STAAR Testing this week Tuesday and Wednesday! Charger Days Monday, Thursday, and Friday! Friday is also the last day of this grading period and report cards will go out next week.
We are painting with watercolors this week. I did a tutorial on Monday demonstrating correct materials set-up, beginning techniques, and clean-up. After STAAR testing: a watercolor wash on a sketchbook page. Then draw on top of the dried wash using colored pencil or sharpie. We will be continuing our study on color by watching a few relevant videos: -The Effects of Color on Mood -Describing Colors as a Blind Person -Buzzfeed Blue: What It's Like To Be Colorblind -The Science of Colorblindness -Enchroma Glasses for Colorblindness -Colorblind Brothers try Enchroma Glasses -More People Trying Enchroma Glasses -No One Could Describe The Color Blue Until Modern Times Lastly, we have order forms ready for the Pin Oak Middle School 2016 Art Department T-Shirts! The front of the shirt was designed by Brianna Edwards. Short sleeves $15 Long sleeves $20 Pullover hoodie $25
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Continuing our study on color, we moved on to oil pastels as students finished their color scheme pages with colored pencils. Videos we watched that demonstrated oil pastel techniques: 10 Oil Pastel Techniques The Rule of 3 Adding to our sketchbook: Oil Pastels Technique Worksheet And 6 squares on a blank page based on the first video with 10 techniques. Early finishers were encouraged to experiment with oil pastels in their sketchbooks and fill a page by illustrating an emotion other than happy or sad. It could be an abstract design or a realistic image. Wednesday this week was Holi, a Hindu religious holiday also known as the Festival of Colors. We watched several videos and discussed the differences we saw in how Holi is celebrated in different parts of the world. Holi in a news report in India Holi slow motion artistic short Holi Festival of Colors in Utah Holi slideshow images of people in India We began studying color! We watched videos to fill in the blank on the Color Theory Notes (see below).
Color Theory Basics Warm and Cool Colors Colors in Art History Music videos about color or that make use of color in creative ways: "Three Primary Colors" by OK Go "Skyscrapers" by OK Go "All Around Me" by Flyleaf We also updated our sketchbooks with notes and practice worksheets: Color Theory Notes Color Wheel Worksheet Monsters Coloring Page- Practice using a specific color scheme and using colored pencil techniques The warm-up on Monday was copying the proportions of the human body in the format of Stick Figure 1.0 (lines and circles for joints) followed by Stick Figure 2.0 (ovals and rectangles make up the body parts).
This week was the last few work days on the Grid Method Self Portrait Drawings. We then had a gallery walk and gave each other feedback in a mini-critique. We discussed strengths of standout pieces and gave productive criticism on how to improve. I'm incredibly proud of everyone because these drawings turned out beautiful. They are recognizable, high-contrast, realistic works of art and you came up with highly creative solutions to make them complete. We also watched a couple videos introducing our color unit: If You Are In A Shell True Facts About The Mantis Shrimp |
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