DRAWING+MATH: Basic Color Theory
Introduction to color theory- vocabulary, samples and creating the color wheel (using Math!). Students interpret artists' works and discuss the importance of applying color appropriately in artworks.
DRAWING+LITERATURE: Warm and Cool Color Still Life
This lesson provides an opportunity for students to transfer their knowledge of color theory to a still life project. Students revisit color schemes and learn about creating value with color. This project enforces the concepts behind using warm and cool colors, along with a chance to use oil pastels. We analyze and explore the effects color has psychologically on the viewer.
DRAWING+SCIENCE: Surrealism & Cross-hatching
Here students develop an understanding for the characteristics of Surrealism and analyze surreal works of art. Students experiment with a new watercolor technique and again apply understanding of color theory to their background in their artwork. Cross-hatching is also introduced and used as another way to show value in their artwork. Students use critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills to combine organic and inorganic (Science!) items to create surreal artworks.
CERAMICS+HISTORY: Pinch Pots
Students engage in crucial ceramic techniques to increase their knowledge of hand building skills. Students discuss the difference between organic and inorganic shapes and transfer knowledge to creating pinch pots that reflect these qualities. Students will learn the technique of incising and create designs on their pinch pots referencing the elements of art and principles of design to create a story using symbols.
CERAMICS+SCIENCE: Hollow Form
Students transfer knowledge of pinch pots to create a hollow form for this project. This project involves creating a 3D artwork from a 2D sketch. Each student will create an original animal caricature which we will then reduced to basic shapes. Features are pulled from generating the genotype and phenotype for their creature (using Science!). Scoring and slipping will be learned and then practiced by attaching facial features to hollow form.