Spectrum Art 1 Lesson for Sept 29

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Art 1 Lesson Plans September 29, 2011

PRE CLASS: students present work done over the week for instructor’s critique.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Why do we want to do art or writing, or sports or anything else for that matter?  As people who love and obey God we want to serve him and so we want to be able to serve those people he loves. He gives us opportunities to do good to his children as a way to show our love to him. There are many ways to use art to do good to others, think of ways to use art to do good. Go for it and you will be blessed.

INSTRUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION ON TECHNIQUE:   We will discuss how to place several objects in a composition for effect and interest we will use autumn leaves to compose a picture.

WARM UPS: 1. cubes shading each side differently. 2. swirly clouds relax your wrist  3. Gassy waves. 4. Scribbling to make a salamander.

QUICK DRAW CHALLENGE: (a freeing up exercise). The students will choose a random object and we will draw it in 5 minutes.

CLASS PROJECTS: 1. leaves, putting in practice the demonstration on arraigning several objects in a picture. 2. A face from a magazine. 3. Angel figurine.

TAKE HOME SKILLBUILDERS: How to draw a lighthouse.

LONG TERM PROJECT: “The mystery of the lost heirloom.”  This week do pages 7-8-9. For page 7 Write “I always kept the_________, (The object that is your family treasure) in a _______ (describe where you keep it), a trunk or under your bed, or in a box, or in a sock, or some goofy place to hide something.  For page 8 Draw a fantastic map of your world make mountains cities deserts forest jungles oceans towns roads rivers, look at a map of the world for ideas.  Write “We were going to a far city called (create a name of a city) draw it on the map it will take many days.”
For page 9 Write, “We were going to travel with other travelers in a caravan for safety.” Draw a picture of the caravan make it a lot of wagons (Or what ever you use to travel) lots of people (Or what every your avatar are) have the caravan winding trough tall mountains. Draw those things that are dangerous hiding in the mountains. Maybe lions or bandits or trolls, snakes  or enemies whatever your danger is
WARNING: You are up to 9 pages. Do not get behind on this- last year those who did never caught up!


(c)Adron Dozat

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Art II Lesson Plans September 29, 2011

 OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Why do we want to do art or writing, or sports or anything else for that matter?  As people who love and obey God we want to serve him and so we want to be able to serve those people he loves. He gives us opportunities to do good to his children as a way to show our love to him. There are many ways to use art to do good to others, think of ways to use art to do good. Go for it and you will be blessed.

INSTRUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION ON TECHNIQUE:   We will discuss warm and cool colors in a composition. We will paint autumn leaves in warm colors of red, brown, yellow, etc and set them in a background of cool colors such as blue and lavender.

Splatter technique will be demonstrated to add spotting to dried leaves.

We will use the various water wash that were discussed over the last few weeks. The leaves will be painted using watery color dropping into wet areas and allowing them to flow freely. The background will be wet onto dry paper adding water to the color and letting it spread into the clear water becoming. 

We will sponge some of the color off the wash to give texture.

CLASS PROJECTS: 1. leaves, putting in practice the demonstration on arraigning several objects in a picture. 2. Angel figurine. (In case some one finishes the leaves early)

TAKE HOME SKILLBUILDERS: How to draw a lighthouse.

AT HOMETHIS WEEK. Draw 2 pictures your choice of subjects.  Be ready to show one to class next week. Paint 2 pictures, your choice of subjects, be ready to show one to class next week.

LONG TERM PROJECT: (optional) The mystery of the lost heirloom.”  This week do pages 7-8-9. For page 7 Write “I always kept the_________, (The object that is your family treasure) in a _______ (describe where you keep it), a trunk or under your bed, or in a box, or in a sock, or some goofy place to hide something.  For page 8 Draw a fantastic map of your world make mountains cities deserts forest jungles oceans towns roads rivers, look at a map of the world for ideas.  Write “We were going to a far city called (create a name of a city) draw it on the map it will take many days.”
For page 9 Write, “We were going to travel with other travelers in a caravan for safety.” Draw a picture of the caravan make it a lot of wagons (Or what ever you use to travel) lots of people (Or what every your avatar are) have the caravan winding trough tall mountains. Draw those things that are dangerous hiding in the mountains. Maybe lions or bandits or trolls, snakes  or enemies whatever your danger is
WARNING: You are up to 9 pages. Do not get behind on this- last year those who did never caught up!




(c)Adron Dozat

Spectrum Art II lesson plans sept 22

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Art II Lesson Plans September 22, 2011

PRE CLASS: students present work done over the week for instructor’s critique. Review of last week’s technique. Only positive comments are allowed.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: Our inspiration for today is “For by You I can run against a troop, by my God I can leap over a wall.” Psalm 18:29.
We all face problems; some come us unexpectedly, others we see coming. "For by You..." We have a companion, God, who willingly goes with us through our task. It is not by our ideas or inner strength that we overcome the challenges of our life, but, "By my God..." It is by my God. We must turn to God, and remember what we know about Him. With prayer I need to invite Him along to the battle. Christian victory is "By God." It is not just ''by God's help." No, that would suggest He is only a partner like a 50/50 him and me thing; instead it is 100% by God that I can run against a troop or leap a wall.  Like King David we must give credit to the power that accomplished a thing. David was giving credit to the One who truly deserves it.

INSTRUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION ON TECHNIQUE:  today we cover wet into wet watercolor wash, compositional problems with empty space and avoidance of strong lines that divide the picture, and the benefits of using darker hues to outline or complement and bring out brighter areas. A few words about how to take care of brushes.

CLASS PROJECT: A white flower; we will use wet into wet to paint all the paper except the flower there by creating an image of the flower in negative space.  

At HOME THIS WEEK: Good drawing is the beginning of good painting so I gave out How to draw a cat on a fence, and how draw the old cowboy skill builders, choose one. Draw one other picture from real life of something in your room. Do two watercolors this week one using the wet into wet technique and one using the white of the paper to make a form it can be any subject you wish as long as it is white.

OPTIONAL  DRAWING LONG TERM PROJECT: Every week we will illustrate two or three sentences that are part of a story. This is an opportunity to draw. The title of this story is the “Mystery of the Lost Heirloom.” It will take place in a world or universe of your own creation “The mystery of the lost heirloom.”  You have done the first three pages last week this week do pages 4-6, Write “These are my family.” Draw the persons in your avatar’s family. Give them names. Make some young, some old some, men and woman. Give them names. On page 5; write “One night _______ (pick one of the old persons you drew on page 4), Gave me a special responsibility.” Draw the two of you at a table with a candle or lamp inside a tent or whatever your family travels in. For page 6 write, “It was to be the guardian of the family treasure a ___________.” You decide what it is, But it must be something you wear like old shoes or an old beaten up hat or one glove or a scarf or necktie or anything you wear. It can be silly. 

WARNING: You are up to 6 pages. Do not get behind on this- last year those who did never caught up!

(c)Adron Dozat

Art lesson plans art 1 sept 22

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Art 1 Lesson Plans September 15, 2011

PRE CLASS: students present work done over the week for instructor’s critique.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: Our inspiration for today is “For by You I can run against a troop, by my God I can leap over a wall.” Psalm 18:29.

We all face problems; some come us unexpectedly, others we see coming. "For by You..." We have a companion, God, who willingly goes with us through our task. It is not by our ideas or inner strength that we overcome the challenges of our life, but, "By my God..." It is by my God. We must turn to God, and remember what we know about Him. With prayer I need to invite Him along to the battle. Christian victory is "By God." It is not just ''by God's help." No, that would suggest He is only a partner like a 50/50 him and me thing; instead it is 100% by God that I can run against a troop or leap a wall.  Like King David we must give credit to the power that accomplished a thing. David was giving credit to the One who truly deserves it.

INSTRUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION ON TECHNIQUE:  Observing shapes to determine composition.

WARM UPS: 1. squares with circles inside 2. rolling figure eight pattern. 3. Grayation with balls. 4. Scribbling to make an eye.

QUICK DRAW CHALLENGE: (a freeing up exercise). The instructor will example sketching a candle on a platter in one minute. Students will be given 5 minutes to draw the candle.

CLASS PROJECTS: 1. Woody the human figure model. 2. White flower using silk flowers for a model. 3. Dragon reading a book figurine.

TAKE HOME SKILLBUILDERS: How to draw a cat on a fence, how draw the old cowboy.

LONG TERM PROJECT: Every week we will illustrate two or three sentences that are part of a story. This is an opportunity to draw. The title of this story is the “Mystery of the Lost Heirloom.” It will take place in a world or universe of your own creation

“The mystery of the lost heirloom.”  You have done the first three pages last week this week do pages 4-6, Write “These are my family.” Draw the persons in your avatar’s family. Give them names. Make some young, some old some, men and woman. Give them names. On page 5; write “One night _______ (pick one of the old persons you drew on page 4), Gave me a special responsibility.” Draw the two of you at a table with a candle or lamp inside a tent or whatever your family travels in. For page 6 write, “It was to be the guardian of the family treasure a ___________.” You decide what it is, But it must be something you wear like old shoes or an old beaten up hat or one glove or a scarf or necktie or anything you wear. It can be silly.  
WARNING: You are up to 6 pages. Do not get behind on this- last year those who did never caught up!

(c)Adron Dozat

SPECTRUM HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITY

Art 1 Lesson Plans September 15, 2011

PRE CLASS: Introductions and getting everybody’s name right.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: II Corinthians 5:7, ”We live by faith not by sight” To say we live a certain way is to say that way is in everything we do. IF we live by faith then faith in God should be in everything we do. You can start your drawing or anything else with a silent prayer for God to be your helper and your work to honor him. But if we live by sight we will be always judging the end too soon, like at the very beginning and may quit up or go against what God wants to do. If we live by faith we can keep going even if what we are doing doesn’t look beautiful at first; we believe God will make it beautiful when he is ready.

INSTRUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION ON TECHNIQUE:  The pencil as a tool, there are many ways to hold a hammer, so there are many ways to hold a pencil.

WARM UPS: 1. Triangles. 2. Irregular lines avoiding patterns like jigsaw puzzle pieces. 3. Grayation with tornados. 4. Scallop or wave patterns.

QUICK DRAW CHALLENGE: (A freeing up exercise). The instructor will example sketching a book in one minute. Students will be given 5 minutes to draw the old book.

CLASS PROJECTS: 1. Draw a hammer- try to use different ways of holding your pencil. 2. Draw your own hand. This exercise is to develop fresh observation skills. IE you have seen your hand millions of time but what does it look like right now?  3. We will draw three tennis balls giving attention to shadow. Instructor will draw an example of shading technique.

TAKE HOME SKILLBUILDERS: How to draw a sunflower.

LONG TERM PROJECT, required: Every week we will illustrate two or three sentences that are part of a story. This is an opportunity to draw fantasy and still practice what we are learning in class. The title of this story is the “Mystery of the Lost Heirloom.” It will take place in a world or universe of your own creation, it could be Narnia, Middle earth, fairyland, outer-space, medieval times or something completely unique that you make up,

On the first page of  a sketchbook set aside just for this project illustrate in your most artistic lettering the title of the story, “The mystery of the lost heirloom.”  Take your time, draw lightly at first and then go over the letters to make them look good. You might want to practice on a separate sheet of paper. Use a ruler to make things centered and straight. 

The second page will be a picture of your avatar. This story is in first person and you are the person telling it so draw a portrait of your fantasy person. It could be anything, a dwarf, a fairy, a warrior, a gnome, troll, person, animal creature or something you make up. On the page in your best artistic lettering write, “My name is ______ (put your avatar’s name in) I am a _____ (tell what your creature person is). 

The third page is a picture of some way of traveling, it could be a wagon, flying carpet, space ship, hippy van, hot air balloon with a house underneath or anything you can think of. Then in your best hand writing write I am a wandering musician and travel with my family in a _____ (Describe your way of traveling). Be ready to show your work to class next week.

WARNING: Do not get behind on this- last year those who did never caught up!

Positive peer comments are encouraged but it is my policy that no one is allowed to critique or adversely comment on another person’s work in class except the instructor.

(c)Adron Dozat

SPECTRUM HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITY

Art II Lesson Plans September 15, 2011

PRE CLASS: Introductions and getting everybody’s name right.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: II Corinthians 5:7,”We live by faith not by sight” To say we live a certain way is to say that way is in everything we do. IF we live by faith then faith in God should be in everything we do. You can start your drawing or anything else with a silent prayer for God to be your helper and your work to honor him. But if we live by sight we will be always judging the end too soon, like at the very beginning and may quit up or go against what God wants to do. If we live by faith we can keep going even if what we are doing doesn’t look beautiful at first; we believe God will make it beautiful when he is ready.

INSTRUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION ON TECHNIQUE:  Tools of the trade, information about the materials of watercolor, (more will be given as we progress through the year. Water color wash technique will be demonstrated and supported by the class projects.

CLASS PROJECTS: 1. Our first painting is a sunrise over a field with a deer and trees in silhouette.  2. Our second project will be to sketch and paint with washes three tennis balls.

ON YOUR OWN THIS WEEK, Yes it’s homework: Using the wash technique we practiced in class do two additional paintings. One is to be something from the kitchen; the second painting is any subject of your choosing. Be ready to show one of these to the class next week. Drawing is the foundation to painting so draw in pencil two pictures this week- spend at least an hour on each one, you don’t have to do it all at once. Be ready to show one of the drawings to class. (The long term project may be subtitled for drawing homework).  

LONG TERM PROJECT, optional but encouraged: Every week we will illustrate two or three sentences that are part of a story. This is an opportunity to draw fantasy and still practice what we are learning in class. The title of this story is the “Mystery of the Lost Heirloom.” It will take place in a world or universe of your own creation, it could be Narnia, Middle earth, fairyland, outer-space, medieval times or something completely unique,

Art 2 students may use any medium. In a sketchbook set aside just for this project alone illustrate in your most artistic lettering the title of the story, “The mystery of the lost heirloom.”  Take your time, draw lightly at first and then go over the letters to make them look good. You might want to practice on a separate sheet of paper first. Use a ruler to make things centered and straight. The second page will be a picture of your avatar. This story is in first person and you are the person telling it so draw a portrait of your fantasy person. It could be anything, a dwarf, a fairy, a warrior, a gnome, troll, person, animal creature or something you make up. On the page in your best artistic lettering write, ”My name is ______ (put your avatar’s name in) I am a _____ (tell what your creature person is). 

The third page is a picture of some way of traveling, it could be a wagon, flying carpet, space ship, hippy van, hot air balloon with a house underneath or anything you can think of. Then in your best hand writing write I am a wandering musician and travel with my family in a _____ (Describe your way of traveling).

WARNING: Do not get behind on this- last year those who did never caught up!

Positive peer comments are encouraged but it is my policy that no one is allowed to critique or adversely comment on another person’s work in class except the instructor.

(c)Adron Dozat

I am so looking forward to this year, and have been giving a lot of thought to the lessons and the adventures in art we will all be having. I am full of anticipation that we are going to have a great year. Keep coming back to this site and stay updated on our lessons. I will be posting lesson plans and skill builders every week. Let me know any concerns and interest that I can address.

(c)Adron Dozat