Page Last Updated Thursday, May 16, 2013

On this page you will find course information for all of the Visual Art programming at Menihek. Just scroll down to access current notices, course outlines, class projects and due dates.

Parents, If you would like an update on your child’s progress, please email me or phone the school for an appointment.

Contact me: jthomas@lsb.ca Phone: 944 7731 (8:00am to 4:00pm)

The Date Has Been Set!

We have booked the Arts & Culture Centre for our Annual Student Art Exhibition. So mark off June 4^th on your calendars! We will have the opening reception on Tuesday, June 4^th at 7:00 pm at the Arts & Culture Centre in Labrador City.

I am in the process of selecting works that will best represent the projects we have been working on this year. Last year we had well over a hundred pieces of art displayed!

In the upcoming weeks I will be looking for parent and student volunteers to bring cookies/sandwiches/cracker platters to our opening night reception. If you can help us with this, please contact me at the email address above.

So come on out on the fourth and join us as we celebrate the outstanding student work of Menihek’s art programme!

General Messages:

Students are responsible for coming to class and keeping up with their work. If they miss class for any reason they need to arrange for a time after school to get caught up on their project work.

Marks in Art are cumulative. Students can rework past projects or submit work they have missed at any point of the year. (With exception to junior high students who must complete work from the current semester) It is strongly advised that students complete work in a timely manner as not to be overwhelmed at marking periods.

Students are responsible for the content in their artwork. Any artwork that can be interpreted as featuring offensive language, drugs, alcohol, smoking, racism, sexism, or homophobia is inappropriate for school, and certainly for my class. Any work that disregards this will be confiscated and receive an incomplete until reworked.

Class	Project or Topic Covered	Date Assigned	Due Date
Art 8 Group 3 Course Outline	Introduction to Sketching Techniques
	- Cartoon Sketches	February	April 10^th
	- Portfolio Cover Design	February	April 10^th
	Introduction to Watercolour Techniques - Watercolour Exploration Activity - Cartoon Watercolour Painting	March 27^th	May 10^th
	Introduction to Abstract Art - Kaleidoscope Design Project	April 24^th
	Introduction to Soft Pastel - Experimenting activity - Pastel Nature Drawing

Class	Project or Topic Covered	Date Assigned	Due Date
Art 8 Group 4 Course Outline	Introduction to Sketching Techniques
	- Cartoon Sketches	February	April 10^th
	- Portfolio Cover Design	February	April 10^th
	Introduction to Watercolour Techniques - Watercolour Exploration Activity - Cartoon Watercolour Painting	March 27^th	May 10^th
	Introduction to Abstract Art - Kaleidoscope Design Project	April 23^rd
	Introduction to Soft Pastel - Experimenting activity - Pastel Nature Drawing

Class	Project or Topic Covered	Date Assigned	Due Date
Art 9 Group 3 Course Outline	Introduction to Brainstorming - Portfolio Design Project	September 12^th	October 26^th
	Introduction to Cinematography - Thaumatrope Project - Flipbook Worksheet - Finished Flipbook with cover and label	March 5^th March 21^st April 9^th	April 10^th
	Introduction to Stop Motion Animation - Behind the Scenes at Aardman Studios video - The Making of Wallace & Gromitt video - Clay Animation Group Project	April 16^th April 22^nd April 25^th

Class	Project or Topic Covered	Date Assigned	Due Date
Art 9 Group 4 Course Outline	Introduction to Brainstorming - Portfolio Design Project	September 11^th	October 26^th
	Introduction to Cinematography - Thaumatrope Project - Flipbook Worksheet - Finished Flipbook with cover and label	March 4^th March 13^th March 20^th	April 10^th
	Introduction to Stop Motion Animation Behind the Scenes at Aardman Studios video The Making of Wallace & Gromitt video - Clay Animation Group Project	April 10^th April 12^th

Class	Project or Topic Covered	Date Assigned		Due Date
Art 1201 (1) Course Outline	Introduction to contour drawing - Three contour shoe drawings	September 6th		October 26^th
	Introduction to Sketching - Black and white shell drawing in graphite - Coloured shell drawing in soft pastel	September 11^th		October 26^th
	Monogrammed Portfolio - Three letter sketches - Portfolio cover design in coloured pencil/oil pastel	September 15^th September 21^st		October 26^th
	Introduction to Sketchbook Keeping Slideshow Sketchbook Development Requirements	October 2^nd
	- 1201 Sketchbook Assignment #1				November 2^nd
	Perception: Introduction to Optical Illusions - Figure/Ground Optical Illusion on Contrast-O		October 22^nd
	Sketchbooks must be passed in before Friday, November 2^nd to be included on the Term 1 Report Card. Any unfinished work up until this point will not be included on this term’s evaluation.
	- Optical Illusion Design project: Hands that Pop You need to practice drawing the lines in your sketchbook first…then I will give you the large paper to do the coloured version		October 29^th		January 17^th
	- Value Scale Worksheet
	Mini Fall progress reports have been distributed to students.
	Introduction to Value - Value scale worksheet - Graduated Tone Demo - Graduated Tone Exercise Worksheet		November 23^rd		January 17^th
	- Graduated Tone Shading Project				January 17^th
	Sketchbooks will be collected in class on Wednesday, January 16^th. Books not passed in by this date will not be included on the February report card.
	Mini art progress reports have been distributed to students with updated averages. If students have more than one incomplete project, they may not receive a grade on their report cards.
	Introduction to Sculpture - Plaster Relief Carving Project		January 28^th		April 10^th
	- Hatching/Crosshatching/Stippling Sketchbook Assignment		February 20^th		April 12^th
	Introduction to Printmaking - Digital Woodblock Print using Ukiyoe on the iPad - Linocut Printmaking Project · Edition of five prints with black ink on white paper · Edition of five coloured prints - Tribute page to NL Printmaker David Blackwood in sketchbook		February 25^th February 28^th		April 10^th April 12^th
	Sketchbooks will be collected in class on Friday, April 12th. Books not passed in by this date will not be included on the April report card.
	Introduction to Surrealism: Modern Masters: Salvador Dali Biography video - Brainstorming and three sketches for Surrealism project - Surrealism Watercolour Project		April 9^th
	Introduction to Installation Art - Installation Art Presentation - Tape People Group Project

Class	Project or Topic Covered	Date Assigned	Due Date
Art 1201 (2) Course Outline	Introduction to contour drawing - Three contour shoe drawings	September 6th	October 26^th
	Introduction to Sketching - Black and white shell drawing in graphite - Coloured shell drawing in soft pastel	September 11^th	October 26^th
	Monogrammed Portfolio - Three letter sketches - Portfolio cover design in coloured pencil/oil pastel	September 15^th September 21^st	October 26^th
	Introduction to Sketchbook Keeping Slideshow Sketchbook Development Requirements	October 2^nd
	- 1201 Sketchbook Assignment #1		November 2^nd
	Perception: Introduction to Optical Illusions - Figure/Ground optical Illusion on Contrast-O	October 22^nd
	Sketchbooks must be passed in before Friday, November 2^nd to be included on the Term 1 Report Card. Any unfinished work up until this point will not be included on this term’s evaluation.
	- Optical Illusion Design project: Hands that Pop You need to practice drawing the lines in your sketchbook first…then I will give you the large paper to do the coloured version	October 30^th		January 17^th
	- Value Scale Worksheet			January 17^th
	Mini progress reports have been distributed to students.
	Introduction to Value - Value scale worksheet - Graduated Tone Demo - Graduated Tone Exercise Worksheet	November 23^rd		January 17^th
	- Graduated Tone Shading Project			January 17^th
	Sketchbooks will be collected in class on Wednesday, January 16^th. Books not passed in by this date will not be included on the February report card.
	Mini art progress reports have been distributed to students with updated averages. If students have more than one incomplete project, they may not receive a grade on their report cards.
	Introduction to Sculpture - Plaster Relief Carving Project	January 28^th		April 10^th
	- Hatching/Crosshatching/Stippling Sketchbook Assignment	February 27^th		April 12^th
	Introduction to Printmaking - Digital Woodblock Print using Ukiyoe on the iPad - Linocut Printmaking Project · Edition of five prints with black ink on white paper · Edition of five coloured prints - Tribute page to NL Printmaker David Blackwood in sketchbook	March 4^th March 11^th		April 10^th April 12^th
	Sketchbooks will be collected in class on Friday, April 12th. Books not passed in by this date will not be included on the April report card.
	Introduction to Surrealism: Modern Masters: Salvador Dali Biography video - Brainstorming and three sketches for Surrealism project - Surrealism Watercolour Project
	Introduction to Installation Art - Installation Art Presentation - Tape People Group Project

Class	Project or Topic Covered	Date Assigned	Due Date
Art 1201 (3) Course Outline	Introduction to contour drawing - Three contour shoe drawings	September 6th	October 26^th
	Introduction to Sketching - Black and white shell drawing in graphite - Coloured shell in soft pastel	September 11^th	October 26^th
	Monogrammed Portfolio - Three letter sketches - Portfolio cover design in coloured pencil/oil pastel	September 15^th September 21^st	October 26^th
	Introduction to Sketchbook Keeping Slideshow Sketchbook Development Requirements	October 2^nd
	- 1201 Sketchbook Assignment #1		November 2^nd
	Perception: Introduction to Optical Illusions - Figure/Ground Optical Illusion on Contrast-O	October 19^th
	Sketchbooks must be passed in before Friday, November 2^nd to be included on the Term 1 Report Card. Any unfinished work up until this point will not be included on this term’s evaluation. Mini progress reports will be distributed to students throughout the second week of November.
	- Optical Illusion Design project: Hands that Pop You need to practice drawing the lines in your sketchbook first…then I will give you the large paper to do the coloured version	October 29^th		January 17^th
	- Value Scale Worksheet			January 17^th
	- Perspective Optical Illusion			January 17^th
	Mini progress reports have been distributed to students.
	Introduction to Value - Value scale worksheet - Graduated Tone Demo - Graduated Tone Exercise Worksheet	November 23^rd		January 17^th
	- Graduated Tone Shading Project			January 17^th
	Sketchbooks will be collected in class on Wednesday, January 16^th. Books not passed in by this date will not be included on the February report card.
	Mini art progress reports have been distributed to students with updated averages. If students have more than one incomplete project, they may not receive a grade on their report cards.
	Introduction to Sculpture - Plaster Relief Carving Project	January 28^th		April 10^th
	- Hatching/Crosshatching/Stippling Sketchbook Assignment	February 20^th		April 12^th
	Introduction to Printmaking - Digital Woodblock Print using Ukiyoe on the iPad - Linocut Printmaking Project · Edition of five prints with black ink on white paper · Edition of five coloured prints - Tribute page to NL Printmaker David Blackwood in sketchbook	February 25^th		April 10^th
	Sketchbooks will be collected in class on Friday, April 12th. Books not passed in by this date will not be included on the April report card.
	Introduction to Surrealism: Modern Masters: Salvador Dali Biography video - Brainstorming and three sketches for Surrealism project - Surrealism Watercolour Project	April 9^th
	Introduction to Installation Art - Installation Art Presentation - Tape People Group Project

Class	Project or Topic Covered	Date Assigned	Due Date
Art & Design 3200 (1) Course Outline	Intro to Brainstorming and Sketching - Portfolio Design Project (you need a brainstorming diagram and three sketches completed before you may begin drawing on the Bristol board.)	September 7^th	November 2^nd
	Introduction to Sketchbook Keeping Slideshow Sketchbook Development Requirements
	Introduction to Value - Value scale Sketchbook Assignment - Applied Texture Building Assignment	October 10^th October 11^th		November 2^nd
	- Pen & Ink Project: This project has a series of steps and will take several weeks to complete. This will be included on the Term 2 report card.	October 18^th	January 17^th
	Sketchbooks must be passed in before Friday, November 2^nd to be included on the Term 1 Report Card. Any unfinished work up until this point will not be included on this term’s evaluation.
	Mini progress reports have been distributed to students.
	Sketchbooks will be collected in class on Thursday, January 17^th. Books not passed in by this date will not be included on the February report card.
	Mini art progress reports have been distributed to students with updated averages. If students have more than one incomplete project, they may not receive a grade on their report cards.
	Introduction to Still Life Presentation - Brainstorming diagram for still life objects in sketchbook - Still life photographs - Still Life Drawing Project	January 28^th	April 10^th
	Introduction to Abstract Art Video on Pablo Picasso - Sketchbook Assignment: Create a page dedicated to Picasso. Include facts from the video, examples of his art style, etc. - Cubism Oil Pastel Drawing	March 4^th March 7^th	April 10^th
	Who the @#*& is Jackson Pollock Documentary What is Abstract Expressionism Slideshow Introduction to Acrylic Paint Tools and Techniques - Colour Wheel Mixing Assignment	March 27^th April 10^th
	Sketchbooks will be collected in class on Wednesday, April 10th. Books not passed in by this date will not be included on the April report card.
	16 Acrylic Painting Techniques: A Studio Workshop with Jackie Miller video - Sketchbook notes on the various painting techniques demonstrated in the video Abstract Art Slideshow - Abstract Mood Painting Project	April 19^th April 24^th April 25^th
	Introduction to Portraiture Slideshow - Final Portraiture Independent Project

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