The 2nd Quarter finishes on the 26th of January, 2016 and all students who have art class now will switch to music class with Mr. McGregor. That means you only have a couple of weeks left to get your best artwork (and grades in art) done!
Here's what's going on:
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| Getting that WHIP STITCH on. |
8th Grade Batik Artists
My Spelman artists have been sewing the four edges of their batiks to clean up the edges of their work, which takes a lot of time and patience. High quality craftsmanship is what we are going for with the whip stitch method (click HERE for a quick tutorial) around the dowels and the sides.
Later, at the end of the quarter, there will be a cumulative test from vocabulary, technique and information taught in class at the end of Quarter 2. Stay tuned for the date and study guides (given in class).
Questions? Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.
5th Grade
Wire self-portrait sculptures go up this week along with the portraits they made. A painting project dealing with symmetry and asymmetry is next on the docket. Scholars have been completing packets to show their understanding of symmetry and, so far, the grades have been phenomenal! Keep up the
great work!
Questions? Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.
7th Grade Abstract Artists
Piet Mondrian was a Dutch artist who was an innovator of abstract art. Scholars looked at "Victory Boogie Woogie" and interpreted what the artist was thinking and what he could have been inspired by when making the piece. Howard students are using the principles of design to create an attractive piece of artwork based on Mondrian's abstract style.
Scholars who presented for the Artist Research Project were to email their presentations to Ms. Hillman (jhillman@cpcsschool.org). Study guides will be created based on the presentations and be included in the final, cumulative test at the end of Quarter 2.
Questions? Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.
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| Amira's thinking about those Donuts again! |
6th Grade Pop Artists
That guy...Roy Lichtenstein, is one of Pop Art's founders. He took comic strips found in newspapers and recreated individual frames and painted them large. Scholars are about to complete a project where they are re-created photographed self-portraits in Lichtenstein-style.
Hampton scholars are KILLING this project and they look amazing. The sequence of the project is important and students will have to recall the order of the techniques at some point soon (hint hint...QUIZ COMING!).
This multi-step project is going well and scholars are using watercolor to make their pop art projects pop!
Questions? Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.