I should have probably posted weekly but with 19 classes and almost 600 students I was busy teaching, grading, and trying to learn names. I have a lot of students named sweetie and while I may not know all their names yet, I will learn them. I do however remember all their art. And it is fabulous! The projects are going very smoothly and creatively. Making the switch from 75 minute classes to 45 minute classes was a bit difficult at first but we are getting in the swing of things and even have Barney for clean up. I will start with section 901 and all the projects we have been working on. This is a small self contained class and that allows for one on one time and some creative leeway among the students. We started with a name design project based on Jasper Johns. Useing brushes and roller the students painted the background areas different colors and patterns. Then using stamps the students added the letters of their name. To finish it off we painted more patterns and added glitter. The results are excellent and the work in hanging in the marble hallway for all to see. Next we worked on some small clay projects just to introduce the class to pinch and coil methods. I had one student that is going to be a sculpture, he created a human form. These will be fired in the coming weeks and the students will then glaze them. GRADE 6 students are also working on a name design project inspired by Jasper Johns. The paper was folded into 8 sections and the students began by drawing out their letters using different fonts. They are at the stage now where paint is being added, learning how to control the brush and the paint has been challenging for some. These will hopefully be finished this upcoming week GRADE 7 students are working on a spiral name design project where they are learning about balance and radial symmetry. The have designed their own fonts and have used descriptive words about themselves along with patterns and objects to complete the radial design. The students are using colored pencils to add color. This is a fun project because the design always looks difficult but after learning how to do it the students all agree it is very easy. GRADE 8 students are working on a project inspired by Charles Demuth 'I see the number 5" However no numbers in their, yes you guessed it their names. The students designed 3 different fonts and used those to write their names. The paper was folded into 16 squares. Letters were written large, small and all over the place, not necessarily in order. Objects that describe the student was placed in the boxes and background along with patterns and color. Each class is in various stages of completion and are using many different materials such as colored pencils, markers, oil pastels, and watercolors. The results are turning out to be somewhat of a self portrait but with out the facial image. THURSDAY CLASSES have art once a week for 45 minutes. I decided to do a different curriculum for them. They will have bootcamps in which they will learn new techniques and media and then create a project. Their first bootcamp was on shading techniques and observational drawings. They started by learning contour line and creating several blind contour line drawings of different objects and then their classmates. This was fun because their was no cheating the students used a paper plate to hid their eyes from seeing what their hand was drawing. It was one students comment that led us to the final project in color. After the contour lines they learned how to shade a geometric form usinf blending, hatching, crosshatching, and stippling. Their project they are working on now using color was the original blind contour line drawing of their classate, one student remarked about how it looked like something Picasso would do. SO that is how we are completing them . This has been difficult for the students because they are not used to being told that the project is supposed to look out of order and a bit crazy with color. The results are very different among each student. ART CLUB students have been busy working on poster designs inspired by Bill Graham and some of them will be displayed at the Jewish Museum downtown. We did take a brief break to also work on the photo booth displays for the Fall Festival Last but not least some wonderful students from Northeast High School joined us for a little bit so that they could create a banner to honor a young girl named Philomena. Philomena Stendardo, also known as Phil or Bean, is a 7 year old girl from Port Richmond. She goes to St. Georges school and absolutely loves gym class and soccer. A brain tumor was discovered in her brain stem, and due to the location, is inoperable. She loves the color purple, soccer and her number is 22. This banner was used in the Northeast Varsity Soccer teams last game and will also be used during playoff games. #stormtheheavens
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