The final trimester is underway. My pottery 2 students just had their 1st experience with the wheel. They realized that it can be lots of fun and very rewarding to see their 1stsuccessful pot. They also realized that it takes much practice. You can view a Photo Stack and a Short Video of this process. If you want to see a Better Quality Video click here. This is a large file , be patient. Click on the links and enjoy!
Category: Art
Grade 6 Portrait Paintings
In this painting unit 6th grade students learned about drawing a face using proportion as a measuring tool. They also reviewed the color wheel and identified 6 different color schemes. When they started painting, they had to choose their schemes from: cool, warm, complementary, split complementary, monochromatic and analogous colors. They did a lot of mixing with tones to make their painting more interesting. They learned a lot about colors. And most of all that PAINTING IS FUN!
3rd Trimester grade 6 Art Class
My students just finished their first asssignment. You can view their “Dropped Pattern” designs and a few pictures of them at work. We are just starting a Painting using different color schemes and a portrait drawing in proportion. Check back soon to see our “Art Show” on line!
2nd Trimester Pottery 1 Slide Show
This is the work of my 2nd Trimester Pottery 1 students.
They are basically grouped by students.
Students learned the 3 basic hand building techniques: coil, pinch and slab.
They also experimented with different ways of decorating their work. Enjoy the Art Show!
High School Pottery
To my High School 2nd Trimester Pottery1 Students. Please click here to see your PINCH POTS from beginning to end and your CONSTRUCTIONS WITH A MOLD to the greenware stage.
Happy Holidays to all my students!
On December 20th my sixth grade students has fun making giant snowflakes. This was the last day before Winter Break. We took that opportunity to take a group picture. It is always fun using the self timer on the camera. The anticipation of the flashing light always put a smile on our faces. Click on the team’s name to see the pictures.
Carrabassett, Sabattus, Kennebec
6th Grade Students are enjoying Art at MMS
Click Here to see my 6th grade students at work. I will update the finished pattern pages as they complete their design. be sure to look at all of their beautiful work. If you click on the thumbnail, you can view a larger picture and you can also save the images on your own computer!
Massabesic MMS winners of the Peace Poster Contest.
Masssabesic Middle School students had the opportunity to participate in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest.
Our Local Lions Clubs offered cash prizes.1st Place $25,2nd Place $15 and 3 runner-ups places of $10 each. The first place winner’s poster will go on to the Lion’s District level for the next round of judging.
Congratulation to the following Students:
1st Place Mikaela Callahan
2nd place Kerrigan Goudreau
3 runner-ups Allyssa Morin, Zoe Matthews and Nadine Koehan
Your picture will be taken on Monday morning and you will receive your cash prizes from Mrs. Kustron from the Lions Club.
6th Grade Animations
New Updates on the Art Webpage!
The Art Rooms have been very busy since school started.
High School Pottery I – Please go to High School Pottery 1 webpage. We have been working on pinchs pots with slip decorations. We learned how to load the kiln and glaze our pots with a clear glaze.
Next the class worked on a “Ball Construction with a Mold“” Students brought in a bowl from home, then they laid a piece of tulle in the bowl as a release agent. They rolled small balls of clay and started layering them in their bowls. The clay balls were attached together using their fingers or a modeling tool. Most students did 2 of these bowls and after releasing the clay from the bowl they are put together by scoring and using slip (score and slip). A neck is added using coil or slab.
Each students created a “Kiln God ” to watch over the kiln . All Ball Construction with a Mold Vases made it.!
Students are now working on a coil pot.
We are learning all the different aspects of pottery, from different building techniques, glazes, loading and firing the kiln and also intertwine our lessons with Art History and the Elements and Principles of Design.
6th Grade Art Our first major project: In this painting unit 6th grade students learned about drawing a face using the right proportion. They also reviewed the color wheel and identified 6 different color harmonies or schemes. When they started painting, they had to choose their harmonies from: cool, warm, complementary, split complementary, monochromatic and analogous colors. They did a lot of mixing with tones to make their painting more interesting. They learned a lot about colors. And most of all that PAINTING IS FUN!
Our 2nd project: 6th grade students learned about Art History through shoes. From sandals in ancient Egypt, poulaines in superstitious Medieval times, scarpines with King Henry VIII, platform shoes in Europe, boots with heels with cowboys , wood shoes or sabot in France, to modern times . After learning basic paper construction: scoring and making tabs , using white glue the proper way, they designed their own shoes.
We are now working on creating a marionette and drawing cartoons. The cartoons will become animated. More info to come on this exciting project!
The 1st Quarter Art web is complete
There are many additions on the 7th and 8th grade art web page.
You can view some great little animations from the 7th grade and the 8th grade clay project. They created a tea pot and tea cup. We finished the project with a Fun Tea Party. Enjoy the 1st quarter webpage. It will eventually change with the 2nd quarter art projects.
School Year 2009-10
A new school year is about to start. There will be a few changes on the pages I will be working on . I will make pages for the Visual Arts and Performing Arts( Music Concerts, Drama and Talent Show. I will also maintain the “Sports MVPs” for the High School students.
Massabesic Middle School Spring Concert
Massabesic Middle School Spring Concert
Caitlin Ramsey, Director
What a wonderful concert! Click here to see a slideshow of the concert.
Be sure to order you DVDs from Mrs. Ramsey. Only $12! This is a fund raiser for the Visual Arts and Pe Performing Arts at the Middle School.
7th and 8th grade students! Be sure to order your “Remember MMS” Picture CD
8th Grade Students: Click on the link to see the content
I am compiling a CD filled with all the WebPages and pictures from your 7th and 8th grade. Everything I ever put on the web will be on this CD for you to enjoy. The BIGGEST YEAR BOOK on a CD! Look on the back of this page to see what is on the CD. The CD will work with Apple computers and Windows 98, Me, XP or Vista.
The cost of the CD is $15.00. You will need to place your order to Mrs. Hussey with your payment. The CD will be mailed to you 2 weeks or so after school gets out.
I would like to thank you for purchasing this CD. Not only will you have a great CD with thousands of pictures and short movies, you are also helping me and my future students in improving technology in my classroom. I also consider your purchase as a thank you for the countless hours I spent working on the web pages for your enjoyment.
I am compiling a CD filled with all the WebPages and pictures from your 7th grade. Everything I ever put on the web will be on this CD for you to enjoy. The BIGGEST YEAR BOOK on a CD! Look on the back of this page to see what is on the CD. The CD will work with Apple computers and Windows 98, Me, XP or Vista.
The cost of the CD is $10.00. You will need to place your order to Mrs. Hussey with your payment. You will get your CD on the last day of school.
I am compiling a CD filled with all the WebPages and pictures from your 7th grade. Everything I ever put on the web will be on this CD for you to enjoy. The BIGGEST YEAR BOOK on a CD! Look on the back of this page to see what is on the CD. The CD will work with Apple computers and Windows 98, Me, XP or Vista.
The cost of the CD is $10.00. You will need to place your order to Mrs. Hussey with your payment. You will get your CD on the last day of school.
I am compiling a CD filled with all the WebPages and pictures from your 7th and 8th grade. Everything I ever put on the web will be on this CD for you to enjoy. The BIGGEST YEAR BOOK on a CD! Look on the back of this page to see what is on the CD. The CD will work with Apple computers and Windows 98, Me, XP or Vista.
The cost of the CD is $15.00. You will need to place your order to Mrs. Hussey with your payment. The CD will be mailed to you 2 weeks or so after school gets out.
I would like to thank you for purchasing this CD. Not only will you have a great CD with thousands of pictures and short movies, you are also helping me and my future students in improving technology in my classroom. I also consider your purchase as a thank you for the countless hours I spent working on the web pages for your enjoyment.
I am compiling a CD filled with all the WebPages and pictures from your 7th grade. Everything I ever put on the web will be on this CD for you to enjoy. The BIGGEST YEAR BOOK on a CD! Look on the back of this page to see what is on the CD. The CD will work with Apple computers and Windows 98, Me, XP or Vista.
The cost of the CD is $10.00. You will need to place your order to Mrs. Hussey with your payment. You will get your CD on the last day of school.
I am compiling a CD filled with all the WebPages and pictures from your 7th grade. Everything I ever put on the web will be on this CD for you to enjoy. The BIGGEST YEAR BOOK on a CD! Look on the back of this page to see what is on the CD. The CD will work with Apple computers and Windows 98, Me, XP or Vista.
The cost of the CD is $10.00. You will need to place your order to Mrs. Hussey with your payment. You will get your CD on the last day of school.
4th Quarter Art Classes
Keep looking for new additions to the 4th quarter Art page. You can view the 7th grade “Checkerboard Designs” and the 8th Grade Hand, Ribbon and Texture Designs.
3rd Quarter is all up to date
The 3rd quarter Art page is all up to date. Be sure to lokk at all the great art created this past quarter, As the 4th quarter progress, their work will replace the 3rd quarter students.
7th Grade Animation Project
Our 1st quarter students just finished creating their own computer generated animations. The MLTI program, unique to the the State of Maine, helps to make this project a reality. Every student is issued the use of a laptop for their two years at the Middle School. This project helps students to explore additional uses of their computer beyond word processing and web surfing. This was a very exciting project, the results of which you can see by checking out the MMS animation page.
We started this project with a lesson on cartooning. Afterwards, each student brainstormed ideas for their own animation. Students then drew, painted, outlined and cut their cartoon characters and backgrounds out of paper. Utilizing a digital camera and the Apple iMovie software, students began constructing their animations, frame-by-frame. After the animation was complete, students added a soundtrack (often mixing voice and music). Once the animation was finished, it was rendered as a QuickTime movie. Each movie has been uploaded to the school server and is available for viewing here.
If you have any questions on how this was done, feel free to email me at Lucille_Hussey@fc.sad57.k12.me.us
New updates on the Art webpage!
Massabesic Middle School Talent Show
Congratulations to all the Talent Show participants for a great performance and a special “Thank You” to tall the staff members who worked on this for our enjoyment.
Massabesic Middle School Talent Show
June 20, 2008
Brianna Bean sings “On My own” from the musical ‘ Les Miserables”
Jacob Bedard plays piano “Minuet in D”
Shawna Rumery and Caitlyn Martin dance to :”Damaged” by Danity Kane
Michelle Cafferky and Riley Smith perform to “Start All Over” by Miley Cyrus
Clarissa Nemet dances to “Build God and Then We’ll Talk” by Panic at the Disco
River Whitten and Justin Wolfinger perform an original musical titled “Falling Down”
Abby Mallard sings ” Away From the roll of the Sea”
Megan Goddard dances to Fergie’s “Here I Come”
Callie Hansen sings “Let’s Dance” from Miley Cyrus
“Mrs. Lands’ Homeroomies” perform to Aerosmith’s “Dude” : Jacob Lanoue, River Whitten, Mark Bender, Justin Wolfinger, Tori Stewart, Ciera Lamontagne. Sarah Roy, Katie Abbott and Michelle Giordano
Jacob Bedard dances to “Low”
DJ Durand plays acoustic guitar to “Wish You Were There”
Meagan Snow and Haley Jones perform “I’d Lie” from Taylor Swift
Mark bender. Jacob Lanoue and Dylan Tremblay perform “You’re Gonna Miss This” from Trace Adkins
Zodiac Alliance band (DJ Durand, Ry Audy, and Zai Huntress) perform 2 original pieces; “nothing You Can Do” followed by ‘Letting Go”
John Secunde sing and plays the guitar
Brian Wardwell sings ‘Life is a Highway” from Rascal Flatts
Our Town
Massabesic Middle School Drama presents: Our Town
Congratulation to the Cast. The Play was awesome!