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For my next post, I decided to pick a more strange topic, outlet covers. Strange, but amazing. http://www.edirecthardware.com/img/products/425/425-OT111-BU.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1316/5197117/16377930/330806646.jpg http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=264023.0 http://peanutbutterandjenny.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/0/0/00754_4_4.jpg http://www.edirecthardware.com/img/products/425/425-OT156.jpg

I found this news article about a baby wooly mammoth that was found in Siberia so I made a story about her. Here it is:                 I was born 42,000 years ago. It was cold. Of course it was cold, I was in Siberia.   The terrain was hilly and icy and I had trouble walking. My mother was so nice to me and was always helping me out but I was so clumsy. I would trip over my own feet. But still, nothing could stop me from rambling in the snow. I loved it. When my mother called me back to her so I could eat, I would stay away, pretending I couldn’t hear.                   When I was a month, we were passing Yuribey River and I was jumping and playing, having just eaten. My mother told me it was dangerous to play so near to the river muck. She said I could trip and fall into the muck and I wouldn’t be able to escape. I didn’t listen. That was my first big mistake. I went closer to the muck. That was my second mistake. “Come back here! You’re too close. Please, be careful!” My mother was

I don't know much about these cool creations considdering all the sites I've found have just shown pictures but they are cool none the less. see these pictures and more at: http://www.behance.net/gallery/paper-cuts-rolls/241623

What a fun day, and a great way to wrap up before our 2 week break! In ATCs, kids did student-choice cards and then spent quite a bit of time trading at the end of class. In Explorations in Art, we spent some time talking about the qualities of abstract painting and sculpture. We toured the gallery and discussed works by some very famous artists.  Some of the artists featured this week were Marc Chagall, Constantin Brancusi, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso . . .  . . . Paul Klee, Elaine Marie de Kooning, Henri Matisse, and John Marin. Afterward, students created gorgeous abstract mixed media works using watercolor and Sharpee markers. Anyone who had trouble getting their "Abstract Groove" on was encouraged to use their non-dominant hand--always a great way to loosen up! In Ceramics I and II we spent the entire class time applying glaze to our bisque fired works. The goal was to have everything glazed prior to our winter break, but we just didn't have enough time.  We'll

Week of December 6-10: Graphic Design: Students finished Self Portraits using only numbers or letters that represent each student. Students used filters, and layers to produce artwork inspired by Jasper Johns. Students will work in photoshop next week creating landscapes based on Salvador Dali. Students should be bringing home binders next week. Final for 1st hour class: Tuesday Dec. 21. Final for 3rd hour class: Friday Dec. 17 Foundations of Drawing: Students continue working on the 3 sided designs using their flower Drawings. Projects will be due Wednesday December 15. Final for 2nd hour class: Monday Dec. 20. Final for 5th hour class: Friday Dec. 17 Visual Art: Students are working with positive and negative space designs. We will begin using watercolor techniques this week that will be used on the final design. Remember this is a year long class. We will have mid semester final tests. Fijnal for 4th hour class: Monday Dec. 20. Final for 7th hour class: Friday Dec.

For me art is more of a feeling. When I look at art I tend to try to feel what the artist was feeling while doing the work rather than the techniques used. This class has taught me that the techniques are also important. This is my final self portrait done on white paper with willow charcoal. This drawing reflects my thoughts and the struggles between the present and the future with a security of the past. The present is in the foreground being that it has overcome my life. The future is in the background because it is still in the distance for me. The security of the past which is my brother is looking over me and ensuring me that everything will be ok. For my face I used contour lines. The images of other people are more of a gesture style. The tree, grass and snow where created with value and shading. The background on the whole piece has a texture to it that varies is some places. This is my portrait from week one.

We continued our work with mixed media collage in ATCs, ACEOs, and Art in Miniature this past week. Students created colorful backgrounds, and then attached cutouts from magazines to create fun and whimsical mixed media miniatures . . . Best Buy by Rylee, Mixed Media Miniature These were a lot of fun to create, and will be displayed inside student portfolios at the end-of-semester Art Show. Don't miss it!   More mixed media miniatures! We continued our tour through Art History and The Gallery when we viewed and discussed the art (and history!) of Murals. Students learned about the various materials used to create murals, beginning in pre-history and continuing through modern times. Woman Playing the Kithara , c. 40-30 B.C., Roman Mural Following our discussion and gallery tour, young artists set about making a group mural. While we couldn't do "real" murals, which would require applying our creative talents to the walls of our classroom . . . Running Horses from Cave

Ice art is so beautiful and amazing. Not many people would be able to carve a goose in the ice, let alone a clean square. It takes great skill to create this form of art. http://www.santaslettersandgifts.com/northernlightsice-lrg.htm http://www.ice-impressions.com/competition-ice-sculptures.htm http://skew-t.com/?id=5179 http://www.iceartny.com/ http://www.iceartny.com/public.html http://www.iceartny.com/brunch.html for more, go to  http://www.iceartny.com/

To recap what we've been doing the past couple of weeks: The week of Nov. 15th, just before Thanksgiving break, we learned all about Landscapes!  The one featured above is by Asher Durand , an artist of the Hudson River School  (HRS), and is titled Kindred Spirits . This painting paid homage to fellow artist  Thomas Cole , and to the poet  William Cullen Bryant . We talked about how this particular landscape combines elements of the Clove of the Catskills and also Kaaterskill Falls, becoming an "imaginary" landscape built from real locations. Henri Rousseau's Landscape with Cattle We looked at a number of different styles of landscape painting, comparing Durand's, and the HRS's romanticism-inspired works to Rousseau's primitive style . . . The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh (1889) . . . and compared these to the post-impressionism work of Vincent van Gogh. We marveled over the impasto of van Gogh's painting, and his use of curvilinear lines. V iew f

A self portrait is one of the most difficult drawings for me to do. I used pencil on white paper. I did go over my lines a second time so they would show up well. I do notice now on the computer that I have the jaw line uneven. It will be fun to do the final portrait.