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8th Grade Art Qtr 3: Jan 5 - Mar 12 |
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| DATE | What we are doing in class today! | Homework and Comments |
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January 1 |
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weekend |
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4 Monday |
Teacher Workday Student Holiday |
Teacher Workday Student Holiday |
5 Tuesday |
Go over syllabus. Discuss Artist's Statement Guidelines. |
Turn in syllabus signing sheet due Friday, 11th Bring in a photograph of yourself for class project to commence Friday. |
6 Wednesday |
Begin making portfolio in which to keep all semester classwork. decorate with markers. | None |
| 7 Thursday |
Continue above. | None |
| 8 Friday |
Begin Drawing of Shell. First drawing will be in pencil on 9X12 paper. Contour line, shaded drawing. | Syllabus signing sheet due today! |
weekend |
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| 11 Monday |
Continue above. Continue pencil drawing above. When contour line drawing is complete, students will draw a composition of overlapping shells that they will complete with colored pencil. | Assign first weekly drawing--due this Friday! Draw a realistic SHOE with shading. Include 50-word paragraph on back describing the drawing, what it means to you, what was enjoyable, hard, easy, etc. about the process and anything you'd like me to know about it. |
12 Tuesday |
Continue shell project. Students will create a 3rd drawing of the shells, this time copying their overlapping shells and outlining with sharpie. Complete with pattern and design. | None. |
13 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
14 |
Continue above. | Be sure Artist's Statement is completed for first project! |
15 Friday |
Continue above. | Weekly drawing due today! |
weekend |
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| 18 Monday |
No School M.L. King Jr. Day |
No School M.L. King Jr. Day |
19 Tuesday |
Complete above shell project. | Draw the inside of your desk drawer--use detail! Due Friday! |
20 Wednesday |
Complete final work and write artist's statment. | None. |
21 |
Begin a watercolor landscape. Choose a reference picture to paint and draw it out lightly on watercolor paper. Begin painting. | None. |
22 Friday |
Continue above. | Drawing due today. |
weekend |
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| 25 Monday |
Continue above. | Draw a chair looking at it from underneath as you lay on the floor. Due Friday! |
26 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
27 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 28 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
29 Friday |
Continue above. Complete Artist Statement to accompany Landscape. | Drawing due today. |
weekend |
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| February 1 Monday |
Finish watercolor. | Assigned for Friday: Illustrate your perfect day. |
2 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
3 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
4 |
Continue above. | None. |
5 Friday |
Complete watercolor and artist statement.. | Drawing due today! |
weekend |
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| 8 Monday |
Begin GRIDDED DRAWING. Students will choose a portrait to copy. measure it out length and width, then choose a common denominator to enlarge it by--2-3 times it's size. On larger paper, students will create a grid with lines equally spaced. they will then place edges pieces of paper on the photo they are enlarging and create a grid on it as well. Proceeding square by square, the students will draw lines in each square to copy the smaller drawing accurately onto the larger paper. When complete, they will shade it with #6 pencil. | Assigned for Friday: Illustrate your worst nightmare. |
9 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
10 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
11 |
Continue above. | None. |
12 Friday |
Continue above. | Drawing due today! |
weekend |
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| 15 Monday |
No School President's Day |
No School President's Day |
16 |
Continue above. | Illustrate what you hope to be doing in 10 years. Due Friday! |
17 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
18 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
19 Friday |
Continue above. | Drawing due today! |
weekend |
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| 22 Monday |
Complete above. Write artist statement. | Find a crime in the Bible--illustrate it. due Friday! |
23 |
Begin IMPRESSIONISM unit. Students will create an Impressionist "painting" using oil pastels on large paper. Discuss technique of using many overlapping marks to build up texture. | None. |
24 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
25 Thursday |
.Continue above. | None. |
26 Friday |
Continue above. | Drawing due today! |
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| March 1 Monday |
Continue Impressionism Oil pastel painting.. | Find a Bible miracle--illustrate it. Due Friday/ |
| 2 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 3 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 4 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 5 Friday |
Complete above. Write Artist Statement. | Drawing due today! |
| weekend | ||
| 8 Monday Standardized Testing |
Complete all work for grading. | None. |
| 9 Tuesday Standardized Testing |
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| 10 Wednesday Standardized Testing |
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| 11 Thursday Standardized Testing |
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| 12 Friday Standardized Testing |
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| weekend | End of Third Quarter |
End of Third Quarter |