7th Grade Art 

 Jung and Kahlo

Wednesday (2 periods) & Friday

 

 Jung and Kahlo

Wednesday (2 periods) & Friday

 

ARCHITECTURE AS ACTIVISM

Week of June 1

Wednesday

Studio work time for architecture - Complete your finishes presentation board, elevations and perspective

 

Monday

Presentation of Architecture as Activism first period

 

Week of May 25

Wednesday

Studio day for tapestry/floor plan.  

Discuss interior architecture. Learn to do interior drawings.

Begin fabric and finishes board     

 

Homework for this week:

Please photograph all of the walls in your bedroom.  If you do not have a camera you may check one out from the art room.  You may need to take more than one photo of each wall if it does not fit into one photo.  You will piece these together to create a panoramic view.  

To turn them in do one of the following:  

1.  Save the photos on your USB and transfer them to my computer.

2.  Save the photos on your desktop and transfer them to me using my USB

3.  Send your photos to me in an email as jpegs.  

4.  Print them in color (4x6 minimum size).   

David Hockney   http://www.hockneypictures.com/home.php

 

 

 

 

Week of May 18

Monday

Present symbol systems, reflect on project.  What makes a symbol universally recognizable?  Were your symbols easily recognized?  Why or why not?  What would you change to make them more effective? How can you apply what you have learned to other areas of you life?

 

Wednesday

Meet with me for approval of floor plan. Begin final floor plan  

Thursday 

Studio time for final floor plan

 

 

 

Past Weeks

Week of  May 11

Wednesday

Look at the Clayton i-home to learn more about floor plans and sustainable design    

Friday

Studio time for tapestry.  Human Bean sculpture work   

Website:  http://www.claytonihouse.com/iHouseVirtualTour.cfm?ihouse2

Homework:  Complete preliminary floor plan

 

Wednesday 4.29,09

In Class:  Introduction to “Architecture as Activism”.  We will look over project sheet and discuss work to be done by Wednesday of next week. 

Homework:  Complete space planning sheet for architecture project and attach to your sketchbook for class next week. 

Friday 5.1.09

Art Studio:  Studio day for tapestry pieces

Human Bean:  Decide on the construction method and begin constructing your wire sculpture

  

Earth Day

 

Wednesday 4.22.09 

In Class:  Earth Day.  Watch the new documentary “Poisoned Water” to learn about the origins of Earth Day, water pollution and current practices and policies. We will only be watching part of the documentary in class but I encourage to watch the rest at home.  Here is the link     http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/view/

 

Threads of Conflict

Thursday 4.23.09

In Class:  Discuss Earth Day reflections and begin Threads of Conflict textile piece. 

Friday 2.24.09

Human Bean:  Begin the planning process.  Decide on the construction method.

 

Wednesday 4.15,09

In Class:  Group presentations for “Threads of Conflict”.  Begin stitching project based on an injustice you feel strongly about.  

 

Friday 4.17.09

Human Bean:  Begin the planning process.  Decide on the construction method.   

 

 

Wednesday 3.25.09

Human Bean:  We will complete our maquettes, mount them to a board and prepare for the selection process.

In Class:  Complete slide show of Egypt.  Begin work on “Symbol Systems” artwork. 

Wednesday 4.1.09

In Class:  Complete “Symbol Systems” art and begin concept art piece. 

Friday 4.2.09

In Class:  Studio day for Concept art piece

 

Through African Eyes

Website:  

Mint Museum of Art

http://www.themintmuseums.org/collections_subpage.php?collection_id=4

PBS Explore Africa

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/index_flash.html

Clickable map of regions of Africa

http://www.artnetweb.com/guggenheim/africa/africamap.html

 

Wednesday 3.18.09

In Class:  Present weavings.  Slide presentation on Egypt.  Discuss symbol systems. 

 

Homework:  Please return the art surveys completed by your parents by March 25th. 

 

 

Wednesday 3.11.09

In Class:  Complete weavings and reflect on the use of symbolism.  

 

Friday 3.13.09

In Class:  Complete a questionnaire about your creative experiences and your thoughts on art class.  Begin maquettes of Human Beans

 

 

Wednesday 2.25.09

In Class:  Complete collaborative large scale animal drawings and weavings. 

Homework:  Consider submitting a piece of work from this trimester to “The Loop”.  You ned to give those to me by Friday. 

Friday 2.27.09

In Class:  Rework 2nd trimester portfolio pieces to prepare for portfolio review

Wednesday 3.4.09

Portfolio Review Day

In Class:  Put up displays for portfolio review and go over presentations.  

 

Week of 1.26.09

Wednesday

In Class:  Animals of Africa

Homework: Bring photos of animals/people of your tribe.

Friday

In Class:  Studio day to finish portraits and animals.  Prepare for field trip to Mint.

Homework:  Bring examples of tribal pattern and/or adornment to class next week.

 

 

1.20.2009

Wednesday

In Class:  Letters from Africa.  Introduction to portraiture.  Apply the half-face technique

Homework: Bring photos of the people from your tribe.  It must be a paper copy. 

Friday

In Class:  Studio day to finish portraits and landscapes. 

Homework:  Bring examples of tribal pattern and/or adornment to class next week.

 

1.5.2009

Wednesday

In Class:  Introduction to Through African Eyes.  Begin with drawing portfolio - exploring a variety of styles and media.  “Letters from Africa” to set the scene.  Begin to gather photos of chosen tribal area. 

 

Homework: Bring photos of Africa from home if available.  These may be found in National Geographic.  Must be hard copy and not on your computer. 

 

Friday 

In Class:  Studio day to being drawing of landscapes.

 

Week of 12.1.08

Wednesday and Friday

In Class:  Printing studio. Complete 4 prints (2 on colored background, 1 on white, and 1 hand altered) for printing portfolio.

 

Week of 12.8.08

In Class:  Glaze tea house and Zen garden sculpture.  Work on silk paintings.

 

In Class:  Learn basic brush strokes of Sumi-e.  Create a banner. 

 

Week of 12.15.08

Prepare for Asian Inspired Art Exhibition

 

Gardens

Week of 11.17

In Class: Finish Clay houses and Zen garden sculptures.

 

 Week of 11.3 and 11.10

In Class:  Introduction to Japanese gardens.  We will teach each other about the origins and elements of the Japanese garden.  We will apply what we have learned to our own Zen Garden designs.

 

Origins and Elements of Japanese Gardens

http://learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens/origins.html

Wee Gardens Blog

http://www.weegarden.com/Blog.html

 

 

Printing

Week of 10.27.08

In Class:  Wednesday in class we will experience Asian cuisine and work on our final print blocks.  On Friday we will illustrate our Asian poetry using traditional brushwork. 

 

Websites: 

What is a Print?

http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/whatisaprint/print.html

Art of Japan

http://library.thinkquest.org/27458/swf/paintings/ukiyo.html

 

Printing

Week of 10.6.08

In Class:  Field trip to DVAC to tour the current exhibition and the print studio.  Drivers are still needed so please contact klysne@woodlawnschool.org

 

SILK

In Class:  The Silk Road.  We will begin discussing the significance of the silk road and the characteristics of silk.  We will come up with design ideas for our silk quilt and being creating them.   We will also share our Sites and Sounds of Woodlawn pieces. 

 

Websites: 

http://java.nationalgeographic.com/studentatlas/clickup/silk.html

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/china_dawn/essay_silk.html

 

Sites and Sounds of Woodlawn

 

Week of 9.3.08

In class: We will share our experiences with art over the summer.  Please send photos of your summer art work or bring it to class to share.  We will take our sketchbooks around campus and create a series of drawings that capture the sites of Woodlawn.