Springman Visual Arts

Hey Guys,

I’ve had a lot of questions regarding online #1 emailed to me and sent to me by clicking on my name in the “Art on Line” site. Because we do not link to an actual email there, I have not been able to respond to your questions individually when you do that, so don’t think I am ignoring you or your question! This is one of the reasons we have “The 6th Grade Visual Art Forums” set up. Not only can you ask me a question but any student can help you out if they know the answer and happen to be online. Right now there are two forums set up, and around 20 posts in just 2 days! To get to the forums, log into your account and look just under the “Welcome to Genesis & Discovery ” image. The forums are right below the image. Use the questions about online #1 for any questions about the assignment, or go to the general questions if you have one about the site. Don’t forget to read the posts on the forums, a lot of times you can find the answer to a question you have has already been answered! If you question is more personal, feel free to use the link  “Contact Mr. Kolber” in the upper right corner on this page to send me an email from your own email account.

Hey Guys,

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Mr. K

The Discovery and Genesis teams start their visual arts rotation on March 1st! The first few days we will be looking at this site, the resources available here, how students log into their individual “Art on Line” accounts, and taking a pre-test of their art knowledge and skills. (Don’t worry it’s a base line and will not count for this trimester’s grade!) We will also begin our first online assignment looking at line in an image.

The Pegasus team finished up their last week in the art room taking the visual art final exam and working on the “Empty Bowls” program. The team finished creating a remarkable 75 bowls in 4 days! These bowls will be fired over the next few days, and Pegasus team members that are interested in glazing the bowls are welcome to come in the mornings before school starting March 8th. It would be great to get the bowls you made glazed by you, so try to stop in if you can! Click on the photo of the finished bowls on the drying rack to go to a gallery of the work in progress.

The Pegasus team has been finishing up on their last major project of the year, a perspective drawing created using oil pastels. Each student utilized one, two, or three point perspective to create their drawings. Images were brought into class to use as a starting point, but each student was encouraged to experiment with the placement of the vanishing points, creating new perspectives. After the preliminary drawing was completed we looked at the work of the Post-Impressionist artist Vincent VanGogh and Paul Gaugaun for inspirations in choosing colors and creating textures. Student work will be on display throughout Springman over the next few days, and can bee seen in a digital gallery by clicking on any of the outstanding examples here!

Students!

Be sure to read the post below, there are tips on what to study for the final exam!

Hey guys,

The practice final exam is open, log into your art online account above to check it out. You can take it as many times as you would like, I suggest that you take it one time, study a bit then try again!

I have also uploaded copies of all the handouts from class, as well as all the powerpoint presentations from class in the Resources link above. Download any copies you might need.

Blocks 1, 2, & 3 have their exam on Monday, February 22nd, Blocks 4 & 5 will take the exam on Tuesday, February 23rd.

The Pegasus team has been hard at work for the past two weeks working on the concept of perspective in a drawing. We looked at 1, 2, and 3 point perspective in a PowerPoint presentation, as well as in practice drawings worked on in class. To see the PowerPoint from class, click on the resources link above or click here. In the next step, students brought in images that expressed perspective, and have been using the images as a starting point for creating new images. Next week we will be looking at the artwork of Vincent VanGogh and Paul Gauguin for inspiration in the application of color and texture to create mood and emphasis in the perspective drawings. Click on the image here to go to a gallery of the work in progress! Pegasus Team members, If you really want to be amazed check out the perspective work of artist  Dick Termes. Click on his name or his image to go to his website and see still photos of his 4 and 6 point perspective spheres, really amazing work. I’ve linked a copy of his online video for creating a 4 point perspective drawing  in the videos of interest link to the right!

This evening there was an awards presentation for the 6 Springman students who’s artwork was selected for the Studio 3 show at Oakton Community College. The student work for this show is selected by showing a visual understanding of the media and subject matter and excellence in craftsmanship.  Work from 19 different north suburban schools, with over 100 students being honored, was on display and was quite the sight! It was interesting to see the different media and materials used by the other schools in the creation of their artwork. There was even a giant self portrait made entirely with ink fingerprints! Refreshments and viewing the artwork was followed by an award ceremony were the students received a medal and an award for their work. Click on the image here of the Springman award winners to see a gallery of images from the show!

The Pegasus team has been finishing their graphic design prints in class this past week, great job guys! Each student was asked to represent themselves with their print. Look for items and symbols that represent personal interests and who they think they are, or would like to be. What do you think Olivia M. was trying to tell us with her design? Each student was asked to create a contrast of value within the design, making the print “POP” from the colors of the tie-dye. Click on Olivia’s print here to go to a gallery of the finished prints!

The Pegasus team has been working on a unit involving graphic design. Each students was asked to come up with a design that uses symbols to tell us something unique about who they are. Some students chose to express this by illustrating a talent, hobby, sporting activity, or a special trait. Others decided to incorporated text into their designs. The designs were limited to black and white for high contrast, and when finished, are hand cut to remove the black spaces and create individual stencils. Later this week we will begun to print the stencils utilizing silk screen printing onto the Tie-Dyes created in class last week. Click on the image here to go to a gallery of the work in progress, and check back soon for images of the finished prints!