Do you want Extra Credit in Visual Arts?  100, yes, I said 100 points are available to you in Visual Arts if you visit one of the museums listed below.  When you visit, you'll need a small sketchbook to take a few notes and complete three quick sketches (no more than 3minutes a piece) of three different pieces of art.  Take a few notes, so you can write one to two paragraphs at home about your experience.  Describe what you found most interesting and which styles of art or artists you found yourself looking at more than others.

Turn in your ticket stub, your quick sketches, and your paragraphs, and you get 100 points extra credit.

The Norton Simon Museum
The Getty
The Bowers Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Huntington Library

In order to receive a locker in class, students should bring in the following supplies:
 A  small sketchbook
A set of sketching pencils 4H-4B or 9H-9B
An 18 or 24 inch drafting ruler
A kneaded eraser

These are optional supplies and needed if you are getting a locker.

In Introduction to Visual Arts, we explore the Elements of Art and Principles of Design within the context of drawing, watercolor (pencils and brush), pastels and/or acrylics, drafting, and collage.  Students are free to explore other medium individually in consultation with me.

Students have a final exam at the end of the trimester.  This exam covers the elements of art and principles of design.  They keep daily notes in class, which they may use on the final.

Classroom Expectations and Supplies

Blind Contour Hatching Lesson

Fun way to put it together.

Overlapping Silly Faces December

Basic Perspective for Beginners

Simple Atmospheric Perspective

Drawing a cylinder with a cartoon twist. This incorporates hatching and cross-hatching lines, along with a discussion of value changes.