What's happening in 6th grade art class?

9/29-10/3

Monday

Painting the monochromatic background of Symbolic Self-Portrait project.

Tuesday

Painting the monochromatic background of Symbolic Self-Portrait project.

Wednesday

Tracing, cutting out, and pasting silouhettes to project.

Thursday

Tracing, cutting out, and pasting silouhettes to project.

Finish early:

Presidential Portrait Grid drawing --exercise in shading and creating a high range of value with pencil

Friday

Artist Journal Warm-up Quiz

Answering the following prompt using RACE strategy?

What does this painting tell us about the artist? How did the artist use elements of art to describe him/herself?

9/22-9/26

Monday

Introduce Self Portraits by looking at the history of self-portraits

Analyze one famous self-portrait using RACE strategy together.

Explain requirements for Symbolic Self-Portrait

Tuesday

To prep for Symbolic Self-Portrait project, students will begin sketching symbols that represent them.

(i.e. megaphone, paintbrush, book, football, headphones, music notes, their home state, etc.)

They'll choose 3-4 symbols to draw larger, cut out, and use as stencils for the background of their project.

Wednesday

Cut out symbols to & trace symbols onto background

Thursday

 Learn + practice painting techniques

Complete a monochromatic painting/paint mixing exercise.

Friday

Begin painting backgrounds using a monochromatic color scheme.

9/8-9/12

Students will complete their still life mixed media projects this week!

9/2 - 9/5

Students will complete their space drawing projects from last week. They'll complete a short writing exercise to be turned in with their projects. We'll begin our still life mixed media project by the end of the week. 

8/25-8/29

Students will finish their Charley Harper bird projects & begin a unit on form drawing. Students will learn correct techniques for creating realistic form and begin an outerspace drawing.

8/18-8/22

We'll learn about famous artist Charley Harper and how to draw birds inspired by his style. Students will then start a project featuring a Charley Harper inspired bird filled with zentangle designs.

8/11-8/15

We'll begin our first art project by taking a look at zentangle designs & practicing our own creative zentangles. Students will trace hands and creatively zentangle each hand using a variety of designs, shapes, and lines.

8/4 -- 8/8

Welcome to 6th grade Visual Arts!

We'll take a look at our semester syllabus, go over basic art class rules & procedures, and discuss grading policies and requirements. We'll spend a few days learning about Elements of Art, Principles of Design & how to analyze art pieces. Expect your first quiz on Friday!