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In the second week of September we learned about Animals in Art. Using our textbook, a slideshow of examples and class discussion we prepared ourselves to create some animal art.

• We learned how artists have been using animals as subjects since the early cave paintings.
• We discussed how artists can show MOOD in a piece of art. Some of the examples included humor, anticipation, dreamy, playful and sad.
• We learned how artists will use EMPHASIS in a painting to make one part more important than other parts. They can use LINE, COLOR or SHAPE to draw your eye to the important part.

In 6th grade art we will study the elements of ART including COLOR!

Click to see a bigger view of these great color wheel ideas. Including fabric, CANDY, rocks and natural items, yarn, paint, the computer, pencils, shoes and dolls. What could YOU make into a color wheel?

June 7th, 2008 is Drawing Day!

Drawing Day is a worldwide drawing event encouraging everyone to drop everything and draw for the sake of art. The internet is an open canvas. Help us create 1 million drawings online this day and boost online art communities. You can even video tape yourself drawing and share on our blog or other online communities.

I hope you will participate, just pick up a pencil and draw! Check out some great links and inspirations at the Art Junction where this Art teacher who shares his favorite drawing sites or how about I Like Pencils.

For our final Podcasts of the year we are reviewing a selection of art books. Here is my example.

http://www.stupidcreatures.com/

book commercial gaub

First: Take creative and quality pictures of the following items:

1. CLOSE-up of Yellow flower pollen
2. CLOSE-up of a 3 leaf clover
3. CLOSE-up of a bug
4. Colorful SKY
5. 3 colors in a plant/tree
6. the color orange
7. someone in motion (jump, run, riding a bike etc)
8. BONUS (from home) neighborhood or family pet

Then: Resize, enhance, crop rename and resave all your good photos and delete the bad ones.

Finally: put them together in a photo collage using photoshop. Include one of each scavenger hunt item and a title using text. Save it as a JPEG before turning in.

Turn into MOODLE with the proper naming sequence! ex: y8t3p1SH_sam.jpg

For this Assignment Students Picked a verb, Used MS PAINT to create a background , Used  PIVOT Stickfigure Animator to act out the word and then Used Windows Movie Maker to add music and title, credits.

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1st Period 8th Graders

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3rd Period 8th Graders

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In 6th and 7th grade art we will be learning about Andy Warhol and Pop Art. These are the notes you will need to have for the quiz!

Pop Art Definition: Produced images USING everyday objects, popular people and mass-media symbols as subject matter.

Mediums that Pop artist’s use: photography, collage, computers, sculpture, paint, printmaking.

Techniques that Pop artist’s use:

1. Reorganizing an image (cutting an/or repeating a picture)
2. color modification (changing the colors to something that is not natural)
3. comic style (making it look like a comic book)
4. scale (making things bigger than real life)

Sculpture Notes April 8th

Definition:  Sculpture is any art that is 3-DIMENSIONAL using a technique of adding or taking away from a 3-D form. 

A sculpture (medium) can be made from:

• EARTH: clay, wood, sticks, marble, stone, dirt, rocks, sand, snow, ice, bone, cement, concrete
• FIBER: paper, Paper-Mache, fabric, yarn, origami, hair, thread, leather, cardboard
• METAL: copper, bronze, silver, gold, iron, aluminum, foil, steel, platinum, wire, tin
• GLASS: stained glass, vases, tiles
• Plastics: fiberglass, tape, glue, foam, Styrofoam, rubber, Wax
• FOOD: candy, gum, chocolate, fruit, butter
• Recycled stuff: machine parts, rubber, cans/tin, plastic bottles

What techniques do sculpture artists use?

1. Carving: taking stuff away to get the art (Relief)
2. Casting: making a mold to get the art
3. Assembling: putting stuff together to get the art
4. Modeling: shaping and adding clay together to get the art 

The April 2008 edition of our 8th grade Art Podcast

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In this Episode:

• Liz and Olivia share a Mock “Artist Interview” with Photographer Judy Walgren.
• Next Olivia shares a “Famous Quote” by Michelangelo
• In a segment called, “Take Care“, Emily and Anna tell use the proper care and cleaning for your art supplies.
• Kaela explains the “Meaning of the Medium” of clay
• Holli shares some funny “Art Jokes“
• Asiah tells you how to make a collage for this “How To” segment

We would love to have you comment and let us know what you think of our podcast!

March 25, 2008 Art Notes We watched a movie about Paint and took notes for an upcoming test. Your own notes CAN be used on the test.

2. Binder: A material used to hold Pigments together in paint. (like gum, oil) 

3. Solvent: A liquid used to control the thickness or thinness of a paint. 

4. Oil-Based Paint: Paint made from a mixture of colored Pigment and linseed oil (binder) , which dries very slowly.

5. Water-Based Paint: Paint, such as tempera , acrylic , or water-color , made from a mixture of colored pigment and water (gum) or other binders, which dries quickly. 

6. Opaque: the quality of light passing through, so you can not see through the paper. (opposite of transparent) 

7. Transparent: the quality of light passing through, so you CAN see through the paper. 

8. Palette: a flat board on which a painter mixes and holds paint. 

Paint  See the Movie presentation here