2020/2021 homework for September

Homework: September

Grade 2 Homework: In notebooks, draw  4 full page pictures using lines and regular shapes: circle, square, rectangle and triangle. Color them with crayons.

Quiz/review: review how to draw pictures from regular shapes. 

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Grade 3 Homework: In your notebook, draw and 6 full page pictures using lines and regular shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, and star. (Suggestions: Circle as a sun,  Square as a house). Color them with crayons 

Grade 3 Line and Shape Study sheet:

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Grade 4 Homework: In notebooks, draw and color 8 full page pictures using lines and regular shapes: pick six regular shapes including one of the new shapes we studied this year (pentagon, hexagon, octagon) and 2 irregular shapes. Color them with crayons or colored pencils. 

Grade 4 Line and Shape Study sheet:

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Grade 5 Homework: In notebooks, draw and color 8 full page pictures using lines and regular shapes: pick any six regular shapes, including a pentagon, hexagon, or octagon, and 2 irregular shapes. Color them with crayons or colored pencils. 

Grade 5 Line and Shape Study sheet: 

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Grade 6 Homework: Bring in color photocopy of a prehistoric cave painting 

Grade 6 Prehistoric art and Shapes Study sheet: 

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Grade 7 Homework: Bring in a color photocopy of a comic or anime Mona Lisa.

Grade 7 Shapes and Lettering Study Sheet

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Grade 8 Homework: Finish Logo and business card if not completed in class

Grade 8 Shapes and Lettering Study Sheet

Art Posts Prior to May 18, 2020

Week of March 16

Review notes on Color theory and take quiz. (Make sure you don’t copy the answers from the study sheet)

Grade 4 – Color Theory study sheet       

Part 1– Definitions

1. The study of colors is called Color Theory.
2. A diagram that shows the relationship between colors is called a Color Wheel.
3. The order of the colors in the rainbow is called the Spectrum.
4. Primary Colors are the colors that all other colors are made from.
5. Secondary Colors are made by mixing two primary colors.
6. Complimentary Colors are directly across from each other on the color wheel, look great together and mix to make brown.  

Part 2– Know the right colors

1. The primary colors are red, blue and yellow.
2. The secondary colors are green, orange and purple (violet).
3. Red + Blue = violet (purple).
4. Blue + Yellow = green.
5. Red + Yellow = orange.
6. Blue and orange are complimentary colors.
7. Red and green are complimentary colors.
8. Yellow and violet (purple) are complimentary colors.
9. Red + blue + yellow = brown.
10. Purple and violet are the same color

Part 3 – Be able to draw and color in the primary color wheel:

You can Copy and paste this test on a word document and print it out or just read them the questions and have them write the answers on loose leaf. For part 1, show them the answer key.

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Grade 4 – Color Theory Test        Name____________________________ 

Part 1– Choose the answer from the word box –

1. The study of colors is called _____________________.
2. A diagram that shows the relationship between colors is called a ___________________.
3. The order of the colors in the rainbow is called the ______________.
4. _____________________ are the colors that all other colors are made from.
5. ________________________ are made by mixing two primary colors.
6. ____________________________ are directly across from each other on the color wheel, look great together and mix to make brown.

Part 2– Fill in the right colors

7. Blue and _____________ are complimentary colors.
8. Red and _____________ are complimentary colors.
9. Yellow and _____________ are complimentary colors.
10. Red + blue + yellow = ____________.
11. Blue + Yellow = ________________.
12. Red + Yellow = _________________.
13. Blue and red = __________________
14. Yellow and purple = ________________
15. Red and green = ___________________

Extra credit: Draw and Fill in the colors in the color wheel:

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Week of March 27: Grade 4 Art: Measured Figure Drawing

Use a ruler and lead pencil to draw a 7 inch long vertical line down the center of your copy paper.

1. Measure each inch and make a small mark at the top of the line, at the bottom of the line and at each inch. 

Illustration 1

2. Draw an oval between the top of the line and the first inch mark …this will be the head. (1 Inch long)  Illustration 2

3. Draw a short neck, shoulders and upper torso between the first inch mark and the third inch marks. (2 inches long)

 Illustration 3

4. Next, copy the hips (1 inch) and the legs (3 inches long)

Illustration 4

Add the feet at the bottom below the bottom of the ruler line.

Illustration 5

6. Draw the arms and hands. They should be the same length as the legs (draw sticks first) …If you want you can bend them like we did in first and second grade). Then erase all guidelines.

Illustration 6

Homework: Draw a face and hair and draw your favorite outfit on your finished figure. (or be a fashion designer and make up any outfit!)
Color with crayon or colored pencil.

Homework Example 1 – boy

Example 2 – Girl

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Week of March 31: Grade 4 Art: Notes on figures and proportions

Copy notes on loose leaf and review them for quiz in April.

Figure Drawing Notes
1. A figure drawing is an artwork about the human body.
2. The word figure means body.
3. A stick figure is the skeleton of your figure drawing. You draw it first, then draw the body parts around it.
4. The upper torso is the part of the body that goes from the shoulders to the waist.
5. The lower torso is the part of the body between the waist and the top of the legs. 
3. The elements (parts) of a figure are: head, neck, shoulders, upper and lower torso, arms, legs, hands and feet.
4 The joints are the parts of the body that bend: neck, shoulders, waist, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles.
5. Copy Stick figures in motion –

6. Muscles are revealed in the outside shape of the figure.

7. Proportions are the size of a part compared to the size of the size of the whole. We use fractions to describe proportions

    a. The head is 1/7th the length of the figure.
    b. The neck, shoulders, upper and lower torso are 3/7ths the length of the figure.
    c. The legs are 3/7ths the length of the figure.
    d. The arms and hands together are the same length as the legs.
    e. The feet are the same length as the hands.

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Week of April 27th: Grade 4 Art: Quiz on Figure Drawing and Proportions

Have students review notes than take quiz

Grade 4 Study sheet: Proportions and figure Drawing

1. A figure drawing is an artwork about the human body.
2. The word figure means body.
3. A stick figure is the skeleton of your figure drawing. You draw it first, then draw the body parts around it.
4. The upper torso is the part of the body that goes from the shoulders to the waist.
5. The lower torso is the part of the body between the waist and the top of the legs. 
3. The elements (parts) of a figure are: head, neck, shoulders, upper and lower torso, arms, legs, hands and feet.
4 The joints are the parts of the body that bend: neck, shoulders, waist, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles.
5. Draw Stick figures in motion –

6. Muscles are revealed in the outside shape (contours) of the figure.

7. Proportions are the size of a part compared to the size of the size of the whole. We use fractions to describe proportions.

8. Proportions

 a. The Head is 1/7th the length of the whole body.

b. The Neck, shoulders, and upper torso are 2/7th the length of the whole body.

c. The Lower torso is 1/7th the size of the whole body.

d. The Legs are 3/7th the length of the whole body.

e. The Arms and hands together are the same length as the legs (3/7 of the whole body).

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Grade 4 figure quiz                        Name ___________________________

1. Answers for questions 1-9

1. A __________________ is an artwork about the human body.
2. The word figure means ___________ 
3. The part of the body that goes from the shoulders to the waist is called the ___________
4. The part of the body that goes from the waist to the legs is called the ___________.
5. The _________ are the parts of the body that bend to show motion.
6. A _________________ is the skeleton of a figure drawing.
7. The ______________of a figure drawing must be a human.
8. The _____________ form the contours (shapes) of the body.
9. We use ________________ to compare the size of a part of the body to the size of the whole body.
10. Fill in the right proportions-
11. The head size is __/7 of the whole body.
12. The upper torso is __/7 of the whole body.
13. The lower torso is __/7 of the whole body.
14. The legs are __/7 of the whole body size.
15. The arms and hands are __/7 the size of the whole body.

*Extra Credit: Draw walking, running, dancing and jumping stick figures

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Grade 5 Art:

March 17: grade 5 art: Color Theory Quiz

Review notes on Color theory and take quiz. (Don’t copy the answers!)

Grade 5 – Color Theory study sheet

Part 1 – Definitions

1. The study of colors is called Color Theory.
2. A diagram that shows the relationship between colors is called a Color Wheel.
3. Primary Colors are the colors that all other colors are made from.
4. Secondary Colors are made by mixing two primary colors.
5. Complimentary Colors are directly across from each other on the color wheel and look beautiful together!
6. If you mix a primary color with a secondary color, you get an Intermediate Color.

Part 2- Fill in the right colors

1. The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.
2. The secondary colors are orange, green and violet.
3. The intermediate colors are red orange, yellow orange, blue green, yellow green, red violet, and blue violet.
4. Blue and orange are complimentary colors.
5. Red and green are complimentary colors.
6. Yellow and violet are complimentary colors.
7. Red violet and yellow-green are complimentary colors.
8. Blue green and red orange are complimentary colors.
9. Blue violet and yellow orange are complimentary colors.
10. If you mix 2 complimentary colors you get the color brown.

Be able to draw and color in the intermediate color wheel-

Intermediate color  wheel

You can Copy and paste this test on a word document and print it out or just read them the questions and have them write the answers on loose leaf. For part 1, show them the answer key.

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Grade 5 – Color Theory quiz       Name______________________

Part 1- Choose the answer from the word box –

1. The study of colors is called _____________________.
2. A diagram that shows the relationship between colors is called a ___________________.
3. _____________________ are the colors that all other colors are made from.
4. _______________________ are made by mixing two primary colors.
5. _______________________ are made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color.
6. _______________________ are directly across from each other on the color wheel and look beautiful together!

     Part 2- Fill in the right colors

1. The primary colors are __________, __________, ____________.
2. The secondary colors are _________, _________, ____________.
3. The intermediate colors are _______________, _______________, _______________, ________________, ______________, and ______________.
4. Blue and _____________ are complimentary colors.
5. Red and _____________ are complimentary colors.
6. Yellow and _____________ are complimentary colors.
7. Blue-violet and ________________ are complimentary colors.
8. Red-orange and ________________ are complimentary colors.
9. If you mix 2 complimentary colors you get the color __________.

On the back, Draw and write in colors in the Intermediate color wheel

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March 24: Grade 5 Art: Abstract figure

     Cut pictures from magazines to make the parts of the body – head, arms, legs, upper and lower torso, head, feet and hands. You can use any head, any size (animals, children’s, a model, a cupcake (draw a face on it with black marker!). You can use any skinny objects for arms and legs (brooms, cutlery, candy) or real arms and legs; anything for a torso (a hot dog or shampoo bottle) or a real torso from a clothing magazine. You should use real shoes or sneakers for feet and the hands can be real hands or hand shaped objects. Cut the magazine pictures out and glue them to white copy paper. When it is all glued together, cut out the body that you made. Send me a copy!

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March 31: Grade 5 Art:  Notes on Proportions of a figure

 Copy notes on loose leaf

Figure Drawing Notes
1. A figure drawing is an artwork about the human body.
2. The word figure means body.
3. A stick figure will be the skeleton of your figure drawing. You draw it first, then draw the body parts around it.
4. The upper torso is the part of the body that goes from the shoulders to the waist.
5. The lower torso is the part of the body between the waist and the top of the legs. 
3. The elements (parts) of a figure are: head, neck, shoulders, upper and lower torso, arms, legs, hands and feet.
4 The joints are the parts of the body that bend: neck, shoulders, waist, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles.
5. Copy the stick figures in motion-

6. Proportions are the size of a part compared to the size of the size of the whole. We use fractions to describe proportions
    a. The head is 1/7th the length of the figure.
    b. The neck, shoulders, upper and lower torso are 3/7ths the length of the figure.
    c. The legs are 3/7ths the length of the figure.
    d. The arms and hands together are the same length as the legs.
    e. The feet are the same length as the hands.
7. Muscles are revealed in the outside shape of the figure.

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Grade 5 Art: Quiz on Proportions of a figure

Week of April 27th

Have students review these notes, then take quiz-

1. A figure drawing is an artwork about the human body.
2. The word figure means body.
3. A stick figure is the skeleton of your figure drawing. You draw it first, then draw the body parts around it.
4. The upper torso is the part of the body that goes from the shoulders to the waist.
5. The lower torso is the part of the body between the waist and the top of the legs. 
3. The elements (parts) of a figure are: head, neck, shoulders, upper and lower torso, arms, legs, hands and feet.
4 The joints are the parts of the body that bend: neck, shoulders, waist, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles.
5. Draw Stick figures in motion –

6. Muscles are revealed in the outside shape (contours) of the figure.

7. Proportions are the size of a part compared to the size of the size of the whole. We use fractions to describe proportions.

8. Proportions

 a. The head is 1/7th the length of the whole body

b. The neck, shoulders, and upper torso are 2/7th the length of the whole body.

c. The Lower torso is 1/7th the size of the whole body.

d. The legs are 3/7th the length of the whole body.

e. The arms and hands together are the same length as the legs (3/7 of the whole body).
    

Grade 5 figure quiz                        Name ___________________________________

1. Answers for questions 1-9

1. A __________________ is an artwork about the human body.
2. The word figure means ___________ 
3. The part of the body that goes from the shoulders to the waist is called the ___________
4. The part of the body that goes from the waist to the legs is called the ___________.
5. The _________ are the parts of the body that bend to show motion.
6. A _________________ is the skeleton of a figure drawing.
7. The ______________of a figure drawing must be a human.
8. The _____________ form the contours (shapes) of the body.
9. We use ________________ to compare the size of a part of the body to the size of the whole body.
10. Fill in the right proportions-
11. The head size is __/7 of the whole body.
12. The upper torso is __/7 of the whole body.
13. The lower torso is __/7 of the whole body.
14. The legs are __/7 of the whole body size.
15. The arms and hands are __/7 the size of the whole body.

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 Week of May 4th: Grade 5 Art: Anime Figure

Finish the anime figure that we started in class (copy figure from something on line at google images)

Anime Figure
Google an anime cartoon online (or use one that I am uploading here). Copy the figure on copy paper with lead pencil, trying to use the proportions that we learned last week. (Use the stick drawing to help).  When it is drawn, color it with colored pencil. Think about the proportions that you are using while drawing it.

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Week of May 11th: Grade 5 Art Lesson: Background for Manga Figure

When you’ve finished your Manga figure, draw a background landscape for your figure to exist in – a city, a battleground, a school, a park. Research backgrounds from Manga cartoons online or on a video game and try to copy one, or make up your own. Draw and color the background on the same page as your figure.

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Grade 6 Art: 

March 19 – April 2

Byzantine Icon

Our homework last week was to bring in a full figure byzantine icon to copy in class. Trace it on copy paper in pencil and color only the figure with oil pastels. In pencil, draw a halo around the head, a one inch frame around your icon and copy any words or letters from your original. Go over the frame, halo and words in red oil pastel.

Remember, use the stick figure as a skeleton for your figure and incorporate the symbolism that we spoke about in class: large eyes looking up to heaven, a long nose that breathes in God’s life, a small mouth that stays away from gossip or angry words and is only used for prayer. Christ robes are Red- the color of kingship and/or martyrdom. White robes mean purity. Blue robes also stand for being without sin. Green is the color for teachers and preachers, priests and clergy. The Halo around the head stands for holiness. There is a lot of symbolism in ancient religious art.

We will paint the background with gold paint when we return to school. 

Since it would take us two classes to finish this, there will be no new assignment for next week.            

                       Saint Rita

                                       St Michael

Do Homework Assignment.

Homework for this week: Write a one page paper on ancient Greek Art (or Greek Mythology).

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March 26

Grade 6 Art: 

Continue working on Byzantine icon – color with oil pastels

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April 2: Grade 6 Art: Notes on the Figure and Classical Greek Art

Copy notes on Loose leaf paper: Save in Art Folder

Review Grade 6 Art study sheet and take quiz

Figure Drawing Notes
1. A figure drawing is an artwork about the human body.
2. The word figure means body.
3. A stick figure will be the skeleton of your figure drawing. You draw it first, then draw the body parts around it.
4. The upper torso is the part of the body that goes from the shoulders to the waist.
5. The lower torso is the part of the body between the waist and the top of the legs. 
3. The elements (parts) of a figure are: head, neck, shoulders, upper and lower torso, arms, legs, hands and feet.
4 The joints are the parts of the body that bend: neck, shoulders, waist, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles.
5. Copy Stick figures in motion –

6. Proportions are the size of a part compared to the size of the size of the whole. We use fractions to describe proportions
    a. The head is 1/7th the length of the figure.
    b. The neck, shoulders, upper and lower torso are 3/7ths the length of the figure.
    c. The legs are 3/7ths the length of the figure.
    d. The arms and hands together are the same length as the legs.
    e. The feet are the same length as the hands.
7. Muscles are revealed in the outside shape of the figure.

B. Classical Greek Art:

1. Figure Sculptures: The Greeks mastered the Art of the human figure, long before Michelangelo was born. They were best known for their amazing marble sculptures. Unfortunately, many of those sculptures were destroyed during wars. Some still exist in exhibits in museums around the world like the Metropolitan museum of art.

2. Amphorae: We have learned a lot about ancient Greek culture and way of life from the large clay (ceramic) pots called amphorae that the people of Greece used to store food, wine and olive oil. Figures dressed in the popular fashion as well as the everyday activities (including the Gods and the Olympics) are depicted on these pots.

3. Architecture: The lives of the Greek Gods and the stories about their interactions with humans is a popular subject of much Greek art. The ruins of Temples built to honor the Gods are spread throughout Greece and the Column used in these temples are considered an invention of the Greeks.

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Week of  April 27th: Grade 6: Third Trimester Test

Grade 6 third trimester test                       Name ___________________________________

1. Answers for questions 1-9

1. A __________________ is an artwork about the human body.
2. The word figure means ___________ 
3. The part of the body that goes from the shoulders to the waist is called the ___________
4. The part of the body that goes from the waist to the legs is called the ___________.
5. The _________ are the parts of the body that bend to show motion.
6. A _________________ is the skeleton of a figure drawing.
7. The ______________of a figure drawing must be a human.
8. The _____________ form the contours (shapes) of the body.
9. We use ________________ to compare the size of a part of the body to the size of the whole body.
10. Fill in the right proportions-
11. The head size is __/7 of the whole body.
12. The upper torso is __/7 of the whole body.
13. The lower torso is __/7 of the whole body.
14. The legs are __/7 of the whole body size.
15. The arms and hands are __/7 the size of the whole body

Part 2-Ancient Greek art

Write 1 sentence about each of the types of Greek Art that we reviewed in class –

1. Sculpture

2. Amphora

3. architecture.

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Week of May 4th: Grade 6 Art Lesson: Medieval Art/Family Crest

Step 1: Copy a shield shape from one of the ones below to design your family crest upon.
Step 2: Divide your shield into as many sections as you want (from 2 up to 8):
Step 3:  In each section draw a simple picture that stands for the person in that section.

These are simple, symbolic pictures that show the achievements or abilities of each person.

 For example: 
(1) Your Father is a newspaper editor- 
A drawing of a front page newspaper spread on a laptop.
(2) Your mother bakes amazing cakes and has a pastry shop- 
a beautiful cake design.
(3) Your grandfather was/is a farmer – an ear of corn.
(4) You love to draw –  a pad and a pencil.
Use 1 symbolic drawing for each person you include on your family crest…up to 8 people.

Step 4: Color each symbolic picture and each section a different color and write your family name on the ribbon below or above the shield.

Sample of shield shape 1: 

Sample of shield shape 2:

Sample shield shape 3

Examples from last year:

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Grade 7 Art:

March 19 – April 2: Draw Comic Strip

We sketched some ideas in class for our comic strip. This is our project for the next few weeks,

step 1: I want you to redraw the boxes on copy paper (six boxes, like we did in class but outline each box with a ruler and permanent marker.

step 2: In the first box draw a title for your comic and your name (Peanuts by Charles Schultz)

step 3: Draw your cartoon character in every box from the beginning to the end of your story. Try to make him/her/it look the same in each frame, though they are doing different things. Don’t write a lot of explanation…show it in the pictures.

step 4: Draw a background around your characters.

Step 5: Once the story is drawn, use word balloons to show dialogue and text boxes for any explanations that are absolutely necessary. 

Step 6: Outline everything with a fine point permanent marker. (including all words).

Step 7: Finally, Color in characters and background with either colored markers or colored pencil. Use the same colors in every box. 

Draw in pencil and Outline in permanent marker

Color with colored pencil or marker

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Grade 7 Art Lesson: Week of April 27th: Commercial Art quiz 

Copy notes, Review notes; Take Quiz

Notes for Commercial Art: Copy on loose leaf:

Study Sheet for Grade 7- Third Trimester

 Commercial Art

Part 1: Definitions-

1. Art Director– A person who hires the commercial artist, assigns them work to do, supervises their work and pays them their salary
2. In House Commercial Artist– an artist who works full time for one company, is responsible for all of the artwork for that particular company, and all of his artwork belongs to the company he works for.
3. Freelance artist– an artist who works for several different art directors and sells his artwork to different companies or organizations, and may retain some rights to his work.
4. Commercial Artist– are artists who are paid a salary or commission for their work and have no ownership once it is completed.
5. Fine Artists are artists who work for themselves, for the joy of making art. If they sell their work to someone (usually a patron), they have no rights to that work once it is sold. Often times they are only recognized for their work after they die.
6. Rough– an idea sketch, or rough draft of a commercial artwork
7. Comprehensive– A finished Commercial artwork, also called a comp. It looks exactly the way that it will look when it is printed or reproduced.
8. Layout– A pleasing arrangement of the elements of a commercial artwork
9. Logo– A simple design, usually used with the title or name of an individual or corporation that represents that individual or corporation- corporate identity.
10. Story board– A rough for a TV add, or an animated story
11. Typography– the study or art of lettering,
12. A Typeface or Font is an Alphabet Design.

Part 2 – Typography

1. Upper Case– capital letters (A, B, C, etc.)
2. Lower Case– small letters (a, b, c, etc.)
3. Types of Fonts– Script, Print, Outline
4. Serif– Serif fonts have small marks on the edges of the letters called serifs. The letters in Times New Roman have serifs.
5. Sans Serif– Sans serif fonts have no serifs or marks at the edges of the letters. Trebuchet lettering has no serifs.
6. X-height– the height of the body of a lower case letter
7. Body– The part of a letter that falls within the x-height
8. Ascender-a line that goes up from the body of a lower case letter
9. Descender– a line that goes down from the body of a lower case letter
10. Guidelines used in typography-

1)  headline– indicates the height of an uppercase letter or an ascender.

2)  baseline– used under the lettering to keep letters from slanting up or down the page

3)  x-height line– indicates the height of the body of lowercase letters

Part 3: What Do Artists Do?

2D Commercial artists work for a salary, and are paid for their artwork. Unfortunately they often lose all ownership of their work once they’re paid. These artists are

     1)  Illustrators-create artwork that is used in printed text materials like  

          books and magazines.

     2) Cartoonist– special type of illustrator who creates comics.

     3) Animators– cartoonists who work in film

4) Typographers-design typefaces and lettering fonts.

5) Graphic artists-design items that use print in them: greeting cards, CD covers, calendars, posters, logos and corporate Identity, usually with computers.

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Week of May 4: Grade 7: Commercial Art quiz

Grade 8 Commercial Art quiz     Name___________________________

Part 1 – Commercial art definitions: choose best answer from box

1. __________________ artists who are paid a salary or commission for their work and have no ownership once it is completed.
2. ___________________artists who work for themselves, for the joy of making art. If they sell their work to a patron, they have no rights to that work once it is sold. Often times they are only recognized for their work after they die.
3. ___________________ artists who takes assignments from different art directors and work from home.
4. ___________________artists who work for one company & go out to that company to work each day.
5. ______________ is a Sloppy copy…First draft for artwork.
6. ____________________ is finished artwork, ready to be reproduced.
7. _______________________ is a person who hires artists, gives them assignments, reviews their work and pays them a salary or commission.
8. ________________________ is lettering design.
9. ___________ is another name for a typeface or an alphabet.
10. ___________ is a simple design used with the title or name of an individual or corporation that represents that individual or corporation.
11. ____________pleasing arrangement of the elements of a commercial artwork.
12. _____________a rough for a TV add, or an animated story

Part 2 – 2D Commercial Artists and their work

Cartoonists     Typographers       Illustrators       Graphic Artists       Animators  

1. _________________ create Greeting Cards, calendars, corporate identity, posters and computer design.
2. __________________create artwork used with text to tell a story.

1. _________________ create designs for alphabets called fonts.
2. ________________ create comic strips, comic books and caricatures.
3. ____________________ are cartoonists who work in film.

Part 3 – Typography

     Ascender        Headline       Baseline        Descender        Body

1. ____________ guidelines used above the Upper Case letters to keep their height uniform.
2. __________________ guidelines drawn below letters to keep them straight on the page.
3. ______________ the main section of a lower case letter
4. __________________ lines that extend above the body of a lower case letter
5. __________________ lines that extend below the body of a lower case letter

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Grade 8 Art:

March 17 – March 31: Grade 8 Art: Surrealism

Surrealism

Since we can’t continue to work on our pointillism projects, we’ll start the next modern art project- Surrealism. We are going to do a surrealistic painting.

Surrealism is sometimes called dream art because the images remind us of dreams where strange things often occur, and even stranger combinations of images or ideas. People that we would never see together, come together in our dreams. We enter a house that is familiar to us, only to find that we are someplace unfamiliar or that we can’t find our way out. We are driving in a car that turns into a roller coaster that flies off the tracks and we are falling…and falling…and falling!

Put on your imagination caps and come up with either an object, animal or person that is someplace it doesn’t belong (a fish flying around with a bunch of birds), or two images that would never be seen together in the same place (ice cubes flying out of an erupting volcano!). Sketch out your idea on copy paper, outline it in either oil pastel or permanent marker and paint it with watercolors. Have fun!

Since it would take us three classes to finish this in school, you will have two weeks to do it at home…there will be no new assignment next week.

Son of Man by Rene Magritte      Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

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Week of May 4th to May 18: Grade 8 Art: Abstract Art

step 1: Draw with a lead pencil on a piece of copy paper. Draw lines and shapes that intersect and overlap, until you are happy with the balance of positive and negative space on your paper. 

Step 2: Trace over all your lines with permanent marker.

Step 3: Paint your drawing with watercolors, using all of the colors on the intermediate color wheel (if you have no paint, use colored pencils or crayons

Samples from last years eighth grade:

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    I’m happy to see that many of you have figured out how to navigate the art pages and are helping your children get their art assignments done! Just a reminder, study sheets and homework assignment details are on your child’s class art page. Art supplies are listed at the bottom of this page and the class pages.

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Note about Homework

I often change the due dates and extend the time to give kids the chance to bring things in (Though I would rather get them in by the original due dates).

I don’t grade work late. However, if a homework assignment is not in by the end of the grading period the grade will be zero or missing. 

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Student Artists of the Month 2019/2020 (See Class Pages)

September: Lettering, Lines and Shapes

Kindergarten: Scribble drawings:

Grade 1: Line and Shape drawings:

Autumn Abstract:

Grade 1: Shape Paintings     

Grade 2: Spider Webs/Irregular Shapes

Grade 3: Abstract Water Color Painting: Lines and Color

Grade 4: Abstract Water Color Painting: Lines, shapes and color

Grade 5: Abstract Water Color Painting: Lines, Shapes, Color and Symmetry 

 Aiden Wang                                  Alessandra  Mendez             Christian Simbana                                              

Christopher Atariguana                                   Melissa Ramirez                     Octavia Wu

 StanLynn Momplaisir                             Iree Zheng

Grade 6: A. Abstract Oil Pastel Drawings

Angel Flores-Paredes                              Christian Romero                                                     

Delilah Lucarelli                                    Gabriela Mestizo 

        Irene Zheng                                        Peter Moran-Lopez

B. Cave Art

Aidan Sancimino                                          Angel Flores Paredes                               Christian Romero                                             

Gabriela Mestizo                                          Jezebel Minchala                                Keisha Vital

               Marybelle Hadchity                            Sehrish Kumandan

Grade 7: Logos:

Grade 8:

Fonts:

David Sainphor                               Isabella Carollo                          Melanie Calixto-Ponce

Peter Gimes                         Sebastian Manfredonia-Pantaleo        

October: Faces, Expressions and Portraits

Kindergarten: Jack O’Lanterns

Self-Portraits: 

Letter B coloring sheet:

Grade 1A:  Expressions

1 A     Self-Portraits:

Grade 1B: Expressions:

Self-Portraits:

Grade 2: Bobble Head Halloween Self-Portraits:

Grade 3: Self-Portraits:

Grade 4: Halloween Monster Portraits:

Grade 4: Biographical, Self-Portrait Caricatures

Grade 5: Abstract, Collage Self-Portraits:

Iree Zheng                           Brandon Monteiro         Nathan Hendricks              Octavia Wu

Grade 6: Egyptian Pharaoh Self-Portrait

Aidan Sancimino                    Emmanuel Gaillard            Gabriela Mestizo

Keisha Vital                                 Magnola Jasmin                    Sebastian Neri

Sophia Gregorio                          Valeria Cerritos Aquilar

Grade 6:   Halloween Free Art

Anthony Tallarine                   Ashlee Hurtado                         Marquis Toro

Valeria Cerritos Aquilar                Roy Vidals                        SehrishKumandan              

Carmen Montes                                  Elaine Li

Grade 7: Mona Lisa Portraits

Bianca Lipari                     Jeenifer Zapato             Andre LaRochelle       Ange Saucado

Christopher Rojas              Deisy Machuca            Kevin                                    Shu Quing Lin

Lisa Desmangles            Solina Lin

Grade 8: Self-Identification

Logos:

Carolina Atonal              David Sainpour             Esmeralda Lopez            Guilliano Meta        

Isabella Carolla                   Peter Gimes             Sebastian Manfredonia-Pantaleo    Sophia Nieves  

Grade 8:   Business Cards:

Carolina Atonal                                 Esmeralda Lopez

Isabella Carollo                                         Peter Gimes

Melanie Calixto-Ponce                        

November: Crafts

Kindergarten: Autumn Colors

Grade 1: Hand Turkey Cards

Grade 2: Native American Headdresses

Grade 3: Chinese Fans

Grade 4: Rain Sticks

Grade 5: Place Mats

Victorian Azner                                    Alessandra Mendez                        Aiden Wang                 

Walter Ochoa                        Maira Huitzil              Gerany Hernandez

Grade 6: Hieroglyphics

Emily Giron                       Gabriela Mestizo             Jezebel Minchala                           

Sebastian Neri                 Irene Zheng

Grade 7: Tapestry Designs

Bianca                                                         Andre LaRochelle                                                                    

Belin                                                   Ellia                                                    Oriana

Grade 8: Toys  

December/January: 3D Art and Sculpture

Kindergarten: Letter C is for Christmas:

Letter D is for Dogs and Ducklings

Play Dough Sculptures

Everyone!

Grade 1A:

Cookie Ornaments

Everyone!

Relief Sculpture Groupings

Everyone!

Grade 2:

Christmas Ornaments

Everyone!

Animals

Everyone!

Grade 3:

Christmas ornaments

Grade 4: Christmas Ornaments

Everyone!

Pinch Pots

Everyone!

Grade 5: Abstract Sculptures

Everyone!

Grade 6: Gargoyles

Grade 7: Figure Sculptures

Grade 8: 3D Interior Design

February: Color Theory 

Kindergarten:

Rainbows

E is for Elephants…I see two!

Grade 1: Rainbows and Color Wheels:

Grade 2: Color Wheel and Spectrum

Grade 3: Color mixing and shapes

Grade 4: Rainbow Skyscape

Grade 5: Abstract world  

Grade 6: Chinese Zodiac Animals

Grade 7: Post Renaissance Value Study

Grade 8: Modern Art/Abstract Art

March: Figure Drawing

Grade 1: Figure Drawings

Leprechaun and Rainbow Stick Figures

Grade 2: Stick Figure in Motion

Grade 3: Fashion Figures

Grade 4: Figure Drawing

Grade 5: Figure Drawing/Abstracted Figure Collage

Grade 6: Greek Art/Amphora with Figure

Christian                                    Sebastian Neri                           Aidan Sancimino

Anthony Tallarine                       Elaine Li                                Delilah Lucarelli                                     

Grade 7: Michelangelo Figure Study:

Alessia Manfredi                  Andre LaRochelle               Bianca Lopari

Christopher Rojas               Jerry Chen

ShuQing Lin                   Solina Lin

Fashion Design

Grade 8: Fashion design

April: Landscape Art

Grade 1: Linear Landscape

Grade 2: Window Landscape/Color Resist

Grade 3: Landscape/Color Resist

Grade 4: Landscape

Grade 5: Landscape My Neighborhood

Grade 6: Mosaic Landscape

Grade 7: Fantasy Landscape

Shu Quing Lin                             Chassidy Virgile                           Ange Saucedo

Jeenifer Zapata                             Lisa Desmangles                    Savannah Nicastro

Grade 8: Modern Art/Pointillism Landscape

May/June: Illustration

Grade 1: “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak

Grade 2: ” There’s an Alligator in the House” song by S.J. Tucker

Grade 3: “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” by CS Lewis

Grade 4: “The Magician’s Nephew” by CS Lewis

Grade 5: “Harry Potter” by J.R. Rowling

Grade 6: Medieval Graphic Art/ Family Crest

Grade 7: Children’s Book / Written and Illustrated by Students

Grade 8: Short Story Illustration / Written and Illustrated by Students               

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Art Appreciation and Artists of the Month

September: Lines and Shapes

Grade 1 through 3: Frank Stella

Grade 4: Franz Kline

Grade 5: Paul Klee

Grade 6: Cave Art

Grade 7: Logos

Grade 8: Tags

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October: Faces and Portraits

Grade 1 through 4: Leonardo De Vinci

Mona Lisa

Grade 5: Margo Humphrey

Her Life is Written Across Her Face

Grade 6: Egyptian Art/King Tut

Grade 7: Leonardo Da Vinci

Lady with Ermine

Grade 8: Graphic Artist/ Peter Max

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November: Craft

Grade 1: Native American Beadwork

Grade 2: Early American Folk Art

Grade 3: Louis Tiffany

Grade 4: Beatrice Wood

Gold Luster Bowl

Grade 5: Weaving

Grade 6: Cartouche/Hieroglyphics

Grade 7: Tapestry

Early American tapestry pattern

Grade 8: Toy Design

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December/January: Sculpture

Grade 1 and Grade 2: Alexander Calder

Grade 3 and 4: Michelangelo

Grade 5: Carl Wright

Grade 6: Gargoyles

Grade 7: Michelangelo

Grade 8: Frank Lloyd Wright

(Interior Design)

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February: Color Theory/Still Life

Grades 1 through 4: Basic Color wheel

Grade 1 through 5: Vincent Van Gogh

Sunflowers

Grades 5 through 8: Advanced Color Wheel

Grade 5: Jackson Pollock

Grade 6: Roman Mosaic

Grade 7: Pieter Claesz (Dutch Post Renaissance)

Grade 8: Georges Seurat/Pointillism

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March: Figure Drawing

Grade 1 and Grade 2: Stick figures in motion!

Grade 3 and Grade 4: Rodin

Grade 5: Pablo Picasso

Three Musicians

Grade 6: Greek Amphora  

Grade 7: Fashion Design

Grade 8: Symbolism by Keith Haring

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April: Landscapes

Grade 1 to 4: Claude Monet

 Grade 5: Paul Cezanne

Grade 6: Byzantine Icons

Grade 7: Andrew Wyeth

Grade 8: Surrealism

(Rene Magritte) 

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May/June: Illustration

Grade K and 1: Eric Carle

Grade 2: Maurice Sendak

Grade 3: J.R.R. Tolkein

Grade 4: C.S. Lewis

Grade 5: Mary Dupre for J.K. Rowling

Grade 6: Calendar Illustration

Mary Englebreit 

Grade 7: Maurice Sendak

Grade 8: Norman Rockwell

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 Art Supplies

Grades K and  1:

– 4 sharpened pencils

– 1 pink or white eraser

– 2 glue sticks

– a pack of 8 Crayola crayons (red, yellow, blue, green, orange purple, black and brown)

– a t-shirt smock (I kept Kindergarten smocks so if your first grader was here in kindergarten and had a smock, he/she won’t need another one!)

Put smock, pencils, eraser, glue sticks and crayons into a gallon slider, ziplock bag and write their name and grade on the bag.

Also 

– please bring in a roll of paper towels and a 4 pack of Play Dough to be shared by all students. That will be collected separately.

Mark all supplies and Ziplock bag and smock with your child’s name and grade.

Art supplies and smocks can be reused each year. (Until they are outgrown, dried out or used up!)

Grade 2:

– 4 sharpened pencils

– 1 pink or white eraser

– 4 oz Elmers school glue

– 2 glue sticks

– 2 8 packs of Crayola crayons 

– a t-shirt smock (I collected and kept the first grade smocks so if your child was here in first grade and had a smock, he/she won’t need another one!) 

 Put smock, pencils, eraser, glue, glue sticks, markers and crayons into a gallon slider, ziplock bag and write their name and grade on the bag.

Then add-

-1 black and white notebook, A pack of wipes, and a 4 oz pack of Model Magic clay (any color), which will be collected separately.

Mark all supplies, Ziplock bag, notebook and smock with your child’s name and grade.

Art supplies, notebooks and smocks can be reused each year. (Until they are outgrown, dried out or used up!)

Grade 3:

– 4 sharpened pencils

– 1 pink or white eraser

– 4 oz Elmers glue

– 2 glue sticks

– a pack of 16 or 24 Crayola crayons 

– 1 pack 10 broad line Crayola Classic markers (red, yellow, blue, green, orange purple, black and brown, pink, gray)

– 1 tray (8 colors) crayola or prang watercolors

– a t-shirt smock

– 1 black and white notebook

Add 

– A pack (50 sheets) assorted color construction paper (not glued together, please), and a 4 oz pack of Crayola Model Magic (any color)

Put pencils, eraser, glue, glue sticks, markers, model magic, crayons and watercolors in a a gallon ziplock slider bag.

notebooks, smocks and construction paper will be collected separately.

Mark all supplies and Ziplock bag, notebook and smock with your child’s name and grade.

Art supplies, notebooks and smocks can be reused each year. (Until they are outgrown, dried out or used up!)

Grade 4 and 5:

– 4 sharpened pencils

– 1 pink or white eraser

– 4 oz Elmers school glue

– 2 glue sticks

– a pack of 24 Crayola crayons 

– 1 pack broad line 10 pack Crayola Classic markers (red, yellow, blue, green, orange purple, black and brown, pink, gray)

– 1 tray (8 colors) crayola watercolors

– A pack of colored pencils

– A pack of pentel oil pastels (16 colors)

– 1 black and white notebook

– a t-shirt smock 

 Put pencils, eraser, glue, glue sticks, markers, crayons, colored pencils, smock, oil pastels and watercolors in a shoe box sized Art box

Add

– A magazine (pictures to use for collages) and a roll of paper towels

Mark all supplies and Art box, notebook and smock with your child’s name and grade.

Art supplies, notebooks and smocks can be reused each year. (Until they are outgrown, dried out or used up!)

Grade 6, 7 and 8:

Smocks are optional for middle school students

– 4 sharpened pencils

– 1 pink or white eraser

– 4 oz Elmers school glue

– 2 glue sticks

– a pack 24 Crayola crayons

– 1 pack 10 broad line Crayola Classic markers (red, yellow, blue, green, orange purple, black and brown, pink, gray)

– 1 pack 10 thin line Crayola Classic markers (red, yellow, blue, green, orange purple, black and brown, pink, gray)

– 1 black sharpie permanent marker

– 1 tray (16 colors) crayola watercolors

– A pack of colored pencils

– A pack of pentel oil pastels (16 colors)

– 1 black and white notebook

– A pad or pack of watercolor paper

Put pencils, eraser, glue, glue sticks, markers, crayons, colored pencils and oil pastels and watercolors in a shoe box sized Art box. Notebooks, smocks and watercolor paper will be collected separately.

Mark all supplies, Art box, notebook and watercolor pad with your child’s name and grade.

Art supplies, notebooks and smocks can be reused each year. (Until they are outgrown, dried out or used up!)

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Homework for September

Grade 2 – Shape drawings due September 10

Grade 3 – Shape drawings due September 26. Shapes Quiz on October 10

Grade 4 – Shape Drawings due September 24. Shapes Quiz on October 8

Grade 5 – Shape drawings due September 24. Shapes Quiz on October 8

Grade 6 – Bring in Copy of cave painting September 26. Paper on Prehistoric art due October 3

Grade 7 – Bring in Copy of Crazy Mona Lisa September 26. Paper on Leonardo da Vinci due October 3

Grade 8 – Finished Children’s book illustrations due October 10.\