Anti-Bullying Posters

All Classes

Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior that is intentional, hurtful, threatening and persistent. Let's all participate in an Anti Bulling Campaign! You can help organize an anti-bullying campaign designed to teach the bullied students and any bystanders how to assertively but non-violently stop the bullying. One way to educate students about the ill-effects of bullying is with anti-bullying posters. The best way to create an anti-bullying poster is to use your own experiences with bullies. Start by planning and organizing your design. Create a couple of small sketches. Make sure you keep you composition interesting by using the elements and principles of art! Use paint, colored pencils, markers, or even your computer!

Elements and Principles of Art  Vocabulary

Composition – How the pieces, parts, objects, elements and

principles are arranged in an artwork.

Elements of Art – The visual tools an artist uses to create art.

Line - The path of a dot as it moves.

Value - The lightness or darkness of an object.

Color – The element of art that is derived from reflected light.

Shape – An enclosed 2D area

Form – A 3D object.

Texture – The way something feels or looks as though it would feel if

touched.

Space – The area around an object.

Principles of Art – Guidelines that help artists to create designs

and control how viewers are likely to react to images.

Pattern - Design created by repeating an element such as line shape

or color.

Contrast - Differences between elements used to create excitement.

Emphasis – Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer’s

attention.

Movement – A way of combining visual elements to produce a sense

of action.

Balance – Principle of design that describes how parts of an artwork

are arranged to create a sense of equal weight or interest.

Unity – A feeling that all parts of a design are working together as a

team.

Variety – The use of different lines, shapes, colors and other

elements to create interest.

Rhythm – A type of movement in an artwork created by repeating

visual elements.

Proportion – Relationship of size, location, or amount of one thing to

another.

Landscape Box

Ceramics I and II - You will be learning a new handbuilding technique, slab construction. You will learn how to safely and efficiently use the slab roller to form a sheet of clay. From the sheet of clay you will cut your squares to form an enclosed box. This will be the foundation for your sculptural landscape box. We will also learn about the Impressionist Artists and decoratively glaze your box inspired by their painting techniques.

Landscape Box Webquest

How To Make A Tessellation Tutorial - Geometry Project

Tessellation Color Theory

Beginning Art - You are going to create a Color Wheel. We will begin with a tesselation. 

 A tessellation of a flat surface is the tiling of a plane using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellations can be generalized to higher dimensions. 

Your tessellation will be drawn on a 10 inch square. Divided in with concentric circles and finally painted. All of your colors will be mixed using the primary colors (red, blue, and yellow), plus 

black and white.

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Artist, MC Escher

Graffiti Art

 All Classes - This week you will be uncovering the mystic and controversy behind the art of graffiti. You will be working in design teams digitally using web 2.0 apps, as well as iPad apps. You will be posting your designs on your Blog and sharing your thoughts about the creative process.

How to Begin:
Graffiti Art Webquest

Pretest on Graffiti Art

Illustrated Alphabet

All Classes - Over the next 3 days you will create an Illustrated Alphabet. Your alphabet needs to be thematic. For example I might create an alphabet based on the theme of a summer picnic. All of my letters would relate to items that would be brought to the picnic. I might make letters out of hotdogs, pickles, ketchup, or a grill! Use your imagination!!!  Follow my Pinterest “Illustration” board for inspiration. We will work on this project for one week. Use your time wisely.

How to Begin:

1.      Sketch out a few ideas in your sketchbook.

2.      Mark your boxes on a 12” x 24” white sheet of paper.

3.      Your boxes will fit one letter and the size of the box is 2”x 3” (See my example)

4.      Fill each box with the design and theme of your letters.

5.      Color will color pencils.

6.      Try and create value changes and the illusion of form.

By the end of this lesson:

·         I understand how design influences artistic expression.

·         I can generate innovative solutions to artistic problems.

·         I understand the role of imagination and creativity in producing original art.

Positively Pastel

 Beginning Art -Today we will continue to discover how to create the illusion of form by working with chalk pastels. You will draw a variety of spheres and shade them using the gray pastels. Next, we will draw Ballard balls and work with the colored pastels. Reinforcing how to create three dimensions on a two dimensional surface. At the end of class take a photo of your drawing, upload it, and blog about it following your guiding literacy questions.

After this lesson you will be able to say:
I can apply the Elements of Art, Value and Form.
I understand the role of planning in solving artistic problems.
I understand sensory awareness and artistic expression.

Literacy and Art

Use these questions to journal about your artwork in your Blog

1.        Ideas – Tell me about your idea.

2.       Process- How did you make your artwork?

3.       Knowledge- Concepts, vocabulary, artist studied. What kinds of:  line, shape, color, texture, space did you use?  How did you use the Principles of Art: balance, emphasis, contrast, movement, pattern, rhythm, unity? Did you learn about an artist?

4.       Future – What will you make next? What would you like to learn more about?