Senior Portfolios Fall 2013

Starting December 5th, the Art Studio and Graphic Design seniors at Coastal Carolina University senior portfolios will be on exhibit in the Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery. The seniors have been hard at work all semester long on their final thesis and you don't want to miss the opportunity to see what they have completed! The exhibition is from December 5th through 14th with a closing reception on December 13 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Come show your support for these soon to be graduates!

Day Four: Color Wheel Mandalas

On my final day at Saint James high school, I began the Art 1 classes with a "Friday Flick." Mrs. Mitchell shows a video every Friday to go along with the lesson she is currently doing with the class or a preview of a future lesson. This Friday, I chose a video showing the construction and deconstruction of a Tibetan sand mandala. As the students watched the video, I explained to them the idea of the sand mandala and what it represents. After the video, I showed examples of the sand mandalas and we discussed the color schemes used within them. This lead to their final project of a color wheel mandala where they had to create their own design and show each hue with their tint, shade, and complement. Due to Thanksgiving break, most of the students haven't finished their mandalas, but below are a few finished ones and some in the process. I really enjoyed my time at St. James High School. Mrs. Mitchell is an amazing art teacher and her students were very welcoming and respectful. For more mandala lesson ideas and hopefully more completed color mandalas in the future you can visit my website: http://rglindblade.weebly.com/



 

 

Day Three

For day three, I demonstrated how to create tints, shades, and complement tone contrasts to the students. The students followed along as I demonstrated each one. I have realized that as a teacher not only does demonstration work, but it is SO important to have student/teacher examples up on the board prior to teaching the lesson. Students always need guidance and references to look back to. Here are some more student examples from the lesson:

Day Two of Week Two

On day two of my teaching experience, the students had more experience in mixing colors as they created a color wheel while learning their tertiary colors. This took up the whole class period, but the students did a great job with mixing their colors. Below are some examples of the students' work:





 

Week Two of Rebecca's Practicum

This is Rebecca Lindblade, the Bryan Gallery graduate assistant again. For week two of my practicum at St. James High School, I introduced the element of color to her two Art 1 classes. On Tuesday, I first began class with a Color pre-assessment for me to get an idea of what components I need to touch on in my lesson. After giving the students a few minutes to complete the assessment, I took 10-15 minutes to go through a powerpoint with a lecture/discussion. Below are the vocabulary terms I included in my lesson:

-Hue-the color in its purest form on the color spectrum

-Pigment-the powder or substance that makes up the color of paint (organic or inorganic)

-Primary colors- colors that cannot be made by mixing any other colors (red, blue, and yellow)

-Secondary colors- colors that are made by mixing two primary colors together (orange, violet, and green)

-Complementary colors- colors that are across from each other on the color wheel; that complement/excite eachother (yellow and purple, red and green, and blue and orange)

-Tertiary colors- colors that are made by mixing a primary and secondary color together with the primary color the prominent color (red orange, red violet, blue green, etc)

-Analogous colors- colors that are placed right next to each other on the color wheel: who share similar tones (violet, blue violet, blue)

- Triadic color scheme- colors that are evenly placed apart on the color wheel (primary, secondary, etc)

Warm colors- colors with a warmer temperature on the color wheel (orange, red, and yellow)

Cool colors- colors with a cooler temperature on the color wheel (blue, violet, and green)

Monochromatic color scheme- the use of gradation within a certain hue (tints and shades of blue)

Neutrals-

Tints- adding white to a hue (lighten)

Shades- adding black to a hue (darken)

Tones- adding gray to a hue

Complementary Contrast- adding complementary colors to dull down the hues

After the powerpoint, the students followed along with me as we completed a worksheet on primary, secondary, and complementary colors. This allowed them to get a feel for mixing colors by themselves. Overall, it was a successful first day of teaching. Here are some student examples from the first day:

Rebecca's 2-Week Practicum Experience

Hi this is Rebecca Lindblade, the Bryan Gallery graduate assistant, from November 11-22 I was at Saint James High School in Horry County observing/teaching under my cooperating teacher, Beth Mitchell. I'm going to write a few blog posts coming up shortly to share my experience with you. I had never taught, let alone observed, a high school art classroom before and it was definitely a one-of-a-kind experience. I learned so much from Mrs. Mitchell and her students. I'll start with my first few days observing the classroom. The Art 1 students were finishing up their final still-life within Mrs. Mitchell's Value unit. High school students are interesting to watch. Some students were interested in the project and others were too busy changing the song they were listening to or catching up on the "gossip" that happened over the weekend or even that morning. Mrs. Mitchell was always on top of helping them work out a problem or instructing them to get back on task. As the days went on, the students started to feel more comfortable with me and I was able to help them in their projects. By Wednesday, Mrs. Mitchell had switched the lesson over to drawing facial features for their upcoming monochromatic self-portrait. Not only did Mrs. Mitchell demonstrate the features of the eyes, nose, and mouth, but also had several helpful YouTube videos that helped. If any other educators are looking for other ways to teach your students how to draw facial features here's a link to some helpful videos: Proko How Tos.


At the end of Week One, I was starting to feel comfortable talking in front the students. This was a huge step in order for me to go from observer to teacher. Check out the next few blog posts for my lessons and student examples during Week Two of my practicum.