ART+6+Projects+and+Assignments



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Click on the ART6 Calendar to see abstracts of the day's events for Art 6.

=Project: ART6 Web Browse= __//Due Date: January 26, 2011//__

In an attempt to make art more accessible, I have created a website to be used as a learning tool inside and outside of the classroom. Please allow twenty minutes for your child to familiarize you with the site's details. Your child (or you) may wish to visit this site several times throughout the semester and may choose to bookmark the site to the your web browser. If you have bookmarked this website, please place a check in the box on the form (a bright colored paper) and sign your name. My hope is within this short time you will have good understanding of the site and the general ART 6 experience.

=Project: Art Equipment Responsibility Form= __//Due Date://__ __//January 26, 2011//__

The Art Equipment Responsibility Form is a sheet stating that students will learn to use art materials and tools appropriately and are responsible for their care.

Click on Art Equipment Responsibility Form to see the document in full.

=Project: Art Research and Critique= __//Due Date: January 30, 2011//__

The main objective of this lesson is to expose you to numerous artists. Knowing what art you like is a first step to becoming an artist. If you know what art your like, then you can create artwork to your liking. The challenge is for you to find 3 artists that you have a fondness for and then explain why you are partial to this artist. You need 3 appropriate size images (large enough to show to the class) and 5 sentences for each image analyzing the creative skills and concepts that make that artwork impressive. I would like you to use the elements of art when stating what you like or inspired by. These [|critiques] are meant to be mostly positive, however, negative criticism are welcome if you have a suggestion for improving the piece. Note: You may want to bring a pen/flash/memory stick to save your work and images.

Click on ART 6 Art Research and Critic to see an exemplar. Click on ART6 Useful Links to find website links explaining the elements and principles of design and website links to art magazines and museums where you can view art images.

=Project: Geometric Form Study= //__Due Date: March 13, 2011__//

The objective of this unit is to introduce you to sculpture, but more importantly giving you a memorable experience with the Third Dimension (depth). You will later reflect on this experience when developing skills to draw in perspective.

First, we will plan by viewing sculptures from artists like Fletcher Benton and Liouse Nevelson. These artists give us ideas for sculpture designs. We also learn about how these artists (and others) used [|Line], [|Shape], [|Space] and [|Form] (Elements of Art) to add [|Patterns] (aka Rhythmn), bring [|Balance], [|Unity] and give [|Emphasis] (Principles of Art). We use our knowledge of the art elements and principles to plan by making an initial sketch. This sketch may go through several drafts as we put are plan into practice.

Our first practice objective is build skills in using art tools. We use pencils and rulers to draw. Also, we use X-Acto knives, rulers and cutting mats to cut the cardboard. Then, we use Hot Glue and Elmer’s glue to adhere our cardboard piece together into a cube form. We reflect on these skills in whole group as a form of troubleshooting. At last we take these skills, our sketches and knowledge and build a product, a Geometric Form Sculpture. We may move from producing our final piece, to re-practicing, to redesigning several times before completing our artwork. Hopefully, we reflect on our sculpture as we are building. This may be by simple observation, asking a friend, asking Mr Hansen, or putting the sculpture up against the Geometric Form Study Rubric. At the end of the project we will culminate by writing a formal reflection. (reflection tool)

Click on ART6 useful links to find out more information on Geometric Form Sculpture. Click on Geometric Form Study Schedule to see daily objectives. Click on Geometric Form Study Exemplar to see an example of a successful art piece.



=Project: Perspective Study= __//Due Date: April 4, 2011//__

Many think drawing in Perspective is a study... well in drawing. However what is unknown to many is that perspective, first and foremost, starts with seeing. Students have to develop skills in seeing what truly is there before our eyes, training the brain to respect that input and coach the brain to not create a reality. The brain is extremely talented and efficient in making sense of the world. To often NOT for the sake of perspective, it does too good of a job.

For example, when we look at a common rectangular table we know that each end of the table has the same width. Our brains are telling us that! However, our eyes tell us that the end that is closer to us is wider and the end that is farther from our eyes is thinner. If we were to draw what our brains tell us, we would draw a rectangle with equal widths as if we were looking directly down at the table. If we draw the information that our eyes are giving our brains, we would draw a rectangle with one side wider that the side that is closer to us and at the end other end thinner. The drawing of the table would appear to recede into the paper... therefore PERSPECTIVE.

Click on ART6 useful links to find out more information on Perspective. Click on the Perspective Rubric to see your assessment tool. Click on @ART6 Perspective Schedule to see progress report due dates and more detailed descriptions of objectives. Click on Perspective Final Exemplar to see and example of a successful art piece.

=Homework: Realism Study= __//Due Date: Selecting an Image (Feb. 31), Drawing Grid on Image (April 6), Grid Sketch on Drawing Paper (April 13), Drawing Study (May 5), Color Study (May 23), Summative Assessment (May 29)//__

The realism project will be your only formal homework of the second quarter. The project is designed to reinforce many of the concepts and skills that you are learning in class and to be a slight extension to your understanding of perspective. The project is divided into five studies: 1) Selecting an Image 2) Drawing a Grid on an Image 3) Grid Sketch on Drawing Paper 4) Drawing Study 5) Color Study. I understand that middle school students are requested to perform tremendous amounts of work to demonstrate their learning. In response to your workload, I designed each study to have approximately two weeks between completion dates. This time span allows you plan and budget your time efficiently and effectively for success with the ART 6 homework.

The Realism Study is designed to form or build your knowledge and skills. Therefore, the first four due dates for the project are graded purely on completion. The fifth due date, Color Study, will be given a provisional grade and a formative assessment. This formative assessment will have information stating areas in the study that are successful, areas that need improvement and possibly highlight areas that I need to re-teach. You then have the choice to take the suggestions and improve your study before the summative assessment is made at the end of the quarter or accept the provisional grade as your final. Each study is discussed below

Click on Realism Study Rubric to see your assessment tool. Click on @Realism Study Homework Schedule to see progress report due dates and more detailed descriptions of objectives. Click on Color Study using Grid Exemplar to see an example of a successful coloring using the grid.

=Project: Pattern/Relief Sculpture Study= __//Design Plan Due Date: May 1, 2011//__ __//Study Due Date: June 6, 2011//__

The two main objectives of this study are to begin to understand who you are as an artist and to understand the Design Cycle.

Click on Design Cycle to find more information on how it is used in art. Click on Pattern Relief Sculpture Design Assessment to see more information on what need to be included in your design. Click on Pattern Relief Sculpture Design Exemplar to see a successful product.

Beyond the two main objectives, there are 2 artistic goals to this study. First, is to show an object with variety degrees of elevation from a flat surface, RELIEF. The second goal is to place overlapping patterns on this surface. Physically you will demonstrate your skill in crafting three-dimensional spaces out of a variety of materials. You will construct your relief sculptures using wire, cardboard, newspaper, paper mache' and plaster gauze. You will then add patterns of color, line, shape value, texture and space using paper, paint fabric, markers, pipe cleaners and many more media. In addition to pattern, you will demonstrate you understanding of the principles of variety, balance/unity, emphasis.

Click on Pattern Relief Sculpture Rubric to see your assessment tool. Click on Pattern Relief Sculpture Schedule to see progress report due dates and your work day objectives. Click on Pattern Relief Sculpture Exemplar to see a successful artwork.

=Summer Vacation= __Due Date: June__