Sketchbook covers getting done!

What an incredible pile of work I get to grade!  My 1st years just turned in their major piece: a simply bound sketchbook with cover work done by the individual artists...  They rocked it!

Bookend Objectives...

Objectives:

• 1.  98% off all details must be built.  2% may be added on for visual impact.  Painting on details is not accepted.  100 pts
• Book ends must act as functional book ends.  They must be balanced and support a stack at least 5 books... 50 pts.      
• 3.  You must choose 1 of the 3 themes and create a unique idea for the book ends.  You may look to pop culture to inspire your theme choice.  100 pts.
• In your journal, you must draw a full color idea drawing showing both halves of your book end.  (50 pts. but applied to journal grade)
• Demonstrate advanced level clay building skills which include but not limited too:
• Scoring
• Wedging
• Formation of 3 dimensional details using the correct tools for the job...
• Clay management
• 100 pts.
• You must use a combination of solid painting and dry brush painting technique 50 pts.

My kids aren't stopping....

Here are 2 more examples of original thought... My advanced kids are amazing...

Progress check thursday and friday

1st progress checks for advanced and special projects will happen at end of class thursday and friday.  Form must be complete and details should be started.   80% finished based on drawing.  50 points.

1st years knocking it out the park!

These are details of the work done by some random 1st year sculpture students.  Willow Glen has some serious talent...  I could have included many more...  Seriously, these kids are knocking this project out of the park...

8 Habits of Mind: studio framework

http://www.stab.org/uploaded/page_documents/Art_Print/Studio_Thinking_Framework_8_habits_of_mind.pdf

This a link to a framework that breaks down art education developed by a group of educators at Harvard University...  Cool stuff ...

Summer...

Prepping for the new year...