Firing Clay Sculptures

Students are finishing up their sculptures! They are being fired in the kiln, and we will glaze later this week. 

For the sculptures, students analyzed a song of their choice, and thought specifically of visuals for the song. They used Elements and Principles of Design such as line, movement, pattern, etc. 

Everyone in the class began with a hollow clay cube, and the cubes were then altered to incorporate the visuals of the chosen song. 

Students have done such a great job critiquing songs and planning their sculptures, and it shows in their products!  Here are some photos of the sculptures before or after firing.

As the sculptures are fired, we are moving onto our value unit. Students will be drawing a self portrait...as an animal. Students have been practicing and planning as we begin the unit, and I will post photos soon! 

Clay sculptures

Students are nearing the end of construction for their clay music sculptures. Here are a few images of 3rd period's sculptures in progress! 

They have all done a great job working independently on this unit, and I am blown away by some of the ideas I am seeing!

Clay Drafts

Students are beginning their clay sculptures this week, and have completed their drafts for building. Take a look at their drawings! I am excited for the sculptures to come to life, these ideas are great!

Perspective Initials Graded

Students have completed their initials using 2 point perspective, and the grades have been posted. Here are a few photos  of some wonderful works!

Students should be very proud of their drawings! It is a challenging project that requires a lot of patience.

Moving on in class, we have begun to focus on the notion of critique. We have discussed visual and musical art. Tomorrow students will choose a song that is meaningful to them, and plan their clay sculpture around it. Keep checking the blog as pictures of progress will soon surface!

Finishing up Perspective

Today is the last day for students to work on their perspective initials in class. They will have the long weekend to finish up the project, and on Tuesday we will move onto our clay project. Take a look at some of the drawings as they get completed!

Perspective Progress

This week students finished up their initials in perspective, and began practicing value for their final copy. The initials are looking great, and will be even more impressive once value is added to them next week!  Here are a few images of the progress:

Students drew out their letters on top of their grids in perspective.

Next, they traced the letters onto a new sheet, clean and ready for value.

Before adding value to their intials, students practiced on this worksheet. They are making value scales that can be referenced later as a tool.

Students are doing a great job with this project- I am looking forward to the products we will see!

Quiz Corrections Assignment

Students have optional quiz corrections due on Friday.  By doing the quiz corrections correctly, students will receive half of their missed points back on their quiz grade.  The requirements are as follows:

On a separate piece of paper:

• Write the question that was marked incorrect.
• Write your original (incorrect) answer
• Write the question with the correct answer 3 times

An example:

• 1.  Two point perspective uses _________ vanishing point(s).
• I wrote one, which was incorrect
• 1.  Two point perspective uses two vanishing point(s).
• 1.  Two point perspective uses two vanishing point(s).
• 1.  Two point perspective uses two vanishing point(s).

The quiz corrections must be written by hand, and turned in on Friday, February 7th.