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September 30, 2005
6th grade students are working hard on their ceramic eggs!
Posted by Evans at 07:42 AM
We have started our Pop Art projects and are in the process of firing the African masks. Some masks have already been lost to the heat!!
Posted by Evans at 07:40 AM
8th graders have started their self - portriats using a grid. We are working on realism. Some students are finishing their cartoons and reading portrait reading assignment.
Posted by Evans at 07:36 AM
September 23, 2005
8th graders are creating cartoons to tell a story or make a statement. We have also been working with our portraits in photo shop. Thank you Mr. Quinn for all your help!
Posted by Evans at 07:35 AM
7th grade students finished a reading/writing assignment "The Art of Tsutsumi" and have begun African masks.
Posted by Evans at 07:32 AM
After completing a reading and writing assignment on color, the 6th graders have begun making clay fabrege eggs with a little surprise.
Posted by Evans at 07:29 AM
September 16, 2005
We have begun painting the van!! The next art club meeting is Oct. 5.
Posted by Evans at 08:09 AM
6th grade students are creating a monochromatic cubistic painting, Picasso style.
Posted by Evans at 08:05 AM
7th grade students learned how to make a relief design in copper using their name in hieroglyphs.
Posted by Evans at 08:02 AM
8th grade students are finishing their version of Aboriginal art, the Native American coil pots are slowly coming out of the kiln.
Posted by Evans at 08:00 AM
September 09, 2005
We will have art club this Wednesday, Sept. 14. I hope the van will be here ready to paint!
Posted by Evans at 02:32 PM
The 6th graders are finishing a motif using complementary colors.
Posted by Evans at 02:30 PM
The seventh grade finished their pictures " Finding the Details".
Posted by Evans at 02:28 PM
The 8th graders have finished building their clay pots and will wait for them to dry to fire in the kiln.
Posted by Evans at 02:25 PM
September 02, 2005
The first meeting of the art club went well.We discussed the expectations and projects. We will be changing the meetings to the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month instead of Thurs. we are looking forward to painting the van. Don't forget your permission slips.
Posted by Evans at 07:49 AM
The sixth grade students have begun a unit on color theroy. They painted a rainbow tribe using the colorwheel.
Posted by Evans at 07:45 AM
The 7th grade students learned how important tea bowls and their potters are to a tea ceremony in Japan. Some potters are considered "National Teasures".
Students are creating their own tea bowls.
Posted by Evans at 07:40 AM
The 8th grade students are creating coil pots with Indian red clay. They are using the coil method of clay building.
Skills
Students will complete a functional pot using the coil method of clay building.
Students will understand that pottery is the oldest American art form.
Posted by Evans at 07:30 AM
