Monday, October 14, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
WELCOME BACK to school everyone!
We are starting the year off with Self-Portraits.
All students were given a syllabus describing the course content along with a list of "Art Room Needs".
We will be painting and would appreciate cheap white paper plates for mixing paint on. Other valuable items used in the art room are small face cloths and window cleaner for wiping tables, and Kleenex, especially for during the winter months. Your donations to the art room are greatly appreciated.
As always, Thank you!
Please take a look at my DDawg Dawson art tutorial videos on you tube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DDawgDawson?feature=watch
I'd love to hear your comments!
- Grade 6 - students are using wax crayons
- Grade 7 - students are using Cray-Pas
- Grade 8 - students are using charcoal
All students were given a syllabus describing the course content along with a list of "Art Room Needs".
We will be painting and would appreciate cheap white paper plates for mixing paint on. Other valuable items used in the art room are small face cloths and window cleaner for wiping tables, and Kleenex, especially for during the winter months. Your donations to the art room are greatly appreciated.
As always, Thank you!
Please take a look at my DDawg Dawson art tutorial videos on you tube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DDawgDawson?feature=watch
I'd love to hear your comments!
Monday, June 10, 2013
MONTH OF JUNE
Our Museum Trip to the MFA was awesome. All in all, the students were amazed at the size of the building and all the maze like galleries within. We saw a good variety of art from various cultures. The French Impressionists galleries were a big hit as well the Samurai special exhibit.
As we wind down the school year we continue to make some interesting art. Grade 7 worked on their own personal Collages using colored tissue paper and magazine images. Grade 6 made Ceramic animals, reptiles and amphibians. Grade 8 created an accordian folded design that shows two images when seen from the left angle and the right angle.
I would like to thank my students for being who they are. Thank you for your respect, friendsip and cooperation throughout the school year. Thank you trying to be the best you could be.
Have a safe and enjoyable Summer and do some art work. Think about going outside and drawing or painting on location. Try to set up your own art studio somewhere at home that you can call your own space for meditation, comtemplation and creativity. Keep up the good work!!
Sincerely,
DDAWG DAWSON
As we wind down the school year we continue to make some interesting art. Grade 7 worked on their own personal Collages using colored tissue paper and magazine images. Grade 6 made Ceramic animals, reptiles and amphibians. Grade 8 created an accordian folded design that shows two images when seen from the left angle and the right angle.
I would like to thank my students for being who they are. Thank you for your respect, friendsip and cooperation throughout the school year. Thank you trying to be the best you could be.
Have a safe and enjoyable Summer and do some art work. Think about going outside and drawing or painting on location. Try to set up your own art studio somewhere at home that you can call your own space for meditation, comtemplation and creativity. Keep up the good work!!
Sincerely,
DDAWG DAWSON
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Month of May
Wednesday MAY 8, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Field Trip for grades 7 & 8 art students.
Special exhibitions to be seen at the MFA- Samurai Warrior Armor and Michelangelo's drawings. I walked through the galleries and photographed some images of what the students would get to see on their field trip and made a video for you to view.
7th and 8th grade students have created metal embossed armor plates by taking aluminum foil and burnishing with a plastic tool. The effects are that of a relief and look quite good.
Grade 6 art students have explored Origami. We made a paper box with a colored paper insert and a painted decorated cover to fit with a wing flapping crane nestled inside.
Being our last ceramic project of the year, I thought I'd have all classes make something out of clay. The 6th graders have ideas ranging from reptiles to amphibians to mammals. Grades 7 and 8 are creating a theme called New Blue and White, which was inspired from the art seen on our MFA field trip. The white bisque fired surface will be decorated with dark blue glaze.
I appreciate you taking the time to read my blog. Thank you.
Special exhibitions to be seen at the MFA- Samurai Warrior Armor and Michelangelo's drawings. I walked through the galleries and photographed some images of what the students would get to see on their field trip and made a video for you to view.
7th and 8th grade students have created metal embossed armor plates by taking aluminum foil and burnishing with a plastic tool. The effects are that of a relief and look quite good.
Grade 6 art students have explored Origami. We made a paper box with a colored paper insert and a painted decorated cover to fit with a wing flapping crane nestled inside.
Being our last ceramic project of the year, I thought I'd have all classes make something out of clay. The 6th graders have ideas ranging from reptiles to amphibians to mammals. Grades 7 and 8 are creating a theme called New Blue and White, which was inspired from the art seen on our MFA field trip. The white bisque fired surface will be decorated with dark blue glaze.
I appreciate you taking the time to read my blog. Thank you.
Monday, April 1, 2013
MFA, Musuem of Fine Arts, Boston field trip!
MFA, Musuem of Fine Arts, Boston field trip for grades 7 & 8 is scheduled for May 8. Please have trip payment in by April 26. Thank you. 3rd quarter ends Friday. Grades close. All classes are now drawing the manikin. We are studying proportions, line weight and shading using various media. The 7th and 8th grades just finished a unit on printmaking. Examples of the work are hanging on the bulletin board outside the cafeteria. The 6th graders recently finished a unit on Egyptian art. The showcase displays clay pots, jewelry and relief wall carvings. Please stop in to see these awesome works.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
February at a glance...
During the month of February the 6th graders have been designing and painting Egyptian folders to go along with Egyptian history unit.. The students had the option of using them to hold their notes, displaying them in their classrooms or taking them home. The color and detail of these paintings were exquisite.
The 6th graders have been for the last several weeks looking at images of Egyptian wall carvings and have observed why some carvings were meant to be inside the tombs and others outside. We studied the difference between sculpture that is considered a 2D bas-relief and works that are three-dimensional by looking at related images. The students created a wall carving from plaster of paris.
students carved and scraped away plaster of paris to reveal a projected surface of their image.
The carvings are mostly painted now and some students have gone on to making Egyptian jewelry. We will be using various media such as clay beads, rolled paper, embossed metal foil and thin wire. The finished works will be handsomely displayed in the showcases outside the cafeteria. A test on this information will be given.
7th graders have had their parrot illustrations displayed and 8th graders finished their copies of Utrillo paintings,which were also displayed. Both classes have gone ahead to study more color theory. We painted swatches of color making up colors that would look light, dark. We painted primaries, secondaries, intermediates, and neutrals. After that students took a print of their choice to copy for a painting. The subject ranged from landscape, to animals and flowers.The object of painting the swatches of color was to help realize that a painting involves all of their swatches. A test on color theory will be given. Our next topic will be printmaking and the techniques involved.
The 6th graders have been for the last several weeks looking at images of Egyptian wall carvings and have observed why some carvings were meant to be inside the tombs and others outside. We studied the difference between sculpture that is considered a 2D bas-relief and works that are three-dimensional by looking at related images. The students created a wall carving from plaster of paris.
students carved and scraped away plaster of paris to reveal a projected surface of their image.
The carvings are mostly painted now and some students have gone on to making Egyptian jewelry. We will be using various media such as clay beads, rolled paper, embossed metal foil and thin wire. The finished works will be handsomely displayed in the showcases outside the cafeteria. A test on this information will be given.
7th graders have had their parrot illustrations displayed and 8th graders finished their copies of Utrillo paintings,which were also displayed. Both classes have gone ahead to study more color theory. We painted swatches of color making up colors that would look light, dark. We painted primaries, secondaries, intermediates, and neutrals. After that students took a print of their choice to copy for a painting. The subject ranged from landscape, to animals and flowers.The object of painting the swatches of color was to help realize that a painting involves all of their swatches. A test on color theory will be given. Our next topic will be printmaking and the techniques involved.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Welcome 6th Graders!
How nice it is to have two new 6th grade classes for the 2nd semester that are equally polite and respectful as my first group. It makes teaching quite enjoyable. Thanks parents!! We have started a string art lesson. Ask your son or daughter about it.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Goodbye 6th graders
Grades close as the 1st semester ends Friday. Goodbye 6th graders. Thanks for doing your best and for making teaching for me enjoyable. I will miss you as you head up stairs to Tech Ed. Good Luck and have fun making some cool things. I'll see you around. Feel free to come in and visit me and KEEP DRAWING.
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We are now beginning a drawing unit on various drawing techniques covering Contour drawing, Blind drawing and drawing Combined shapes to create the object. We are also learning to measure by holding a pencil just the way real artists do. Measuring has everything to do with fractions. It's a good way to keep math going strong.
Be prepared for some more of my educational art videos. Keep in mind, this is new for me so you might be in for a good laugh. I'll keep you posted.
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