Here are some interesting links
Bootcamps – http://www.thoughtsonarting.com/thoughts-on-arting/bootcamps
Say yes to drawing tests – https://artbybarnett.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/say-yes-to-drawing-tests-in-art/
Artist Statement Flowchart
The Art of Education just posted an awesome graphic on helping students write artist statements.
Reflection
Size Paper? 12″x 18″ minimum
Source Imagery? You take a picture of yourself or a family member. You need to use a reflective surface. Glass, mirror, water, etc.
Medium? pencil or colored pencils
Qualities Evaluated On? Do you use the whole page? Do you have lots of detail? Did you use many of the Elements and Principles of Design? Are you focused on your work or often off-task.
Artist Example:
Student Examples: Artsonia Gallery Student Examples
South Stokes High School
Measuring Student Learning
I have begun research to design my own B5 art room pre-test. Here are a few things I have found on my Pinterest board.
Of special note is a cool article, Making SLO’s manageable in the art room. and Using Pre & Post tests to Measure Student Growth all from the ARTofEd
A fun activity (though I hate the pop-up ads) is proprofs 25 question visual art pre-test
Krysta McRae, an art teacher suggested a pre-test include:
- What are the 3 Primary Colors?
- What are the 3 Secondary Colors?
- What are the 6 Tertiary Colors?
- What are the Warm Colors?
- What are the Cool Colors?
- Name the 3 sets of Complementary Colors.
- What is a Still Life?
- What is a Landscape?
- What is a Portrait?
- Draw and label three 2-D Shapes?
- Draw and label three 3-D Shapes
Artist Statement – Satire
“If the great European artists of the past were alive today, what kinds of statements would they need to write to explain and justify their work?”
Hyperallergic – The Artist Statements of Old Masters
Instant Artist Statements http://artybollocks.com/
Artist Report
I love how this student did an artist report in their sketchbook.
http://artroom104.blogspot.com/2015/01/studio-art-painting-unit-watercolor.html
Here are some of my student’s examples:
TAB Blog Posts
I need help in transitioning my room to one that Teaches For Artistic Behaviors. Here are some good blogs & blog posts about TAB I need to read.
- Day to Day in my TAB Classroom by: Mrs. Barnett
- TAB Category posts by Mrs. B
- Supporting Choice in High School by:Mrs. M Purtee
- Transition to a choice based classroom by: Colleen Rose
- What comes before creativity by: Colleen Rose
- Art Ed Vision – Art of Apex
- Choice Posts – Art of Apex
- TAB Website – Resource Page
Prom Songs
Here are the songs from the 2012 prom:
Main Song: Summer Nights- Rascal Flatts
What winners are going to dance to: She’s My Kind of Rain- Tim McGraw
- Rack City (clean)-Tyga
- The Motto- Drake (clean)
- Dance- Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj
- Cashin Out- Cash out (clean)
- UP – Love Rance (clean)
- Birthday Cake- Rihanna (clean)
- Blackout- breathe Carolina
- Glad you came- the wanted
- Starships- Nicki Minaj
- Fishin’ in the dark- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Wobble- VIC
- Booty Work- T-Pain (clean)
- WOP- J Dash (clean)
- Ayy Ladies- Tyga ft. Travis Porter (clean)
- Super Bass- Nicki Minaj (clean)
- All the lights- Kanya West
- God Gave me you- Blake Shelton
- Angel eyes- Love and Theft
- Dynamite- Taio Cruz
- Club Can’t Handle me- Flo Rida
- Take Care- Drake and Rihanna
- The whistle song-Juelz Santana
- TGIF- Katy Perry
- International Love- Chris Brown and Pitbull
- Wild Ones- Flo Rida ft. Sia
- Summer love- Justin Timberlake
- On the Floor- Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull
- Just Dance- Lady Gaga
- Ridin Solo- Jason Derulo
- I like it- Enrique Iglesias
We need to figure out the 2015 prom songs!!
Valentine’s Notan
I was inspired by Matt Mazur’s lesson Notan From Dark to Light published in the January 2014 issue of Arts and Activities Magazine.
“The Japanese concept of Notan involves a play between dark and light. Some of the Robert Motherwell’s paintings and Japanese characters are good examples of light and dark contrast that connect well to the concept.”
“Paper cutting is a valued form of Japanese folk art – many Notan pieces are collaged, not painted.”
It is important to note that this project deals with Positive and Negative space, Organic and Geometric Shapes and Figure Ground Relationships.
Additional Resources:
Stained Glass Starter Kit
I am working on developing a stained glass unit with my advanced art students. I plan to ask the artist Betti L. to come do a demonstration and be a visiting artist for a period in my classroom.
You will need glass scorers, running pliers, glass grinders, grossing pliers, copper foil or lead cane (I recommend the copper foil) soldering irons and 60/40 solder. Also safety glasses, stained glass, and lots of band-aids.
The beginner kit for $229. on Delphi Glass includes:
- Gryphon Gryphette Grinder
- Studio 100-watt soldering iron with built in temperature control
- 8 piece Kokomo French Cobblestone glass pack about 8″ x 8″ ea.
- 3″ Round bevel
- Supercutter dry wheel glass cutter
- Delphi Stained Glass Made Easy DVD
- Breaker/grozer pliers
- Running pliers
- 60/40 Solder
- Copper foil
- Flux pen
- Marking pen
- Safety glasses