Finals Week

Artist Statement

You will need to complete a short artist statement explaining your last design and your process. This will be displayed with your work so people viewing your work can have a better understanding of your design. 

 

Artist Statement Link

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Friday 12/13

Project Feedback

1. Complete the Historical Poster Project Feedback Form to share your feedback and thoughts. 

2. Please complete the Semester 1 Feedback if you didn’t last class.

3. Complete your Critique Reflection from last class if you didn't. This was in Schoology. 

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Wednesday 12/11 & Thursday 12/12

Prepare for Critique

1. Open the critique form in Schoology in the Historical folder. Fill out the information at the top.

2. Complete Step 1 on the critique form. 

3. Open your designs up.

 

Monday 12/9 & Tuesday 12/10

Semester Survey

This is the last survey you need to complete this semester! Please take time to give valuable feedback back to Mr. Wiant about this semester. 

 

Semester 1 Feedback

 

Then download and open this PSD file. 

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Friday 12/6

Design Principles - Balance & Hierarchy

Go to Schoology to answer the Do-Now.

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Wednesday 12/4 & Thursday 12/5

Competency Tracker & Reflection

Go to Schoology to complete the do-now.

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Monday 12/2 & Tuesday 12/3

Personal Project Objective

Go to Schoology to complete the Do-Now.

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Friday 11/22

Native American Designers

1. Native American Slides

2. Go to Schoology to complete the Do-Now.

 

Wednesday 11/20 & Thursday 11/21

Project Feedback

Complete the Project Feedback Survey to share your voice about the last project. 

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Tuesday 11/19

Creativity

Open Schoology up and wait for us to go over the Do-Now. 

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Monday 11/18

Do-Now

If you didn't complete the do-now from Friday, take care of that now. Put your name on the Late sheet so it can be graded. Everyone else can review their grades from the Do-Now.

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Friday 11/15

Do-Now

Period 2 - Review feedback and grades for your Personal Project Objective and Surrealism project on your creative brief. Not in Schoology.  Update the competency tracker. 

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Period 6 - Review your Personal Project Objective grades on your surrealism creative briefs. 

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Period 7 - Go to Schoology to complete the Do-Now. 

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Wednesday 11/13 & Thursday 11/14

Objective Reflection

Open your Personal Objectives and complete Step 2 to reflect on the objective you wrote. We will review this together. 

 

If you did not write your objective at the start of the project, you will need to make this up next class.

 

Monday 11/11 & Tuesday 11/12

Artist Statement

Complete the artist statement for this project.

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Wednesday 11/6 & Thursday 11/7

Prepare for Critique

1. Open your designs up. 

2. Open the critique form in Schoology in the Surrealism folder. Fill out the information at the top and step 1.

 

Monday 11/4 & Tuesday 11/5

Review Feedback

Review the 50% grade and feedback that is on your creative brief.

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Friday 11/1

Do-Now

Review the agenda. 

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Wednesday 10/30 & Thursday 10/31

Design Principles

Go to Schoology to answer the do-now.

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Monday 10/28 & Tuesday 10/29

Grades

Review your brainstorming surrealism grade and your choice design project grade and feedback on your creative briefs if you have not yet. 

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Friday 10/25

Surrealism

Open Schoology to complete the Do-Now.

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Wednesday 10/23 & Thursday 10/24

Surrealism Notes

1. Create a new folder in your Final and title it “Surrealism”. 

2. Create a new doc in there and title it “Surrealism Notes”.

 

Monday 10/21 & Tuesday 10/22

Design Principles 

Go to Schoology to answer the Do-now.

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Monday 10/15 & Tuesday 10/16

Project Goals

1. Review Mr. Wiant's feedback for your critique, which can be found on your critique doc in Schoology. 

2. Go to Schoology to complete the Do-Now.

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Wednesday 10/9

50% Feedback & Prep for Critique

1. Go to Schoology and open the Choice Design Folder. Open the critique assignment from there. 

2. Open your designs and prepare for the critique.

3. Open your 50% Project Rubric in your Creative Brief and review your grade and feedback.

 

Monday 10/7 & Tuesday 10/8

Design Principles

Go to Schoology to complete the Do-Now.

 

Friday 10/4

Pen Tool

Go to Schoology to complete the Do-Now.

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Wednesday 10/2 & Thursday 10/3

Prep For Notes

1. Complete the October Count Survey

2. Review brainstorming grade and feedback on Creative Brief. 

3. Create a blank doc in your Misc folder and title it “Design Principle Notes”.

 

Monday 9/30 & Tuesday 10/1

Project Feedback & Notes

1. Provide feedback about the pen tool exercises and Pop Art project. 

2. Complete the October Count Survey

3. Open your End of Project Reflection that is in Schoology. Review the feedback and grade on the doc. 

4. Open your Book & Poster Notes doc. If you weren’t here last class, look at the last Do-Now to review setting up your folder and doc.

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Wednesday 9/25 & Thursday 9/26

Project Reflection & Notes

1. Complete the October Count Survey.

2. Create a new folder in your Final and title it Choice Design.

3. Create a new Google Doc in that folder and title it “Book and Poster Notes”.

 

Monday 9/23 & Tuesday 9/24

Prepare for Critique 

1. Create a new Doc in your Pop Art folder.

2. Copy the critique form below, paste it into your new doc, and leave the document open. Pop Art Critique Form

3. Fill in your name and title it correctly by clicking on Untitled Document at the top. 

4. Open your PSD files on your screen.

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Friday 9/20

Screen Printing

We will be watching a few short videos to learn how the screen printing process works. This is the process that Andy Warhol used when creating his art. 

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Wednesday 9/18 & Thursday 9/19

Cultural Influences

Go to Schoology to complete the Do-Now. Wait for us to get started.

 

Monday 9/16 & Tuesday 9/17

Prepare for Pop Art Introduction

1. Create a new folder in your Final and title it “Pop Art”.

2. Create a new Google Doc and open the Pop Art Creative Brief. 

3. Select all, copy and paste it into the blank doc. 

4. Title it correctly by just clicking on the Untitled Document at the top.

5. Fill in your name, capitalized, and the period at the top.

 

Friday 9/13

About Me Feedback

1. Open your Creative Brief for the About Me assignment if you haven't already. 

2. Read over the comments and feedback.

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Wednesday 9/11 & Thursday 9/12

Intro to Photoshop Feedback

1. Take time to complete a feedback survey so Mr. Wiant can continue to improve the class and assignments to better support you. 

2. Download and open the Pen Tool Tutorial File in Photoshop.

 

Monday 9/9 & Tuesday 9/10

Contact Form 

Wait for us to go over this Do-Now.

 

Contact Form

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Thursday 9/5 & Friday 9/6

Class Expectations

Got to our Schoology course to complete the Do-Now.

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Tuesday 9/3 & Wednesday 9/4

Cell Phone Policy & Quiz

Read through the slides below and complete the short quiz.

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Cell Phone Slides & Quiz

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Friday 8/30

PSD Shortcuts 

Answer the survey about Photoshop Shortcuts.

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Wednesday 8/28 & Thursday 8/29

Photoshop Struggles

Go to Schoology to complete the Do-Now.

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Monday 8/26 & Tuesday 8/27

Survey

Complete the Course Selection Survey

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Friday 8/23

Check Your Drive

1. Go to your Google Drive. 

2. Check that you have the following:

        - Your folder is named Period7_LastName, FirstName

        - Open. your Period folder and that you have a Final and Misc. folder. 

 

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Wednesday 8/21-Thursday 8/22

Setting Up Google Drive

1. Log into your school Google account (DPS email and birthday for the password)

2. Go to your Google Drive

3. Create a new folder titled- Period2_lastName, FirstName

4. Share the folder by searching for Steve Wiant or steve_wiant@dpsk12.net. 

5. Create two subfolders: Misc., Final

 

Setup Google Drive Tutorial