6th Grade- Radial Name Kaleidoscope

For our next project we will take a look at Op Art, balance and the history of the kaleidoscope. You will create your own piece of op art using your name as your subject matter. You may color the piece with whatever colors you like,  but remember you are creating a mirror image, so your colors should too.

OP ART

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/optical.html

http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/op_art.htm

Types of balance

http://createartwithme.com/types-balance/

https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/4-types-of-balance-in-art-and-why-you-need-them

History of the Kaleidoscope

http://www.kaleidoscopestoyou.com/hiofka1.html

1. First, fold your paper in half diagonally, then in half again. Unfold it and set it aside.

2. Now grab the triangular piece of paper.
3. With the flat edge along the bottom and the point facing up, write your name with large stick letters so that it fills the entire triangle.

4. Now, draw an outline around your stick letters to make nice, thick letters that touch all three sides of your triangle. Trace over your pencil lines with a black marker, crayon, or colored pencil.

5. Next, place the triangle with your name on it under one of the corresponding triangles on the other paper. Trace your outline letters with pencil onto the new paper.

6. Continue tracing your name onto each section, flipping your name over every other time to achieve a “mirror image”. (Flipping your name over every other time is essential to achieving a mirror image, so don't forget this important step!!)

7. Then, trace over all your pencil lines with a black marker.

8. Color with markers or colored pencils.

AR Standards: CR1.6.3 CR2.6.1

5th- Aerial Perspective Google Drawings

 

Today you will learn about Atmospheric(Aerial) Perspective and create an artwork using Google Draw. 

Click on the link below to learn about Atmospheric (Aerial) Perspective.

Atmospheric Perspective

Watch the Google Drawing tutorial below for an example of this project and some step by step instructions. 

CLICK THIS LINK TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON VIMEO!

After watching the tutorial complete your 2 atmospheric (aerial) perspective landscapes.

Your landscapes must include:

1. 4 different background levels for your atmospheric piece

2. An interesting silhouette for the foreground

3. An interesting image/silhouette for the background

7th- Creating a Coat-of-Arms

Coat-of-Arms (Heraldry)

We will be creating a coat-of-arms that is specific to you and your interests in life for this project. 

In medieval times, every noble family wanted everyone to know how important they were. They also wanted to brag about their history. Since most people could not read, heraldry was invented. This was a way to brag about who you were without using words.

Heraldry was a design and short saying. Noble families designed a coat of arms that incorporated their heraldry (their design and short saying).

They put their coat of arms, showing their heraldry, on banners, shields, tapestries and anything else they could think of. Each part of the coat of arms has a specific meaning. Animals or objects were used to describe character traits - brave as a lion, for example. The colors were used as symbols of character.

Each heraldry was unique. There are many books describing what each of the symbols mean. You usually can find such a book at your local library. You can look up your name and see if your family has a coat of arms! Then you'll need to look what each symbol means. Once you have that information, you will know your family's heraldry.

Museum of Fine Arts Boston
100 Raphael Paintings

In 1749, fourteen-year-old Brook Watson, a young English cabin boy, was attacked by a shark while swimming in the harbor at Havana, Cuba. Nine sailors rushed to help the boy and saved him from almost certain death, though he lost his right leg to the knee.

Watson grew up to be an important merchant and, briefly, Lord Mayor of London. He did not want his story of danger, courage, and survival to be forgotten. He asked John Singleton Copley, an American artist working in London, to paint this picture as a record of the events. Copley, America’s most important colonial painter, had traveled to Europe in 1774 to study art in Rome and other cities. To escape the hostilities of the American Revolution and for artistic reasons, he and his family settled permanently in England. During his stay in London, he received many painting commissions, including this one from Brook Watson.

Watson and the Shark created a sensation when it was exhibited, in part because the subject was so grisly. To lend believability to the scene Copley, who had never visited the Caribbean, consulted maps and prints of Cuba. It’s unlikely that he painted the shark from life or from prints because he erroneously painted an ear on the beast. On the frame of the painting an inscription relates the story and states Watson’s wish that this painting “might serve a most useful lesson to youth” about the risks of foolish behavior.

The rescuers' anxious expressions and actions reveal both concern for their thrashing companion and a growing awareness of their own peril. Time stands still as the viewer is forced to ponder Watson's fate. Miraculously, he was saved from almost certain death and went on to become a successful British merchant and politician.

Although Copley underscored the scene's tension and immediacy, the seemingly spontaneous poses actually were based on art historical precedents. The harpooner's pose, for example, recalls Raphael's altarpiece of the Archangel Michael using a spear to drive Satan out of heaven. The oil painting's enormous acclaim ensured Copley's appointment to the prestigious Royal Academy, and he earned a fortune selling engravings of its design.

Throughout his life, Watson enjoyed telling stories of his horrible encounter with the shark. When he became a baronet in 1803, he even requested that his coat of arms include literal references to the ordeal. The Latin motto Scuto Divino means "under God's protection." Neptune, god of the sea, is shown at the top, holding a trident to repel the attacking shark, and in the upper left corner of the shield is Watson's missing foot.

Here are a few sites with info on Coat of Arms Symbols and Meanings. Take a look at these to add some deeper meaning to your artwork.

www.genesreunited.co

http://www.fleurdelis.com

https://www.heraldryandcrests.com

http://www.warrenmuseum.com

Directions for Coat-of Arms project:

1.  Complete the worksheet. Taking cues from Watson’s crest, students will write/sketch a list of symbols that represent their lives: hobbies, personality traits, pets, life events, or perhaps they too have overcome an obstacle like Watson.

2. With your writing and sketching as your guide, students will create a coat of arms incorporating these personal symbols.

Using the template, students can choose to have four symbols separated into quadrants or combine them into a cohesive design. Lastly, you should enter a personal motto in the banner at the bottom, use google to translate your motto into Latin.

AR Standards: CR1.7.1 CR3.7.1 R7.7.1 CN10.7.1

8th Grade- Communicating with Symbols

Communicating with Symbols- Lines/Patterns/Symbols/Cuneiform

This art project will take a look at lines and how they form textures and patterns.
We will also look at the importance of symbols and how they affect our daily lives.

Symbol Examples for when you start sketching!


Patterns

https://www.britannica.com/topic/symbol

https://smarthistory.org/cuneiform/



Trace your hand, adding your wrist.
Try to place the tips of your fingers towards the top of the page so you can include your wrist.

Add the 5 symbols on your hand.

Fill the remaining area with patterns and textures.

Color your piece.

6th- Giuseppe Archimboldo "Creating Portraits from Objects"

During the Renaissance one artist was centuries beyond his time--Giuseppe Arcimboldo. While the Great Masters such as Michelangelo and Raphael focused on rendering human figures realistically, Giuseppe Arcimboldo created surreal portraits of his subjects made of vegetables, plants, fruits, sea creatures, tree roots, and books. In this class we will create our own paintings mimicking Arcimboldo’s unique style using fruits and vegetables.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE GOOGLE FORM BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR ARTWORK!!

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (also spelled Arcimboldi; 1527 - July 11, 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books - that is, he painted representations of these objects on the canvas arranged in such a way that the whole collection of objects formed a recognizable likeness of the portrait subject.

Arcimboldo was born in Milan in 1527, the son of Biagio, a painter who did work for the office of the Fabbrica in the Duomo. Arcimboldo was commissioned to do stained glass window designs beginning in 1549, including the Stories of St. Catherine of Alexandria vitrage at the Duomo. In 1556 he worked with Giuseppe Meda on frescoes for the Cathedral of Monza. In 1558, he drew the cartoon for a large tapestry of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, which still hangs in the Como Cathedral today.

CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW ARCIMBOLDO'S COMPLETE WORKS -> 

http://www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org/

CLICK THIS LINK TO READ SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ARCIMBOLDO ->
http://mentalfloss.com/article/72126/15-strange-facts-about-giuseppe-arcimboldos-unusual-portraits

CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW SOME NEAT SCULPTURES INSPIRED BY ARCIMBOLDO ->

http://www.papermag.com

UNITY - A principle of art, unity occurs when all of the elements of a piece combine to make a balanced, harmonious, complete whole. Unity is another of those hard-to-describe art terms but, when it's present, your eye and brain are pleased to see it.

VARIETY - A principle of art concerned with combining one or more elements of art in different ways to create interest.

How does Arcimboldo create unity in his artworks?

How does Arcimboldo create variety in his artworks?

How will your create texture on your items to make them look realistic?

YOUR PROJECT is to create a portrait of a person using vegetables, fruits, or other objects  to make the person's face. 

You may use any items you would like to make your person. Like Arcimboldo, your items should all relate to each other to create a theme for your portrait.

AR Standards: CR1.6.2 CR2.6.1 R7.6.1 R8.6.1 CN11.6.1

5th- Peace Week Art Contest

 Peace Week Art Contest

Check out the link for details!

https://arkansaspeaceweek.com/murals-and-art/peace-week-youth-art-contest/

7th/8th- About Me Art Portfolios

 A portfolio is a thoughtfully designed visual selection and presentation of art and/or design. It embodies your ideas, research, innovations, skills, and work process. This week you will create a personalized portfolio to house all your artwork for this school year. 

Watch the video below and then scroll down for instructions.

DIRECTIONS:

1. Using a site like https://www.1001fonts.com/ for inspiration, find an interesting font to draw your name on the front of the portfolio. Draw your name. 

2. Draw at least 5 "stickers" around your name that represent you. Think of items like your favorite things, likes, hobbies, interests, favorite foods, bands, characters and more for your "stickers." Make the stickers large so they fill the space around your name. 

3. Trace your drawings with a sharpie. Give your "stickers" an outline and use a pencil to shade your stickers. 

4. Color your "stickers" and your name to complete your portfolio.