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        • Unit 1 - Painting Value and Forms
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      • Year 5 - PYP Art >
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    • About Ms. Kotcher
  • Photography 1
  • Photography 2
  • Darkroom Photography
  • AP 2D Studio: Photography
    • AP Breadth Units
    • AP 2D Student Portfolios
    • Student Websites
  • Ceramics
  • AP Art History
    • Art History Videos
  • Curriculums and Prior Student Work
    • IB Diploma Program >
      • Y12: IBDP 2 ART >
        • IBDP Art Exhibition 2015 >
          • Han's (HL) Exhibition
          • Huy's (SL) Exhibition
        • Y13 Artwork Gallery
        • Class Blog
        • DP2 Art Discussion Board
        • Student Websites
        • Art Gallery Visit and Instagram Posts
        • Expectations of Art and Design Students at AIS
      • Y11: IBDP1 Art >
        • DP1 Y12 Art Discussion Board
        • Y12 Artwork Gallery
        • Padlet Links and Resources
        • Process Portfolio Resources
        • Comparative Study
        • Padlets - Work to be marked
        • Art Gallery Visit and Instagram Posts
    • Y10 IGCSE Art and Design
    • Y9 Art >
      • Sketchbook Assignments
      • Y10 Discussion Board
      • Art Elements Photography: Padlet Links
      • Padlet links - Resources
      • Art Rubric
      • Year 10 Art Scope 2015-2016
      • Expectations of Art and Design Students at AIS
    • Y8 Art >
      • Sketchbook Assignments
      • Art Element Photos - Padlet links
      • Y9 Padlet Resources and Inspiration
      • Year 9 Art Scope 2014
      • Art Rubric
  • Middle School Art
    • MS Grade 8
    • MS Grade 7
  • PYP/Elementary School Art
    • PYP/Elementary Art >
      • Kindergarten - PYP ART >
        • Unit 1 - Where We are in Place and Time
        • Unit 2 - Color: Primary, Secondary, Warm and Cool
        • Unit 3 - Sharing the Planet
        • Unit 4 - Transportation Shapes
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculptures
      • Year 1 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Painting Lines and Shapes
        • Unit 2 - Sharing the Planet
        • Unit 3 - Collage
        • Unit 4 - How We Express Ourselves
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculpture
        • Unit 6
      • Year 2 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Painting Value
        • Unit 2 - Collage
        • Unit 3 - Sharing the Planet
        • Unit 4 - How We Express Ourselves
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculpture
        • Unit 6 - Drawing/Painting from Observation
      • Year 3 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Observational Drawing and Painting
        • Unit 2 - Where We are in Place and TIme
        • Unit 3 - Mixed Media Collage
        • Unit 4 - Portrait Sculpture
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculpture
        • Unit 6 -
      • Year 4 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Painting Value and Forms
        • Unit 2 - Collage
        • Unit 3 - Printmaking
        • Unit 4: Observational Drawing
        • Unit 5 - How the World Works
        • Unit 6 - Where We are in Place and Time
      • Year 5 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Where We are in Place and Time
        • Unit 2 - Painting Color Schemes
        • Unit 3 - Design
        • Unit 4 - Folk Art Sculpture
        • Unit 5 - PYP Exhibition
        • Unit 6 - Clay Sculpture
      • Student Led Conferences 2014
      • Student Representative Committee
      • Campus Art Exhibits
      • ART WEEK - An Evening of Art
  • Art Videos
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Winter Break Painting

12/16/2014

 
Choose a theme and complete the painting on your canvas over the break. GOOD COMPOSITION and Texture are needed! 
acrylic_painting_themes.pptx
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WATERCOLOR and Ink 

12/14/2014

 
Watercolour and Ink ideas - Link

Comparative Studies: Project 1

12/11/2014

 
Use the attached PPT for your beginning Comparative Studies Project. 
  • There are several guides and formats in the DP Art booklet you were given. 
  • 10 slides are due on 15 January. 
  • Use official art sites or borrow from my art book library. Cite your sources. 
comparision_studies_in_art.pptx
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Finding your personal Art Style...

12/1/2014

 
It is important that you spend time looking at art...all types of art. You can use Pinterest, Google, Art Books (in the art room), Instagram...so many places to see art! 

Find your Personal Art Style! 
Here are some links to start looking at: 
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