REMINDER!!!!!

Scholastic Art and Writing awards are around the corner- 

Apply online at http://www.artandwriting.org/

Register under Ms. DeFeo 

digital submission photos can be uploaded during class.  

 

Selfie Portrait Progress

We have been so busy buzzing away at our "Selfie" Portraits I have not had a chance to post! Here is some of the progress...


Rubric posted:

 

 

Chec

What have we been up to?

The last 2 weeks we have been busy learning new procedures and rules for the Art classroom as well as diving into a few creative challenges.

Day 1: we created 3d name tags so we could all get to know each others names. Check them out!:

Day 2: Students were given a visual poetry project. The idea was to read a poem and try and create a visual in their head from reading the poem, then translate that onto paper! This is definitely a way to use problem solving and figure out how to represent what you are envisioning. (One of the hardest things for an artist to do) I would say the kids did a great job. Here are a few examples:

              Oh Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman

                  RICHARD CORY : EDWIN ROBINSON

 

DREAMS: LANGSTON HUGHES 

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.  

 

 

 

Took my Dog: Emily Dickenson

 

Welcome back!

 

Parents: Open House is September the 9th at 5:30 

Hope to see you there!

DOODLE 4 GOOGLE

Google presents: Doodle 4 Google contest!!

Participation is easy!

This year we’re asking K-12 students to create their doodles based on the theme “If I Could Invent One Thing to Make the World a Better Place...
This year the competition will be a class project and grade! The application form that needs to be signed will be going home with students today!  In class students will doodle their version of the Google logo based off this year's theme and turn it in. I will submit the entire class' entries into google. Parent permission is required to submit the work to Google. Please fill out the permission slip and return it before the submissions are sent out: MARCH 14th (day before spring break!)

Visit: Doodle 4 Google for more information!

Judging Criteria

Doodles will be judged based on the following three categories:

• Artistic Merit: based on grade group and artistic skill.
• Creativity: based on the representation of the theme and use of the Google logo.
• Theme Communication: How clearly the competition theme is expressed in both the artwork and the written statement. 

AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!!!
 Prizes 

One (1) National Winner

The National Winner will have his or her doodle featured on the U.S. Google.com homepage. He or she will be awarded a $30,000 college scholarship to be used at a school of his or her choice, a trip to the Google Headquarters in California for the final awards ceremony on May 21st, 2014, a Google Chromebook computer, an Android tablet, and a t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it. We’ll also award the winner’s full-time school with a $50,000 Google for Education grant towards the establishment/improvement of a computer lab or technology program with Chromebooks for Education and/or tablets with Google Play for Education
Four (4) National Finalists
Each of the other four National Finalists will win a $5,000 college scholarship to be used at the school of their choice, a trip to the Google Headquarters in California for the final awards ceremony on May 21st, 2014, an Android tablet, and a t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it.
Fifty (50) State Winners
Each of the other 50 State Winners will win a trip to the Google Headquarters in California for the final awards ceremony on May 21st, 2014, an Android tablet, and a t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it.
Two Hundred and Fifty (250) State Finalists
Each of the other State Finalists will receive an official winner’s certificate and their Doodles will be featured on the Doodle 4 Google website.

Monoprinting Highlights

Monoprinting has come to a close! What a great success!! We have several students who will be submitting their prints into the Duval County Middle School Art Show! Here are a few highlights from the project, the students really loved to monoprint! 

SHOWCASE PRINTS!!

So far these are some of my favorite prints from the first day of printing.. This is impressive work!

Maintain Your A!!!

All students will be given a mini progress report this week! This will give them an opportunity to see what missing grades they have or what they could re-do to improve their grades. Take advantage of the opportunity and the time I give you in class to work on these assignments! Good luck and HAPPY PRINTING!!!

Lets Get Prinitng!

Today we begin printing in the lab! We watched the next YOU TUBE video on MONOPRINTING WITH A PRESS

 Watch it here: Monopriting with a press

We have learned how to:

• Roll ink out
• Ink up background plate
• Ink up Stencils 
• Run plate through the press  

Check it out!!!!!

 

Sensational Stencils

We have finally started out stencil cutting! Students are following the steps from my you-tube video Monopriting: creating a stencil.

Step 1:Tape down the image and tape down the velum on top of the image.

Step 2: Trace the outside (contour) of the image on the dull side of the velum

Step 3: Remove tape and image from under the velum

Step 4: Cut out image with an x-acto knife leaving a positive and a negative stencil

Students need 5-7 stencils cut out for PRINTING DAY!

Materials:
Pencil
Scissors
X-acto
Printed Images
Velum (Stencil Paper)

Monopritning Begins!!

Students are ready to start bringing in all of their creative imagery for the monopriting project!

HOMEWORK this week was to collect 3-5 images based on the THEME that they picked for the project. images printed must make for a good SILHOUETTE image. Below in the video that I created showing the steps to create a stencil for the project. This video shows from searching the internet for images to tracing and cutting out the stencil. 

STEP 1: Creating a Stencil

Watch this video I made !!!!

Monoprinting: creating a stencil

Step 2: Coming soon!

Welcome Back Everyone!!

I hope that everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing winter break. The printmaking lab is ready to take off on a new exciting printmaking project! Monoprints!!!!! Below is the power point presentation that I will be showing in class during the lesson in addition to live and video demonstration! I will post new videos and pictures of the process!!!

HOMEWORK to COME!!!!

 I will be asking students to research imagery for the project at home. This can be done on the computer or in magazines and books!

Stay on track and keep up the hard work!