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 (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 completing the study guides, including mastery of specific skills students will create their own goals and learning outcomes. Students will make their own choices in their learning and are expected to track their progress, reflect daily (blog or other type of progress reporting such as productivity logs) and present their work to others. Students are only allowed to move forward once they have mastered the skill presented in the study guide. They will be expected to prove mastery of each skill.

This is the starting point for you to retrieve and explore lessons, assignments and supporting resources for the classes I teach. 
 
Daily Schedule
1.Warm-up (10-15 minutes)
2. Lesson (10-15 minutes)
3. Studio Time (60-70 minutes)
​4. Clean-up (5-10 minutes)

The lessons-Content

Each Student is required to complete the assignment as well as the practice "how to's". These are some but not all of the assignments and practice "hoe-tos".

How to's (practice)                Assignments                                             Elements of Art (lessons)                    

Start Here

Mr Melon Head

Color Gradation

Animated Sandwich

Photoshop Mashup

Pen Tool Self-Portrait