1. Monday, November 3, 2008 Reflection: Read over pg. 586 in Art in Focus about a graphic design career and write down the a.Type and amount of education that they need. b.What do you think is the best and worst part of being a graphic designer, and c. Explain why you would or would not like to be a graphic artist.

2. Monday, November 3, 2008 Agenda: 1. Using magazines in the #5 closet and the gimmick guide, find an advertisement or two that uses at least one of the gimmick techniques defined on your guide. 2.Label your logo with the name of the gimmick using a piece of paper and tape on your table. 3.Hang your ad in the audience category that you think it belongs in on the board

3. Friday, November 7, 2008 Reflection: Draw fall Leave your cartoon warm-ups, logos, and everything about your advertisements. Otherwise.. You may clean out your shelf and take your artwork home. Advertisement Grading Scale: Clear Point of View …………………25 Slogan ………………………………..25 Gimmick ……………………………..25 Good use of color and text ……….25 100

4. Monday, November 10, 2008 Reflection: Read over pg.592 in Art in Focus about an advertising artist career and write down a. the type and amount of education that they need. b. What do you think is the best and worst part of being an advertising artist and c. explain why or why you would not like to be an advertising artist.

5. Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Review Logo/Advertisement Grading Scale. and Unit Requirements: - Logo - should already be finished - 4 Ads with different Gimmicks - Final Advertsement Due at the end of class 11/13/08 Advertisement Grading Scale: Incorporates Logo …………………25 Slogan ………………………………..25 Gimmick ……………………………..25 Good use of color and text ……….25 100

6. Thursday, November 13, 2008 Review Logo/Advertisement Grading Scale. and Unit Requirements: - Logo - should already be finished - 4 Ads with different Gimmicks - Final Advertsement Due at the end of class 11/13/08 – TODAY Advertisement Grading Scale: Incorporates Logo …………………25 Slogan ………………………………..25 Gimmick ……………………………..25 Good use of color and text ……….25 100

7. Draw One: Friday, November 14, 2008

8. Monday, November 17, 2008 Reflection: Draw a Thanksgiving feast with the pilgrims and the Native Americans as a cartoon.

9. Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Reflection: Take one of these characters and turn them into a villain.

10. Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Reflection: Turn one of these villains into a hero by the way they look. **Please get all of your previous cartoon reflections from your shelf.**

11. Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Reflection: In the spirit of the holidays, our school is doing many things for other people including giving blood, and taking donations for others. Write a letter to Santa Clause, or the President asking them for something they can do to make things better for the city, for your family, for the United States for the world, or for anyone that you think needs a little help.

12. Thursday, December 4, 2008 Reflection: Make a drawing of a 1/2 animal, 1/2 machine. Explain the animal and machine, and the function that it serves, or the special powers that it has. Today/Friday, draw/color the final version of your animachine including the environment that it lives in, and color or paint. If you want to paint, please make sure that you get the “painting paper” from the bottom shelf of the paper cabinet at the end of the counter.

13. Art 1 – 2 nd 9 Weeks Interim Grades Logo …………………………………………………….. 200 pts. Four advertisements, each with a prominent gimmick: 100 pts Advertisement:…………………………………………. 200 pts. Tag/Package Design: …………………………………. 200 pts. Comic Strip Unit Setup Paper and 3 Character Sketches …………100 pts. Dialogue/Setting Practice …………..……… 100 pts. Final Comic Strip (see below) ………..…………200 pts Warm Up Grade ………………………………………..100 pts Animachine …………………………….……………… 200 pts. Total: 1400 points

14. Friday, December 5, 2008 Reflection: Draw three snowmen, each as differently as possible

15. Monday, December 8, 2008 Reflection: Draw what you most want for Christmas. Notes: 1. Every day, be sure that if you do your warm-up that you put your name on it, and get it to your shelf to get credit. 2. If you have a manila folder in your shelf, it is because your shelf is too crowded Use it to separate your work. DO NOT FOLD ARTWORK 3.Printed copies of the Make up Warm-Ups are on the cart. 4. Turn in your comic strip with the evaluation, they are also on the cart.

16. Describe the painting using 3 paragraphs and complete sentences. Describe what you are seeing and how the artist portrayed it. DO NOT: Include your opinion Say you think the painting means. Bullet your answers. 100 pts. Must be finished today. You may not make it up.

18. Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Reflection: 1. Draw Peace - with pencils, not paint 2. Please put all warm ups beginning November 3 in the tub in the front. If your warm ups are not in a sketchbook, please staple them together. 3. Get painting supplies: paper, brush, water, pallet, paper towel, 1 or 2 watercolors.

19. Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Warm Up: Get painting supplies: paper, brush, water, pallet, paper towel, the list of colors are by your supplies. Using the watercolors, draw Christmas. Today’s agenda: 1. Warm-Up, 10 minutes 2.Review brush strokes 3.Lake scene 4. Begin watercolor beach scene

20. Thursday, December 11, 2008 Reflection: Get painting supplies: paper, brush, water, pallet, paper towel, colors. Use a pen to draw a picture of your choice, then paint in the color with the watercolor. Please keep it small, and do not spend more than 15 minutes Agenda: 1.Warm up, 15 minutes ONLY 2.Finish Beach 3.Beach Scene

21. Friday, December 12, 2008 Reflection: Draw or write about your fondest or funniest holiday memory. Agenda: 1.Warm-Up 2.Finish Beach 3.Begin New Techniques

22. Monday, December 15, 2008 Reflection: Explain why people say that there is “magic” in Christmas. Do you agree? Why or Why not?

23. Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Reflection: Draw a picture that explains what people mean when they say Christmas is too commercial.

24. Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Reflection: Draw two groups of Holiday Icons: (images that stand for something) 1.Religious 2.Non Religious

25. Thursday, December 18, 2008 Reflection: Explain why marketers use certain colors to represent each holiday. Using colored pencils or watercolors, make at least three groups of colors, and label them with the holiday they represent.

26. Friday, December 19, 2008 Reflection: If you could give anyone in the world any gift, who and what would it be?

27. 1. What watercolor techniques does this artwork contain? Wet on Wet Glazing Dry Brush Graded Wash Blended Colors Explain where. Monday, December 15, 2008, Reflection: QUIZ: 1. Choose which watercolor techniques the artist used to paint each of the four paintings, and 2. explain what part of the painting they were used in.

28. 2. What watercolor techniques does this artwork contain? Wet on Wet Glazing Dry Brush Graded Wash Blended Colors Explain where. Monday, December 15, 2008, Reflection: QUIZ: 1. Choose which watercolor techniques the artist used to paint each of the four paintings, and 2. explain what part of the painting they were used in.

29. 3. What watercolor techniques does this artwork contain? Wet on Wet Glazing Dry Brush Graded Wash Blended Colors Explain where. Monday, December 15, 2008, Reflection: QUIZ: 1. Choose which watercolor techniques the artist used to paint each of the four paintings, and 2. explain what part of the painting they were used in.

30. 4. What watercolor techniques does this artwork contain? Wet on Wet Glazing Dry Brush Graded Wash Blended Colors Explain where. Monday, December 15, 2008, Reflection: QUIZ: 1. Choose which watercolor techniques the artist used to paint each of the four paintings, and 2. explain what part of the painting they were used in.

31. Monday, January 5, 2008 Reflection: Draw the best thing you did during your break.