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Hello! My name is Mrs. Kerr and I am the head of Art & Design at St. Jude's Academy. I hold an Honours Bachelor Degree in English and Visual Arts from the University of Windsor and a Bachelor of Education from Queen's University. My interests include: travel, 19th century literature, rugby, ice hockey, bluegrass music, mixed media art & art history.

Thursday, 27 October 2016

Thursday October 27th, 2016

JK ART
  • Gourd Monsters! (Photos to come)
AVI4M
  • Students continued working on their final Cubist summative task.
GR. 7 DESIGN
  • Students completed their Command Term definitions and examples. They were also handed back formative assessments to read through and conference with the teacher regarding and questions or concerns.
GR. 8 DESIGN
  • Students continued working on their final Cubist summative task.
ASM2O
  • As a class we went through the definition of Composition as introduced last week.
  • We looked at various composition examples in terms of photography using the following links:
    • http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules
    • http://petapixel.com/2016/09/14/20-composition-techniques-will-improve-photos/
  • Students were then given the rest of class time to use the National Geographic website to find the following list of compositional photos:
    • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
      • Rule of Thirds
      • Rule of Odds
      • Rule of Space
      • Foreground Focus
      • Depth of Field
      • Pattern
      • Texture
      • Colour Combination (your choice)
      • Leading Lines
      • Frame
      • Frame Within a Frame
      • Fill the Frame
      • Symmetrical Balance
      • Asymmetrical Balance
      • Radial Balance
      • Eye Level Viewpoint
      • Aerial Viewpoint
      • Ground Level Viewpoint
      • Side Viewpoint
      • Back Viewpoint
      • Long Way Viewpoint
      • Close-Up Viewpoint
    • HOMEWORK: Students are asked to label each photo and save to their computer. Photos will be assessed next week in class.

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