Rahway High School Model School for the Fine & Performing Arts! Fine Art Department Why dream of being good when you could be great! J. Campanelli, M.A. Fine Art & Education jcampanelli@rahway.net This page devoted to A Gallery of student work, project overviews, and DUE DATES!!   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art I - full year exploratory entry level hands on art experience for those students wishing a more indepth study of visual art ~~~~~~~~~~~ COLOR WHEEL, IMPRESSIONISM, PORTRAITURE, GRID ENLARGEMENT, RAPHAEL, CASSATT, CLOSE ~~~~~~~~~ Portraiture - realism vs. impressionism Proportions of the head/face students created impressionistic self portraits Color Study Grid enlargement feature artist click here: Chuck Close *** ~Drawing Unit It's not what you do, but how you do it! ~Pointilism Landscape Painting ala Georges Seurat! (post impressionism) ----- students will create a graffiti style of their own and apply it to their "word" incorporating an image. [ http://www.graffiti.org/ ]GRAFFITI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Art II- full year advanced level hands on art experience major concentration on drawing and painting ~~~~~~~~~~ Line drawing, placement, 6 elements of art *5 Hand Drawing *Grey Scale Study *Grey Scale Drawing of Geometric Forms Portraiture: next to, across from, and for sketchbook- selfportrait Color Study using color pencil (QUADRILATERAL) ~~~~~~~~ sketchbook assignments: Marking Period 1: many hands feet play around with blind drawing! contents of a kitchen cabinet with cans and boxes draw yourself in the am, when you first wake up! OLD PERSON BABY Marking Period 2: Thanksgiving Leftovers! self portrait dim lit room WRAPPING PAPER CRUMBLED cool thing during winter recess mkg per 3: 6 choice drawings from life melting ice cube *** Art Major- full year advanced level hands on art experience major concentration on portfolio development archetectural kalideoscope grey scale drawing SHATTERED SELF PORTRAIT sketchbook assignments: the open cabinet under your sink with pipes a dish of 3 eggs in the shell +6 CHOICE DRAWINGS FROM LIFE WRAPPING PAPER CRUMBLED cool thing during winter recess -------------------- mkg per 3 & 4 6 choice drawings melting ice cube *** Arts Cycle- quarter year exploratory entry level hands on art experience for the non-art major ~~~ ~Still life Drawing Unit ~Color Theory ~Grid enlargement -PUZZLE feature artist click here: Chuck Close ~STAINED GLASS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "It's not what you do, but how you do it!"~Mrs. C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE:  Saturday School Students are to check with me for your assignments with pleanty of time for me to get one to you! THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KEEP UP YOUR SKETCHBOOKS! YOU SHOULD DRAW SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK! Sketchbooks are due one week before end of marking period ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------- Visit Downtown Rahway's art galleries on First Thursdays!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ HERE ARE SOME SITES TO CHECK OUT: [ http://www.graffiti.org/ ]GRAFFITI [ http://www.metmuseum.org/ ]METROPOLITAIN MUSEUM OF ART [ http://MOMA.ORG/ ]MUSEUM OF MODERN ART [ http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/ ]GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE, NJ [ http://www.makeyourmark.org/ ]MAKE YOUR MARK..CAREERS IN COMMERCIAL ART [ http://www.nga.gov/home.htm ]NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASH. DC --------------------------------------------- ****NATIONAL DAY OF WRITING**** ART DEPARTMENT PHOTOS CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT THE ART STUDENTS DID WITH VISUAL LITERACY! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ remember these Campanelli-isms: "The edge is defined by the tonal value, not by the line!" AND "Draw what you see, not what you think you see!!" ~~~~~~ No one rises to low expectations! Expect more of Yourself!!!