mARTch Madness (see what I did there?)

MARCH MADNESS for CPCS STARTS THIS WEEK!!!!
In case you didn't know:
Monday - Sports Day - Wear your favorite team's gear.  2 DOJO points from Ms. Hillman if it's the Philadelphia 76ers or Brooklyn Nets.  Jus sayin....
Tuesday - Twin/Triplet/Quadruplet Day - Dress like your friends!
Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday!  Mismatch your clothing.
Thursday - Culture Day - Show off your roots!
Friday - DON'T COME TO SCHOOL...it's Good Friday  No School.

5th Grade Xavier Artists
This week Xavier scholars embark on a self-portrait project that will highlight their knowledge of color theory!Students who have struggled with self control in art class will have alternate projects until they earn back the right to use the art materials.

Questions about anything?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

6th Grade FISK Artists 
Students are learning about Jean Michel Basquiat's life and contributions to the Neo-Expressionist art movement.  The Pop Art Project is UP in our CPCS hallways.  Come see it! 

Questions?  Email: jhillman@cpcsschool.org

7th Grade FAMU Artists

Gregory's artwork

Autumn's amazing poster
on body image

Social Action posters were handed in last week.  Those who did not complete during class time will have to work on their posters during Park Time this coming week.  The ESSAYS are due MONDAY and are part of the overall project grade and will also count as an independent project grade based on the criteria given in class (that paper given in class!).  

Email papers (Times New Roman Font, Size 12 and Double-Spaced) following the checklist (in prior posts) to jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

8th Grade Morehouse Grotesque Sculptors

 Masks are in FULL EFFECT!  Adding exaggerated and ugly features to their designs is what will make the final result its best.  Scholars watched the Wedding Haka of New Zealand Maori tradition and looked at masks from different countries.  SOME brave students are allowing Ms. Hillman to make masks from their faces while others are creating the base of their masks on balloons.  Scholars are learning how to use plaster strips (Rigid Wrap) to create sturdy structure for their grotesque masks.

GET THOSE BABY PHOTOS IN TO MS. HILLMAN ASAP.  Questions about any of this?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

Mid-March Madness (Art Happens)

March Madness for CPCS starts next week!  Stay tuned for the big reveal from Mr. Manley this week and get ready to participate.

African Mask example.

8th Grade Mask Sculptors
Plaster sculptures have begun.   Students start with the prep work, getting their grotesque mask ideas ready for sculpting.  Stop by the S.T.E.A.M. room to see the progress!  They will have some aspect GROTESQUE


BABY PHOTOS ARE DUE BY MARCH 25.  Please email them and any other questions to Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.


5th Grade Color Experts
The next project is a big one, but scholars need to know the basic and the not-so-basic aspects of color.  Students must know that the Primary Colors (RED, YELLOW & BLUE) create the Secondary colors (Green, Violet and Orange).
The Tertiary colors are (Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-violet, Red-violet, Red-orange and Yellow-orange).  YOU SHOULD SEE A PATTERN HERE (look at how it is written!).  The Tertiary Colors start with the primary color, have a hyphen and then have the secondary color because it's a mixture with different ratios.  If you are noticing a lot of math terms, it's not a fluke!  Art and Math are buddies!

We start on the new project this week.  If you have any questions, please email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

Ai Wei Wei

7th Grade Social Action Artists

 Ai Wei Wei was one of the inspirations for the Social Action Poster Project.  Nina Simone's "Mississippi Goddamn" was another call for social action, and FAMU scholars were exposed to this amazing song.

Scholars had to include Text and Imagery to get their audiences' attention.  Scholars will be working on their essays to further explain their thinking and process in creating their work.  Essays will be typed and will have time to do so in class.  The criteria for the essay is below:

Social Action Poster Project Response Essay

Cover all of these points in your essay:

q  What is your connection to the issue in your poster?  What about the issue inspired you?

q  What does this art mean? Why did you choose certain elements of your poster (why did you choose to draw/collage/paint your poster)?

q  How does your poster convey the message you are trying to send?  BE SPECIFIC and give examples.

q  What did you enjoy about the project?  What would you change about the project? 

Formats you can use:

Free-form essay                                 

Persuasion piece (argumentative essay like a letter to the Mayor or opponents to the issue)     

**Check the Art Blog: www.jenhillmanprints.blogspot.com every week **

Have questions about assignments?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org

6th Grade POP!

That Lichtenstein artist...

Hampton artists are finishing up their work and it looks great.    Students who did not pass the written assessments for the art history section of this class (on Thursdays) MUST have those tests signed by their parent or guardian.  Please encourage your student to follow through with these expectations.

Questions?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

March for Art 2016

ALL GRADES PLEASE READ:
NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS on Thursday, March 10th.

8th Graders on their way to High School!
Congrats on getting those acceptance letters!  HIGH SCHOOL IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT, so if you received your first choice or not, your time there is what you make it.  You are in control!  I'm so proud of you!

Baby photos...email them to me ASAP: jhillman@cpcsschool.org  Deadline is Friday, March 25th.

ANYWAY...it's MASK time!  Grotesque masks, to be exact.  The Do Now sheets are being read this weekend and I will have your requests for supplies by next week.  IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE YOUR MASK MODELED BY YOUR ACTUAL FACE, PLEASE BRING IN AN OLD SHIRT TO WEAR DURING THE PROCESS.
Need resource photos printed?  Email them to Ms. Hillman
Don't want to get your hands dirty?  Bring in latex gloves (available at most hardware stores for a good price)...I have some, but they will be depleted quickly.

We watched the New Zealand, Maori Haka in class.  Get inspired HERE.

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

5th Grade ~ Xavier
Behavior and self-control continues to be an issue in Xavier, so this will great affect the grades for this short third quarter.  Please encourage 5th grade scholars to focus on these issues so they can be their best.

Homework: complete the color wheel using techniques taught in class (layering).  Due Monday, March 7th.  The color wheel will play a crucial role in the next project.   Symmetry projects will be exhibited this week.  Come up to CPCS and look at the great, reflectional symmetry work!

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

7th Grade Social Art Activists
Due date for Social Action Poster Project is this Wednesday.  Think about COLOR and fulfilling the requirements for the project (available in earlier posts).

Questions?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

6th Grade Pop Artists
Scholars should check the online grade book to see the results to the Pop Art quizzes.  The quiz results will be returned to scholars this week.  Those who received a grade below 70% must have parents/guardians sign their papers.  This is a homework grade.  The deadline for the Pop Art project is by the end of class on Wednesday, March 9th.

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

Leap(y) Year Art Week

Black History Month Heroes Painting.  CAN YOU NAME THEM?

It doesn't happen often, but it's LEAP YEAR!  That means there are 366 days in 2016, rather than 365.  Monday is the extra day!  Enjoy it, won't you!?!?!?!?!?!

8th Grade Wavy Weavers

BABY PHOTOS - EMAIL THEM! 
Completed work is a beautiful thing, and I accept nothing less.  Friday was the deadline for weavings.  Tuesday, March 1st is the vocabulary quiz that everyone will do really well on, because the vocabulary was given in class and right here:

• Loom - a frame ( or machine) upon which weaving is done.
• Warp - vertical threads which form the base of a weaving. To "warp" means to string thread onto a loom.  Vertical - upright; straight up and down.
• Weft - the horizontal threads which are woven across the warp. Branches or grasses woven horizontally are also weft.  Horizontal - Flat and parallel to the ground (the horizon).
• Weaving - To make cloth on a loom by passing weft threads over and under warp threads
• Pattern- something that repeats.

Questions?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

5th Grade SYMMETRY Experts!

Scholars will begin the next lesson, which is a color theory-based project.  They will create a self-portrait while exploring their dreams in their piece.  SCHOLARS MUST HAVE AN INDEPENDENT READING BOOK FOR ART CLASS.  Please make sure students have art supplies (listed in previous posts) and this goes towards their class participate on grade when they are prepared for class.

STUDY FOR YOUR PAINTING LICENSE TEST! Study guides were given out on Friday.

Questions?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org. 

BC Ms. Hillman is from Philly.

6th Grade Pop Artists

FISK students have their Andy Warhol homework due next class period.  Please come prepared for class.

Questions?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

7th Grade Social Issue Graphic Designers

SOCIAL ACTIVISM THROUGH ART IS AWESOME!  Get ideas from the Children's March video you will be watching in class during Ms. Hillman's absence (on Monday).  This week we continue adding color to your amazing poster that has TEXT AND IMAGES.

Questions?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

BREAK for Chocolate... and ART!

ALL GRADES, PLEASE READ!

In between SLEEPING and RELAXING, get yourself to the store and get the items needed to be successful in art class:

A box of #2 pencils or art pencils
A HAND-HELD SHARPENER (good quality sharpeners!)
A kneaded eraser (found at Dick Blick or Artist & Craftsman)
Something to draw on (sketchbook or paper)
Sharpie Markers (one fine point and one bold point)
An Art Folder or a folder you will always have on hand.
A pencil case to put this stuff in!  Decorate it!
FOCUS and SELF CONTROL

Parents/Guardians are invited to sign up for updates to this blog to see what's happening in art class.  If you ever have any questions, please email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

8th Grade - Spelman and Morehouse

Ms. Hillman when she was a tooth
for Halloween!

BABY / MUCH-YOUNGER-THAN-NOW PICTURES...!!!! Hardcopies are fine, but Digital is best.  Email to Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.  Hardcopies will be returned same day.
MOREHOUSE WEAVERS ~ MY GOODNESS...the Weavers have taken over and the results are making me very happy.  Scholars had a quiz last Thursday and results will be posted over the break.  Check Illuminate's grade portal to keep up to date on your class grades. 

Criteria for the WEAVING project:  
~ Behavior and basic project instructions  
~ Loom measurements are correct (as per directions given) with YARN  
~ Colorful  
~ Three -  five different WOVEN PATTERNS
~ Craftsmanship is clean and purposeful, showing you've taken your time with the project DEADLINE FOR WEAVING PROJECT IS Friday, February 26th.

7th Grade Social Action POSTER DESIGNERS

The sketches are coming along nicely!  Be sure to continue thinking about the images and text (words, phrase or sentence).

Scholars are also getting acquainted with the artwork of Social Activist and Artist, Ai Weiwei.  Learn more about this incredible Chinese artist here.  Have time to kill over the break?  Watch the Documentary "Never Sorry" on Netflix.  It's great!  If you watch it, you will earn 5 dojo points!
HAVE THE ITEMS NEEDED FOR ART CLASS (listed at the top of this blog).

Questions?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.


6th Grade Lichtenstein Artists

Last Quarter, Hampton artists created Pop Art self-portrait paintings.  They studied the artwork of Roy Lichtenstein and the results were wonderful.  Now that Xavier has art, we decided to UP the CRITERIA a bit more and students are being asked to push themselves beyond their comfort zones!

Not only are scholars creating self portraits, but many have chosen to create a second, action-inspired set of comic panels that will use onomatopoeia, which is a word that imitates the natural sounds of things.  It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.

We continue with this task after the long break!  Come prepared with the supplies listed at the top of this post!
Questions?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

5th Grade Symmetrical Artists
Scholars are finishing up their artwork and will have a chance to earn their painting license when we return to school.  STUDY:

Come prepared with the supplies listed at the top of this post!
Questions?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

February Art Classes

REMINDER - ALL GRADES:
What you need to be successful in Art Class:
A box of #2 pencils or art pencils
A HAND-HELD SHARPENER (good quality sharpeners!)
A kneaded eraser (found at Dick Blick or Artist & Craftsman)
Something to draw on (sketchbook or paper)
Sharpie Markers (one fine point and one bold point)
An Art Folder or a folder you will always have on hand.
A pencil case to put this stuff in!  Decorate it!
FOCUS and SELF CONTROL

The Art Class Syllabus is here.

Parents/Guardians are invited to sign up for updates to this blog to see what's happening in art class.  If you ever have any questions, please email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org. 

Kimora blows our minds with
her weaving skills.  

ON POINT WEAVING!

8th Grade Weaving Posse - Morehouse

Scholars made their own looms out of cardboard and had to prove understanding of measurement (in inches).  Next they incorporate up to 5 woven patterns into their design.  Morehouse Artists are learning about basic, simple weaving styles and how to create their own patterns using various colors of yarn.  They are looking so great...but don't take MY word for it, see for yourself!

HOMEWORK:  BRING IN BABY PICTURES!   HAVE THE MATERIALS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THIS BLOG POST 

Questions about anything?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

Painting License = clean brushes

5th Grade Reflective Symmetry Artists

Artists must have self-discipline to be successful.  That could mean a variety of things but in Ms. Hillman's class, that means following basic instructions and exhibiting self-control during class.  Scholars are following a multi-step sequence to create a symmetrical design of their name or nickname.  Afterwards, scholars will have a chance to earn their painting license to be able to paint and learn professional artists techniques, including CLEANUP!  WOO!  

HOMEWORK:  HAVE THE MATERIALS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THIS BLOG POST 

Questions about anything?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

Social Action Poster Example

7th grade ~ FAMU Social Action Poster

Thinking about what you stand for can be tough, but we have been digging into our belief system and
HOMEWORK:  HAVE THE MATERIALS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THIS BLOG POST AND have three thumbnail sketches (if you didn't already hand them in) of your idea for your social action project.  Include TEXT and Visual (picture).  Check fontspace.com for text design info.  Need more motivation?  Listen to Nina Simone "Mississippi Goddam".

Questions about anything?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

6th Grade Pop Artists

Thursdays are Art History Days. The rest of the art classes will be in the S.T.E.A.M. room where we will be creating fantastic artwork!  Pop Art self-portraits and Action portraits.

HOMEWORK:  HAVE THE MATERIALS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THIS BLOG POST 

attempting to figure out what message we want to send to our audience.

 and come prepared and ready to work every day!

Questions about anything?  Email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

WELCOME TO Q3!

ALL GRADES - PLEASE READ THIS 

Welcome to art class in 2016!  Each grade is set to make A LOT of artwork and I'm very excited about the things you will learn.  After reading this section, go your your grade and find out specifics.  I ENCOURAGE YOUR PARENTS TO ALSO SIGN UP FOR THIS BLOG, which is updated once a week.  I will be showing off my students' artwork, so it's important to share with everyone you know!

What you need to be successful in Art Class:
A box of #2 pencils or art pencil
A HAND-HELD SHARPENER (good quality sharpeners!)
A kneaded eraser
Something to draw on (sketchbook or paper)
Sharpie Markers (one fine point and one bold point)
An Art Folder or a folder you will always have on hand.
A pencil case to put this stuff in!  Decorate it!
FOCUS and SELF CONTROL

Parents/Guardians are invited to sign up for updates to this blog to see what's happening in art class.  If you ever have any questions, please email Ms. Hillman: jhillman@cpcsschool.org.

5th Grade Xavier

Xavier artists are starting the quarter with a project on symmetry while learning about the 5 kinds of lines and 5 line variations.

Symmetry, asymmetry, line of symmetry and their role in science and art is the focus of this project. Photos of artwork coming very soon!

HOMEWORK: Come prepared with the ITEMS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE and see you in class.

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

6th Grade FISK

"Grrrrrrrrrrr!!"
Roy Lichtenstein (American)
Oil and Magna on canvas
1965

FISK scholars are taking POP ART to a new level!  Inspired by what Hampton artists created with their self portraits, FISK is going to explore one of many links that art has to ELA through portraiture.  

Notice the use of ONOMATOPEE in his work, especially his comic book enlargements.

This project is going to ROCK YOUR SOCKS.  Stay tuned!

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

7th Grade FAMU Artists

We begin this quarter with a little inspiration from the world of current events, specifically social action and issues that affect our lives.  Scholars watched a video and inevitably made assumptions about the young man in it.  HOMEWORK:  Think about what social action issues you are interested in...what do you care about?  Here are some ideas:

Environmental issues, racial equality, stereotyping, bullying, hate crimes

We will talk / brainstorm about this more in class.  

The project: Social Action Poster with text (words) designed by you!   Think about the social issue in TEXT and PICTURES.

HOMEWORK: Think about the social issue in TEXT and PICTURES.  Come prepared with the ITEMS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE and see you in class.   

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

8th Grade Morehouse Artists

Weaving has begun.  We are working on UNDERSTANDING IMPERIAL MEASUREMENT and being able to properly measure to create the loom.  More soon!

HOMEWORK: Come prepared with the ITEMS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE and see you in class.

ALSO, BRING IN A BABY PICTURE (if you haven't already).  You can also email photos.

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