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Week 7 – We are finishing a lot of work and looking at POST-IMPRESSIONISM in a couple of studios as well.

I can use self-reflection to understand how my personal values influence my decisions.

Test Anxiety

Be prepared
Have a positive attitude
Learn to relax
Take your time
Talk to an adult if you need help.

#17 Drawing is About Mark Making “Every mark has a distinct character and quality.Every mark is a signature. Variations in pressure and weight is the visual equivalent of intonation. Marks, or lines, of consistent weight or thickness surrounding a figure or object will flatten the image. Tapering or breaking a line in a curve can connote a highlight or make the curve flow. Also, a tentative line will read as such. Give every mark or line authority and make sure it serves a purpose. Try to use only the marks you need.” 101 Things Learned in Art School, Kit White, 2011, MIT Press

What kind of mark making are you making?

Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: One Point Perspective – Wrap up PAINTING and mount them for the world to see.

https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0047v1962

Van Gogh’s Bedroom at Arles has gone through some changes… let’s see what they were.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

7th Grade: Paper Mache and FUNCTIONAL ART

Paper Mache Pottery

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8th Grade 2D Design: LANDSCAPES and 4 art movements…

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8th Grade Sculpture: Claymation – Totem INSPIRED art

Great image and a wonderful article to read about the meaning and making of indigenous totem poles… we will be taking time to look this over – how about you?

Link to lesson plans HERE!

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Week 6 – WOW! More work time and NEW work time… WORK TIME!

I can choose solutions to problems and describe the impact of my choices on myself and others.

“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” — Zig Ziglar

Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: One Point Perspective – Wrap up drawing and PAINT!

Hwang Seonate – Korean Artist – One and Two Point Perspective Artworks / Lightboxes. Let’s take a look… Click on the image and let’s see what happens in the the ART WORLD TODAY with perspective artwork.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

7th Grade: Paper Mache and FUNCTIONAL ART

Claes Oldenburg, “Empire” (“Papa”) Ray Gun, 1959. MoMA

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8th Grade 2D Design: Photoshop and FIRE and LANDSCAPES!

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8th Grade Sculpture: Claymation – Claymation and Assessment then CLAY!

AJ Simpson and their TOTEM inspired GARDEN ART… Learn more about them here.

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Week 5 – With extra time… a lot of planning got done… PAINTING for many is around the corner.

I can… I can use self-reflection to understand how my personal values influence my decisions.

Chuck Close Quote: What difference does it make whether you’re looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.

Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: One Point Perspective – Wrap up drawing and PAINT!

Link to lesson plans HERE!

7th Grade: Paper Mache and FUNCTIONAL ART

https://candidcuts.weebly.com/paper-mache-sculptures.html

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade 2D Design: Photoshop and FIRE and LANDSCAPES!

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8th Grade Sculpture: Claymation – Wrap up the editing and TURN IT IN!

Link to lesson plans HERE!

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Week 4 – STUDIO HABITS should ALWAYS be at the front of your mind as you come in and make art… How are your STUDIO HABITS?

I can… describe the importance of building relationships between diverse groups of people.

Learn To Draw “Drawing is more than a tool for rendering and capturing likenesses. It is a language, with its own syntax, grammar, and urgency. Learning to draw is about learning to see. In this way, it is a metaphor for all art activity. Whatever its form, drawing transforms perception and thought into image and teaches us how to think with our eyes.” 101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

Artist Habits of Mind

Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: One Point Perspective

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7th Grade: Paper Mache and FUNCTIONAL ART

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade 2D Design: Photoshop and FIRE

The image above takes you to a course… and do with it as you please… but the information in the steps below the images are good. Thanks to the owner of the site for the information and education.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: Claymation – Let’s COLLABORATE and work on our MOVIES – I’m leaving this one alone… we have a lot of catching up to do and this film is a good beginning.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

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Week 3 – We are now in the thick of the art making process… how are you doing on a DAILY BASIS in the Art Studio?

I can… recognize the impact of different relationships on MY well being and the well being of OTHERS.

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” ~ Neil Gaiman

“As IMPORTANT as MAKING mistakes is, it is equally important to LEARN from those mistakes” – Frank Korb

We are going to look at Daily and Weekly Studio Habits as a formative and perhaps summative assessment. How one works in the studio has a huge affect on how they make their art and you are going to be aware and knowledgeable of your studio choices.

Let us leave the Studio Habits of Mind up here for ONE MORE week – who has looked at them? Comment on them in YouTube for extra STUDIO HABITS POINTS – only in my head…

Artist Habits of Mind

More for you to explore here: https://www.artcorelearning.org/studio-habits-of-mind

Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. To make things easier for me… I have simplified the website so that it is better for the day to day in the classroom. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links SHOULD take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: One Point Perspective

The beginning of perspective can be traced back to the 1450’s and here RAPHAEL (not the turtle) demonstrates a BEAUTIFUL interior using one point perspective.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

7th Grade: Paper Mache and FUNCTIONAL ART

Not exactly what we are doing BUT it dfoes show what CAN be done with cardboard, time, and planning!

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade 2D Design: Photoshop and FIRE

How are you going to create the illusion of FIRE in your portrait? Check out the lesson plans – week 3 – for this and one other image.

What is a PORTRAIT and how can we make it successful? This is a part of the assignment.

Famous Portrait Photographs – Look at the strength of what was done HERE and then rethink what you might be thinking about doing or HAVE done.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: Claymation – Let’s COLLABORATE and work on our MOVIES

Link to lesson plans HERE!