Cartouche Generator

Dear 7th Grade Students -

Here you go! Have fun!

http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/glyph/glyph.html

Don't forget to screen capture your phone so you have this as a reference for your clay piece.

Sculpture Quiz

The Crayon Lab is sculpting! All students (except VC1) will be having a sculpture vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, December 4th, 2018.

You should have better notes in your sketchbook from our introduction to sculpture presentation. Please use them to study!

Sculpture Quiz Definitions

1.      Modeling - soft material that is built up 

2.      Carving - material is chipped or carved away

3.      Casting  - metal is poured into a mold

4.      Assembling - variety of materials joined together

5.      Kinetic - sculpture that contains moving parts

6.      Installation - site specific art that transforms space          

7.      Representational - art that has recognizable subject matter 

8.      Abstract - art that is a simplified form of reality  

9.      Non-objective - no recognizable subject matter

10.   Relief -  forms project from flat surface

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are a couple of art related jokes you can share on turkey day!

:)

Q. What was the pilgrim’s favorite sculptural material?

A. Plymouth rock.

Q. Why was the turkey’s sketchbook always blank?

A. He liked to wing it.

Progress Report Grades

Progress reports are about to go home. If you have a "missing" or "incomplete" grade you need to be sure to complete your work and turn it in! I will be replacing missing grades with zeros before the end of the quarter grades.

*Please make sure you turn in late or missing assignments directly to me and not to your class box!

Kennesaw State University Open Studio Event

Check out this great opportunity to meet the faculty and students of the Kennesaw State's School of Art and Design. Learn about their newly redesigned Photography and Video concentration, and view their awesome art computer lab! 

Watch Banksy's $1.4 Million Painting 'Self-destruct'

What do you think about Banksy destroying his own art? What message do you think he was trying to send? Would you ever destroy one of your own art pieces? Why or why not? Leave comments below!

Principles of Design