Today we are working with water colour to make book marks.

Materials you will need today:

• Supplies you must have a partner to share with (find someone)
  • water colour paints
  • two cups water – one for cleaning brush, one for clean water
  • paper towel roll
  • pencil set
  • eraser
  • white glue
  • artist’s tape
  • ruler
  • pipette/dropper
  • cup rice
  • cup salt
• Ind. supplies
  • a wide brush and a medium brush
  • 1 piece of art paper
  • 1 piece of scrap paper
  • 1 piece seran wrap (careful, don’t crumple it)
  • 1 paint well tray (if you wish to dilute and mix)
  • pipette/dropper

Videos of In-Class Demonstration:

Video we are following in Class:

Water colour techniques and bookmarks

PLEASE NOTE: we only did the seran wrap, rice, salt, and feather ones.

Today we are handing in our India Ink Person Collection and doing our first Persona Portfolio Work Day

India Ink Personal Collection:

Hand in your India Ink personal collection. Be sure to attach a rubric (one rubric for the whole collection), filled it out with complete reflection about your thoughts of your work as an artist. Store it in your art folder in your bin for marking and don’t forget to hand it in on Edsby too.

Criteria for consideration:

• More than 2 hours of class time were spent on this so you are expected to have at least 2 hours of work represented
• Collection must include both pen and brush
• Collection must include multiple values
• Collection must include multiple techniques and methods of applying ink

Personal Portfolio Work Day:

You are expected to have posted your proposed them and idea for your first project on the spreadsheet at this link. Be ready to say what your theme is, what project you are working on today, and ask Mr. Ewert for help to access the materials you need. Remember: you portfolio is every Friday and is worth 20% of your overall mark. You will need to use your time effectively.

Today we are getting on Edsby. Grab a computer (check your number) and complete the following:

Edsby work:

• Grb your art folder and check out your assessment rubrics
• Log into Edsby, click on your messages (top left corner) and check all of your messages.
  • reply to any that you wish to
• Go look at your mark in this class (click on the class and find your ave [%])
  • to do this, go to the “my work” tab in top-right corner. There you will see your overall % and each ind. assignment breakdown.
• Click on the Personal Portfolio Brainstorm link (right here) and update what you are planning to work on in your Personal Portfolio tomorrow (you will need to fill that in).

India Ink – Personal Collection: This is the final day to work on your India Ink collection (this is your work time)

Today’s class is 1/2 Response/Reflection #4 and 1/2 is our last class period for working on India Ink

India Ink: Your India Ink collection (about 2-2+ hours of art work) are due on Friday, Sept. 26. Don’t for get the criteria of the assignment:

1) pen and brush, 2) mult. values, 3) mult. techniques/methods of applying ink

Response/Reflection (#4) – the basics of drawing people – starting with stick people.

Materials: scrap paper, pencil set, eraser

We are following the videos below as a primer to learn a few basics, then we are attempting our first human form sketches using our smaller human form sketching models. Your Response/Reflection should show all your attempts of the videos and example sketches from the models in class. Mr. Ewert will also model the practice alongside you and post a picture sample below following instruction in class today.

Today we have three items to ensure are complete:

1. Have you handed in all your work from Friday? (3 assignments were due)
   1. if not, go check into Edsby and get those handed in
2. Response/Reflection #3 – Water Colour: Transfer of Techniques/Methods (20-40 min.)
3. Personal India Ink Projects (remaining time)
   1. Tomorrow (Wed). – we are doing a Response/Reflection (1/2 time), and finishing India Ink Projects (1/2 time)
   2. Thursday – we are doing our first formal instruction on Watercolour painting
   3. Friday – Personal Portfolio – we are going to revisit our Personal Portfolio (most Fridays are for that)
      1. we will finalize our project themes (remember this spreadsheet where we were brainstorming?)
      2. It will be work time on you first project of your Personal Portfolio

Response/Reflection #3 – Experimenting with Watercolour

For this Response/Reflection (#3) we are going to experiment with watercolour and seeing which of the techniques/methods we learned for India Ink will translate to this new medium.

Materials:

• watercolour tray (1 per 2 students where/when possible)
• I cup with water
• I roll paper per table (for drying brushes)
• brushes – grab at least one small and one larger and/or thicker brush
• scrap papers for testing (and one for your final Response/Reflection (see sample below)
  • When you are done please label title and label your Response/Reflection, put on drying rack, into your folder tomorrow
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Today we are working on our India Ink projects. This is a collection of India Ink projects starting with your tree. Then the rest are up to you. You might choose from the videos that Mr. Ewert posted last week, or find some others on your own, or find pics online that you wish to draw from/take inspiration from, or do original artwork that is 100% you. Just remember the criteria that your package must follow.

Criteria you must follow in your personal projects (handing in as a collection):

• The collection of pieces must include both fountain pen and brush
• You must be using multiple values
• You must experiment with multiple methods (like those we did in the value card)
• Remember: it is about your overall effort, creativity, and professional finish of projects

Materials:

Same as before (look at earlier posts on the blog if you have forgotten).

Clean up:

This room needs to be spotless for the next class. Volunteer for jobs, clean up your space, look for ways to help others.

When we are working on this project: Monday and Tuesday (due Friday)

Today we are handing in assignments (X3), brainstorming ideas for our Personal Portfolios, and any having Catch Up time for anything you wish to finish for your hand in assignments.

Handing in Assignments:

Take all assignments, clip together with a paperclip, fill out a rubric for each one (and attach) and store them in your portfolio folder. Then you will need to open Edsby and “submit” them (Mr. Ewert will show you how).

• the assignments to hand in are…
  • Zentangles – take all/any zentangle work you completed
  • Response/Reflections – we have done two of them and they are posted on the blog
    • #1 – zentangle example patterns
    • #2 – faces at many angles
  • India Ink Value Card

Personal Portfolio Brainstorming

Follow this link (get a computer) and share at least 2 ideas on the spreadsheet. 

Today we are going to finish up our trees (yesterday’s post) and then you have today and Monday for looking into personal choice projects using India Ink. You can choose from some of the projects below, or you can go “total freedom” and do additional pieces of your own choice. Explore what you can do and what you are interested in.

Criteria you must follow in your personal projects (handing in as a collection):

• Your pieces must use both fountain pen and brush
• You must be using multiple values
• You must experiment with multiple methods (like those we did in the value card)

Options:

• Any of the previous videos can be done again if you want to try more attempts

Today we are going to finish our assignment (due Friday) from yesterday and then move on to experimenting with painting trees and basic landscapes

India Ink Assignments:

• India ink Value Card
• India Ink experimentation: small collection of experimentation with india ink and water-colour paper

Materials:

• old shirt (to wear so you don’t get ink on your nice clothes)
• 1 small piece of water colour paper
• 1 regular size piece of copy paper (scrap paper for testing on)
• 1 small brush
• 1 fountain pen set (in the white plastic bags)
• 1 dropper
• 1 paint well tray
• one cup of water (1 cup per table is likely good
• one inch stack of paper towel per table
• a few drops of India Ink (Mr. Ewert will come around to help you when you are seated and ready

When you sit down…

you can start by mixing up your values to get at least 5 distinct values

Today we will be trying some of the skills shown in the video below. See the video of Mr. E’s attempt and then the video he was using to learn from as well (below that)