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Week 17- Hard to believe it but… we have about 6 studio periods together – and a lot of work to still do!

Respect for Others: I can identify examples of discrimination based on perceived differences.

Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: Printmaking

Link to lesson plans HERE!

  • Know about different techniques and processes in PRINTMAKING
  • Know about personal connections in the art
  • Know about Artists and Art History

We are doing a lot of different printing. As 6th graders, it is a bit simpler than how others make prints… Mary Cassatt was a phenomenal print maker and the one American in the French Impressionist movement.

SO MUCH ART HISTORY!

7th Grade: Inspirational Posters and Photoshop!

Link to lesson plans HERE!

  • Know about process and art making
  • Know about use of technology and the computer and the camera
  • Know about Photoshop and Inspirational Posters and Text

Posters and Photoshop! Spot Color as well… this is SPOT COLOR

8th Grade 2D Design: Still Life in Pencil – From 21st Century Technology to the 18th Century Technology

  • Know about OBSERVATION in Drawing
  • Know about using LAYERS with SHADING
  • Know about setting up a STILL LIFE
  • Know about using PHOTOGRAPHY and Strong LIGHTING
  • Know about how art history influences what contemporary artists
  • Reflect on personal ideas and resolve the challenges you have faced.
  • Know about and work through the ideas of making drawings through observation as well as the techniques that are involved.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: Glazing and Firing and Photography and Assessing and Displaying – A lot to do!

    Link to lesson plans HERE!

    • Know about the use of GLAZE
    • Techniques and Process
    • Rationale for techniques and process

    I hope all is going well as you are ending your school year! Keep positive and Keep Working! 6 more studio days with most of my awesome artists… how about you?

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    Week 16 – Our time is running out. What can we get a lot done but we need to keep up a positive set of STUDIO HABITS

    This was a DAY WITH GLASSES and a strong time in my painting years… COVID and QUARANTINE too. I LOVE the Studio Habits as an artist and work to instill them in to the hands of the kiddo’s I work with. What are YOUR studio Habits?

    LINK THE TO THE 8 STUDIO HABITS is HERE and as a PDF from the originators HERE

    Respect for Others: I can identify examples of discrimination based on perceived differences.

    Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

    6th Grade: GLAZING and Printmaking

    Link to lesson plans HERE!

    • Know about ALL the different techniques and processes
    • Know about personal connections in the art
    • Know about GLAZING
    • Know about Artists and Art History

    7th Grade: PHOTOGRAPHY and Identity

    Link to lesson plans HERE!

    • Know about process and art making
    • Know about use of technology and the computer and the camera
    • Know about Portraits, Landscape and Architecture, Foodie Photography
    • Know about Photoshop and Inspirational Posters and Text

    Posters and Photoshop! Spot Color as well… this is NOT SPOT COLOR

    8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.

    • Know about TIMELINE and LAYERS in Adobe Photoshop
    • Know about proper SAVING LOCATION on MAC’s in Computer Lab
    • Know about BRUSHES in Adobe Photoshop
    • Know about Frames / Second (FPS) in animation

    Link to lesson plans HERE!

    8th Grade Sculpture: Glazing

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      • Know about the use of GLAZE
      • Techniques and Process
      • Rationale for techniques and process

      I hope all is going well as you are ending your school year! Keep positive and Keep Working!

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      Week 15 – Can you believe we have FEWER than 12 days together? We have WORK TO GET DONE and we NEED to work – USE YOUR BEST STUDIO HABITS to get the work done!

      This was a DAY WITH GLASSES and a strong time in my painting years… COVID and QUARANTINE too. I LOVE the Studio Habits as an artist and work to instill them in to the hands of the kiddo’s I work with. What are YOUR studio Habits?

      LINK THE TO THE 8 STUDIO HABITS is HERE and as a PDF from the originators HERE

      Respect for Others: I can identify examples of discrimination based on perceived differences.

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: Printmaking

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      7th Grade: PHOTOGRAPHY and Identity

      Ted Orland – Half Car from the Glacier Point Road

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      One of the BIGGEST CHALLENGES I see with 8th graders and your understanding of what art is and what it can be is that you don not have a wide view of the world of the arts. The IMAGE, the PICTURE has to be something and it has to be correct (in many of the 8th graders eyes) and sometimes it can be and should be about the mark making… the act of making art. Sol Le Witt nailed this!

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Thrown and Plaster Sculptures.

      • How did you use your time in the studio to the best of your ability to make the best work you could possibly do?
      • How have you chosen to make an artwork that is PERSONAL to you?
      • What are three things about the hand sculpture that demonstrate this?

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      SHORT LIST of Florian Gatsby

      Florian’s List of videos – 12 Videos

      Earth Nation Ceramics

      Earth Nation Ceramics List of Beginner’s Videos HERE – 30 TOTAL but you don’t need them all

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      Week 14 – What are POSITIVE STUDIO HABITS and how can they help you make stronger art? Use the time and space and materials in the studio well and you will make better art.

      This was a DAY WITH GLASSES and a strong time in my painting years… COVID and QUARANTINE too. I LOVE the Studio Habits as an artist and work to instill them in to the hands of the kiddo’s I work with. What are YOUR studio Habits?

      LINK THE TO THE 8 STUDIO HABITS is HERE and as a PDF from the originators HERE

      I can communicate in positive ways to get my needs met.

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: Printmaking

      Kathe Kollwitz – Memorial Sheet of Karl Liebknecht – AP ART HISTORY IMAGE – Look at this and you are a step ahead of college Art History!

      Keepsake boxes and the final few days… what are your ideas for the surface decoration and embellishment.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      7th Grade: PHOTOGRAPHY and Identity

      The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942, printed 1980
      Ansel Adams, 1902–1984; born San Francisco, CA; died Monterey, CA
      Gelatin silver print
      x1983-166

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.

      Bridget Riley and OP ART – How can you use the Simplest of the ART ELEMENTS and make art that can cause some conversation and inquiry?

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Thrown and Plaster Sculptures.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      SHORT LIST of Florian Gatsby

      Florian’s List of videos – 12 Videos

      Earth Nation Ceramics

      Earth Nation Ceramics List of Beginner’s Videos HERE – 30 TOTAL but you don’t need them all

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      Week 13 – Let us Keep Making Art with the GOAL OF BECOMING STRONGER ARTISTS!

      I can communicate in positive ways to get my needs met.

      “Bad as it is, the world is potentially full of good photographs. But to be good, photographs have to be full of the world.” Dorothea Lange

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: Printmaking

      Keepsake boxes and the final few days… what are your ideas for the surface decoration and embellishment.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      7th Grade: PHOTOGRAPHY and Identity

      and then PHOTOGRAPHY

      How are we able to use these ideas in NEW ways… I wish I knew who did this because it is a REALLY great approach to talking the neurographic breakdown of the contours in another direction!

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Thrown and Plaster Sculptures.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      SHORT LIST of Florian Gatsby

      Florian’s List of videos – 12 Videos

      Earth Nation Ceramics

      Earth Nation Ceramics List of Beginner’s Videos HERE – 30 TOTAL but you don’t need them all

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      Week 12 – New Works are coming our way!

      I can communicate in positive ways to get my needs met.

      A day at Expo Chicago brought back a great number of images and ideas… here is one image and then a quote from a different artist. I wish I’d have seen the name of the artist above.

      “It doesn’t matter if the story is precisely true…it’s about you telling the story. It’s almost like going to a rock concert where the audience sings along with the performer. I want the viewer’s experiences to be echoed in the work as they are reflected back in the canvases.”

      — Nir Hod – Artist

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: CERAMICS and KEEPSAKE Boxes (Last day) and then PHOTOGRAPHY

      Keepsake boxes and the final few days… what are your ideas for the surface decoration and embellishment.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      Children hard at work at school in Iowa, 1954.

      Gordon Parks The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock

      7th Grade: PORTRAITS (and we wrap it up) and then PHOTOGRAPHY and Identity

      and then PHOTOGRAPHY

      How are we able to use these ideas in NEW ways… I wish I knew who did this because it is a REALLY great approach to talking the neurographic breakdown of the contours in another direction!

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Thrown and Plaster Sculptures.

      Nir Hod, Scratches of Butterfly, 2023, Marble and Butterfly Specimen, 18” x 4.5” x 3”, Michael Kohn Gallery

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      SHORT LIST of Florian Gatsby

      Florian’s List of videos – 12 Videos

      Earth Nation Ceramics

      Earth Nation Ceramics List of Beginner’s Videos HERE – 30 TOTAL but you don’t need them all

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      Week 11 – New Works are coming our way!

      I can communicate in positive ways to get my needs met.

      #69: Color is not Neutral: It has an emotional component. Certain colors have specific associations and induce certain responses. Learn what they are. When you use color, try to determine and understand the accompanying emotional response and how to use it effectively. Color has a visceral impact. Kit White 101 Things I Learned in Art School

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: CERAMICS and KEEPSAKE Boxes (Last couple of days)

      Keepsake boxes and the final few days… what are your ideas for the surface decoration and embellishment.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      7th Grade: PORTRAITS (and we wrap it up)

      How are we able to use these ideas in NEW ways… I wish I knew who did this because it is a REALLY great approach to talking the neurographic breakdown of the contours in another direction!

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.

      Victor Vasarely and his work with shape and design and distortion of it all!

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Thrown and Plaster Sculptures.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      SHORT LIST of Florian Gatsby

      Florian’s List of videos – 12 Videos

      Earth Nation Ceramics

      Earth Nation Ceramics List of Beginner’s Videos HERE – 30 TOTAL but you don’t need them all

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      Week 10 – Welcome to 4th Quarter

      I can choose solutions to problems and describe the impact of my choices on myself and others.

      51: Learn the basic principles of color. There are three primary colors: red, blue, and yellow. They are the building blocks of all other colors. The secondary colors are violet (blue and red), green (blue and yellow), and orange (red and yellow). They are composed by the equal mixture of two primaries. All other colors are referred to as tertiary, because they are mixtures of a primary and a secondary color. Kit White 101 Things to Learn in Art School

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: CERAMICS and KEEPSAKE Boxes

      Lids and Feet – I hope everything stayed damp!

      7th Grade: PORTRAITS

      Artist and Teacher Kathy McMillian’s Work – Lovely – how are your works coming?

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: LANDSCAPES and 4 art movements… Last Days and CRITIQUE!

      Pierre Bonnard! What a GREAT SPRING BREAK FIELD TRIP I had!

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: WRAP IT UP – Intro to Wheel Thrown and Plaster Sculptures.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      SHORT LIST of Florian Gatsby

      Florian’s List of videos – 12 Videos

      Earth Nation Ceramics

      Earth Nation Ceramics List of Beginner’s Videos HERE – 30 TOTAL but you don’t need them all

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      MORE Korb images from SPRING BREAK 2024… What are YOU up to?

      We in the Korb household hope you are having a GREAT time as the 4th quarter is just around the corner. All our best as we enjoy our nation’s capitol.

      Here are some MORE of the images of me and my family as we enjoy and learn and experience and WALK DC.

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: CERAMICS and KEEPSAKE Boxes

      What can you KEEP SAFE in a KEEPSAKE BOX? This is an example of a two part ceramic drawing by Derek from the Great Pottery Throwdown. His KEEPSAKE BOX fits inside the larger TV sculpture and holds a TIE that was his dad’s.

      7th Grade: PORTRAITS

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: LANDSCAPES and 4 art movements…

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: Totem INSPIRED art

      Herb Alpert – musician and sculptor – works are a bit more gestural than precise. Here is a link to some of his works.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

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      WELCOME to SPRING BREAK!

      We in the Korb household hope you are having a GREAT time as the 4th quarter is just around the corner. All our best as we enjoy our nation’s capitol.

      Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

      6th Grade: CERAMICS and KEEPSAKE Boxes

      What can you KEEP SAFE in a KEEPSAKE BOX? This is an example of a two part ceramic drawing by Derek from the Great Pottery Throwdown. His KEEPSAKE BOX fits inside the larger TV sculpture and holds a TIE that was his dad’s.

      7th Grade: PORTRAITS

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade 2D Design: LANDSCAPES and 4 art movements…

      Link to lesson plans HERE!

      8th Grade Sculpture: Totem INSPIRED art

      Herb Alpert – musician and sculptor – works are a bit more gestural than precise. Here is a link to some of his works.

      Link to lesson plans HERE!