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ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION |
Homework! |
Artist of the Day
("Sketchbook" Assignment from
first 5 minutes of each class) |
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Drawing Samples:
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Got your 2 drawing samples done?
Gathered class supplies?
Found a creative and affordable way to make yourself a portfolio?
Realistic Drawing (Still Life) Information
Imagination Drawing Information
A Page To Help You Do Your Drawing Samples |
Power Point of Art Works 1 to 6
Art Notebooks/Drawing Journals:
- Today’s Date
- Title of work (if applicable)
- Artist
- Date of work
- Response – Informed by discussion (25 words or more)
JUST FOR FUN:
Keith Harring/Madonna Video |
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Portfolio Creation & Decoration
Students:
Make certain that your portfolio features your name, grade and section (A,B or C) CLEARLY on the outside.
Thanks!
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The art class storage portfolio can be as simple as a piece of poster board folded in half and stapled on the side.
Make certain it has your full name and grade clearly labeled on it, please!
Decorate it to suit your tastes...just make certain it is school appropriate.
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time |
Power Point of Art Works 1 to 6 |
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Value:
Objects in a landscape tend to get LIGHTER as they get further away.
Things in the foreground tend to be DARKER in value.
Clarity:
Objects in a landscape tend to get BLURRIER and LESS DETAILED as they get further away.
Things in the foreground tend to be SHARPER and MORE DETAILED.
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Class Participation Rubric
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time

Value Drawing Example (with grid)
Value as expressed by atmospheric perspective
Value in photography Imogen Cunningham
Film Clips Page
Black, White and Grey art: Guernica by Picasso
Paintings by Kazuya Akimoto
Betty Edwards: Drawing on the Right Hand Side of the Brain |
Power Point of Art Works 1 to 6
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Art Skills & Knowledge Initial Assessment Completion/Correction
Art Notebook/Sketchbook Work Time
Value in Art Completion |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time |
Power Point of Art Works 1 to 6 |
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INITIAL PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Portfolio Review Checklist
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook Work Time
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time |
Power Point of Art Works 1 to 6
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COLOR!

This class we are learning about the color wheel...primary, secondary and tertiary colors!
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
Peter Halley takes juxtaposition of colors and minimalist geometric forms to extremes... see www.peterhalley.com
Also check out: Petermax.com
The Fauvists (French for "Wild Beasts") loved using color!
Here is the Wiki about the Fauvist art movement!
Color and Emotions: color meaning
Interesting Article: Relationship between color and emotion: a study of college students |
Power Point of Art Works 1 to 6
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Finishing Color Wheels and Red, Yellow and Blue Value Scales
Starting Calligraphy and Calligrams!
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
http://www.wordle.net/
Upside Down Drawing Exercise
Using and Drawing Space

http://moovl.wordpress.com/category/how-to/
http://www.wordle.net/
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Artist of the Day Quiz #1 |
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Sketchbooks Due for Evaluation #2
Keith Haring Lesson Plan and evaluation form

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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
Learn to Draw Website
Cartooning Worksheet #1
Desert Island Escape Worksheet
Learn to Draw Website
Need Some Inspiration?
Check Out: http://johnlangdon.net/
Graffiti Creator Website
Graffiti Playdo Site
Symmetry Assignment Evaluation Rubric
http://johnlangdon.net/
Banksy's Site (UK Artist)
Art Crimes: the Writing on the Wall http://www.graffiti.org/
"Clean Graffiti" - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3379017
Graffiti Exhibit - http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/graffiti/
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Power Point of Art Works 7 to 12
Art Notebooks/Drawing Journals:
- Today’s Date
- Title of work (if applicable)
- Artist
- Date of work
- Response – Informed by discussion (25 words or more)
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Symmetry Collage Assignment Con't
The Art of Romare Beardon |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Inspiration? Check out this information about:
Eqyptian Art

Egyptian Art Handout #1
Egyptian Art Handout #2
Egyptian Art Handout #3 (hieroglyphics)
Egyptian Art Handout #4 (columns)
Egyptian Art Handout #5 (Egyptian Figure Proportions)
Romare Beardon Painting/Collage Assignment
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Origami!
If you miss this class, you should check out these websites and try completing 3-5 simple origami projects. This is what we will be doing in class...plus learning about the history of origami.
Remember, you are in competition with yourself here. Some origami patterns are more difficult and challenging than others, so...if you are new to origami, pick simple/easy challenges first! :)
Put the results in your sketchbook (even those that you consider 'failures.' Remember, you earn your grade from your learning PROCESS, NOT just your PRODUCTS.)
Robert Lang Origami
http://origamitube.com/
http://www.origamivideo.net/

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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Great websites where you can learn about origami:
Robert Lang Origami
http://origamitube.com/
http://www.origamivideo.net/
How To Make An Origami Paper Crane |
Power Point of Art Works 7 to 12 |
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Monochromatic Compositions
Students will experiments with a limited pallet, comparing soft/torn edge hard/cut edges collage, to create a monochromatic still life.
Examples of Monochromatic Still Life Compositions
Concepts / Objectives:
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of still life as subject matter
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of Dutch still life painting in the Baroque
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of tempera paint as media for artworks
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of how contrasts of light and dark can be utilized in a work of art
- Students will be able to describe and compare characteristics and purposes of a Dutch breakfast still-life painting and their own contemporary still-life painting.
Monochromatic Still Life Compositions


Above: Student Examples |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
http://www.artunframed.com/claesz.htm A number of other still-life paintings by Pieter Claesz and a link to a short biography of Claesz.
http://www.audreyflack.com/paint/ (see site for contemporary examples of still life paintings)
http://www.uakron.edu/education/temp/history/page1.html overview of the Baroque period
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Power Point of Art Works 7 to 12 |
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Monochromatic Painting
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook Work Time (if finished the monochromatic painting) |
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SECOND
PORTFOLIO
REVIEW
Portfolio Review Checklist
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Monochromatic Painting Art
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Notebook/Sketchbook Work Time (if finished the monochromatic painting)

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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time

Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
M.C. Escher's artwork!
Vase/Face Exercises
Positive and Negative Space
Positive and Negative Space Reading

M.C. Escher's artwork! |
Power Point of Art Works 7 to 12 |
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Power Point of Art Works 7 to 12
Artist of the Day Quiz #2(Dear Student: Aren't you glad that you check the webite now? LOL)
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
How to Make Your Own Cartouche
Egyptian Art Handout #6 (Scarabs)
Egyptian Portraits! (Lesson Plan) |
Power Point of Art Works 13 to 18
Art Notebooks/Drawing Journals:
- Today’s Date
- Title of work (if applicable)
- Artist
- Date of work
- Response – Informed by discussion (25 words or more)
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Perspective Practice!
If you miss class, watch this power point about Perspective!
City Scape Lesson
Making Letters
Information about Perspective
Drawing a door in one point perspective sample



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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time

Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
How to Create Basic Shadows
How does the use of scientific perspective relate to the way we see?
When was perspective first used as a element of art?
What are other methods of creating depth in a composition with-out scientific perspective?

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Power Point of Art Works 13 to 18 |
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Portrait of Madame Matisse
(Green Stripe)
1905
by Henri Matisse. |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
On-line Cave Art Lesson
The Caves of Lascaux website
Southwestern US Rock Art Gallery |
Power Point of Art Works 13 to 18 |
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Jane Ash Poitras Assignment

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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:

Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
Drawing on Found Surfaces
Methods of Shading
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Power Point of Art Works 13 to 18 |
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out: |
Power Point of Art Works 13 to 18
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Illuminated Manuscripts & Letters.
Medievel Manuscripts included hand-drawn letters and illustrations of great complexity.
Students will design and decorate capital letters with pen and ink and colors.
Students will also create a stick book in response to our study of book art and history.
Questions to discuss at home:
Why were books made by hand at this time?
Why were these books so richly decorated and illustrated?
Why would someone want to make a rubbing of an effigy?
How does a rubbing work to create an image on your paper?
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
Medieval Book Art Information For Students
Page 2 of Medieval Book Art
Homework Project: Beautiful Letters!
Decorated Book Covers! (Bonus Project)
Medieval Decorative Art Information
Page 2 of Medieval Decorative Art Information
Medieval Tapestry Project (Option)
Diptychs and Triptychs Project (Option)
Heironymous Bosch Activity
Stained Glass Windows
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Power Point of Art Works 13 to 18 |
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THIRD
PORTFOLIO
REVIEW
Portfolio Review Checklist
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
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Power Point of Art Works 19 to 20
Art Notebooks/Drawing Journals:
- Today’s Date
- Title of work (if applicable)
- Artist
- Date of work
- Response – Informed by discussion (25 words or more)
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Chinese Painting, A traditional Chinese painting shows the artist knowledge as well as the artist thoughts and feeling about nature.
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Chinese Ink Painting Lesson Plan
Introduction to Chinese Painting
Brush painting lesson
Chinese painting lesson
Chinese painting lesson handout
Step-by-Step Chinese Painting Demonstration
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out: |
Power Point of Art Works 19 to 20 |
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Gyotaku Lesson Plan
Assessment Rubric

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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out: |
Power Point of Art Works 21 to 26
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Marisol Lesson Plan Link

Woman and Dog, 1964 |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out: |
Power Point of Art Works 21 to 26
Art Notebooks/Drawing Journals:
- Today’s Date
- Title of work (if applicable)
- Artist
- Date of work
- Response – Informed by discussion (25 words or more)
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Persian Miniatures!
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An Introduction to Persian miniatures from the Wikipedia

Persian Minatures,Persian Minatures are small and very detailed works of art that were created to illustrate stories.
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
What is miniature art?
Questions to discuss at home:
How do these painting differ from western paintings? |
Power Point of Art Works 21 to 26 |
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Ms. Deck's Cave Art Lesson
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time

Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
For more information about Cave Art, go to:
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/
For more information about Bridget Riley, go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Riley
For information about the elements of art, go to:
http://www.mpsaz.org/arts/elements/elements.html
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Self Portrait Bust in Clay Lesson Plan

Photo from www.justportrait.com
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out:
How to Sculpt Eyes Youtube video |
Power Point of Art Works 21 to 26 |
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The Joseph Cornell Box Website
Joseph Cornell Shrine Boxes Lesson Plan
Joseph Cornell information |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out: |
Power Point of Art Works 21 to 26 |
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out: |
Power Point of Art Works 21 to 26 |
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Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out: |
Artist/Artwork of the Day Final Quiz Review |
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FINAL
PORTFOLIO
REVIEW
Portfolio Review Checklist
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Final Portfolio Review Sign Up Schedule
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out: |
Artist/Artwork of the Day Final Quiz Review |
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FINAL
PORTFOLIO
REVIEW
Portfolio Review Checklist
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Final Portfolio Review Sign Up Schedule
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out: |
Artist/Artwork of the Day Final Quiz |
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FINAL
PORTFOLIO
REVIEW
Portfolio Review Checklist
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Final Portfolio Review Sign Up Schedule
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time |
Art Notebook/Sketchbook or Assignment Work Time
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out: |
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