Week 28... Movable Art and theTop Layers

Art 1 students will spend the week learning about Alexander Calder and the Art of mobile making.


Advanced Art students will complete layers 7-11 on their 12 layer projects.


The first 15 entries of the Top 20 Works of Art entries are due this week.
The next 2 entries (17 total) are due next week.

EXTRA! EXTRA! (credit)

POP! Extra credit*

You will replace your lowest DAILY grade with 100 if you do all of the following by Sunday 3/11/12 @11:59 :



Post a link to my Website: mrsmulloy.blogspot.com to your Facebook wall with a positive comment, then tag me, print it, or text me a picture to show me you did it! I must have your documentation by the cut-off time above!

Don't have Facebook? Propose another idea to Mrs. Mulloy by Friday (3/9)!





*As mentioned in class, POP extra credit is only available by checking this website regularly. POP extra credit is not announced in class and is an incentive to use this site to reinforce and enhance my curriculum.

Week 27... More Collaboration and Layers

Art 1 students will begin another collaborative painting project this week, each student completing an individual painting which will be combined with others to create one large image. Each student was given a small rectangle of grays, blacks,a dn whites, and each student musyt reproduce their rectangle excatly on canvas using paint. If each student completes an accurate representation of their piece, we will have 2 large images by combining the 125 total canvases. When finished, the large images made of canvases will be hung in school for all to see.

Advanced Art students are beginning the 12 Layer Canvas this week. Each day, students will be given a prompt to add a layer of a certain material or element to the canvas. Students may choose to interpret the prompt and material any way they choose. Students will focus on decision making using materials and learn to "respond" to materials like an artist. This process is impossible to plan, as students only know one layer of the 12 at a time. Instead, students are challenged to reflect on their own processes as artists and experiment with the combination of different materials and elements.

Week 26... Collaborative Painting and 12 Layers

Art 1 students will begin a collaborative painting project this week, focusing on the style and influence of artist Keith Haring. After recording information about Haring's life and work to start an IW entry, students split into groups of 2 or 3 to brainstorm ideas in their workbooks for their own Haring style mural. Students chose a positive message they wanted to communicate to their school and peers, then used Haring's style to create signs and symbols to communicate their message. When finished, the large murals will be displayed around school for their peers to view.

Advanced Art students are beginning the 12 Layer Canvas this week. Each day, students will be given a prompt to add a layer of a certain material or element to the canvas. Students may choose to interpret the prompt and material any way they choose. Students will focus on decision making using materials and learn to "respond" to materials like an artist. This process is impossible to plan, as students only know one layer of the 12 at a time. Instead, students are challenged to reflect on their own processes as artists and experiment with the combination of different materials and elements.