April Showers bring ART Powers

8th Grade

Kehinde Wiley...I'm obsessed and you should be too.

Bring in a drawing or picture of an object that means something to you.  We have started looking at the artwork of Kehinde Wiley and his use of pattern in his portraiture.  GO SEE HIS EXHIBIT @ THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, it closes May 24th so there is only one more month to see it in person.  

**GET 5 DOJO POINTS when you bring in or email (jhillman@cpcsschool.org) your baby picture (this week only!).  Bye.

7th Grade

Proper proportions = realism

Human body and facial proportions continue this week.  You will learn how to draw realistically if you are paying attention...so pay attention.

**GET 5 DOJO POINTS when you email (jhillman@cpcsschool.org) the name of one artist who is famous for drawing people realistically AND the credit line for one of their pieces of artwork.

6th Grade

Basquiat Postcards

We complete our "Road Trip" Postcards this week.  If you can, go to the Brooklyn Museum to see the artwork of Jean-Michel Basquiat and his notebooks.  He made and sold postcards among many other amazing things!  You will be learning more about him this week as well.

**GET 4 DOJO POINTS if you can tell me Jean-Michel Basquiat's nationality.  Put it on a post-it!

5th Grade

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!

The Autobiographical Comics were a success! The bulletin board in the 5th grade hallway will be where these live for a little while.  The amount of focus and hard work that went into these pieces truly is inspiring.  I'm so proud of my scholars!

**GET 4 DOJO POINTS if you bring in money (dollar notes) from another country to show during art class this week.  It will be returned!!!!

Art Homework - GO OUTSIDE

Play and be Safe!

See you next week...if not in class (because we are not sure what the schedule is just yet), then in the hallways!  If you have a questions about any of this, email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

ENJOY THE WEATHER!

Go OUTSIDE NOW.

Welcome to Quarter 4 Art Class 2015

Here's what's happening in your upcoming art classes:

5th Grade Xavier & Tuskegee

Artwork by Philip McAndrew

We complete our Autobiographical Comics in the next couple classes.  This is the first grade for the 4th quarter!  We will have a publishing party when everything is complete.  We will primarily be working with colored pencils and markers to make our comics POP!  

Please, ask your scholar about the progress of their autobiographical comic ...you might have made an appearance in their story!

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

8th Grade Spelman & Morehouse

"Shantavia Beale" by Kehinde Wiley

Spelman artists will have a class critique in the next class and then will venture into the next project based on the work of artist Kehinde Wiley, who currently has an amazing and WONDERFUL show at the Brooklyn Museum called A New Republic.   Wiley uses famous old portraits to redefine portraiture in the African American community using pattern and fashion.  This project we are doing is inspired by his work.

7th Grade FAMU & Howard

Micrography work should be completed by now and we will critique those.  Then...we delve into the next project.  

It's all about you.  

Intrigued?  You should be.  

Bring a THESAURUS to art class and receive 4 DOJO points because you are prepared for class in our next project.  You will be expected to come up with 25 words that describe you and your personality for the first half of class.  You will be creating a type of self portrait based on several artists you will become very familiar with.  

6th Grade FISK & Hampton Artists

Have a THESAURUS for art class (You will get 4 dojo points for doing so)!  Next project is a culmination of what we have been doing in  class for the past couple months.  You will need to bring your creativity and understanding of the PARTS OF ARTWORK (foreground, middle ground and background).   

Questions about any of this?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.  See you soon!

Q3 Ends this Week! Art Still Happens.

5th Grade - Xavier/Tuskegee

Get those Autobiographical Comics done as much as possible (no color yet)!  Check previous blog posts to remind yourselves what criteria you need to fulfill!

6th Grade - Teams for Itineraries!

Amazing artwork by Autumn and Sy'rae, Grade 6!

Have you checked with your teammates?  Your group presentations occur this week.  All directions should have been emailed to Ms. Hillman this weekend.  Do that now if you haven't already: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

7th Grade Howard/FAMU

Micrography projects are due April 1st.  Look at the handy dandy handout Ms. Hillman gave you with the sequence of events and make sure you follow them.  

8th Grade Spelman/Morehouse

Selfie Portraits editions of 5 are due on beautiful paper this week.  This is the final grade for the 3rd Quarter.  Get down to business this week and get your print on!

Nothing New Is Due, But Preparedness Is Key!

Art Class only happens twice a week, if that!  There are so many special events happening in the next couple of weeks that it is VITAL (meaning, absolutely necessary or important) that you come to class with what you need to be successful.  Because you are reading this right now, you are already winning in art class.  Now, on to the specifics...

7th Grade Micrography Project

You need this for class:

• a social issue (the one you chose for the poster project IS it)
• a song verse that is directly related to the social issue (school appropriate)
• a photograph/original drawing/original photograph of the social issue
• all of these things are to be with you WHEN YOU COME TO CLASS.  Email Ms. Hillman if you need them printed before class, but NEVER during: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

6th Grade Cross-Country Itinerary Group Project

You need this for class:

• If you did not fulfill all of the criteria for the graded license plates, the 'last chance' to bring up your grade is next class (Monday for FISK and Tuesday for Hampton).
• Group members are responsible for Figure out the SEQUENCE of the entire trip.  (What attractions are you headed to?)
• Google search the address of the attractions! WHAT ROADS MUST YOU TAKE TO GET THERE. *** Everyone starts from NYC
• Itinerary Creator - Write out the route for each attraction.  You may use Google Maps and copy/paste the routes to Ms. Hillman @ jhillman@cpcsschool.org OR just write out the major highways.
• Map Creator - draws out the route
• Key Creator - designs the key for the entire trip.

This will all be discussed further in class this week.  The group presentations are due Monday, March 30th for FISK and Tuesday, March 31st for Hampton.

8th Grade Selfie Portraits

Your selfies and objects that symbolize your identity were due last week.  They should have been emailed to Ms. Hillman by now.

5th Grade Comic Strips

We make our comic strips this week!  Think about your story, your characters (design), point of view and using your ruler to make your panels.  It's ON!

March Madness Artist

Participate in the March Madness Festivities & get Dojo Points from Hillman!

6th Grade - FISK & Hampton

This is the week!  The deadline for the 3 personalized license plates is Monday for FISK & Tuesday for Hampton!  All of the criteria is in previous posts on this blog so if want to double check to see if the criteria has been met, look it up and get it in on time.  Lateness is not an option.

First we will have class critiques and grading will be done ON THE SPOT during these discussions.  Later in the week we will be planning our cross-country trip in groups.  Groups will be revealed next week.  Exciting because you're going to make an itinerary and map for your group trip!

8th Grade Spelman & Morehouse

FYI Duck lips only look good on ducks.  Truth.

Scholars are embarking on their new project The Selfie Portrait.  Selfie photos can be emailed to Ms. Hillman (jhillman@cpcsschool.org) but it must be in by Monday.  I can print them out for you.

ALSO, you need to have a photo or drawing of an image that helps represent you and your IDENTITY.

Vocabulary tests will also continue this week, specifically on Printmaking terms that are related to this new project.  Definitions were given in class last week, but if you missed it, here they are: block printing ink, pattern/repetition, edition, mood, symbolism, proof.  Get familiar with the names of these printmaking artists:  Dox Thrash, Andy Warhol, Charles Alston, Robert Blackburn.  Look up examples of their work and notice the themes and moods in the work.

SELFIES...DO THAT NOW.

7th Grade FAMU & Howard

Everything is graded in Art Class.

Every. 

Single. 

Thing.  

That being said, many 7th grade scholars still have not turned in the Social Action Poster Project ESSAY, and the information needed for the current Micrography project.  LATENESS HURTS YOUR GRADE.
This is the criteria:

- Song name, artist and lyrics to Ms. Hillman (jhillman@cpcsschool.org).  OMIT (take out) CURSE WORDS IF THEY ARE A PART OF THE SONG.

- Write a couple sentences of how you know of the song.

- Note the VERSE you are going to use for your social action project.

- HAVE AN IMAGE that is related to your social action issue.  It can be an original drawing/photograph or can be a resource photo.  DUE ASAP.

Questions?  Email me.  If I gave you feedback already, listen to it!

5th Grade Xavier & Tuskegee

If you don't know "PEANUTS", you need to check it out ASAP.

Life is a comic strip for us for this next project.  Scholars in Tuskegee are to have designed their main characters for the Autobiographical Comic Strip story by next class period.  Xavier will be doing that in class this Monday.  Know the story you are going to be telling and drawing out.

Here is the criteria for this project that your comic strip must have:  

- A sequence of events that has a beginning, middle, end (it must make sense)

- at least two characters (you will be one of them since it's an autobiographical story!)

- dialogue

- at least 1 thought bubble

- at least 2 captions/narrative boxes

- at least 2 different points of view VISUALLY (think about 1st and 3rd person)

- COLOR!  (that will be the very last thing we do together for this project).

Questions about any of this?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.  I will ALWAYS let you know when I receive your email.  If you don't hear back from me, that means I didn't get it. (FAIL!)

The Show Off

Signage by Gregory, Grade 6 and A LOT of help from classmates in grades 5-7!

The Black History Show

A sampling of the portraits

To say the show was a success would be a disservice to the participants, because the show was beyond amazing.  That being said, the artwork on the walls complimented the theme of social action and awareness and I am very proud of my students who rose to the challenge of creating art specifically for this wonderful show.

Artists in 5th, 6th and 8th Grade worked very hard on portraits of:
Marcus Garvey & Sojourner Truth
(Thurman, Grade 5)
Shirley Chisholm & Neil Degrasse Tyson (Alliyah, Grade 8)
Maya Angelou (Sy'rae, Grade 6)
Josephine Baker (Autumn, Grade 6)

Xavier & Tuskegee - 5th Grade Artists

Autobiographical Comic Project!  Tuskegee received packets on Thursday to help them brainstorm about what they will use as their baseline story for their comic strip.  Xavier students are to have 4 ideas for class on Monday.  Students need to know what "Autobiographical" means and start thinking about a story they would like to share with drawings and text.  Study the comic vocabulary we worked on together in art class.

Questions?  jhillman@cpcsschool.org

6th Grade Artists in FISK & Hampton

Background painting for License Plate project is completed and after foreground work is done, students will get into groups of 3 to design a theoretical trip to 3 states across the USA.  Each person in the group will be the local expert on one of the states and teamwork is vital for this final part to this long-term project.

Keep studying the US states, by the way!

7th Grade is Socially Aware 

Social Action posters were included in the Black History Show and truly added to the excitement of the evening.  Thank you to those who COMPLETED the work on time.  It shows you made best use of class time AND/OR made time to work on your project outside of class.

The next project requires your EARS and brain.  Look up a song that is related to your social action poster issue.  Details were given in class.  You are sending me ONLY SCHOOL APPROPRIATE (CLEAN) versions of your song.  There should not be any cursing or inappropriate slang terms.  If you have any questions, you need to ask me about it.

Email Ms. Hillman (jhillman@cpcsschool.org) with the following:

1)  The song title and artist of a song related to your social issue

2) A couple sentences about how you came across the song (if someone suggested it to you or if you already knew the song.  Where did you first hear it?

3) If you are going to be working alone or in a group (maximum of three group members)

4) Include the VERSE of the song you are interested in using for this project.

5) EXTRA INFO: send a link of the song video for 2 dojo points.

8th Grade Graphic Novelists

He tried to tell me he can't do it.  He lied.

This scholar created an autobiographical piece.

Congratulations to the 8th Graders who completed their Graphic Novels!  

The photos below show scholars in Spelman hustling and getting the final criteria (color color color!!!!) to their novels.  You will soon see their novels on the Bulletin Board outside of the S.T.E.A.M. room.  Those who completed the work will reap the benefits of a publishing party this week!  Scholars who can tell me the names of the scholars in these photos will get two Dojo points on Monday, March 9th.  Due during Morning Meeting!