Drama Summary Explorers and Pathfinders, 1/6/2015

The class periods were taken up with memory refreshment and rehearsal for the performance next week.  I was amazed at how well the students remembered their lines and blocking.  We are looking forward to an entertaining presentation next week.

Art Summary Navigators and Pathfinders, 1/13/2015

Photography: The Basics

Together in class we looked at the basics of good photography from holding the camera, to understanding the different modes for shooting photos.

Projects

Photo Scavenger List: Students had fun taking the cameras they brought in to class to accomplish a list of different photo shots, using the different tips and techniques we talked about.

Art Summary Navigators and Pathfinders, 1/6/2015

Overview

Art of Photography Part 1: The History of the Camera

Starting back as far as the middle ages was the “camera obscura”. In the early 1800's, two Frenchmen took this simple concept and developed the first camera, creating the first photographs. Over the next few decades, the camera was further developed with lenses and film and eventually color! We talked about the importance of light, fun photograph facts, and the amazing concept of how the camera replicas God’s design of the human eye.

Project
Watercolor and Salt: to understand how salts were used in photo processing, we saw the affects of salt with watercolors.

Art Summary Trailblazers and Explorers, 1/13/2015

We continued our creation of a magazine cover for the Saturday Evening Post. Last week we began by making 3 rough drafts and then during the week, they were supposed to make some drawings from real life. We did the final drafts for The "Saturday Evening Post" magazine covers, using colored pencils and crayons. They also experimented with a drawing exercise that required them to draw a person from life using contour lines and not looking at their paper. This exercise helps us to study the subject and concentrate on telling our hand what to draw. It is great for training the brain and hand to work together to draw better.

Art Summary Trailblazers and Explorers, 1/6/2015

We studied Norman Rockwell(1894-1978)

Norman Rockwell has evolved into one of the most beloved artists in American history. His paintings seem capture the very heart of America, especially during and after WWII. Many of his paintings and illustrations depict a time and era where family,hard work, patriotism and goodness were the priorities of the land. 

We are drawing and coloring a cover of a magazine in Norman Rockwell style; that tells a story and might have some family or other familiar scene from the kids lives.

Art Summary Trailblazers and Explorers, 12/2/2014

We briefly discussed the history of Christmas cards and created our own, using paint fingerprints. The children created three different designs for their cards to give to others.

Art Summary Trailblazers and Explorers, 11/18/2014

We looked at artwork by Andrew Wyeth and talked about  landscapes and cool colors.  We used large paper and, using only cool colors, made a landscape drawing. We needed to learn about the horizon line and how to create distance in pictures. We wet the entire paper with sponges, then colored the landscape with colored chalk. This created a unique effect.