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Monday, February 13, 2017

This week in art...Feb. 13

Happy Valentine's Day Week!
This week in art, students will

  • Learn about the American Pop Artist, Modern hard-edge painter and sculptor Robert Indiana
  • Learn about color theory through completing a painting, color wheel, and a variety of value scales
    • Advanced Art: Kandinsky VALUE color study painting
  • CREATE! a hard-edge LOVE painting in complementary colors using the relief process
  • Understand how to create FORM in painting through shading with complementary colors, tints and shades
  • Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the African-American artist 
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat
MI benchmarks and standards:

ART.VA.I.HS.1 Apply acquired knowledge and skills to the creative problem solving process. (21st Century Skills: I.4, II.2) ART.VA.I.HS.2 Intentionally use art materials and tools when applying techniques and skills to communicate ideas. (21st Century Skills: I.6, III.3, III.6) ART.VA.I.HS.3 Demonstrate understanding of organizational principles and methods to solve specific visual arts problems. (21st Century Skills: I.4, II.5, III.3)

 ART.VA.II.8.1 Effectively identify, design, and solve creative problems. ART.VA.II.8.2 Effectively develop and apply critical thinking strategies through the art making process. ART.VA.II.8.3 Effectively collaborate, communicate, and work with others to create new ideas.
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Example PHS & PMS Robert Indiana Hard Edge painting

Monday, February 6, 2017

Week of February 6

This week in art...

Students will

  • continue working on their independent grid drawings applying techniques learned in grid drawing, shading, VALUE
  • learn about writing an artist' statement via a 20 min. guided lesson (light bulb reflection)
  • QUIZ on shading with reference picture (20 points) unannounced date
  • ART HISTORY FRIDAY:
    • Middle School and Art One: Italian High Renaissance- Leonardo da Vinci
    • Advanced Art and Studio Art: Raphael Webquest
    • MI Benchmarks and Standards: See Attached Link
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Week of January 30...

This week in art, students will...

  • Complete 3D light bulb drawings using VALUE and FORM
  • Learn about GRID DRAWING
  • Practice Grid Drawing and watch tutorials on why grid drawing and proportion
  • SELECT a drawing to draw independently using the Grid Drawing method; Value will be applied through shading, highlighting and shadow
  • Learn how to write an artist's statement
*** Click on Visual Arts MI benchmark links for targeted benchmarks!
Standard 4: Understand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts. (VPAA: C2, C3, C4, C5, P2, P3, R1, R2, R3, R4)
Standard 2: Apply skills and knowledge to create in the arts. (VPAA: C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, P1, P2, P4, R1, R4) 

ART HISTORY FRIDAY: Lascaux Caves, France
  • Watch youtube video on Lascaux Caves (under 10 min.)
  • Draw like prehistoric man in candle light with charcoal! Group murals
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Friday, September 16, 2016

Week of Sept. 19

This week in art...
Student will:

  • Learn about drawing in 3D with VALUE, blending, highlighting, shading, shadows...
    • Monday: Water droplets in pencil, white & black charcoal on gray paper
    • Tuesday: Water droplets continued
    • Wednesday: ART ONE: Basic 3D forms; ADVANCED ART: Mason jar in 3D
    • Thursday: Wednesday cont. part 2
    • FRIDAY: Michelangelo/ Italian High Renaissance
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MI Visual Art Benchmarks covered: SEE LINK ABOVE

Thursday, September 15, 2016

This week in Art...September 12 COLOR THEORY/ ITALIAN HIGH RENAISSANCE

Monday: Color Theory- Color Intensity and Complementary Colors
Tuesday: Color Theory- Tints & Shades/ Warm vs. Cool
Wednesday: ART HISTORY WEBQUEST: Italian High Renaissance
Thursday: Monochromatic Abstract Painting
Friday: Monochromatic Abstract Painting
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MI Visual Arts Benchmarks: See link above

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Week of Sept. 6: WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL! FIRST WEEK IN ART!

This week in art..Color Theory!

  • Tuesday: Welcome intro. (syllabus); Color theory pretest; Basic Color wheel
  • Wednesday: Let's Get Painting Already! Color Mixing Chart
  • Thursday: Tint & Shade
  • Friday: Art Pretest (Illuminate); Art Bin Assignments; Clean-up Procedures
Michigan Visual Arts Benchmarks: ***See Visual Arts Benchmarks link on page for more!
ART.VA.I.HS.5 Responsibly and safely manage materials and tools.
ART.VA.II.HS.4 Apply knowledge and skill to symbolize the essence of an idea.
ART.VA.I.HS.1 Apply acquired knowledge and skills to the creative problem solving process.