Dear Drawing & Painting students,

I am excited and nervous for this school year!  Aren’t you?!?

It is my plan to give you a memorable online art experience.  You will get art supplies in your Art Kits.  You will have choices. You will get to create your artwork and share it with your audience.  

You may want to get ready for our first couple weeks of class. We will be doing practice drawings.  Please collect 3-4 small objects of your choice.  The objects should be small enough to hold in one hand.  We will be making drawings of the objects that you choose.  You will also need paper and pencil. Any kind of paper and any kind of pencil will do.  You will not be getting your art supplies until the week of Sept. 14th.  So in the meantime, we will be doing many short activities so that we all can get used to the tech tools, get to know each other, and hopefully settle into how this will all work.

Although the usual plan has been edited, this art class is not the usual art class.  This year I ask that you be willing to engage in experimentation and contribute positive energy to our virtual environment.  My promise to all of you is that you will learn about yourself and your creative potential.  Your art skills will grow as long as you are willing to do the work and use every ounce of time.

Your fearless leader,

mrs.L

Pandemic Mandala #1, 2020.

Setting up for Distance Learning

Hello everyone,
This school year I will be posting all the DETAILS about Assignments and Projects on the Wa-Hi Art Room blog.  Everything else is found on Google Classroom.

I will be teaching from home, and really look forward to the journey we are all about to embark on.... getting to know each other, making artwork together, and sharing our amazing work with the world!  This moment in time is a life experience we will NEVER forget. 
It is OUR JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME!  

So, right now I will be making a lot of positive changes to the Wa-Hi Art Room - get ready!

P.S. If you are interested in Art Club (online) email me - jlaufenburg@wwps.org

Beautiful Blog 101

Here are some steps to build your Blog...

Click on NEW BLOG

Title your new blog for your artwork
If you need to change the name of your artwork blog, look on the tools listed on the left column, select Layout.  Scroll down to the Header box.  Click on edit. Type in the new name of your Blog.  Scroll down to SAVE.  Now that it is saved, then go back up to the top and click on SAVE ARRANGEMENT.

Choose an address.
Go with one that is free.  If you add 'wahi' to it, I guarantee it will be free.  You can also change the address if necessary.  Be sure to give me the new address so that all the links are current.

Choose a template

A Google Domains window will open, CLOSE IT.  Just continue on...

New Post (AKA add a new piece of artwork)
When you finish your artwork you will make a new post for it on your blog.
To make a new post, press the new post button.  A new document will come up.  First add a title at the top bar, such as a description of your project "Beautiful Blog".

Add Pictures and other stuff
Next you will add pictures of your sketch, process, and finished artwork.
You will need to save sketch pictures, process pictures, or time lapse videos to your school Google Drive, if the From Your Phone option doesn't work.

To Add a picture, click on the picture icon next to the word Link on the toolbar.
There are some choices listed across the top of the new window on where you can pull the pictures from: Upload, From Google Album Archive, From Your Phone.  I chose this photo of my dog, Tug,  From Google Album Archive.  

I am not sure if the Archived Photo Album is a special folder or something so I am going to have to look into that.

You can also click on the picture and choose what size you want it to be.  This picture of Tug is Medium size.  If you have artwork with a lot of detail you may want to choose a bigger size so the detail will show.  

The picture below was Uploaded.  I pressed the upload option and it took me to my Drive folders.  With this picture of Blossom, I changed the size to XLarge, because it was taken further away.  Now that it's bigger, you can see Blossom's face better.

As a non-cell phone owner, you will need to try the From Your Phone option, and then share with me any tricks or details that everyone will need to know as that will be the most common source for posting your pictures.
To add a video, click on the icon that looks like a "Directors Action board." From there you again will chose the source of the video.  In this video we see Knutles showing Blossom how to get the job done.

Artist Habit: Understand Art World
To show that you learned something about an artist or the art world in general, you will need to include the website or video that inspired you or provided the information.  To do this, type the title of the website, article, or video on your blog.  Go to the website, and copy the URL.  Go back to your blog and paste that URL under the title.  Once pasted, then click on the Link button up in the toolbar.