Drawings Due Today

Winter Wonderland or Walking Dead Wonderland Drawings Due Today!

Amazing 6th Grade Drawing

Tree Drawing

by 6th Grade Student Emma S.

 

First Art Club Project

Here are a few examples of the coloring books that the Art Club made for the Pediatric Unit at the hospital. They are filled with student drawings for the kids to color with homemade chucko crayons.

Start of Clay

We are starting our clay unit. 7th grade is making pencil holders by combining pinch pots to create a hollow structure.  Last week we practiced making pinch pots and joining them together to make spheres and cylinders.  Today we are practicing basic hand building techniques to make details like expression of faces and accessories.  These are two examples by Abby V. and Zack D.

 

Art Club

Art Club made coloring books and chunk crayons for the pediatric unit at the Arnot Hospital. They did a great job and I know the kids will enjoy coloring every hand drawn page!

Our next Art Club meeting will be on Thursday December 13th from 2:45 to 4.  Hope to see you there!

Honorable Mention for Doodler's Anonymous

These are the drawings that received Honorable Mention for Doodler's Anonymous in November.  They are fantastic as well so I had to share them!

Sarah Spencer

 

Hayley Brown

 

Pheonix Knapp

 

Jordyn Baker

Doodler's Anonymous for December

The Doodler's Anonymous Winners for December are.....

 

6th Grader Deserai Shepard

 

8th Grader Emily Stiles

 

7th Grader Sailor Ong

 

Happy Thanksgiving

Have a Happy Thanksgiving.  If you are bored and looking for something to do, MAKE ART!

6th Grade DVD Biographies

The 6th Grade Art Class is making Movie Cases based on a fictional biography they created.  Here are two finished projects by Aubrey and Aarika.

Last Day to Work on Still Life Drawings

Today and tomorrow are our last days to work on the candy still life drawings.  Here are a few amazing finished pieces!

Sarah S. - Period 1A

Grace B - Period 5A

Abby V. - Period 5A

Ashlyn H. - Period 5A

Megan P. - Period 5A

Ellie C. - Period 4A

Angel C. - Period 1A

Art Club Tomorrow

Just a reminder, Art Club is meeting tomorrow from 2:45 to 4 in my room.  Art Club is open to all CFA students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade.

Turkey Humor

Turkevolution

It Rose From the Gravy

Art Club: Crafting for the Community

Why we do NOT eat in the Art Room!

End of MP 1

Today is the last day of Marking Period 1.  To view a calender of my assignments and Mr. Tolbert's 8th Grade Class Assignments and their due dates go to the CFA Art Department Webpage linked below.

CFA Art Department Webpage

 

 

Below is a list of the assignments from the First Marking Period:

 

• Drawing 1 (Student Choice)
• Art Report on Robert Indiana
• Drawing 2
• Art Report on Deborah Butterfield
• Developmental Workbook Grade at 5 Weeks
• Drawing 3 (Student Choice)
• Art Report on Paul Klee
• Grafitti Name Designs - Major Project
• Drawing 4 (Student Choice)
• Art Report on Tim Burton
• Developmental Workbook Grade at 10 Weeks

Back to Our Candy Still Lifes

This week we are returning to drawing candy still lifes.  A plate of candy is on each table.  Students start by drawing four sketches in their developmental workbook of examples of compositions using a viewfinder.  Once they have narrowed down what their composition will look like, the will draw the still life and shade it using a full range of values. 

I am very proud of the work the students have created so far.  Here is an example of two sketches by Rachel in 4B. I will have many more pictures to come.

Rachel in 4B

Art Matrix...What is coming?

Mr. Tolbert and I are out today working on our curriculum development.  We have laid out a matrix with the other middle school art teachers outlining the units and objectives for 7th and 8th grade art.  There is so much to look forward to this year!  The matrix will be available on the district website if you want to see what is up and coming.

CPP Webpage

October Doodler's Anonymous

The winners for October are.....

 

Grade 6 - Kaitlynn Mattison

 

Grade 7 - Kaylee Wandel

 

Grade 8 - Frankie Rayeski

 

 

 

Face Off

For Halloween, I want to share a show I found on SyFy called Face Off.  This is a reality show where the contestants are presented with a challenge to create a character based on the judges criteria.  They must make everything for their design; from the mask molds to the costumes and then have to dress a model and apply make-up to finish the look.  The transformations that take place are amazing! 

These images are from a challege where the contestants were given a children's drawing of a monster and they had to take it from a 10 year old's crayon drawing to a living monster.

The link to full episodes and a picture gallery is below. 
http://www.syfy.com/faceoff/episodes/season/3/episode/307/monster_twist

Halloween Still Life

This is the Halloween Still Life that CFA art students will be drawing this week in room 330.

Stop Motion Animation

Our last Art Report was on Tim Burton who is famous for his stop motion animations, such as The Nightmare Before Christmas. 

This is a stop motion animation that a seventh grade student, Zach D., made at home using Lego's.  It is amazing!  

 

October Doodler's Anonymous

The month of October is almost over, but there is still time to turn a drawing in.  Check out some of the amazing artwork from the Ground Floor and Third Floor Doodler's Anonymous Boards. 

 

E-Share for Yearbook

Mr. Tolbert and the CFA Yearbook Staff are looking for parents to share their photographs for possible use in the yearbook! The E-share program is a safe, easy and reliable way for parents to become a part of the yearbook.

Tootsie Rolls

We are starting our still life drawing unit in 7th grade art.  To get use to drawing this as we see them (not as we perceive them), we are drawing tootsie rolls.  Here are some drawings from period 5A.

Mr. Tolbert's Art Room

I have been in Mr. Tolbert's Room on the third floor Friday and today administering the Pre-Tests for 8th grade art.  What a beautiful space!  I have to say that CFA's 330 is the most beautiful room probably in the entire district.  No wonder Corning native Fredrick Carder used the space for his studio on occasion.  7th graders, no only do you have the amazing and inspiring Mr. Tolbert to look forward to next year, you also will get to create art in this wonderful space! 

Terrific Tangles

These are the first two finished tangle in the 6th grade art class.  I am so impressed with these ladies work!

Natalie - 9Period 9A

Lauren - Period 9A