Weekly Recap {11/21/2012 - Happy Thanksgiving!}

7th grade art classes are wrapping up their celebrity grid paintings in 2D & ceramic coil mugs in 3D. This shortened week put a crunch on time, but everyone did a good job taking on the challenge! I'm impressed at all the hard work and talent these classes displayed.

{I just got the new iPhone 5 and I've been experimenting with the camera. As you can see, the panorama option does a wonderful job at capturing a focused art class!}

{Image of the Week}

Here is a photo of Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and Stella Pollock carving a turkey in 1950!

For everyone that will be traveling, whether it be across the street or across the country. Travel safe, take car, and have a happy Thanksgiving!

A Personal Artwork Post

Sometimes students ask me if what kind of artwork I like to do. Honestly, creating is always fun for me, but I really enjoy portraits... a lot of times I find inspiration in popular culture. Movies, television, internet, etc. Here are some of the things I've created.

Playing Catch Up

This past nine weeks were crazy! Lots of changes in the district and preparing for changes at the state level has put a lot of paper work on my desk and less time to update the blog. So I'm doing a haphazard photo dump. Here are some of the students and projects from the last nine weeks!

 

  {Can you see the resemblance?}

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

DFTBA!

We've got just about one week before we return to school and I've already decided this years' motto will be "DFTBA"!

Bonus points if you know what the initialism stands for!

Anyways, one of my favorite YA authors/internet celebrity posted this video last week about going back to school and raises some very interesting points about school and education.



This year, let's learn to be less stupid together!
P.S. The video is a HUGE clue as to the DFTBA slogan.

Doodling is Good For Me!

I hope your summer has been relaxing and enjoyable! I also hope that you haven't completely neglected your brain or body and have taken on some challenges or creative endeavors. If you haven't, you still have a little bit of time {and might I suggest going up to the Akron Art Museum and checking out the El Anatsui Grace and Gravity exhibit running through October 7.}

Of course, we all want summer to last just a little bit longer, but it is hard to deny that soon we will be getting back in the the routine of school, homework, and studying.

So, before I forget I wanted to share this video with you about the positive impact doodling has on human learning...

Take care and I will see you all next month!