Art 1 Homework, Assigned May 27th, due June 2nd

Students will reflect on what they have learned throughout their Art course, and write three to five paragraphs defending one of the two following statements:

Art is a worthwhile investment of school money and resources, and should be taught in schools.

OR

Art is not a worthwhile investment of school money and resources, and should not be taught in schools.

Written argument should be checked for spelling and grammar, and can be hand written or emailed to marajohnson@philsd.org by 2:34 pm Monday June 2nd.

Art 1 Homework, Assigned May 21, due Tuesday May 27

Students will complete a design for an interior space, please use one or two point perspective, a color scheme of choice, and draw a piece of art into the scene.

Color scheme must be identified on back of page, and artwork drawn into space can be one or two dimensional.

Art 1 Homework, Assigned May 5th, due May 9th

Students will create 8 drawings:

• three quality value studies of objects of their choice showing highlight, middle value, shadows, and cast shadows
• five blind contour drawings of objects of their choice

Work MUST be without wrinkles rips or folds, and completed on blank paper to be accepted.

Value Study

Blind Contour

Art 1 Homework, Assigned April 26th, due May 2nd

Students should complete three value studies or color studies of objects that remind them of spring. 

Art 1 Homework, assigned April 21st, due April 25th

Students complete a value study of their own face, using a mirror as reference.  Scaling and proportion will be taught in class.  Here is an example. 

Art 2/3 Homework, Assigned March 17th, due throughout week

Students will be required to gather source imagery for their social comment piece, considering expressive content, composition, color, and line quality.  Images will be used as visual aides for their expressive painting.

Students will bring in photograph of person for gridded portrait painting by Monday March 24th.

Art 1 Homework, Assigned March 17th, due March 31st

Students will design a pattern or image on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper (or larger) in ball point pen and must utilize the entire contents of the ink pen before it is "complete".

Art 2/3 Homework, Assigned March 10th, due March 14th

Students are to identify a quality photo of their choice to paint in an upcoming lesson.  Photos must be brought in by Monday March 24th.

Students are to complete five drawings in their sketchbook of objects from their home using blind contour technique.

Art 1 Homework, Assigned March 10th, due March 14th

Assigned March 10th, due March 14th

• A landscape in color showing depth using the aerial perspective techniques learned in class, must be on blank paper, in sketchbook.  

* Students' first benchmark will be given Wednesday, March 12th, review will take place Monday and Tuesday of that week.  

* Permission slips are available for trip to Academy of Natural Sciences March 28th and Philadelphia Museum of Art April 2nd.  

Art 1 Homework, Assigned 3/4, due 3/7

Assigned March 3rd, due March 7^th

• One drawing of a room or hallway in your home, must accurately show two walls and either floor or ceiling.  Use one point perspective techniques learned in class.

Art 2/3 Homework, Assigned Feb 24th, due Feb 28th

Students will brainstorm and create a list of at least ten issues that exist in today's society.

Students will brainstorm what images could be associated with or reflect each issue.

Students will complete two drawings of their choice in their sketchbook.  Must use color.

Art 1 Homework, Assigned Feb 24th, Due Feb 28th

Assigned on Oct 7^th, due Oct 11^th

• A still life, assembled at home, at least three objects, drawn and shaded fully.  Objects should overlap slightly for good composition. 

Art 2/3 Homework

Complete three drawings of your choice in your sketchbook.  Drawings should represent a thorough understanding of tonal variations and contrasting values represented in class.  Pencil, pen, and charcoal are all acceptable (charcoal must be sprayed before submission).  Students may use traditional shading, cross hatching, or stippling.

Art 1 Homework, Assigned 2/18 due 2/21

* For students to receive full credit, drawings must be completed in sketchbook. 

• Perspective vocabulary sheet, under “pages” on blog.
• Make a “perspective study”, examples below, must have at least five shapes.*  Teacher will demonstrate in class.

 

 

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Art 2/3 Homework, assigned Feb 11th, due Feb 14th

Reflect on the works of Andres Serrano and Damien Hirst.  Write a one page summary of whether or not Art should push boundaries, and challenge issues like religion, cultural norms, or death.  How can this hurt society, or be detrimental?  What benefit may this serve?  How far is an artist allowed to push these boundaries?

At least 5 paragraphs, typed or hand written, must be legible.  Can be emailed to marajohnson@philasd.org by 2:30 pm Friday.

Art 1 Homework assigned Feb 11th, due Feb 14th

Assigned Feb 11th, due Feb 14th

Students will complete three value studies in their sketchbook, objects of their choice from home, drawn and FULLY shaded in.   Must show cast shadows.

Welcome Spring Semester

Dear Students and Families,

It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to my Art class!

We have many projects lined up, and I hope you enjoy each one.  I will be going over my introduction sheet, course syllabus, and class procedures on the first day of school, but you can also find links to these under "pages", along the right hand side of this blog.

Please check this site regularly for updates, homework assignments, and links to class material.  Also feel free to contact me at any time, marajohnson@philasd.org, and 215-276-5253 ext 2342.

Thank you,
Mrs. Johnson

Homework Assigned Jan 21st, due Jan 24th

Students will complete three drawings in color of objects of their choice.  Colored pencils are preferable but markers, chalk pastels, or oil pastels are all acceptable.

Again, only unwrinkled, unlined paper will be graded.

****Snow day update: work due Jan 27th.

Homework Assigned Jan 13th, due Jan 17th

Students will create 10 drawings:

• two quality value studies of objects of their choice showing highlight, middle value, shadows, and cast shadows
• three blind contour drawings of objects of their choice
• five full figure gesture drawings of figure in various poses - try to not spend more than 30 seconds on each gesture drawing

Work MUST be without wrinkles rips or folds, and completed on blank paper to be accepted.  

Artist Research Paper

Finished papers are due 1/10/2014 by 3pm.  Can be submitted in paper form, or emailed to marajohnson@philasd.org.

Please see "paper requirements" under "pages" for specifics, and "citation error sheet" for citation format.