This week starts the Second Quarter!
Art News for November 13th through November 16th

I invent nothing; I rediscover.
~ Auguste  Rodin
 Happy 172nd Birthday Rodin!

While Rodin is famous for his sculptures The Thinker and The Kiss,I would have to say my favorite is The Burghers of Calais.( Learn more about the sculpture by following this link-  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burghers_of_Calais

Welcome to the newest 6th Grade General Art Class!
You kids are stuck with me as your homeroom teacher too.  Its Art Portfolios for you this week. We will be talking alot about compositional space.  For class you will need a notebook or space for art in your binder and a pencil every day. 

Welcome to the newest Computer Graphics Class!
This week will be all about log in names, U drives and W drives, and if you catch on quick, maybe even a little Photoshop Elements...

Art7 - Bird, bird, bird.  Bird is the word! 

This week marks the beginning of our next project;
Watercolor paintings in the spirit of John James Audubon.

Studio in Art - Road Map Book Pages are due this week!  The studio classes will be working on composition (aren't we always working on composition?)  After some drills with skulls and skeletons, students will be taking their own dramatic photos to use as the start of a larger composition in Pastel.
Sound difficult? You betch ya!