Sept.08 09 Welcome back! I look forward to a creative semester! 'Just a reminder that a studio fee of $65.00 is due for this course. Students will, upon payment, receive a black hardcover 8.5 X 11 sketchbook for their sketchbook assignments, but will need to supply their own if any other type is preferred. Names must go prominently on the outside! All work must be affixed inside these for progress checks and evaluations. Sept 09 09 09! Students have their first "Art Matters" sketchbook piece due on the 29th of September. They have begun some process rough work and are thinking around the September sparkword/topic "Solid". We will continue to research and examine ideas, materials and artwork around this topic. Students are asked to bring a shading pencil and an eraser on Monday,as well as an object (not valuable or breakable), for still life drawing. This object should be human-made. Sept.15 09 Students are working on their process work for their sketchbooks. They have a Progress Check Interview in class on Monday the 21st. They are to come to class with all their required rough work as indicated on their evaluation sheet. They are to bring items for still life on Wednesday the 16th for a learning skills check. Sept 17,09 We have been multi-tasking! Today we began our drawing portfolio of various review/diagnostic drawings worth 30 marks (on the purple half sheet rubric). These are preparatory work,(students have brought their objects in to class). The sustained still life object drawing is worth 50 marks. This drawing has not been begun yet and students are thinking about their choice of object. Sketchbooks are after Friday the 18th, to be done at home. Friday we working on sketchbook research on computers. Sept. 22 09 Happy Fall! Students will complete and submit all foundations drawing portfolio work on Wednesday of next week (30th). The last in-class day for this is the Tuesday. We begin the sustained drawing on Thursday, so object choices should be finalized. * Reminder that all artist statements should not exceed one word-processed half page, and that these are due with the finished sketchbook piece on the 28/29th. Sept. 29 09 Progress check for sketchbook work topic "Liquid" is due In-class on October 5th. After this day work must be checked by apointment. Final sketchbook pieces are due on the 30th of October or the 2nd of November. This work is homework. Oct. 01 09 Students are reminded that progress check work for the October sketchbook assignment is due in classs on Oct.05. Topics options have been expanded to inclued "supress excess" and "remembrance" themes. October 02 09 Late breaking news - sketchbook process work has been extended to Tuesday! Oct.13 09 Trip forms are due this Friday. Any entries for the "Supress Excess" theme are due on the 10th of November and must have a word-processed artist statement. We are finished our drawing unit and rubrics/artist statements are due on Wednesday. Studio time is available at lunch. Bookmarks are due at the end of class on Friday. Students will need to do some work on them as homework. Oct. 16 09 Work for Monday in the lab - to be done there. 1. Go on-line to sort your method of transportation home from the trip. Check schedules and prices for TTC, Mississauga Transit and GO. There is a map at the Toronto International Art Fair site. 2. Read the assignment sheet for our Remembrance Day project. Go to the Canadian War Museum site on the handout sheet and look at the exhibition info. 3. Research for images for above assignment, ie., how does a dove look in flight? Make a sketch in your sketchbook as the basis for your assignment. 4. If time permits go to the web site of a post secondary institution that you are interested in researching. 5.You can also look at artist statements on-line if time permits - sites on the board. Oct 21 09 We are multi-tasking as we begin our Remembrance Day pieces and prepare for visiting artist Jane Mothersell. Students should be dressed for all weather over the next weeks, as we may be out of doors. Smocks will be available, but on a limited basis and old clothes are recommended. Some students hae not yet returned field trip permission forms. Oct. 26th We are working with Jane on our landscape paintings. Old clothes are good if you are messy. We are mostly indoors painting now. Students may wish to print their own digital photos of their site or work from images provided in class. We have been to the TIAF and MOCCA and Edward Day and have submitted our observations assignment. Studios open at lunch. Collage pieces are due Nov 06 and may be done at home. There will be limited time in class after next week. Supress Excess pieces are due with all paperwork completed by the 10th and no later. No incomplete submissions will be accepted. October 28 09 We are painting in preparation for a landscape gallery in room 109 next Monday. For this reason, sketchbook assignments are extended until the 13th of November. November 13 09 Sketchbook progress work is due on Nov. 30 09. Final "Gas" sketchbook work is due on Dec. 14 09. Students have had notification that a written assignment will be due on the 4th of December and to plan accordingly. A test on Art History will take place next week on the 20th of November. Dec. 03 09 Students have completed a rough outline of their essay topic and had it progress checked in class. Students have peer edited their essays in class and are "polishing" final versions for the 4th. Progress work for the sketchbook assignment should have been checked by me on Monday. Students have been introduced to a new studio project using non-traditional media. This project is to be completed in class only and is due on the 16th of December. Final finished sketchbook pieces are due on the 14th of Dec. -- please bring word-processed artist statements at his time. Dec. 17 09 Students are working on their wearable accessories projects. They have an in- class extension for two days upon return after the holidays. They could take digital photos of their pieces upon completion, in order to use in a digital portfolio. They have been reminded to organize their notebook over the holidays, in preparation for exams.