ALL Middle School Exploratory (week of May 18-22)

I know after talking with you this semester that some of you like going to the movies, sporting events and concerts.  What are those live events going to look like in the fall and winter with social distancing restrictions in place?  Draw what you think one of those events will look like in an arena.  Keep in mind human nature.  If you assign seats 6 feet apart at a basketball game are people in the nosebleed seats going to respect the rules and stay there or sneak down to closer open seats.  How will venues organize to allow for groups to safely gather?  Use your imagination and have fun!

NATIONAL DRAWING DAY- SATURDAY MAY 16

Share a drawing in the comments for National Drawing Day 2020!  Here is Mandalorian piece I drew!

ALL Middle School Exploratory (week of May 11-15)

This week let's use our imaginations and project towards the next school year.  Create a drawing depicting what you think the next school year will look like at Frontier.  Think about all of the changes in our lives since the pandemic started.  What do you think might change about going back to school?  New rules? New ideas?  New ways of presenting and receiving information?  Be creative and let's see what you think about the fall of 2020.

MC Escher Tessellations

This week we are going to continue exploring MC Escher's work by creating a tessellation.  You need a piece of white paper, a pencil, tape, a straight edge and scissors.  Please follow these four steps which I think is a simplified version of what we looked at last week.  Once you have completed this four step process and have your shape create a series of five that are inter-connected.  

After you have the five tracings of this shape create a transition of shapes/designs/drawings on the first one with organic lines and on the last one with geometric lines (make sure to use your straight edge).  Do your best to create a gradual transition using the remaining three shapes in between.  

Please go back and refresh your memory for ideas by looking at Escher's work before you begin.  

Have fun and please email with questions.  Email me images of where you are at my Monday the 18th.

DESIGN (week of May 11-15) Architectural design- re-design the art rooms part 2

Please continue developing your work based on the feedback you received from last week's work.  Really think about how the art rooms could be the best possible design to work in both in terms of comfort/creativity and incorporating as much of FLW's ideology as possible.  Do not do random or traditional design, refer to FLW's work to find elements that you could incorporate that you see repeating in his structures.  Lots of opportunities to be creative.  Keep in mind that he custom designed most of the furniture in his projects and if you don't like the stools and tables that are currently in the rooms, here is the opportunity to enhance them!  Have fun!  Email me your work by Monday the 18th and lets see if we need another week beyond this or if we get to a point where we are satisfied this week.  Please email with questions.

Foundations and Foundations 2 (week of May 11-15) Draw a house in two point perspective part 2

We will continue developing this project this week.  You should have emailed me your work and received feedback about how best to move forward in developing this piece.  Please take the constructive criticism you received and develop this into a finished piece.  Email me the finished work by Monday the 18th.  Please email with any questions so I can help.

Ceramics 2 Augustin Preault Part 2 (week of May 11-15)

After emailing me your work from last week you should have received feedback.  Please continue developing your finished work this week based on that feedback and email your finished work to me by Monday the 18th.