Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Pablo Picasso
Current Courses:
General Art 2-D • General Art 3-D
Ceramics & Sculpture
Beginning, Intermediate, & Advanced,
and Advanced Painting • Art Explorations
Students! Welcome to
Art Studio 61 with
Dr. Pamela Woods
Creating works of art should be both a fun and a great learning experience!
Do Your Best Work!
Art Studio 61 with
Dr. Pamela Woods
Creating works of art should be both a fun and a great learning experience!
Do Your Best Work!
Welcome to our art studio!
A Ceramics and Sculpture student creates a coil pot.
Welcome to my curriculum web for my art classes! We work with both two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) works of art. The difference between 3-D Art and 2-D art is simple. 2-D deals with shapes that are flat like a cookie cutter designs. These "shapes" can be created by various media (like pencil, watercolor paints, or inks) on paper. 3-D deals with forms with a fullness that can give a lifelike quality like a stuffed animal, a clay relief tile, or a sculpture.
In 3-D art we will use 2-D exercises like drawing––to help us plan for the creation of 3-D works of art by developing sketches to represent future design ideas. In order to really understand 3-D art we will also need to review "The Elements of Art" and the "Principles of Design". These two collections of organized artistic concepts are the foundation of all artistic creation. Artist explore these concepts by applying artistic choices and by using different media (media is plural of "medium" which are art materials like clay or paint) to create unique works of art.
In 3-D art we will use 2-D exercises like drawing––to help us plan for the creation of 3-D works of art by developing sketches to represent future design ideas. In order to really understand 3-D art we will also need to review "The Elements of Art" and the "Principles of Design". These two collections of organized artistic concepts are the foundation of all artistic creation. Artist explore these concepts by applying artistic choices and by using different media (media is plural of "medium" which are art materials like clay or paint) to create unique works of art.
Art Practice Makes Perfect!
Connecting the Dots!
"The nurturing aspect of the artistic process can act as an intermediary to help all students feel a sense of connection to their learning. Such a connection, personal and affective, could lead to ongoing academic and creative curiosity and future academic and artistic success, to say nothing of for many, developing the persistence necessary to forge ahead in an art career pathway that is not readily embraced by society. Supporting the Arts supports the development of creative problem solving a skill readily applied in all walks of life".
––Dr. Pamela Woods, 2016©
All Photos by Pamela Woods, ©2016
"The nurturing aspect of the artistic process can act as an intermediary to help all students feel a sense of connection to their learning. Such a connection, personal and affective, could lead to ongoing academic and creative curiosity and future academic and artistic success, to say nothing of for many, developing the persistence necessary to forge ahead in an art career pathway that is not readily embraced by society. Supporting the Arts supports the development of creative problem solving a skill readily applied in all walks of life".
––Dr. Pamela Woods, 2016©
All Photos by Pamela Woods, ©2016
"The art studio is the place where we all create magic!"
Dr. Pamela Woods, Ed.D., Anderson High
Work is divided into 4 Categories PROJECTS
Projects are the practice of methods and techniques learned in class to create finished works of art. Work should be complete in class during the class period. Some students may work at home with permission of teacher. Each lesson will have 4 subcategories: How it meets the assignment (100 points), Effort (100 points), Craftsmanship (100 points), and Creativity (100 points). Each piece will then actually total 400 points. Students have the opportunity to self-assess their own project artwork before presenting it for grading with their teacher. This way a deeper understanding of all creation process and ideas can be share to insure the best and most fair grading. QUIZ/TEST Some quiz or tests will be presented as necessary. They will be assessments of topics, methods, and materials learned in class. DAILY ASSIGNMENTS These assignments are practices of new methods and material that are introduced in class. This practice allows students to try new art concepts, tools, skills, and materials under the watchful guidance of their teacher. Participation is assessed instead of the work produced, since the teacher will directly instruct students and may help them create their work as part of the instruction. Therefore, participation overrides individual creation skills. SKETCHBOOK All Studio 61 Art classes work in Sketchbooks. Sketchbook is the Independent practice of techniques and methods that we have learned in class--or where experimental ideas can be explored on paper. No copyrighted artwork can be used to draw from in this category. Original artwork only will be accepted unless there is prior approval from teacher for using copyrighted work. • Deadlines Monday turn-in for an "A", Tuesday turn-in for a "C", after that an "E" or "0" will be recorded. You can turn in late work for a "50%" instead of the "0%" on Wednesday. Absent students must bring finished sketchbook drawing back on the day of their return since this is a preassigned task. EXTRA CREDIT On rare occasions an extra credit assignment may be provided for 3% credit value. 
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 Photo by Pamela Woods, ©2014
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