In art class it is perfectly normal for students to work at different paces. Some students finish up earlier than others and some students take more time. Please allow for some flexibility on dates, as I am flexible with my students and try to meet their individual needs. Generally speaking, students have a 2-3 day rolling deadline to finish up projects. Sometimes after introducing a new project I will still have students finishing up the previous one. This is normal.
Lessons are subject to change if I feel a change is in the best interest of the class.
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Lessons are subject to change if I feel a change is in the best interest of the class.
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Week 18 - Wrap up and Video Tutorial
May 30 - June 2
Learning Goal:
Students will be able to demonstrate their learning through out the year by creating a intro ceramics tutorial.
Please see the instructions and rubric provided below.
May 30 - June 2
Learning Goal:
Students will be able to demonstrate their learning through out the year by creating a intro ceramics tutorial.
Please see the instructions and rubric provided below.
Week 17 - Glaze and Paint Mask/Figure
May 22-26
Standards:
Standard 1: 1,2,3,4
Standard 2: 1,2,4,5
Standard 3: 1,4,5
Learning Goal:
Students will be able to apply skills learned all year long in glazing and painting to achieve desired results on their final two projects of the school year.
Tasks:
Senior students are done with wet clay for the year. They will finish work as it comes out of the kiln.
Non-seniors are able to work on wet clay until this friday.
Anyone who finishes up early will be given end of year clean up tasks.
May 22-26
Standards:
Standard 1: 1,2,3,4
Standard 2: 1,2,4,5
Standard 3: 1,4,5
Learning Goal:
Students will be able to apply skills learned all year long in glazing and painting to achieve desired results on their final two projects of the school year.
Tasks:
Senior students are done with wet clay for the year. They will finish work as it comes out of the kiln.
Non-seniors are able to work on wet clay until this friday.
Anyone who finishes up early will be given end of year clean up tasks.
Week 14 & 15 - Wrap up and Begin Masks/Figures
May 8-12 May 15-19 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: 1. Students will be able to create a mask that reflects the influence of a culture of choice. 2. Students will be able to sculpt a human form, either abstracted or realistic. Brainstorming: - Use of the Internet for ideas. - Power Point of examples - Past student examples Teacher Demonstrations: Each student will be creating their own individual artwork, so instruction will have to be personalized. -Demo on how to make abstracted and more detailed faces. Power Point for Masks
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Week 13 - Finish Sgraffito/Begin Free Choice or Wall Vase
May 1-5 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4 Standard 3: 4 Standard 4: 1 Learning Goal: To Using Mothers Day as the theme, students will design and create a wall vase that exhibits good clay techniques, shows evidence of Principles of Design/Elements of Art, such as line and texture. Brainstorming: 1. - For the wall pockets, students will find images on their Chromebooks to get inspiration for the wall pockets. These images should not be replicated as their project, but used as inspiration for their own ideas. 2. - Physical examples of the project will also be provided for inspiration. Teacher Demonstration (For Wall Vase): Many of the skills needed to make this project have been learned though out the year. However, there will be a demonstration on how to use newspaper to create the pocket for this artwork. The teacher will also demonstrate how to add on decorative elements, curl the slabs. |
Power Point for Mothers Day Planters |
Week 11 & 12 - Sgraffito
April 24-28 April 17 - 21 (Half day Tuesday due to testing) Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4,5 Standard 3: 4,5 Learning Goal: Students will be able to use the Sgraffito technique as applied to pottery Students will be able to create a pot using prior knowledge of either the coil or slab technique. Brainstorming: Students will see a Power Point and watch a video on how to create Sgraffito pottery. Students will need to create 2 thumbnail sketches to come up with an idea prior to making the clay work. Teacher Demonstrations: - On how to begin the drawing and work with positive/negative space - How to create the slab vase - How to transfer drawing to clay Steps: 1. Start with brainstorming ideas 2. Draw out image well on the paper provided, as this final image will be traced onto the clay. 3. Create a base for your vase or mug and roll out a slab to wrap around it. 4. Create a handle for mug and shape (put on later) 5. Paint the leather hard clay with an underglaze color of choice. 6. Transfer drawing to the clay. 7. Start carving away the drawing. Leave a good balance between the positive and negative space. |
Week 9 & 10 - Wrap up Boxes & Monsters and Complete Digital Projects
April 10-13 (SAT/MME Tuesday, Half day Wed, No school Friday) March 27-31 (Week before Spring Break) Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4,6 Standard 3: 1,2,4 Standard 4: 1,2 Learning Goal: 1. Students will be able to paint or glaze a ceramic box that illustrates the design motifs of a chosen culture 2. Students will be able to create and paint a sculpture drawn by a first grade student using prior knowledge of clay construction. 3. Students will be able to show their understanding of key design concepts from another culture through the creation of a digital poster. Brainstorming: Power Point from previous years student examples Visual example of the poster project |
Week 8 - Glaze/Paint 1st Grade Monsters and Boxes & Digital Posters
March 20-24 (Chicago field trip Wed-Sat)
Standards:
Standard 1: 1,2,3
Standard 2: 1,2,3,4,6
Learning Goal:
1. Students will glaze their clay boxes with specific skill and care so that their personal intentions are carried out in their artwork.
2. Students will paint their 1st grade monsters to match the intention of the 1st grade student.
Brainstorming:
1. Students should rely on their own skill, prior knowledge and imagination to make choices for glaze on their boxes.
2. Boxes must reflect the design of a particular culture of choice.
3. Students should reference the work of the young artist for their sculptures. They may have to make artistic choices and change colors to suit the sculpture.
Week 6 & 7 - Finish Boxes and Start 1st Grade Monsters
March 6- 10 (No School/Power Thurs/Fri) March 13-17 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,2,4 Standard 4: 3 Learning Goal: 1. Students will use problem solving skills to render a 2D drawing from a 1st grade student and turn it into a 3D sculpture. 2. Students will use prior knowledge to use choice of hand building skills to create their sculptures 3. Students will be introduced to working with terracotta clay. Teacher Demonstrations: Most demo's will be one on one with the students. Teacher will explain the pros/cons of doing pinch pot forms vs additive sculpture techniques. Brainstorming: The drawings from the 1st grade students at Indian Hills is the primary inspiration for their work. Students are to replicate in detail the "blueprint" provided by the 1st grader. All idiosyncrasies should be included in the artwork, including the same colors. |
Week 5 - Cultural Themed Boxes
February 27-March 3 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: Students will use prior knowledge of slab construction to create a slab box that is decorated with the designs of a culture of choice. Students will learn to add add footing and lids with a lip to hold in place. Requirements: Must have a foot Must have an advanced lid. Must not be bigger than 4" tall or longer than 6" Brainstorming: Power Point on different box shapes and designs, as well as cultural influences Books with cultural design Chromebooks Teacher Demonstrations: Review how to make a template for a box (as we did with our clay houses) Review need to wait until slabs are harder to attach together Demo how to make and attach different kinds of footing Demo how to cut and make different kids of lids. |
Week 4 - Glaze/Paint Tiles and Animals
Feb 21-24 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,2,4 Learning Goal: 1. Students will create a realistic (non-cartoon) animal sculpture focusing on forming muscle tone and texture. 2. Students will paint or glaze their Relief Tiles using color mixing and value or proper glazing techniques. Brainstorming: When sculpting the animals, students should have the image of their animal out in front of them at all times. When painting/glazing it would benefit most students to have an image of a tile they like saved to their Chromebooks so they can use it as a reference. Teacher Demonstrations: Review on how to mix color and blend with value Using Polyurethane to add shiny coat to finished work. |
Week 2 & 3 - Finish up Tiles and Begin Animal Sculpture
Feb 6-10 Feb 13-17 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,2,4 Learning Goal: Students will create a non-cartoon animal sculpture focusing on forming muscle tone and using proper clay hand-building techniques. Brainstorming: Power Point on the different kinds of sculptures they should be looking for. Students will use their Chromebooks to search for images of animal sculptures. Students should find and save or "pin" a front, side and back view of the animal they wish to create. Images of "sculptures of animal" rather than "photos of actual animals" help the student more. Teacher Demonstrations: - Teacher demonstration on how to begin the basic structure - Demonstration on how to add muscle tone for a more realistic representation of their animal. Steps: 1. Find an animal and get approval from Mrs Joe 2. Wedge clay to get rid of air bubbles. 3. Start basic body shape and keep in mind MUSCLE/BONE STRUCTURE 4. Work on shape, make sure snouts are 3-D, don't draw on facial features, make them with clay. 5. Add texture where appropriate |
Week 1 - Relief Tiles
Jan 30 - Feb 3 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4 Learning Goal Students will design and create a relief tile that successfully shows an understanding of composition and space, texture and dimension. Tile should have a foreground, middleground and background. Brainstorming: Examples of past student work Power Point on various approaches to the project. Use Chromebooks for ideas. Draw a sketch of tile before beginning. Teacher Demonstrations: Basic group demonstration on how to begin by adding layers to tile as well as carving away areas. - Stress rounding off cut edges so that the tile doesn't look like it has cookie-cuter images on it, but rounded off images. - More detailed painting demonstrations will come after projects are fired. |
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SEMESTER TWO
Week 17 - Finalizing our Etsy Project
January 16-20 Learning Goal: Students will be able to use knowledge of clay and design to create a sellable product. Students will learn the basics in starting a small craft business, and how to market and price their work, by creating their own Etsy style shop. Student Activities: 1. Complete all wet clay work 2. Complete the Etsy Packet 3. Calculate the cost of your merchandise (See the Etsy Packet) 4. Glaze your work 5. Complete your 'Virtual Storefront' (See Etsy Packet) 6. Photography your work 'Professionally' 7. Include photos in your storefront 8. Turn in your storefront via a link on my webpage |
Week 15 & 16 - Developing a "Etsy-style" Shop
January 4-6 -AND- January 9-13 Standards: Learning Goal: Students will be able to use knowledge of clay and design to create a sellable product. Students will learn the basics in starting a small craft business, and how to market and price their work, by creating their own Etsy style shop. Brainstorming: Students will spend some time on Etsy.com looking up different ceramic shops to get ideas on products and presentation and pricing. Worksheets to brainstorm about product pricing and describing the product and finding your audience Activity: Students will work in groups of two to create a business and develop a name. Students need to decide what their product will be. Each student in the group needs to make a product for the store Each student needs to fill out the worksheet to determine the best price for their product. Grade Students will receive a grade for their ceramic work, but students will also recieve a seperate grade for their psudo Etsy store. On your website or on a Google Document, students must present a professional "storefront" for their items and list the followoing in a creative fashion: Store Name Product Images (More thand 1 photo) Cost Item Overview Item Details |
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Week 14 - Finish Houses, Holiday/Fun Clay projects, Zentangle
December 12-16 -AND- December 19-22 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goals: 1. tudents will be able to apply the the slab method to construct a 3 dimentional house. 2. Students will be able to use prior knowledge of using coil, slab, texture and additive elements. 3. Students will decorate the house using prior knowledge gained in class 4. Students will create a 2-3 day project using any of the handbuilding techniqes learned in class. May be holiday themed if desired. Brainstorming: Use Pinterest/Google/Etsy to get ideas for a mini project or holiday ornament. Use library to print up traceable images for a flat ornament that you can add texture and design to. Teacher Demo's: No Demo needed for this mini project as students are to use skills already learned in class. This is a fun mini project while we wait for our houses to come out of the kiln. |
Week 12 & 13
November 28 - Dec 2 -AND- Dec 5-9 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: Students will be able to apply the the slab method to construct a 3 dimentional house. Students will be able to use prior knowledge of using coil, slab, texture and additive elements. Students will decorate the house using prior knowledge gained in class Brainstorming: Students will watch Power Point of the various types of houses that can be created using slabs. Teacher Demonstrations: Demo on how to create templates for a more accurate box Demo on how to roll and save and attach the slabs Demo on how to make roof more interesting (Shingles, snow, etc..) Steps: 1. Students will develop an idea for their houses (birdhouse, gingerbread house, christmas house, whimsical house...) 2. Create a template for the house, with a template for the base, front wall, side wall and roof. 3. Roll slabs to cut out template shapes. (1 base, 2 wall for each template) 4. Let slabs harden to near leather hard state before attaching to maintain crisp edges and corners. 5. Attach side wall and front wall to base first and use coil on inside seam to attach well. 6. Repeat for the opposite walls. 7. Add most of roof designs before attaching to house. 8. Begin adding decorations. (Chimneys, windows, shutters, doorways, etc...) |
Week 11 - Sculpt, Paint & Glaze Creatures and Functional Projects
November 14-18
Standards:
Standard 1: 1,2,3
Standard 2: 1,2,3,4,5
Standard 3: 4,5
Learning Goal:
1. Students will be able to paint pinch pot sculptures with care and skill, using knowledge of color theory.
2. Students will be able to glaze Functional Pottery with the new glazes acquired in class.
Daily Tasks:
This week students will focus on a variety of tasks. Some students still are working on their sculpting their functional pottery. Many will need Monday/Tuesday to finish.
Others will be painting their pinch pot sculptures, Which could take 2-4 days depending on creature.
Students who finish painting their sculptures will glaze their functional pottery, which is a 1-2 day assignment.
Week 10 - Finish Creatures, Begin Functional Pottery
November 7 - 11 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4,5 Standard 3: 4,5 Learning Goal: 1. Students will be able to use prior knowledge of hand-building construction to create a functional piece of pottery. 2. Student will be able to demonstrate the ability to creatively apply and 'additive' design and a foot on the bottom. Brainstorming: Power Point of various possible ideas Use Pinterest and Google to get IDEAS. Do not copy but use for inspiration. Teacher Demos: How to make a foot on the bottom of pot.
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Week 8 & 9 - Pinch Pot Creatures
October 24-28 -AND- Oct 31 Nov 4 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,2,4 Standard 4: 3 Learning Goal for Creatures: Students will learn the "pinch pot" method of handbuilding and be able to apply that method of building to create a creature from clay. Students will be able to use prior knowledge of clay and problem solving skills to build more sophisticated works. Brainstorming: Power Point of example work Students will have hand outs placed on tables of creature images for idea development Students will draw or print out their image before beginning Teacher Demonstrations: * Teacher will give a demonstration on how to make pinch pots and combine two pinch pots and put them together to form the body of a creature. * Teacher will also demonstrate how to add extremities and detail characteristics to make the sculpture more advanced. Requirements: Must be made from pinch pots Must be able to stand on it's own Features must be additive not subtractive Must have some form of clothing
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Week 7 - Glaze Tumblers, Plates and Web Portfolio
October 17-21 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,2,4 Standard 4: 3 Learning Goal for Glaze: Students will learn and be able apply a variety of glaze different applications to their ceramic work. (Underglaze, Stencil, standard glaze and stain rubbings) Teacher Demo: Demo on how to apply and rub off glaze to get a weathered look for pottery. Review how to apply glaze to stencil plates
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Week 5 & 6 - Stencil Plates & Stained Texture Tumblers
Oct 3-7 - AND - October 10-14 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4 Learning Goal: 1. Students will learn the "Press Mold" technique for handbuilding 2. Student will learn and be able to create and use stencils for pottery 3. Students will learn how and be able to use texture to embellish clay 4. Students will be able to work with leather hard clay 5. Students will learn and be able to "stain" with a glaze. Task: 1. Students will create a plate using a mold and on the plate they will apply a stencil. (Students may choose to add a quote or words using either an underglaze and paintbrush or by using noodle letters or stamps. 2. Students will make a tumbler that has a rolled on texture. Student may also add 3D elements as well. Teacher Demonstrations Demo on how to roll a slab for a press mold plate Demo on how to create and apply the stencil Demo on how to add textures |
Week 4- Paint Name Tiles and Coil Pots
Sept 26-30 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4,6 Learning Goal: Students will be able to paint a tile showing value and mixing original color. Students will be able to paint coil pot with a color scheme using rub and buff techniques Teacher Demos: Group demo on how to paint with value and fill in small areas Group demo on the proper way to apply rub n buff. Task/Requirements: Painting Tiles: Students will paint tiles showing some form of value from dark to light. Edges of tiles must be painted Craftsmanship is priority (paint all white areas.) Coil Pots: Students will paint their pot using a color scheme of their choice and finish it with a rubbing of rub and buff Zentangles: Students who are finished with their classwork ahead of other studens are working on their Zentangle drawings. This project is a semester long drawing where students used design principles to create an abstract work of art. It reinforced principles learned that apply to all art forms such as: Repetition, Balance, Dominance, Alternation, Contrast and Rhythm.
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Week 3 - Coil Pots
Sept 19-23 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,34 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: Students will be able to create a decorative pot using ancient coil building techniques. Brainstorming: * Power Point on history of clay, cultures who have used coil techniques and examples of modern day coil pots * Draw out sketches for their own pots Teacher Demonstrations: * How to start the base of pot * How to roll coils. * How to properly attach coils * How to add decorative elements and attach them together. Steps: * Begin with sketch drawing * Roll out slab for base * Start rolling coils and build higher * add decoration to pot by adding design elements Click here for Coil Pot Power Point |
Week 2 - Clay Name Tiles
Sept 12-16 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4,6 Learning Target: Students will learn the basic techniques involved in the process of making clay artwork. Students will learn the termonology associated with clay construction. Students will apply this skill and knowledge to make their art tiles. Monday is Demo Day with kids working on: How to wedge, use slip, scratch and score. *Leather hard vs plastic stages of clay. *Discuss what makes clay explode in kiln. *How to store clay overnight. * How to carve once leather hard *Clay tools and their purpose |
Week 1 - Intro to Class & Sketch Name Tiles Sept 6-9 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4 Learning Target: Students will be introduced to the basic design principles while designing a tile with their name on it. Students will learn the steps in developing an idea for clay. Task: Students will design a tile using their name which they will later create out of clay. This first week students will focus on their design skills and learning the basic components to creating a solid design. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL POWER POINT |