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Ms. Henson's Beginning Art Class Assignments

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Term
2018-2019 School Year
Description

Welcome to Art Class!  This course is a year-long course at Lakeland Village School.  Students will be learning the Elements and Principles of Design as the basic building blocks for successful artwork creation.  I’m looking forward to providing an exciting and creative experience in the Visual Arts.  My goal is to guide your student to creating beautiful artworks. 

Loretta Henson

[email protected]

Lakeland Village School Periods 1-3 (7:56-10:40 AM)

Luiseño School Periods 5-6 (11:35 AM-2:00 PM)

Conferences: Please email me to schedule before school (Lakeland Village) or after school (Luiseño School).

 

The Grading Structure in Art 1:

30% of Grade- Participation, which is recorded daily as the student’s effort and clean up.

30% of Grade- Art Projects, which are the long-term projects which go into the portfolio.

20% of Grade- Bell work Practice, which are daily practice activities. Credit or No Credit.

10% of Grade- Written Work, which are project Reflections and artwork Critiques.

10% of Grade- Tests and Portfolio, which are graded at the end of every semester.

Activities in Art Class:

Daily Bell work- Every day, students will spend no more than 10 minutes on a beginning of class assignment.  There will be an important lesson to learn from this warm up such as: observational drawing skills, elements or principles of design practice, artistic design challenge, or artist conversation.  Student artists are expected to be prepared to engage, create, and contribute to warm-ups.

Art Creation- Every day, students will work on their long term (1 to 3 week) art projects.  These will be important for their portfolio (collection of artworks).  Students are encouraged to include their identity, personal stories, and personality into all of their creations.

Reflection and Critique-Students will reflect upon every long-term artwork they create.  They are encouraged to see the positive and room for improvement in every piece.  They will also look at student artworks and fairly: describe, analyze, interpret, and provide helpful and constructive advice.

Portfolio Design-This portfolio is a collection of student artworks, which is to stay in the classroom for the duration of the school term.  Work will be returned at the end of the term, but their work will be used in displays and art shows during the year.

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Bell Work Assignment Summary
Bellwork#4: 9/24-9/28
M Draw an ellipse
T Use the scumbling technique
W Draw a cone and crosshatch it
TH Shade the rectangle and erase the positive space to erase a chair drawing
 
10/1-10/4
M Draw 3 overlapping shapes
T Questions from video clip
W Shade the rectangle and erase your name
TH Draw 5 or more shapes going off into the distance away from each other.
Make the ones which are close, large.
Make the ones which are far away, smaller.
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BW#5: 10/8-10/12 (5 points)
Color Wheel, all week- on worksheet
COLOR WHEEL from 10/15-10/19 AND BW worksheet from 10/22-10/26, graded as 2 separate entries in JupiterEd
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BW#6: Weeks 9/10
 
 10/15-10/19 (5 points) Part of BW#6
M Use watercolor pencil techniques: hatching and blending a gradation
T Use wc dry paint (only a little water) on dry (paper) technique
W Use wc wet (paint- add water) on wet (pre-moisten the paper and allow to absorb) technique
TH Use wc drip technique (make the paint drip intentionally)
F Use wc glaze technique (water down paint, add a layer.  allow to dry.
Add more layers, allow to dry.)
 
10/22-10/26
M 10/22: Use the rule of thirds to create a drawing
T 10/23: Draw wood grain texture
W 10/24: Create a texture rubbing by placing your paper on top of a textured surface and use a crayon to gently rub on the texture
TH 10/25: Use scumbling technique with oil pastels and complementary hues such as red and green
F 10/26: Create a mini collage with a quotation
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BW#7: Weeks 11/12
M 10/29: Monochromatic
T 10/30: Analogous Hues
W 10/31: Warm Hues
TH 11/1: Cool Hues
F 11/2: Achromatic Hues
 
M 11/5: Value Scale Worksheet this Week- Introduction to Value Scales
T 11/6: Tints
W 11/7: Tones
TH 11/8: Shades
F 11/9: Finish all work on Value Scale Worksheet and Value Project
 
 
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Bellwork Information
Notes: These warm ups will be due every 2 weeks.  Please put the work in the box it belongs to.
(Example: "9/14 Monday" bell work would go in "Monday's" box and you would write the date 9/24 on it.)
 
If you happen to put your warmup on another paper, it is important that you STAPLE it to your bell work worksheet when you turn it it.  I cannot grade work which is not turned in.