class today
​PD 4: Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • continue Stencils
Picture
Nov 8
B

​Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • continue Stencils
Picture
Nov 9
A

​Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • continue Stencils
  • ​begin cutting out stencils
​Sketchbook #6
Google Classroom:

Upload your stencil image

Safe City
  • 15 thumbnails sketches
  • ​circle 3 best
Picture
​Nov 10
B

​Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • Begin cutting out stencils
​Sketchbook #6
Google Classroom:

Upload your stencil image

Week 11

Picture
Oct 30
​A
Wasteland

Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • ​Cont refinements
  • Stencil Demo​
Picture
Oct 31
​B
Wasteland

Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • ​Cont refinements
  • Stencil Demo​
Picture
Nov 1
​A
Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • 4 sketchbook pages DUE

Picture
Nov 2
B
​Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • 4 sketchbook pages DUE
Picture
Nov 3
A

​Street Art
  • Social Justice
  • Begin Stencils
Grades Close
End of 2nd 6 weeks

Week 10

Picture
OCT 23
B
Street Art
  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
  • Upload your Street Art photos to Google Classroom
Artist Collaboration
  • Choose artist book + begin research​
​Copyright and Fair Use
Picture
OCT 24
A
Street Art
  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
​Artist Collaboration
  • Continue research​/reading
​Copyright and Fair Use
Picture
Picture
Kehinde Wiley
OCT 25

B
Street Art
  • Pop Art
  • Social Justice
  • ​Research
Artist Collaboration
  • Continue research​/reading
Picture
Picture
Kehinde Wiley
​
OCT 26

A
Street Art
  • Pop Art
  • Social Justice
  • ​Research
​Artist Collaboration
  • Continue research​/reading
Picture
OCT 27
B
Street Art
  • Thumbnails and refinements
Artist Collaboration
  • Choose artist book + begin research​

Week 9

Picture
globalstreetart.com
Oct 16
A

CLICK HERE for your 30 minute sketchbook warmup today
SUB
Project: 
Micrography
OR
Make Some Art

Picture
OCT 17
B

Intro to ​Street Art
  • Banksy
  • Walking Field Trip THURSDAY 10/19
    ​BRING IN YOUR FORMS THURSDAY
Artist Collaboration
  • Choose artist book + begin research
Picture
OCT 18
A
Intro to Street Art
  • Walking Field Trip
​Artist Collaboration
  • Choose artist book + begin research

Picture
OCT 19
B
Street Art
  • Walking Field Trip
Artist Collaboration
  • Choose artist book + begin research

    Picture
    OCT 20
    A
    CLICK HERE
    ​SUB PD 3:
    • Continue research
    • Move on to a new page and start creating your OWN street art ideas
    • Do not copy, but you can be "influenced" by the other street art you have seen.
    • Draw out at least 7 of your OWN ideas for street art pieces you would like to create
    • LOOK at my sample page in the slides HERE
    Street Art
    • Exit Through the Gift Shop
    PD 4 - Upload your Street Art photos to Google Classroom

    Oct 13 B - Hello everyone!  You have a sub today, so please follow these instructions carefully
    1 -
    CLICK HERE for your 30 minute sketchbook warmup today - new page in your sketchbook.  You are to complete the research assignment, to fill up one whole page of your sketchbook with street artist work that you have researched on Google and personally LIKE or find interesting.  A sample page is in the warmup slides CLICK HERE
    ​2. - Then:  ​Continue working on your Micrography
    • In-Progress pieces can be found in the Period 8 folder on the front tables/desks
    • Students MUST
      • Complete their Micrography using black sharpie
      • No pencil lines can be showing in the final piece - erase all the pencil lines
      • You are to NOT DO ANYTHING IN THE BACKGROUND (unless I specifically spoke to you about it.)
      • Turn in the drawings in the folder at the end of class
    Done early?  Work on your "Make some art" piece found in the Period 8 folder on the front tables/desks

    Week 8

    Picture
    OCT 9

    NO SCHOOL

    Waiver Day
    Picture
    Oct 10
    A
    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    cont. Grid - Self Portrait
    Picture
    Oct 11
    B

    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    cont. Grid - Self Portrait
    Picture
    Picture
    Oct 12
    A
    Project: Micrography
    DUE TODAY
    end of class
    Picture
    Oct 13
    B
    SUB
    Project: 
    Micrography
    OR
    Make Some Art

    Week 7

    Picture
    Oct 2
    ​​B

    Wiley
    ​
    Sub - upload Make some art - Before and After images
    Picture
    Oct 3
    A
    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    Begin Sharpie rendering
    Use your emotive words


    AP/Pre AP Form
    Syllabus

    Take this survey
    ​
    Picture
    Oct 4
    B

    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    Begin Sharpie rendering
    Use your emotive words

    ​
    AP/Pre AP Form
    Syllabus

    ​
    Take this survey
    Picture
    Oct 5
    A
    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    cont. Grid - Self Portrait

    ​
    Take this survey
    Picture
    Oct 6
    B

    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    cont. Grid - Self Portrait
    Oct 2  B - You have a sub today, so please follow these instructions carefully:
    1 - Click on the image for your 10 minute sketchbook warmup (same page as last week)
    2. - Then:  Students are continuing with their “Make Some Art” pieces.
    • In-Progress "Your choice - Make some Art" pieces can be found in the Period 8 folder on the front tables/desks
    • Students who have not started may take a new piece of drawing paper - blank paper can be found with the Period 8 folder (marked with post-it) on the front tables/desk
    • Students MUST
      • Take a photo of their piece at the beginning of the class and upload it to Google Drive “Art I”  folder (time stamped between 1:40pm and 1:50pm)  This shows me your piece at the beginning of class.
      • Take a photo of their piece at the end of class and upload it to Google Drive (time stamped between 2:30pm and 2:50pm)
        This shows me your piece at the end of class, and the progress you have made.)
      • No exceptions - You can take the photo and upload with your laptops (if your phone isn’t reliable) NO EXCEPTIONS
        No upload = no points


    Week 6

    Picture
    Sep 25
    ​​A

    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    Grid - Self Portrait
    Word List
    3 copies:
    • sketchbook trace
    • actual grid
    • posterized version
    Picture
    Sep 26
    ​​B

    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    Grid - Self Portrait
    Word List
    3 copies:
    • sketchbook trace
    • actual grid
    • posterized version
    Picture
    Sep 27
    ​​A

    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    cont. Grid - Self Portrait
    Picture
    Sep 28
    ​​B

    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    cont. Grid - Self Portrait
    Picture
    Sep 29
    ​​A

    Wiley
    Project: Micrography
    TODAY
    cont. Grid - Self Portrait

    Week 5

    Picture
    Sep 18
    ​​B

    Project: Micrography
    DUE:

    • value scale
    • rendering techniques
    • Grid Mona Lisa
    Resources
    Grid Method

    Sketchbook:
    Crab - rendering
    Mona Lisa Grid
    Value Scale - Micrography

    ​UPLOAD SELF PORTRAIT
    Picture
    Sep 19
    ​​A

    Project: Micrography
    DUE:

    • value scale
    • rendering techniques
    • Grid Mona Lisa
    Resources
    Grid Method

    TODAY
    Draw large grid
    Grid - Self Portrait

    ​(catch-up for 1/2 class)
    Picture
    Sep 20
    ​​B

    Project: Micrography
    Continue:
    Grid - Self Portrait
    Word List

    TODAY
    Draw large grid
    Grid - Self Portrait

    Picture
    Sep 21
    ​​A

    Project: Micrography
    Continue:
    Grid - Self Portrait
    Word List

    MAKE SOME ART


    ​TODAY

    Grid - Self Portrait
    3 copies:
    • sketchbook trace
    • actual grid
    • posterized version
    Picture
    Sep 22
    ​​B

    Project: Micrography

    MAKE SOME ART

    Week 4

    Picture
    Sep 11
    ​A

    Forms
    Sphere
    Picture
    Sep 12
    ​B

    Forms
    Sphere
    Picture
    Sep 13
    ​A

    Sphere
    ​Micrography

    Picture
    Picture
    Sep 14
    ​​B

    Sphere

    Project: Micrography
    • value scale
    • rendering techniques
    Resources
    Grid Method
    Picture
    Sep 15
    ​A

    Project: Micrography
    • value scale
    • rendering techniques
    Resources
    Grid Method

    Sketchbook:

    Crab - rendering
    Mona Lisa Grid
    Value Scale - Micrography


    ​UPLOAD SELF PORTRAIT

    Week 3

    Picture
    Sep 4
    ​
    Labor Day
    ​No School

    Picture
    Sep 5
    ​A

    Project: Mandala DUE
    Value Scale

    ​Google Drive Setup​
    s123456@students.fwisd.org​
    Picture
    Sep 6
    ​B

    Chuck Close
    ​Value Scale
    ​Forms
    Picture
    Sep 7
    ​A

    Chuck Close
    ​Value Scale
    Forms
    Picture
    Sep 8
    ​B

    Forms
    Picture

    Week 2

    Picture
    Aug 28
    ​​B

    Skull-A-Day
    Sketchbook/Warmup
    ​

    Project: Mandala
    Aug 29
    ​​A

    Project: Mandala cont.
    Picture
    Aug 30
    ​​B

    Project: Mandala cont.
    Picture
    Aug 31
    ​​A

    Project: Mandala DUE
    ​
    Google Drive Setup​
    s123456@students.fwisd.org​
    ​

    ​Respect Agreement
    ​Survey

    Picture
    Sep 1
    ​B

    Project: Mandala DUE

    ​Google Drive Setup​
    s123456@students.fwisd.org​
    ​

    ​Respect Agreement
    ​Survey

    Week 1

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Aug 21
    ​A

    Welcome & Introductions
    Review Syllabus

    DUE FRIDAY, Aug 25
    Signed Syllabus/Agreement
    Sketchbook
    Aug 22
    ​B

    Welcome & Introductions
    Review Syllabus

    DUE FRIDAY, Aug 25
    Signed Syllabus/Agreement
    Sketchbook
    Aug 23
    ​A

    Beach Ball
    Review 
    Syllabus

    Aug 24
    ​B

    Beach Ball
    Review 
    Syllabus
    Aug 25
    ​A

    Skull-A-Day
    Sketchbook/Warmup

    Project: Mandala
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