October 26 -30

Unit 3- From 2-D to 3-D

Current Project: Expressive Figures in Relief (click here for Rubric.)

Objectives: Create a clay high-relief sculpture with the following:

• Demonstrates planning based on gestural drawings of a human model
• Creates different identiable textures that help to describe the forms and add to the overall sculpture
• Uses good ceramic handbuiltding techniques for the relief sculpture
• Demonstrates an understanding of expressive and emotive sculpture

• Monday: Complete formal critiques. Discuss Unit 2 test. Introduce expressive sculpture. Act out emotions in class and then in pairs work on gestures for your own expressive figure sculpture.
• Tuesday: Unit 2 test. Work on expressive gestures for your sculpture. Claim your shelf and get your space ready for collaging.
• Wednesday: Begin expressive sculpture. We will begin with the torso and create the textured slab for the body.
• Thursday: Work on adding limbs to the sculpture.
• Friday: Journal Day!! Work on both the Protest Collage page and the background for your collage human!

Quote for the week: Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing.. then a work of art may happen. - Andrew Wyeth

VVJ assignment: Create a double-page spread background for your collage person. Use a horizon line and create silhouetted objects on the horizon that create an appropriate environment for your collage person. Experiment with using color - colored pencil, oil pastels, and chalk pastels. Due Monday, November 2 (along with the protest journal).