Welcome To The Art Studio 
  • The Art Studio is a place to be an artist. Both digital and traditional art is part of the art studio work space. Students are encourage to work independently and in small groups to complete 3 (or more) self-paced units (study guides) per quarter, culminating into a "big idea" or final project of their choice using the skills acquired while working through the units.
  • Units of study (in the form of Study Guides) are focused on thinking and behaving like an artist. (For more information on this theory please see this link) http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org
Students are encouraged to use a wide variety of materials and cover a range of subject matter. While technical artistic skills are appreciated and required in the art room, emphasis is on problem solving, exploring and showing growth.

• After learning specific skills presented in lessons and demos, (through guided practice, bootcamps, and mastery quizzes) students will create their own goals and learning outcomes based on the skills to master.
• Students will make their own choices in learning and are expected to track their progress, reflect daily (blogging or Vlogging)  and showcasing or presenting their work to others.
• Students are allowed to move forward once they have mastered the skill presented in lesson and demonstrated their understanding.
​• Students are expected to prove mastery of each skill through demonstration, blogging, quizzes, reflections and presentations.
• An end of the year showcase of work will be presented for students, familes and the public. Please support your students and the Silver Oak community by attending the showcase.
 
Daily Schedule
1.Warm-up & student planning (10-15 minutes)
2. Lesson/Demo - Materials intro - Bootcamp intro (10-15 minutes)
3. Studio Time - To include set-up and blogging - allow 15 minutes to blog/reflect (60-70 minutes)
​4. Clean-up - leave area clean and ready for the next class/student - help others to clean - sweep & throw trash away (5-10 minutes)

The lessons-Content

• Each Student is required to be present for all Lessons and Demos - (if absent you must watch the presentation and fill out the quiz)
• Each student is required to follow the guided practice following the lesson 
• Each student is required to take and PASS the quiz (as many times as you like) before moving on to the project phase and using the materials
• Each student MUST pass a quiz on materials (including set-up, clean-up, purpose and use) before using the materials (this includes computers)
​• Each student will start on simple materials once setp-up/clean-up of material is mastered student will move on to next material

Photoshop Lesson's                      Past                                                                                Must see Content for blogging
                                                                                                                                                                   Learn at your own pace
Guided Practice                             Assignments  (new ones updated soon)                                       Elements of Art (lessons)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Watch each video and blog on 
​                                                                                                                                                                                                                         content to show understanding                  

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Mr Melon Head

Color Gradation

Animated Sandwich

Photoshop Mashup

Pen Tool Self-Portrait