Coming home that is!

All Blocks have completed their tie-dyes today and will be bringing them home for washing. Remember to let your tie dye soak in the bag for 48 hours, so blocks 1 & 2 can wash on Saterday, and blocks 3, 4, and 5 can wash on Sunday! If you are looking for the washing instructions, you can download them from the resources link above, or click on the image here!

The Summit team has started their last project in the art room, utilizing gesture drawing to create a wire sculpture. During the past three days in the art room, students have started to create a series of drawings that focus and capture the action or motion of the figure. Individual students posed for the group, where we have been looking to emphasize the potential movement and stresses in the student pose. These drawings were completed in 30 seconds to 3 minutes, trying to quickly capture the expression of the figure as well as the proportion. The focus is on the movement and size, not the details! We identified dominant lines that express the skeletal structure, body masses that locate the larger shapes in the body, and expressive lines that emphasize the “action” or motion of the figure. Click on the image here for a gallery of these drawings in progress. Students who are looking for an extra copy of the homework sheet should click on the “Homework Links” above to download a PDF copy of the worksheet.

The Summit team has finished their Graphic design prints in class last week, great job guys! Each student was asked to represent themselves with thier print. Look for items and symbols that represent personal interests and who they think they are, or would like to be. 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 the image here to go to a gallery of the finished prints!

The Summit Team has been working hard in creating graphic designs for their tie-dye shirts. The designs are personal logos, expressing something about each student. We are using silk screening to create our designs. Each student used contrasting values of black and white to create their design on paper, then using an X-Acto knife, cut out the black areas of their design. The resulting stencil will be placed between the shirt to be printed on and the screen. Click on the image here to see a gallery of students working on their graphic designs, and check back later to see a gallery of the finished prints!

The summit team did an outstanding job on their style paintings. Each student picked one of the four different movements in art covered in class. We discussed the movements of Classicism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Cubism, looking at the different styles masters in a PowerPoint, presentation. Each student tried to represent the major points of the style in their painting. Click on James C.’s outstanding Impressionistic image here to go to a gallery of the finished paintings. Great Job Summit Team!

The art club has been working on a new project, we are painting the ceiling in the fine arts wing using the work of Vincent VanGogh as our inspiration. We are starting out by the art room door looking at the painting “Starry Night” as our guide, and as we continue down the hall we will be creating a “dawn” and morphing into our interpretation of the painting the “The Olive Grove” Check the hallway over the next few weeks to see the progress and look back here for more images soon!

The Summit team finished up their tie dye shirts, and have started to work on their silk screened designs. There was a very colorful critique on the shirts, most students agreed that movement and rhythm were the strongest principles of art in the shirts. Click on the image here to check out a gallery of the classes finished shirts look!

This week in art the summit team has been looking at color, creating a tie-dyed T-shirt. The students explored different folding techniques to create rhythmic patterns in their shirts, as well as how colors can effect each other. Your child should be bringing the shirt home Friday, October 10th for washing. The washing instructions were attached to the “Peak at Next Week” and can be downloaded here Just click on the TieDyed shirt in this post, or look in the class resources. All students should wear or bring their T-shirt back to class on their first class of next week for assessment. Blocks 1, 3, and 4 on Monday and Blocks 2 and 5 on Tuesday.

The Glenview Police Department with prize sponsorship from The Glenveiw State Bank has once again put together a great program to highlight “Character Counts Week” with the Annual Character Counts Poster Contest. This year 33 entries by Springman students Hansuh R., Wyatt R., Kali C., Claire T., Claire R., JR G., Patrick M., Sherin C., Andrea K., Lauren K., Brian M.,, Saadia M., Sam S., Trey B., Elizabeth W., Kasia P., Pearl A., Amanda T., Madison K., Aliza R., Kristina T., Sabina R., Hinna R., Kattie R., Devin K., Alexandra A., James C., Aljo A., Laura R., Anthony N. have been collected and forwarded on to the Glenview Police department. To see a gallery of all the entries, click on the image here. Good Luck to all of the participants!

This past Friday, the Summit team held their fall awards presentation. Congratulations to all the subject area award winners, job well done guys! Here’s a photo of the visual arts award winners, not pictured is Jenny H. who was out sick the day of the presentation.