Ms. Condon

Week of Nov. 2nd

Sixth grade students will be finishing up their Picasso shrinky dinks and will be moving on in their ART JOURNEY THROUGH EUROPE on to Italy to study Botticelli!

Seventh grade students are finishing up Islamic rug designs and will be moving into East Asia to begin Chinese paintings!

Eighth grade students are finishing Native American pottery and will be moving on to a Photoshop project celebrating John Abbot's work of Georgia's colonial era!

Week of Oct. 26th

6th grade artists are taking an ART JOURNEY THROUGH EUROPE!!! So far we have stopped off with Monet in France and completed an Impressionist flower, and now we are off to visit Picasso in Spain and design a Cubist bust!

7th grade artists are working on reduction prints of Islamic rug designs.  Prints will be due on Friday.

8th grade artists are beginning their ART JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORICAL GEORGIA!!! We are using this week to create a vessel inspired by Creek and Cherokee tribes using traditional techniques like incising, stamping and punctating. Vessels will be completed by Monday.

Week of Oct. 5th: LAST WEEK OF 1st 9 WEEKS!!!!

7th grade students will be completing their "Wonder" drawings of the Middle East which are due on Wednesday.  They will then be painting their Islamic-inspired plates on Thursday and Friday. 

8th grade students will be exploring Ga. artist Benny Andrews.  They will spend Tues. and Wed. in the computer lab designing a newspaper page to showcase Andrews' life and work. Thursday and Friday we will review and play jeopardy.

6th grade students will finish up coloring and preparing their Picasso shrinky dinks on Tuesday. Students will spend Wed. and Thursday creating a decorative chain for their work. Friday will be a review day.

Week of Sept. 27

7th grade students are now creating a project based on a Middle Eastern Wonder.  They will be applying both linear and atmospheric perspective to pastel drawings.

8th grade students are working on their Young Masters brochure designs based on common themes in American Art.

6th grade students are creating Picasso webs using Inspiration and will be beginning a project in Picasso's style at the week's end.

TALENT SHOW REHEARSAL RESCHEDULED!!!!

Talent show hosts, participants and helpers:

Due to the cancellation of school today (Tuesday) we will rescedule the rehearsal for Friday after school up until the time of the show. We will order pizza (my treat) and that way you will already be here for showtime!

We will still rehearse on Thursday until 7 p.m.  If you have any issues, please email me or see me tomorrow at school.

---Ms. Condon

Week of Sept. 14th

6th grade students this week have begun a pointilist drawing inspired by French artists George Seurat.  This project will be submitted as their design for our YoungMasters fundraiser.

7th grade students have begun a hand drawing inspired by Islamic rug design emphasizing balance and pattern.  This project will be submitted as their design for our YoungMasters fundraiser.

8th grade students are woring on figure drawing and body proprtion. The drawing due Friday will be a classwork grade.

Week of Sept. 8th

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6th grade students continue their study of Europe by creating prehistoric cave drawings influenced by those found in Lascaux, France.  They must use 4 different watercolor techniques in their artworks. These paintings are due on Friday.

7th grade students continue to work on their Islamic architectural repousses.  They must use at least 4 elements of Islamic architecture and must inlay thier designs in copper.  Thse are due tomorrow at the end of class. Then, we will move on to study Islamic carpet and textile design and the principle of balance.

8th grade students are finishing up a study of Ga. artist Alexander Brook. They have created a series of three drawings in figural realism (with a twist!).  Tomorrow students will begin a Photoshop project using filter and marquee tools.

Week of Aug. 24th

7th grade students have finished their Tughra projects and turned them in for a project grade.  They will now continue their study of Middle Eastern art by creating miniature paintings. A watercolor practice sheet will be due as a classwork grade on Thursday and all designs must be on watercolor paper in pencil by Thursday.

8th grade students are finishing up their Ga. Aryists CDs and will turn them in for a project grade on Wednesday at the end of class. We will then begin our Ga. artist exploration by examining the work of Lanier Meaders and creating a ceramic pot in his style. Pot sketches will be due by the end of class on Friday.

6th grade students have learned the art non-nos and have explored setting up a quality art composition. They also completed a proportion drawing of a human for a grade.  students will then move on to use what they have learned to create their post test drawings. Coloring will begin on Wednesday. Projects will be due Friday at the edn of class.

Week of August 17th

8th grade students are working on their Ga. Artist CDs.  They have researched a Ga. artists, completed and short bio, and are now working on album covers. A grade was taken for work completion.

7th grade students are designing Turkish tughra designs.  They were given clearly defined criteria for grading.  Projects will be due on Friday or Monday.

6th grade students just began art class.  They have a folder due Thursday. They have created a pretest drawing and will be studying composition and creating a post drawing to show understanding.

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