ART BOOK over the Weekend

Art Book Weekend Assignment

Sept. 11-13, 2009

1. Pick two side-by-side pages

2. Put your handprints and fingerprints all over the pages

3. Get your hands dirty and have fun!!!

Due Monday Sept. 14, 2009

SCHOOL IS STARTING!

Tuesday August 25, 2009

is

The First Day of School!

8th Grade Art Supplies:

ALL Classes Must have:

1. Pencils

2. Erasers

3. Hand Held Pencil Sharpener

4. Spiral Notebook (This is Very Important!!!! For taking notes and for rough drafts of the projects. It will be left in the classroom.)

Advanced Art (1st period)

5. Prismacolor Art Pencils (they are an art colored pencil - very important for Contests!!!) These are more expensive that regular colored pencils. Please try and get these, they will make a Huge Difference for your Artwork!!!!!

Extra Personal Supplies:

1. Colored Pencils - any brand is fine

2. Crayons - Crayola Brand is best

3. Scissors

4. Glue

Supplies are due by Monday August 31, 2009!!!!!!!

Miss Tyler's Europe Trip

Here are some pictures from my trip to Europe and the UK.


Infront of Buckingham Palace, the Queen's House


My friend CarrieBeth and I at a castle in Germany

London Pier where the London Eye is, largest Ferris Wheel

Castle in Germany

Little cafe in France where we ate lunch one day

Art Reception May 28, 2009

Thank you for all your Support! It was a huge success!!!

Project: ME is DUE!

Alright the time is approaching quickly!

Project: ME is due Wednesday May 27, 2009 by the end of class.

Remember that you have to do a Self-Evaluation!

I will post that by Friday!

Calendar Contest Winners

Our Rohm and Haas (now DOW) Art Calendar Contest Dinner was this past Tuesday Night.

We have three students in the calendar!

1st Place - Carolina Martinez









2nd Place - Luis Gomez













Honorable Mention - Candy Hernandez














Congratulations to all the Winner's! I am soooo PROUD!

Project: ME

Styles of Self-Portraits

Expressionism: showing a mood or feeling using line and colors

Van Gogh Style: colors and brushstrokes

Cubism: breaking things down into hsapes and designs

Realism: like a photograph

Caricature: cartoon like

Surrealism: real and dreamlike

Escher Style: shading and sections

Pop Art: simplify