Quarter 3 Art Classes!!!!

Quarter 2: Art Class!!!!

Dear Quarter 3 parents: Welcome to the BMS art blog!!!! My name is Mrs. Donovan. This is a spot where I like to try to post fun pics of the art that is being created at BMS by your kiddos!  I am hoping to do some fun and wonderful things with your students. Quarter 1 and 2 were a success and now we are rolling along smoothly. My goal is to push them creatively and help them come up with ways to problem solve. We are going to work with paint, markers, pencil, clay, and much more. Our class meets every day for a quarter during the year so we are going to work fast and furiously. 

This blog is intended to be a space where you can come from time to time to see what is happening in class. Life gets busy and being creative is a fun way to relax and express yourself. On the home page I will put any new updates about our art class that comes up and celebrate some of the student work. I will send emails home periodically to remind you to check out the blog if I need to relay any important information to you. Check out some of the pics below to see what the students have been working on in the past two weeks.

Instagram 
You can follow me on instagram @donovansartroom or click here to view. That seems like the easiest way to share some of the fun stuff that is going on in the art room. I update that very often. 

Email 
My email is jdonovan@bourneps.org and that is the best way to reach me. 

Extra Help
My after school day will be every Tuesday. If anyone feels behind they can stay with me on that day. If that is not a great day, we can try to make another day that will be easy for all. I can't wait to show everyone what these kids do this year!!!

5th Graders have done some awesome work with positive/negative space and line to create some hearts for display outside of the room. They have also brought home snowboarders in celebration of the start of the winter olympics where they practiced drawing and shading with colored pencil. 

6th Graders have worked with watercolor, color theory, patterns, and letterform to create beautiful compositions to allow me to get to know them. 

7th Graders have worked with mixed media and observation drawing to create some awesome mannequin art for the front hall. They are super proud and getting lots of complements. The work was inspired by artist Jim Dine. 

Student Feedback Survey

Please fill out this survey in class before the end of the year.

Click here: Student Feedback Survey

Student Feedback Survey

Please complete the following survey before the last day of class.

Student Feedback Survey 2016

Aesthetics Tips

Check out this article if you are really struggling on your aesthetics project.

10 Tips For Creating Amazing Abstract iPhone Photos

Monochrome

EU: Not all images will look better in Black and White

EQ: What do you look for when shooting in monochrome?

Assignment: To shoot and edit 10 images to post to blog with reflection on monochrome photography

Objective: To shoot using monochrome mode on the DSLR camera

Steps:

1. Read the following blog post: How to master black and white photography
2. Start a blog post titled “Monochrome.”
3. Write a one paragraph summary stating what to look for when shooting black and white photography versus what to avoid.
4. Set a DSLR camera in monochrome mode by
1. putting it into Av, TV, P, or M mode
2. Press Menu
3. Scroll to the right to the second red icon
4. Scroll down to the picture styles option and press set
5. Scroll down to monochrome and press set
5. Take 60+ pictures in monochrome mode of various subject using what you learned from the article on what to look for when shooting. You can use Av, Tv, or P mode (which is similar to auto)
6. Print a contact sheet and pass in for a PD grade
7. Edit 8 using Lightroom or Photoshop to post final images to blog
8. Choose 2 that you haven’t used in the original 8 and blend together somehow using a layer mask or a blend mode. Any blending technique to get the desired result you are looking for is acceptable.
9. Post Blended Black & White to blog with a short reflection on what you did to get the look you wanted.

Aesthetics

Plain vs. Glorified

Go to this website: Click HERE

Scroll down to Unit six: Aesthetics to click through the examples and definitions explaining aesthetics and a plain image vs. a glorified image. 

Assignment: 45 images to a contact sheet of at least 3 different objects! Each Plain and Each Glorified. The plain one should still be a strong image with good composition and lighting.  Choose the best two items with plain vs. glorified set to put on the blog and discuss your rationale of why you think you have photographed the image to best represent it in a glorified manor. 

Plain

Stronger Image (not glorified)

Glorified

Plain (not a good picture of plain should be strong photograph)

Stronger image (not glorified)

Glorified

Macro Photography

mac·ro·pho·tog·ra·phy

ˌmakrōfəˈtäɡrəfē/

noun

noun: macro-photography

1. photography producing photographs of small items larger than life size.

Assignment: To take 30+ images using the olloclips and your smartphone and edit and post 5 to your blog using Lightroom or Photoshop

Objective: To learn and understand another form of Photography and to practice with a new type of photography equipment which works with your smartphone

CS: 30+ Images

Tip*: I am still looking for interesting compositions and strong colors

Categories:

1. Eye (for tips click here)
2. Nature
3. Inanimate object
4. Man made
5. Student Choice

Take a look at some of the work posted in this Olloclip Gallery to help you get inspired 

Student Samples

Bryanna Bjelf

Megan Wesson

Sara Woolard

Jordan Torpey