All classes will have the opportunity to make art using various supplies such as crayons, markers, paint, colored pencils, oil pastels, and collage. The art we make varies by grade level. We will talk about and see examples of art from famous artists throughout history. Students will see how art can cross the curriculum and support other subjects such as math, science, and language arts, and more.
All classes will begin by drawing and coloring a cover for their folders/sketchbooks. Then all classes will learn about the color wheel and different color schemes such as warm, cool, triadic, monochromatic, complementary, and analogous.
Other projects students may do include:
6th Grade (9 weeks):
-Fall for Foreshortening using pattern
-Textured Hand Turkeys
-Shape, Line & Color with Henri Matisse
-Maracas
-Keith Haring drawings using symbols
7th Grade (9 weeks):
-Monochromatic Collage with a Poem
-Georgia O'Keeffe Oil Pastel Flowers
-Torn Paper Collage
-Wheel of Life
-Black & White Contour Shoe Drawing
-Thinking like Picasso, using Cubism and contour drawing
8th Grade (semester---18 weeks):
-Tessellations
-Surrealism Collage (using mixed media)
-African Masks (using paper mache)
-Word Pictures
-Name Grid with Pattern
-Circle-Line Design, using complementary colors
***GRADING***
Grades in art class are based largely on:
EFFORT---Did you try your best?
PARTICIPATION---Did you use your class time wisely?
NEATNESS---Did you color, draw, or paint it carefully?
FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS---Did you the follow directions for the art work?
COMPLETION---Did you finish the art work and turn it in? (Students are given plenty of class time to complete all art. If students ever need to stay after school to finish their art they are welcome to do so. Just let me know!)
10% Daily Warm-Ups
15% Art Sheets (Usually an intro to a new art project)
25% Daily Participation
50% Art Projects
EQUALS 100% TOTAL
Fine Arts is one subject that has not yet been switched over to the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS), but some Quality Core Curriculum (QCC) standards we achieve in art include:
1 Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Plans and creates artworks using the principles of design to organize the elements of art for creating a composition.
3 Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Uses art materials and techniques.
6 Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Demonstrates proper care and safe use of art materials and tools.
7 Topic: Connections
Standard: Applies concepts and ideas from another discipline and its topics as sources of ideas for own artworks.
8 Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Describes the properties of color (hue, value, and intensity) and the color schemes of monochromatic, analogous, and complementary.
12 Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Identifies the interrelationships between elements of art and the principles of design in artworks and the environment.
14 Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Recognizes how artists use selected subject matter, including symbols or ideas, to communicate a message.
15 Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Describes the expressive quality (feeling/mood) of artworks.
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