DOWNLOAD PODCAST HERE

While my students were viewing the artwork at Barton College, they were listening to a podcast that I had prepared for them.  The podcast consisted of twenty clues to twenty different pieces of artwork in the exhibit.  The student who gets the most correct answers wins a prize.  This was a huge success and most of the students participated or at least those did who had either Ipods or MP3 players.  Want to listen to the podcast?  Click on the link below to download it.

Download the podcast here

Larry Hewett

FIELD TRIP TO BARTON COLLEGE

Last Friday I had the pleasure of taking 23 art students to Barton College in Wilson, N.C. to view the N.C. Scholastic Art Exhibit.  Mr. Mark Gordon gave us a tour of the art department.  Afterwards the students took part in a scavenger hunt.  Earlier I had created a podcast containing 20 clues about 20 different pieces of artwork in the exhibit.  They uploaded the podcast to their MP3 players and Ipods.  As they viewed the show they listened to the clues.  The student getting the most correct answers will win a prize.  Wonder who it will be?

Mr. Hewett

COLLABORATIVE CONTINUOUS LINE DRAWING

Art One did an interesting project last week.  After our study of the five kinds of lines my first period class did a collaborative continous line drawing of a portrait using yarn and Elmer's glue.  It was messy but much fun and very successful.

Mr. Hewett

TWO GOLD KEY WINNERS

WCHS was fortunate enough to have two more gold key winners this year in the N.C. Scholastic Art Exhibit at Barton College in Wilson, N.C.  Below are the two winners, Shronda and Deven, with their winning pieces.  Congratulations to them both.  Now these two pictures will be entered into the national art exhibit in NYC, NY.  Hopefully one or even both of them will be accepted.  So far we have had four national winners.

 Shronda's piece is a Prisma Color pencil drawing done on an old record album.












Deven's is a mixed media piece done with collage, Elmer's glue, turpentine and gold paint.



Mr. Hewett

LESSON FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011

As you know I have taken the NAHS and advanced art students to Barton College to see the N.C. Scholastic Art Exhibit. WCHS was fortunate to have two of the 209 gold keys this year. So while I'm away today this is what I would like for you all to do.

FIRST:
In conclusion of our mandala project I want you to see some awesome mandalas done by an artist named Paul Heussanstamm.  Click on the link for his website and gallery of mandalas. 
http://www.mandalas.com/CircleMandalasGallery/circlemandalas_gallery.phpFrom this gallery I want you to choose your three favorite mandalas. Write the name of the three that you chose and then write 4 or 5 sentences telling me why you like the three more than the others.  (Evaluating)

SECOND:
Next week we will be studying about Egyptian art so as an introduction I want you to go to this website: http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/special/hieroglyphs/name_spell.html
This is an interesting site in which you can type your name or any other English words and they will automatically be translated into Egyptian hieroglyphics.  I want you to type in your first and last name.  You may need to do your first name and then afterward do your last name.  On a sheet of paper I want you to copy the symbols in the order that they are in.  Copy them as closely as possible.  You may draw them from left to right or from top to bottom - it doesn't matter.  Next, I want you to finish this sentence...."My dream for the future is ______________________________."  Fill in the blank and translate this into hieroglyphics as well. (Creating)  I would suggest using three or four words. 

Lastly, I want you to do a search online for a "Contemporary Artist", or one who is still living.  Look at his/her artwork.  Choose your favorite artist, write down his/her name and give me a paragraph as to why you chose this particular artist.

Once you have the symbols drawn and the paragraphs written on your paper, sign your name on it and turn it in to the substitute teacher.  She will make sure I get them for Monday.

Mr. Hewett

INTEGRATED LESSON VIA WETOKU.COM

Ms. Britt and I integrated the elements of art today via Wetoku.com.  I think it was a huge success.  Her students are going to compare and contrast the elements that we both use.  Take a look at it below.

Larry