If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van Gogh

Post for Wednesday, October 31, 2012   Happy Halloween!  Above is a jack-o-lantern carved for the Museum of Modern Art, New York, based on VanGogh's Starry Night.

This Week in Mr. Scheffel's Art Classes...
Art 6
The 6th graders are wrapping up self- portraits once and for all!  This is the last week kids, so bust a move on those proportions and values. Friday is the last day in class on them!

6th Grade Computer Graphics. 
Below is a link for a video tutorial on the lasso tool.  This may help you play the role of Frankenstein for the next few days, taking your head and putting it on other bodies.
Bolts in the neck, well that's a different lesson...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh0qeqNYtKQ
We will be working on our Romare Bearden Collages for the next three days, with Friday being the export deadline!

Art 7
These every-other day classes   r-e-a-l-l-y   s-t-r-e-t-c-h    o-u-t  a  p-r-o-j-e-c-t.
Still working on our Two-point Perspective drawings. This week we will add values to add to the dimensional quality of the works.

Studio in Art
The quote above is meant for you.  You must persist,persist, persist!  Bring to the classroom, not just your physical self, but your whole heart and mind. Bring your soul!  Come to class ready to explore the richness of  your life's experience and the limits of your potential.  Come to class ready to make art that is thoughtful; meaningful. 
Book Project #3-  A road map of your life.  This week, ladies and gentlemen, we are gonna talk
SYMBOLISM!