As you may have guessed I have uploaded pictures of the Build Yourself Up! ceramic architecture project to our student art gallery page. I, for one, think they came out fabulously! Plus no ones project stuck to the kiln shelf because of ill placed glaze, so Good Job all around! You can navigate to our student art gallery page under Art 8 or click here. 

As always I have a website that you can visit to have a little art related fun. This is probably going to be the last one I post of the quarter (since we only have 3 days left! eeeek!) so I'm going to make it a good one. If you are ever bored and want to have some fun I suggest original games at http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ for fun animated games or Line Rider at http://www.sosfactory.com/webdesign/linerider.com/playlinerider.html for a fun sledding game where you draw the track. Enjoy!

Hello Again!
I have (finally) finished the series of paintings I began over a month ago and posted about before. So without further ado here are the last steps to get to the final painting. Technically I'm not done until I create a frame for it and in this case because framing 3 - 18" x 36" panels is very expensive and this is a gift for a friend I'm am going to paint along the edges black to define the edge without adding cost.  I do this to all my paintings so that I have the option to hang with or without a frame. Enjoy!

The kilns are finished and all of the projects are fired. I began unloading the kilns this morning and hope to be done by the end of the day. So far we've had a couple arms fall off, a few cracks and only 2 explosions (both are completely fixable don't worry!). I am very pleased, so pleased in fact that I decided to take photos so you could seen them!

In addition, I wanted to share a website that goes along with our Larger than Life self portraits. This website allows you to design a black and white portrait by manipulating preset facial features. You can find it here or at http://flashface.ctapt.de/

Hello All, 
Now normally, I get to see all of you complete projects and while I might show you a couple of steps at a time or a completed piece of art I have done, you guys don't normally get to see me complete a whole piece from start to finish. To remedy this I have decided to take photos of the creation of a series of paintings I am creating for my friend's living room based on a wallpaper swatch she liked. I have only gotten through enlarging the image and creating the underpainting (which is a simplified color scheme -only 2-3 colors- that shows me where the values should be and layers colors for a richer final product). Check out the photo comments for descriptions of what I did for each step.  I'll be adding more images later as I start painting the but see what you think! 

Just letting you guys know that I have posted the photos for all of the pieces that have been turned in on time for project 2 and you can go to the Art 8 Gallery Page (or click here). 

To complement the ceramic architecture project where you turn your drawings into clay buildings, I suggest you check out the video at http://vimeo.com/41904466 to see how a simple line drawing can create a whole animated world. Enjoy!

As you may have guessed from the title of this post, I have uploaded photos of the first 8th grade art project Talk With Your Hands. If your project was completed by 2/14 and you turned in the permission slip with the box checked and your parent signature I have photographed your artwork and uploaded it to the gallery page that you can find by clicking the button on the main art 8 page or click here. 

In addition, I have found a fun website that makes two images look like 1 three dimensional image just by crossing your eyes. At the top of the page it gives you the directions and it might take a little while to master t but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty fun. Just visit http://www.blelb.com/english/blelbspots/spot11/blelbspot11_en.htm to check it to for yourself. 

Just a Reminder, Friday February 1st is the last day to submit a comment on the blog for bonus points and the last day to hand in the photo permission slips before you lose points for being late! 

As I said in my previous post, I am going to post fun web art things for you to take a look at and here is the first!
Check out http://uploads.ungrounded.net/221000/221483_Play.swf to see a fun animation that combines music, silhoettes and animation. 5 bonus points if you mention watching it to me in class!

Hello students, parents, guardians and other assorted viewers. 

Welcome to our class blog page. On this page I will try to post due dates, project information, fun art examples and resources and anything else I think is related to our class. The comments are open on this page so feel free to respond- I do read through all of the comments.  Remember that this page can be viewed by everyone so don't write anything inappropriate or that you wouldn't want others to see. Also, For security sake, please only write your first name and period number if you leave a comment.  This can be a great place to ask questions about projects and etcetera, if you have the question its likely the answer applies to other people too- so ask away!

Parents/Guardians:
Please remember to sign and return the photo permission slip so that I can begin displaying student artwork on the gallery pages. 

Students:
As promised in class, if you leave a properly labeled comment to this post by Friday February 1st, I will give you 5 bonus points.  When you comment you do NOT need to have an email address or website filled in and you should have only your first name and period number in the name section. If I get inappropriate comments I will delete them.