Monday, October 7, 2019

Art II SB3- FREE CHOICE Artwork

Sketchbook #3- FREE CHOICE Artwork

-Create an artwork based on Your CHOICE of subject, style and media.
*-Your work must display at least 1 hour of your best skill and effort.
* Must be created on the NEXT PAGE in your sketchbook.
 - If it's NOT in the sketchbook, 
  you must e-mail me 'Progress Photos' of your work with the date in the photo.


Due dates:
P4- Thursday 10-17
P3 & P5- Wednesday 10-16

Friday, October 4, 2019

Damien Hirst response (ART I & ART II)

ART I- Notebook Assignment #1/ ART II- Notebook Assignment #2 Damien Hirst response

Create a Google doc in response to the following prompt:

Damien Hirst is a ‘good’ artist.

·      Write at least 5 sentences supporting your opinion about the topic. (*don't stop at 5 sentences is you have more ideas to include.)
·      Consider all the information you learned through the slide presentation and class discussion about the art of contemporary artist Damien Hirst.

·      Possible directions to take in your response:
o   I consider Damien Hirst is a ‘good’ artist because…
o   I consider Damien Hirst to be an artist, but not a ‘good’ artist because…
o   I don’t consider Damien Hirst to be an ‘artist’ because…
 ·      SUPPORT YOUR OPINION with REASONS. (WHY do you think that?)
 ·      Share your doc with kbayek@wethersfield.me.

For the Love of God

Art I- SB#3- Free Choice Drawing

Sketchbook #3- FREE CHOICE Drawing

-Create a drawing based on Your CHOICE of subject, style and media.
*-Your work must display at least 1 hour of your best skill and effort.

Due dates
Tuesday 10-15

Art I- week of October 1st

ART I students have continued to develop skills and techniques related to observational drawing.

To draw realistically, one must be able to observe critically.

After creating 3 viewpoint sketches of their entire object, the most interesting viewpoint was selected as the basis of the final Contour line drawing.

student exemplar


Viewfinders were then used to find and sketch 5 different interesting areas of the object. The most effective composition will be the basis of the final Value Close-Up.


student exemplar



Art II- week of October 1st

Art II students continued the development of their Value Object Composition.

Students are carefully observing each of the 3 viewpoints of their object under a strong light-source, in order to develop a full range of value. 

Value development is essential to creating the form, texture and surface quality of the object. It additionally plays an important role is creating contrast and emphasis, important elements involved in creating a strong focal point.


student exemplar

Friday, September 27, 2019

Art II- week of September 23rd

Art II students continued the development of their Value Object Composition.

Students are carefully observing each of the 3 viewpoints of their object under a strong light-source, in order to develop a full range of value. 

Value development is essential to creating the form, texture and surface quality of the object. It additionally plays an important role is creating contrast and emphasis, important elements involved in creating a strong focal point.


student exemplar

Art I- week of September 23rd

ART I students have begun to develop skills and techniques related to observational drawing.
To draw realistically, one must be able to observe critically.

One exercise employed to develop observation skills and hand-eye coordination is the Blind Contour Drawing. click here to read an explanation of this exercise

All students selected an object to carefully observation and sketch from various viewpoints (at least 3 required).

The most interesting viewpoint discovered through the sketching process, will become the basis of a final Contour line drawing.


student exemplar