We'll finish up the class today practicing drawing perfect ELLIPSES.

An Ellipse is really just a Circle that you view from an angle.

We'll use the image to draw a couple of pages of these shapes. Post the best page to your blog. Name it "ellipse practice".

Draw the Tubes - Still Life

Draw the Tubes in 15 minutes....then take a photo and post it to your blog. Name the post "Tubes".

My first artwork photo - How to upload to the blog

Here is a picture of a giraffe I drew.



I uploaded the picture to my Art Foundations folder in Google drive.

I opened my blog and made a new post.

I clicked on the "Insert Image" button above.

The picture should show up in the blog post.

Explore "The Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh

Go to the following website at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/vincent-van-gogh-the-starry-night-1889

This is a very famous painting, many of you have seen it before.

Read the information, look closely at the painting.

In a new blog post, answer as may of the following questions as you can. You will not know all of the answers, but try your best.

Questions to ask yourself as you look at an artwork

First Drawings

You will start drawing today...

Keep the following rules in mind

NO TALKING!!!
Stay focused on YOUR drawing, no one else
Make sure all pencils and erasers are back in the tray
Keep your area neat

You will draw theses objects - Spend 15 minutes per drawing

• Corner of Room
• Hand
• Face
• Tubes
• Lamp
• Stool
• Your Choice

Create Your Art Foundations Blog

Next we will create our own blog. This blog will be used to upload projects, research, comments and also to measure our progress in class.

We will learn how to:

• Log in to blogger
• Make a new blog with a title and address
• Create a post
• Add a link to the post.

You will then send the address of your blog to my google email at:

johncazort@ga.ozark.k12.mo.us

Welcome to Art Foundations

Welcome to Art Foundations! I hope you are ready for a creative year ahead.

My name is Mr. Cazort but you can call me Mr. C

Today we'll go over the syllabus and other important information.

Please read this at home with your parents and ask them fill out complete this confirming they have read it:

Syllabus Review Confirmation Form