The DecemberARTists

This week in Art Class

Culture Night IS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th @ 6 p.m.
YOUR ARTWORK IS GOING TO BE ON VIEW!  YEAH!

VOCABULARY HAPPENS in ART CLASS

Grade 5

Vocabulary is due Monday, December 1st (for Xavier) and Tuesday, December 2nd (for Tuskegee).  The assessments for this week will occur Wednesday (for Xavier) and Thursday (for Tuskegee).  Do you work and you will do fine on the test!  

Grade 6

Completed US Maps are due this week during regularly scheduled art classes.  FISK (Monday) and Hampton (Tuesday).  The Study Sheets started in class must be handed in so I can grade them.  Vocabulary tests will be given later this week as well.  Follow the information given in the previous Vocab Vocab Vocab posting.  

Grade 7

This is the very last week to complete the "Challenge you Overcame" collage.  We will have a formal art critique and a chance to participate in new ways!

Grade 8

New vocabulary words will be distributed later this week.  Morehouse vocabulary test corrections are DUE for a chance to increase your grade.  Bring your SKETCHBOOKS to class.  You must be prepared for class with a sketchbook and pencil for every art class this week.

QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THIS?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org

Pre-Thanksgiving Art Classes

Only TWO Days of School This Week?

You are NOT dreaming…it's true, but there is still work to be done and here is the breakdown:

5th Grade

Xavier and Tuskegee Scholars get ready for Vocabulary.  Quizzes are coming your way.  We will go over the expectations in our classes this week so you can be articulate students.  Don't know what "articulate" means…go get your dictionary RIGHT NOW!  You are going to need it for the rest of your art education with Ms. Hillman.

6th Grade Pop Artists

Diversity Day happens on December 5th and the mounted, completed artwork we worked on during Quarter 1 will be unveiled.  Join us!

In the meantime, we are learning about the states in America.  WHY are we learning about that in ART CLASS?  Well, aside from the fact that Art spans ALL subjects, we are working on a long term, deeply involved project that will deal with design techniques and geography!  That's why.  Start studying up on your states and capitals.

Let's ALL get to know this map.

7th Grade will not have Art Classes this week.

Don't cry, CPCMS Collage artists!  Next week we are completing the collage project and moving on serious vocabulary and a new project!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Seniors

Kevin B. killed this project.   Great work!

Morehouse & Spelman scholars listen up!  Bring your sketchbooks to class from now on!  You are SUPPOSED to have them, so bring them to class.  Prepared scholars will earn DOJO POINTS that you will be able to use as bidding $ on the auction.  

Independent Weaving projects with untraditional/unorthodox materials was due last Wednesday.  Every day it is late decreases your point value.

Morehouse you have your vocabulary quiz on Tuesday. STUDY.  Let me grade them during independent work and while you hone your gesture drawing skills and get your AMAZING Grades before you leave for the very long weekend!

Questions about any of this?  Email Ms. Hillman @ jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

VOCAB VOCAB VOCAB!

Art Class + Grammar = A Well-rounded & Successful Life

Well, that statement is MORE RIGHT than WRONG, so let's get started!  Weekly vocabulary tests are coming to CPCMS in the second quarter.   Parts of speech, proper usage and understanding of terms (art-related words and non-art-related!!!!) leads to deeper understanding across all content areas.

As we ease into this new realm of arts and assessment, take your time, but meet deadlines.  Late work will not be accepted. Use a dictionary or online sources like artlex.com to locate the definitions.

THIS IS WHAT SCHOLARS WILL HAVE TO HAND IN:

Write out the vocabulary word - (part of speech in parenthesis) 1. Definition.  If there is more than one, scholar should write out the definition that is art-related.

Write out the vocabulary word in a sentence and it must be in proper context. (Do not write a sentence like this: "One of the words I had to write a sentence about is 'contour line drawing.").  

skip a line

Here is a real-life example, 8th graders, you're welcome:

Warp (noun) - In weaving, the vertical threads attached to the top and bottom of a loom, through which the weft is woven.

I had a difficult time with the first weaving project because the yarn kept coming out of the loom, but after securing the warp with tape, it worked out fine.

8th Grade Vocab Words for the week of November 17th (10 words)

textile

loom

weaving

warp [in regards to weaving]

weft [in regards to weaving]

gesture drawing

untraditional

unorthodox

contour line drawing

blind contour drawing

7th Grade Vocabulary Words for the week of November 17th (WE DID THIS IN CLASS but did you do all of them??????)

Collage

background

middle ground

foreground

horizon

adhesive

horizon

6th Grade Vocabulary Words for the week of November 24th (10 words)

font

design

typography

texture

diagonal

length

width

degree of curve

geography

5th Grade Vocabulary Words for the week of November 24th (6 words)

contour line

portrait

self-portrait

silhouette

sculpture

3 dimensional

ART ALERT! 

8th Grade Fiber Artists Get Center Stage

8th Grade Weaving Project…so far!

That's right!  The 8th graders spent most of the 1st quarter working on a fiber arts project learning how to weave.  The bulletin board outside of the S.T.E.A.M. room is showcasing the work RIGHT NOW.  But don't take my word for it…come and see for yourself! 

Scholars are also working on an independent project that is due NOVEMBER 19th, which will be the first graded project for the second quarter.  Students will create a loom and use at least 9 unorthodox/untraditional materials to create a new weaving project.  Check up on them…ask them what materials they are using and encourage them to make the deadline!

FAMU & Howard

Scholars are diligently working on their paper collage projects about a challenge they overcame.  The criteria is simple but the process is not.  Students must think about how they want to render this event (no matter how big or small it may seem) by thinking in shapes and then adding each and every detail to their work using ONLY paper, glue and scissors.  They must include themselves in this visual in some way.  7th Graders are progressing very well in this project and have been working with the properties of paper during the entirety of the first quarter.  Ask your scholar about their challenge and the process for creating their collage.

POP ARTists Have Taken Over 6th Grade

It's true.  No longer do we have regular scholars…each one of them are practically Pop Art experts.  Not only can they tell you about the Pop Art movement, but they have created their own Pop Art Self-Portraits.  Andy Warhol would be proud!  The work is going up this week and when we are done showing off the portraits @ CPCS, they are ready to be hung on the walls at home.  

Xavier & Tuskegee Line Experts In the (CPCS) House

When you hear "Line Experts" you probably didn't realize there was such a thing.  If you know a 5th grader, however, you are in the company of greatness.  There are 5 kinds of lines and 5 line variations and 5th grade scholars have been working with these lines for ALL of the first quarter.  The hallways are filled with proof of their knowledge.  Come see for yourself on November 19th.