October 4, 2011 Grade 8

Grade 8 students are continuing to develop their foundation skills for drawing. They are translating shapes to forms and making them look three dimensional. Then they will complete a still life of ice cream cones…the cones - not the ice cream.

October 4, 2011 Grade 6 and 7

Grade 6 and 7 students are completing their still life of marshmallows this week. This is a complex arrangement of soft cylinders. Students are using smudge, accent line and kneaded eraser techniques in this composition.

September 26, 2011 Grade 8

We will review all of the design ideas for the sawdust carpet and as a group select three from each class to be considered for the final design. The second class period of the week we will begin working with basic shapes and forms to create a still life composition in graphite.

September 26, 2011 Grade 6 and 7

Students will complete a still composition of irregular cylinders - marshmallows. They will use graphite and kneaded erasers to practice tonal rendering techniques. Then they will eat their models.

OPERA SEASON IS BACK IN TOWN

This year, The Honduran Musical Foundation will stage the Opera Buffa "The Secret Marriage" by Domenico Cimarosa.

Students from grades 6 - 12 will attend the presentation on OCT. 7 at Manuel Bonilla Theater. Tickets already on sale at the music room with Ms. Norma López (L. 225) We will leave the school campus at 8:30 a.m. Students from grades 6-8 will returned to the school at 1:00 p.m.

Students from grades 9 -12 will stop by the Identity Museum to observe the Picasso Art Exhibit (they will need to pay Ms. Campbell, L.30.00 extra to enter the Museum) and will come back to school around 1:45 p.m.

IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Students MUST wear formal clothes. (No tennis shoes or jeans). Students must have a very good breakfast because we won't be allowed to eat at the theatre or museum.

Parents Please Note

STARTING TODAY SEPTEMBER 19TH, OUR MONDAY MEMO FOR PARENTS WILL NOT BE EMAILED TO OUR PARENTS. IT WILL BE POSTED AS ALWAYS ON THE ADMINISTRATION BLOG BY NOON.

September 19, 2011 Grade 8

All students will review the principles of one point perspective and complete their one point perspective compositions. Then they will begin developing a graphic design to be used as a design for the UN Day celebration saw dust carpet October 28.

September 19, 2011 Grade 6 and 7

Students will continue to build foundation skills for making art. This week we will answer the essential question – how do we make shapes appear as forms? Using their knowledge of the structures and functions of the elements and principles of art students will be able to draw the cube, cone and sphere using pencil to apply tonal rendering to the forms. Thus they will make shapes appear three dimensionally as forms.

September 12, 2011 Grade 8

The illuminated letter designs have been successfully completed. Students demonstrated their creativity and craftsmanship in this exercise. Well done.

This is a short week and not all of you will have art this week. I will see grade 8A on Monday. You will be able to use this time to complete or add finishing touches to your projects.

September 12, 2011 Grade 6 and 7

This is a short week and not all of you will have art this week. I will see grade 7 on Monday. You will be able to use this time to complete or add finishing touches to your projects.

September 5, 2011 Grade 8

Above students are working together to solve the mystery of drawing the celtic knot. Student will complete their illuminated letter. In our next exercise we will be working with the concept of perspective. Students will develop a working ability to put simple forms in one point perspective. Students will understand the role renaissance artists played in developing the science of mathematical/linear perspective. We will look at the work of Brunelleschi (1377-1446).

September 5, 2011 Grade 6 and 7

Six and seventh grade students will look at Islamic art and the art of M.C. Escher. Then they will develop a tessellated pattern design of their own. They will use tempera paint and develop a color pattern to complete their designs.