Week#, Date, Title
Minimum of 3 photos. Additional media like video or audio is optional.
Vocabulary word that pertains to the work done in this subject this week, including a definition, and detail of how it pertains to the work done.
Reflection that includes a strength, stretch and goal in relation to one of the core competencies.
Week 2, February 8, Elements and Principles of Art Skill Builder
Core Competency: CRITICAL THINKING
Vocabulary word: ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART
This week I started and finished doing my Elements and Principles of Art skill builder paper. I cut pieces from the magazines the size of the rectangle in my skill builder and pasted the cut pieces onto my skill builder. When choosing the pieces, I showed my critical thinking by thinking about which piece would suit which elements and principles of art.
ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART – The elements of art are the visual tools that the artist uses to create a composition. These are line, shape, color, value, form, texture, and space. The principles of art represent how the artist uses the elements of art to create an effect and to help convey the artist’s intent.
Week 3, February 12, Life on Land Research
Pangolins are the only mammals wholly-covered in scales and they use those scales to protect themselves from predators in the wild. They generally live in areas with tropical trees and large shrubs, as well as in semi-arid desert regions. This creature generally survives by eating ants and termites. Pangolins are in high demand in countries such as China and Vietnam, where their meat is considered a delicacy and their scales are used in traditional medicine and folk remedies. Although all pangolins are protected under national and international laws, pangolins are endangered due to the growing illegal trade in pangolins.
Wildlife crime is the biggest threat to the pangolin and that’s why we can join the Stop Wildlife Crime campaign and help to protect this threatened species. We can also help to protect these threatened species by not taking or using medications containing pangolin scales.
Week 3, February 15, Life on Land Piñata Process
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Piñata
I started this week with research for the Life on Land Pinata project. I did some research on Pangolins, a threatened species. In this research, I presented information about why Pangolins are under threat and tried to find a solution to this threat. After researching, I took a printout of Pangolin image and drew the shape of the Pangolin on another piece of paper. I showed my creative thinking by cutting the Pangolin’s shape into separate pieces to make the Pangolin look 3D.
Piñata – A Symbol of Joy and Celebration, artists choose piñatas to celebrate cultural heritage and pay homage to family histories, address contemporary social issues, and reminisce on personal memories. Piñatas, in their widely diverse forms, are present in various cultures around the world.
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Armature
I started this week by cutting cardboard in the same shape as the molds of my endangered animal, the Pangolin, last week. After cutting the cardboard, I glued the cardboard together. While gluing the cardboards together to get a 3D image, I rolled the aluminum foils, made taps and glued them between my cardboards.
One of the other things I did this week was to make a mini book out of a single piece of paper, draw a mouse out of numbers and give the mouse a story. Here, I showed my creative thinking by thinking of different scenarios in my mind and drawing these scenarios on paper while giving a story to my mouse.
The last thing I did this week was to make a 3D 3D version of the turkey, the animal on the card I chose by chance, with play dough.
Armature – A skeleton or framework used by an artist to support a figure being modeled in materials.
Week 5, February 29, Life on Land Piñata Process
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Paper Mache
I started the week by covering my armature with paper mache, which I finished making last week, to which I glued aluminum foil. First, I prepared a sticky mixture from flour and water. After dipping the newspapers I cut into strips into this adhesive mixture, I covered my armature by gluing it on top of my armature.
Another thing I did this week was the Pangolin, which is under threat, and I created a story in a mini skit where I folded the paper and divided it into 4 pieces. I showed my creative thinking by directing the story according to my imagination.
The last thing I did this week was to do an activity using the sense of touch, one of our 5 main senses. In this activity, my partner drew a shape on my back with her finger and I tried to draw the same shape on paper. This activity increased the sensitivity and sensitivity to my touching sense.
Paper Mache – Made up of pieces of paper or pulp that are often reinforced with cloth or other materials and bound together with an adhesive paste.
Week 6, March 4, Inquiry Term-Long Project (Purpose)
I want to make a clay mug for the Inquiry Term-Long Project. This mug will feature a clay mini replica of my own cat inside an inward groove in the mug like the first three photos I provided above. I plan to make the shape and design of the mug like the last photo I provided. I may use darker tones in terms of colour, but the pattern will be as in the last photo.
The reason why I wanted to make such a mug in this project is that I wanted my cat to keep a souvenir for me. Unfortunately, my cat will not live very long and by making this mug, I want to use the mug and always remember him. Others have made various mugs from clay before. As you can see from the first 3 photos I provided above, they had made many mugs similar to the one I wanted to make. Mugs were made from various animals such as foxes, geese and cats in various designs such as curved, wide at the bottom, narrowing towards the top, short and wide.
The challenge when making the mug of the style I want is that the place where I made the dent curves into the mug. This may cause the mug to look crooked when looking inside. To solve this problem I can increase the thickness of the mug so that the indentation I make in the mug does not distort the shape of the inside of the mug. Since I will make this indentation in the middle of the mug, I can thin the thickness of the mug towards the top. Thus, I can drink something from the mug without any difficulty.
Week 6, March 7, Life on Land Piñata Process
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Reciprocity
This week, to support and strengthen my armature, I glued small thin rods extending from the inside of my armature to its legs. Then, I wrote the special features of the animal I chose, the pangolin, on a piece of paper and placed it inside my piñata. Then I wrote on a ribbon what threatened this animal and glued this ribbon to the bottom of my armature. Then I continued paper called some more. Another thing I did this week was draw the before and after of an object. I showed my creative thinking by drawing the before and after of a flower in a pot. The last thing I did this week was to make a mini book out of paper and play a word writing game consisting of a combination of two images.
Reciprocity – The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit.
Week 7, March 14, Life on Land Piñata Process
Core Competency: CRITICAL THINKING
Vocabulary word: Paper clay
I started this week by making paper clay to cover my armature. To make paper caly, I cut the newspapers into thin strips, dipped them in water, waited for them to melt a little, then blended the papers I took from the water with some water. I filtered the blended mixture using a strainer. Finally, I added some glue and joint compound to my mixture and mixed it and obtained my paper clay. I covered every part of my armature carefully and without any gaps with this paper clay and left it to dry. Another thing I did this week was guess what an artist statement includes and practice the artist statement. Everyone in the class was given a paragraph and information about an artwork, and we practiced before writing our own artist statement for the Life on Land project.
Paper clay – Adding paper pulp and other fibers to your clay body can make things you never thought possible with clay totally doable. This is why many sculptors make paper clay sculpture. Paper clay helps reduce shrinkage in the drying stage and strengthen joints, allowing wet and dry pieces to be joined.
Week 8, April 4, Life on Land Piñata Process
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Joint compound
I started the week by coating my paper clay-covered piñata, which I left to dry before the spring break, with joint compound. Using joint compound, I added some fullness to my pinata animal’s legs and added eyes. I left it to dry and the next day I noticed that there were cracks in some parts of my piñata that I had covered with joint compound, so I covered the cracked areas with joint compound again.We started the clay unit this week. Teachers introduced clay and showed a demo. We were also informed about the locations of the materials we would use throughout this clay unit. Another thing he did this week was that we chose a random piece of art from a random magazine, found the elements and principles of art in this art, and wrote down our questions about this art. We repeated this activity once again on another day, but this time with a smaller group. The last thing I did this week was read the poem given to my group and draw a picture depicting this poem. While drawing this picture, I used creative thinking by generating ideas as a group and thinking of figures that would describe the poem.
Joint compound – Joint compound is a white powder of primarily gypsum dust mixed with water to form a paste the consistency of cake frosting, which is spread onto drywall and sanded when dry to create a seamless base for paint on walls and ceilings.
Week 9, April 11, Life on Land Piñata Process
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Color Theory
I started the week by learning color theory. We get color by mixing two or more colors. For example, if we mix blue and yellow, we get yellow, and if we mix white and pink, we get pink. Another thing I did this week was what a poem brought to my mind and we created art depicting this poem with play-dough. This week I smoothed the Pangolin, which I coated with joint compound last week and left to dry. I removed the bumps on it with a wet sponge. Then, using what I learned from color theory, I mixed brown and black and painted the Pangolin a dark brown. To create the pangolin’s scales, I drew patterns with a pencil and showed my creative thinking here.
Color theory – Color theory, or more specifically traditional color theory, is the historical body of knowledge describing the behavior of colors, namely in color mixing, color contrast effects, color harmony, color schemes and color symbolism. Modern color theory is generally referred to as Color science.
Week 10, April 18, Brush Slug Process
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Thumbnail
I started the week by painting the scales of my Life on Land animal, the pangolin, which is the final stage of my pangolin project. This was the final phase of my Life on Land Piniata project and thus I completed my Pangolin piniata. Then I started the new project, brush slug. For this, I took some clay and first kneaded it thoroughly to remove the air in the clay, and then I rolled out the clay to equal thickness with the help of a rolling pin and two wooden sticks. Afterwards, I cut the flat clay into the size I wanted and softened the sharp edges with a sponge. Afterwards, I shaped the parts where the brushes would go with the help of a wooden spoon. Finally, I showed my creative thinking by adding clay flowers and bushes to my brush slug to reflect the tropical climate where my Life on Land animal, Pangolin lives, and left my brush slug to dry. Afterwards, as a class, we took a tour of the art gallery to see the art that everyone had made so far and evaluated two works of art with a partner. The last thing I did this week was I made a thumbnail for the next project, Animal Decal.
Thumbnail – A thumbnail is a very rough draft of your sketch. It is a smaller, simplified version, usually made on draft paper. It contains only the key shapes and objects of your sketch and leaves out the details. It also shows the main color areas and how different colors work together.
Life on Land PRODUCT (Pinata)
Pangolin
April 2024
Paper Mache & Mixed Media
Eda Inceoz
Pangolins are the only mammals wholly covered in scales and they use those scales to protect themselves from predators in the wild. Pangolins are under threat due to the increasing illegal pangolin trade in China and Vietnam where their scales are used in traditional medicine and folk remedies, although all pangolins are protected by national and international laws.
The materials I used to create this Piñata were cardboard, aluminium foil, paper mache, paper clay, plaster, ribbon and acrylic paint. To make the pangolin look like it was walking freely in its nature, I glued some of its legs leaning forward and some of its legs leaning back. To emphasize the unique scales of the pangolin, I drew its beautiful scales with acrylic paint.
Week 11, April 25, Brush Slug Process
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Glaze
We started this week with a class activity to start the day more creatively. First, we drew whatever we had in mind for a certain period of time on a piece of paper that we divided into four, then we completed the other 3 sections by increasing this time at each level. This week I drew thumbnails for the design of my brush slug that I left to dry last week. Then, I used the design that I liked among them in the design of my brush slug. The last thing I did this week was to start making the wall decor that I finished thumbnailing last week. First, I rolled out the clay with the help of a rolling pin and two equal-thick boards, making it even in all areas. Then, using a round cap, I cut a circle the size of my palm from the rug. Afterwards, I drew the shapes of the upper parts on the clay that I had drawn on the drawing, and then I cut them and added them to the circle. Finally, I softened the sharp edges with a wet sponge and left it to dry. After it dried, I started painting it with acrylic paint.
Glaze – In painting a glaze is a transparent layer of paint brushed over a dried underlayer. Generally associated with oil painting, glazes can also be applied on top of each other to create a feeling of depth and luminosity in the work, also protecting the paint and adding richness to the colour.
Week 12, May 2, Wall Decoration Process
Core Competency: CRITICAL THINKING
Vocabulary word: Acrylic medium
This week, I finished the painting process of my brush slug, which I started painting last week, by using Elements and Principles of Art with the help of my teachers and adding shading and details. Then I started the Wall Decoration project. First, I went on a design exploration by drawing 4 thumbnails. After I knead the clay thoroughly and I used a round bowl as a mold and cut the clay to the size I wanted. Then I drilled a hole at the top so it could hang on the wall. On top of it, I cut the shape of the Pangol’s arm and head from clay and glued it on this round base. Then, I softened the sharp edges with a wet sponge and left it to dry. The next day, I started painting my dried Pangolin figured Wall Decoration with acrylic paint and let it dry. The next day, I drew the Pangolin’s scales on the dried paint with a white pencil and painted the scales again with acrylic paint. The next day I drew the Pangolin’s face and here I had to decide what to draw the face with because depending on the material I used, it would not flow after the acrylic medium was placed on it. I chose to use a permanent marker and thus showed my critical thinking. Finally, I covered it with acrylic midium. Thus, I finished my Wall Decoration project this week.
Acrylic Medium – An acrylic painting medium is a substance that is added to acrylic paint to change one or more of its properties. Mediums adjust how acrylic paint performs, feels and looks. They can be used to prepare your canvas, change texture, adjust flow, alter the working properties of your paint, or protect your final painting.
Week 13, May 9, Character Mug Process
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Underglaze
I started this week by drawing 4 thumbnails for my new project, the character mug. I showed my creative thinking while designing the 4 thumbnails I drew. As part of the project, I gave emotions to my mugs while drawing them. Another thing I did this week was to write a short story in the mini booklet I made by folding paper and draw pictures for this story. I had a one-day absence this week due to illness, so I couldn’t do much this week.
Underglaze – Underglaze is a method of decorating pottery in which painted decoration is applied to the surface before it is covered with a transparent ceramic glaze and fired in a kiln. Underglazes are made from pigments derived from oxides.
Week 14, May 16, Character Mug Process
Core Competency: CRITICAL THINKING
Vocabulary word: Critique Sandwich
This week, I chose one of my character mugs that I finished drawing last week and started the clay phase. I chose the cat mug in the bottom left. After kneading the clay and rolling it out with the help of a rolling pin, I cut out the pieces of my mug using a large, small, rectangular and a round mold and assembled these bars. Then, I made two eyes, a nose and a mouth from clay for my mug’s face. When I was drawing the mouth part design, it wasn’t what I imagined, so I showed my critical thinking by deciding to make the mouth part with paint instead of clay. After adding the nose and eyes to the top of my mug, I left it to dry. Another thing I made this week was critique sandwich. In Critique sandwich, I strengthened my ability to comment on art by commenting on a work of art, which elements and principles of art were used, what they were used for, and what was missing.
Critique Sandwich – Many business professionals tout the “sandwich approach” or “hamburger method” as a valuable technique for tackling challenging conversations. In this tactic, a manager offers a piece of negative feedback “sandwiched” between two positive ones, thus easing the blow of the critique.
Week 15, May 23, Character Mug Process
Core Competency: CRITICAL THINKING
Vocabulary word: Slip
I started this week by drawing the mouth of my character mug, which I left to dry in bisque fire last week. As I wrote in last week’s blog, I decided to make my character mug’s mouth by drawing. First, I drew the mouth shape as I wanted on a piece of paper and cut it out. Using this shape I cut as a template, I drew the mouth of my character mug. Then I started painting my character mug. There was no paint ready in the color I wanted, so I mixed some slip and black food safe paint to obtain a gray in the desired tone. I painted the base of my character mug with this food safe paint I obtained. Another thing I made this week was critique sandwich. I commented on the elements and principles of art on an art work that Ms Vittie opened on the screen and commented on how the art work could be further developed. I made another critique sandwich this week. I made the same comments again on an art work of one of my classmates.
Slip – Slip is small bits of dry clay mixed with water to create a thick, creamy consistency.
Week 16, May 30, Character Mug Process
Core Competency: CRITICAL THINKING
Vocabulary word: Bisque firing
This week I completed my character mug project by completing the underglaze and glaze stages of my character mug. I started by painting all over the mug, the base of which I painted with food safe paint last week. First, I painted the mug’s eyes black and her nose peach. After the pupils were dry, I painted the rest of the eye green. Then I thought about what color to paint the mouth part because I had two different color ideas in my mind. I showed my critical thinking here and painted the mouth black so that it would not disrupt the color integrity. I painted the mouth part carefully because the teeth were very detailed and I didn’t want to overdo it. Then, using PEAD, I added line details to the handle of the cup so that it looked like a cat’s tail. Afterwards, I drew the patterns on the cat’s forehead on my mug, first with a pencil and then with paint. And so I finished the underglaze stage and gave my mug to bisque fire once again.
Bisque firing – Bisque firing is the process to transform unfired bone-dry clay from its fragile state to a porous and durable state (called ceramic) for the second stage of firing.
Week 17, June 5, Character Mug Process
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Bone dry
I started this week by starting my inquiry project. I’m making a spice box for my Inqury project. This spice box will have a chamber and a lid. I will make my little cat’s design on the lid and my big cat’s design on the chamber part. Here I showed my creative thinking while thinking of design ideas. I started my project by making the chamber part on a clay wheel. After I did it, I let it dry. After it dries, I will scrape off the excess underneath. Then, I applied the glaze phase to my character mug, which I left in the bisque fire for the second time last week. First I waxed the bottom part, then I dipped my mug in glaze and sent it to the glaze fire. After my mug came out of glaze fire, I completed my character mug project. Another and last thing I made this week was critique sandwiches. I evaluated the artworks of my two classmates.
Bone dry – Bone dry (adjective) is a term used to describe and identify greenware pottery that has dried as much as possible before it has gone through its first firing (the bisque firing). When held, bone dry greenware feels to be at room temperature, not cool to the touch.
Week 18, June 13, Inquiry Project Process
Core Competency: CREATIVE THINKING
Vocabulary word: Kiln
I started this week by making the lid and spoon of the spice box from clay, which I started by making the bottom part of last week. I made a circle out of clay for the lid and made a round protrusion out of clay underneath the lid to keep it stable. I made a handle on the lid that was large and shaped enough to hold the spoon. Then I started making the spoon. For the spoon, I first shaped the clay into an oval shape, then crushed the tip with a nut and obtained the spoon shape. I then sent it all to bisque fire and after it dried I started painting. I showed my creative thinking while designing the spice box. I said I would make the spice box in the color of my cats. I made the design of the spoon blue and matched it with the eye color of my little cat, and I painted the lid of the spice box in the colours of my little cat. I painted the reservoir of the spice box in my big cat’s colors. Orange eye color, gray fur color. Finally, I will put them all in the bisque fire again and then I will dip them in glaze and give them to the glaze fire and I will have finished my inquiry project. However, I don’t know when I can do these because the clay is broken. We’ll see…
Kiln – A kiln is a special kind of oven for firing things like pottery and bricks. A ceramic artist might use a kiln once a week to fire the bowls she’s made from clay. Some kilns look more like furnaces than ovens, and they reach temperatures far beyond regular household ovens.
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