2006 Juniors

                                                        Powder Puff Game

                                 CONGRATULATIONS on becoming SENIORS!!!!

                                                    2007 Junior Class

                                            We had a great year! Now you are SENIORS!!

Cathy Dixon

cdixon@prov.org

• Visual Arts Instructor-Pottery I, II, III, Pottery Portfolio

                                               Drawing I, II, III, Drawing Portfolio

• Fine Arts Department Chair
• Junior Class Lead Sponsor

2006-2007 Class Schedule~

     1st period- Ceramics/Pottery II and Drawing II

     2nd period- Ceramics/Pottery I

     3rd period- Ceramics/Pottery I

     4th period- Drawing I                                                                            

     5th period- Ceramics/Pottery I

     6th period- Planning

     (At this time, scheduling is now switched to the Middle School Schedule)

    8th  period- Exploratory Art Class

Student Drawing: Pablo Olivero         Student Drawing: Marie Dickenson

                                                                 "Wolf Collage"                                                                                  "Untitled"

Student Drawing: Holly Michel

                                                                                          " Fish Collage"

About the Instructor:

• Graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts-Flagler College
• 23 years teaching experience with Duval County
• 12 years Cheerleading Coach Experience
• Teacher of the Month: Dupont Middle School
• Teacher of the Year 2002-2003: Providence School 
• Mother of two

                                                                                                                                        

      

             Student Drawing:Ashley Chapmen

                                        "Skater Collage"

                                         Ebony Pencil

Classes:

          Drawing I, II, III, Drawing Portfolio

          Student Work: Marie Dickinson                       Student Work:

                                  "Ducks"                                     "Penquins in the Snow"

                                    Colored Pencil                         Ebony Pencil

Classroom Operating Policies and Procedures:

1. Be on time. Running down the hall, and yelling for me not to shut the door is a wonderful effort on the student's behalf, but you are still tardy. You will have 5 min. to go to the front office, receive your tardy and return to class.
2. Please leave all belongs on the table by the door.
3. Never eat or drink in the art lab.
4. Please, if you borrow art supplies to work on a project, return them to their correct place after you have no further use of them.
5. Please do not go in the kiln room, my office or behind my drawing station in the main room.
6. No hall passes will be given unless it is an emergency.
7. Do not draw, shade, write on, paint, or glaze any other student's piece or artwork.
8. Only Christian or classical music will be played in the classroom.
9. All work is due when it is assigned. Any incomplete work will result in the grade of INC, or 70-75 points in the grade book.Please note, that all projects count as tests. Each grade's worth is dependent on the amount of time it takes to complete  the given project.
10. You will be given 5 points a day for daily participation, interest and effort  shown in the class. There will be no work  from other classes done in the art lab.
11. Throwing anything in the art lab will result in disciplinary action.      
12. I will be available for help sessions at your convenience. Please set up a time prior, should the need for extra help arise.
13. Each time a student is tardy 2.2 points are removed from their daily participation grade.

Drawing I:

        Open to all grade levels

        Prerequisite: None

         Description:  The purpose of this course is to give students an understanding of drawing. The content should include, but not be

limited to, the following:

• perception of and response to qualities of art found in drawings of artists, past and present
• study of works of art made by both students and professionals
• the production of drawings with specific intent and expressive quality
• study of the history of drawings for the purpose of identifying ways in which reality is represented on a flat surface in different  times and cultures
• development and justification of judgments about the aesthetic merit and qualities of drawings

August 9th-21: Students will be focusing on strengthening the right side of the brain through a series of exercises. Each exercise is worth 33.3 points and will count as one test grade. Beginning on the 22nd of August, students will be introduced to the Art Element-LINE and the blind, controlled and complete contours. "Rules to a Successful Drawing" will be introduced on August 27th as students begin their first "real" drawing. Length of time estimated for completion of this drawing is one week.

Drawing II:   

        Open to all grade levels

        Prerequisite:  Recommendation of Instructor

        Description:  The purpose of this course is to give students an understanding of drawing skills. The content should include, but not be

limited to, the following:

• intensified work in gesture and contour drawing
• the study of mass through linear extension and form created by contunual surface lines and parallel lines
• concept perception of and response to the ways in which sensory elements combine to give work of art an expressive quality
• discussion of works of art
• the production of drawings based on interpretation of ideas, feelings, and experiences
• the history of art, stressing styles of art
• criteria for making and justifying judements about aesthetic merit and qualities of drawings
• more sophisticated spatial concepts

Drawing III:

        Open to all grades 9-12

        Prerequisite:  Recommendation of Instructor, Drawing I and Drawing II

         Description:  The purpose of this course is to give the advanced drawing student the opportunity to develop quality, concentration, discipline and breadth in drawing.  The content should include, but not be limited to the following:    

• composition in drawing and design, including it's symbolic use in aesthetic expression
• techniques of preparation, presentation, and expression of in-depth productions of different visual art pieces
• critical approaches to 2-dmiensional works of art in terms of color use, expressiveness, symbolism, emotional and aesthetic design and spacial treatments
• productions of work that show in-depth understanding of design, composition, and expressive techniques of different dry media
• production of drawings based on interpretation of ideas, feelings, and experiences
• increase in speed of production of 2-dimensional art works, with emphasis on technique of media used

Students will begin the year with a review exercise for shading. They will produce two high contrasting circles with ebony pencil and then two high contrasting circles using a tri-color blend with colored pencils.  On Tuesday, August 21st, students will choose from the syllabus given at the beginning of the year, their first project. The medium is the choice of the student. This drawing/project will be have a contour check  on Monday, August 27th.

   Ceramics/Pottery

Student work:  David Rhodin                                   Student work: David Rhodin                                                             

Student work: Melanie Schuler                                Student work: Tracy Shackelford

Student work: Randy Grob                                       Student work: Brittany Lemon

Student Work: Kristen Baxter

Ceramic Classroom Procedures:

1. Attend class on time
2. Put all belongings on the table by the door
3. Get supplies needed- workboards, banding wheels, sponges, needletools, templates, wooden tools, and water
4. Get your project-carefully retrieve your project from the work shelf
5. Get your clay-take only what you need, when you need it
6. Work time should be spent working on your projects
7. 8 minutes prior to class concluding, begin clean-up
8. Block all clay, and place in the recyle bin
9. Clean the water buckets. Put clean water in the cans for the next class. Remove the sponges from the water
10. Wipe off all work areas with clean sponges
11. Check the floor around your tables; clean if necessary
12. Each student is given 5 points/day for daily participation. If a student is tardy 2.2 points are removed from the daily work grade.

    13. Each piece of pottery must be accompanied by a Technical Record ( see link below).

Technical Record

Ceramics/Pottery I

     Open to all grades 9-12

     Prerequisites: None

       Description:  The purpose of this course is to give students a basic understanding of ceramic processes. The content should

include, but not be limited to the following:

• the composition and treatment of clay products
• qualities of art  of clay products in different forms and styles
• recognition of properties, limitations, and possibilities of clay construction through han-building techniques
• use of clay bodies, glazes, tools and techniques in creating clay products
• investigation of decorating techniques
• development of skills with ceramic tools
• examination of qualities of finished products made by professionals
• study of vocabulary relating to ceramics and pottery
• defense of aesthetic judgments about works of art produced in clay

Ceramics/Pottery II

         Open to grades 10-12

         Prerequisites: Pottery I and recommendation of Teacher

         Description: The purpose of this course is to give students and understanding of ceramic processes. The content should

include, but not be limited to the following:

• investigation of the ceramic process
• the relationship between art elements and composition principles
• the function of ceramics/pottery in our society the history of ceramics/pottery and its relationship to other processes and period
• criteria for making judgments about the aesthetic merits of ceramic art
• the practice of successful forming techniques

Ceramics/Pottery III

        Open to grades 10-12

        Prerequisites: Pottery I, II and recommendation of Teacher

        Description:  The purpose of this course is to give students an understanding of the ceramic processes. The content should

include, but not be limited to the following:

• investigagion of the ceramic process
• the relationship between art elements and composition principles
• the function of ceramics/pottery in our society
• the practice of successful forming techniques
• the increase of speed on the part of the student to create ceramic/pottery pieces.

Pottery I, II, III and Portfolio Vocabulary test: August 27th

Pottery I-

Drawing of pots and glaze choice: August 20th

Beginning of how to make / use a template: August 23rd

How to roll and apply coils: August 21-23rd

Pottery II, III and Portfolio-

Students will begin the first day of school beginning an 18" pot with a handle(s) and lip change

or a 24" pot with a base change. All pots should be ready for the bisque fire by September 7th.

Portfolio

     Open to grades 11-12

     Prerequisites: Recommendation of Teacher

                             Pottery I, II, III and/or Drawing I, II, III

      Description:  The purpose of this course is togive advanced student the opportunity to develop quality, concentration, discipline, and

breadth in either drawing or pottery.  This course is designed for students interested in majoring in Art and provides the opportunity

to develop a portfolio.  Emphasis is on the production of original and imaginative works of art which reflect an understanding

of the elements of design and varied forms of expression. The content is specified by the College Board program. The content should

include, but ot be limited to, the following:

• experiences in the development of skills in the perceptual and conceptual aspects of drawing and/or pottery
• techniques of preparation, presentation, and evaluation of portolio content

Exploratory Art

     Open to grades 7-8

     Prerequisites: None

      Description:  The purpose of this course is to give the Middle School Student an opportunity to explore the visual arts in the breadth of dry and wet mediums. It is designed to allow the student to be introduced, but not limited to a variety of mediums as they explore the creative processes. Art History is also a focus at this time, as different artist's style are discussed as a tool to draw upon, during this creative process.

Art Exploratory Assignment I:

     Art Exploratory Notebook~

     Directions:  Each student is resposible for keeping and maintaining an art notebook. Each class will need to purchase a certain color, hardback binder notebook to represent their class.

    1st quarter students will need a blue notebook.

    2nd quarter students will need a blue notebook.

    3rd quarter students will need a red notebook.

    4th quarter students will need a black notebook.

    The student will make title cover pages for different sections within the notebook. Each page is worth 20 points and when totaled, counts as a test grade. Points will be recieved for:

    -Craftsmanship (neatness)

    -Detail of the work displayed on the page

    -Purity of color applied

    -Daily work effort/grade

    Each page MUST have the student's name on the bottomw right hand corner and each page MUST be titled with the correct section title.

    Students will be provided with colored pencils, markers, ebony pencils, crayons, and watercolors. It is not necessary to purchase supplies for this assignment other than the notebook.

    The following title pages will be made:

1.  Art Cover Sheet

2.  Color Theory

3.  Art History

4.  Class Notes

5.  Class Assignments

    Students will have 5 days on in class work time to produce their title pages. They may feel free to take their work home and work there also. They may sign out supplies if needed to work at home. Completion date is August 20th.

Assignment II:

     Students will begin color theory on August 20th. This is a detailed, in depth look at color and it's uses in everyday life. Students will paint 10 sheets, each sheet having different requirements and counting 10 points / sheet. Correct color and craftsmanship will also be emphasized during this lesson. Completion date is September 3rd.

Assignment III:

     Students will have 5 days to explore the art element: Value. They will learn how to shade, thus forming an understanding of low/high contrast, and neutral gray in regards to producing an image. The following exercises will be done:

    1.  Low contrast- gradation scale of 6

    2. Pressure of pencil to show low contrast- 12 release pressure 2" x 3" lines

    3.  High contrast circles

    Each lesson is worth 33.3 pts. Ebony pencil is to be used only. Students may feel free to borrow any supplies to practice at home.

Assignment IV:

    Students will reproduce the prior lesson, this time with colored pencil. Color theory MUST be introduced at this time also. The students will learn how to do appropriate color matching for "photo realism" on the high school level. Students will learn to do a tri-color blend using the same 3 assignments

altered for colored pencils. This lesson may take as long as 2 weeks based on the success rate of each individual student.