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Assignment 7

 

Miss Contreras

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Picking up your art supplies!


If you were not able to pick up your art supplies or PE clothes last week, you can call the office to let them know you would like to pick up your supplies and they will have them ready for you. 


This also includes any notebooks you would like to pick up from your classes. 


I still have a lot of your:

  • Canvases
  • Aprons/ paint shirts
  • Notebooks
  • Artworks
  • Sketchbooks




ANNOUNCEMENT:


Every week I will be having ZOOM meetings on Tuesdays AND Thursdays from 1pm-2pm. 


Meeting ID: 219-651-6114 

Password: 662685


Here is a tutorial I made that shows you how to get on ZOOM: https://youtu.be/3nKkWxmAoHM 



Weekly Objective:



Monday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Watch Assignment Video
  2. Begin Painting
  3. Have ¼ of your painting complete.


For Today,


  1. You will watch our assignment video. It shows you how I painted my cinnamon rolls with some tips and tricks: https://youtu.be/XejEaQh7JLA 
  2. You will begin painting and you will have ¼ of your painting completed by today.

Here is my painting ¼ complete (Click link to open):

       

CinnamonRoll 1.4 finished.jpg



Tuesday:


Zoom Meeting Today at 1pm!


Activities/Assignments:


  1. Continue painting
  2. Have 2/4 of your painting complete

For Today,


  1. You will continue to paint your artwork. By the end of today you will have 2/4 of it completed.
  2. Here is my artwork 2/4 complete (Click link to open):

 

Wednesday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Continue painting
  2. Have ¾ of your artwork completed

For Today,


  1. You will continue to paint your artwork. By the end of today you will have 3/4 of it completed.
  2. Here is my artwork ¾ completed (Click link to open):
             CinnamonRoll 3.4 finished.jpg

 



Thursday:


Zoom Meeting Today at 1pm!



Activities/Assignments:

  1. Continue painting
  2. Have your artwork finished

For Today,


  1. You will continue to work on your painting, but you will have it complete by today.
  2. Here is a picture of my competed cinnamon roll painting (Click link to open):
             CinnamonRoll finished.jpg



 

Friday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Watch Video
  2. Write an artist statement

For Today,


  1. You will watch a video that explains what an artist statement is: https://youtu.be/0UNH7dHuveY
    1. All artists have to write one about their art. I know I have written some during my time in art school, but now it’s your turn! 
    2. Tell us about your art!
  2. Here is a worksheet to help you write your artist statement (Click link to open):

     Artist statement.jpg Artist statement-fill in.pdf

    1. You do not have to print this or download it. You can answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper or on a word document. It’s up to you! 


 
 
 
 

Special Instructions:

You do not have to send in your assignments, but I would definitely love to see your painting and read your artist statements. So if you can, send them my way! 


 Miss Contreras

Email: [email protected]

Due:

Assignment 6

Miss Contreras

[email protected]



ANNOUNCEMENT:


Every week I will be having ZOOM meetings on Tuesdays AND Thursdays. 


There has been a change! Zoom Meeting Schedule will resume as normal!

Tuesday Zoom meeting: 1pm-2pm

Thursday Zoom meeting: 1pm-2pm


Meeting ID: 219-651-6114 

Password: 662685


Here is a tutorial I made that shows you how to get on ZOOM: https://youtu.be/3nKkWxmAoHM 



Weekly Objective: SWBAT research a famous artist and they will be able to experiment with homemade paint. 



Monday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Pick an artist video to watch
  2. Begin gathering information about your artist. 

For Today,


  1. You will go on youtube to a channel called Art with Mati and Dada. 
    1. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR2NlUr0yPuqRxZN_7ItHog/videos 
  2. These are cartoons about many different famous artists. Your job is to pick one video to watch and you will begin gathering information about your artist. 
    1. This includes getting information from the video as well as googling your artist to find out more information about them.

  • For today you will answer these 4 questions:
  1. Artist name: 
  2. When were they born?
  3. What did you learn about the artist from the video? 
  4. What kind of art do they create?






Tuesday:


Zoom Meeting Today at 1pm!


Activities/Assignments:


  1. Look at your artists artwork
  2. Write about their artwork

For Today,


  1. You will google your artist and find their artwork. 
    1. In the search bar, you will write: (artists name) artwork.
    2. Example: So if I picked Vincent van Gogh, this is what I would google: Vincent van Gogh artworks

  1. Once you do you will choose one that you like and you will answer the following questions: 
    1. What do you notice in the artwork?
    2. Do you see any of the elements of art (color, value, line, shape, form, texture, space)?
    3. What do you think it is about?
    4. What do you like/dislike about it? 

 

Wednesday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Watch video on creating natural paint
  2. Create your own paints

For Today,


  1. You will watch my video on how to create natural paints using coffee or tea:
  2. You will create your own with the help of your parents because you will be using hot water. 
  3. You will store your paint in a container with a lid if you have some so you can use it tomorrow. 

 



Thursday:


Zoom Meeting Today at 1pm!



Activities/Assignments:

  1.  Watch watercolor technique video
  2. You will practice and experiment using your paint


For Today,


  1. You will watch my video where I show you different watercolor techniques you could use with your homemade paint: https://youtu.be/dc5D1iBPm-4 
  2. You will practice them on a sheet of paper for today.

Here is a picture of the techniques in the video (Click on the link for pictures):

watercolor techniques.jpg

          


 

Friday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Create a sketch for your project
  2. Look at my example

For Today,


    1. You will begin an art project where you will get to use your homemade paints. For this project, you will create an artwork that shows one of your favorite things that you have done during quarantine, or a glimpse to your daily life. 
    2. For today, all you need to do is create your sketch. Here is my example:
 
During quarantine one of my favorite things that I have done is make cinnamon roll from scratch. I made them a few weeks ago and they
were really good!! So I am going to draw a picture I took of my cinnamon rolls so that I can show you a glimpse of what I have been up to
during quarantine.
 
Here is my reference picture of my cinnamon rolls and my sketch (Click on the link for pictures):

             

If you can save your coffee or tea paint for next week, please save it! We will begin painting on Monday.


 

Special Instructions:

You do not have to send in your assignments but I would love to see how your coffee/tea paints turned out as well as your sketches! If you have any questions about your homework, please email me! 

 

Miss Contreras

Email: [email protected]


 

 

Due:

Assignment 5

Miss Contreras

[email protected]

 

ANNOUNCEMENT:


Every week I will be having ZOOM meetings on Tuesdays AND Thursdays from 1pm-2pm. 


Meeting ID: 219-651-6114 

Password: 662685


Here is a tutorial I made that shows you how to get on ZOOM: https://youtu.be/3nKkWxmAoHM 




Weekly Objective:  I will be able to create my group identity project and I will be able to draw

in Mr. Doodle's style to create my own doodle.



Monday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Continue working on your artwork
  2. Finish your logo today

For Today,


  1. You will continue to work on your identity logo, but it needs to be completed by the end of today.
  2. Here is an image of my completed artwork (Click on the link for the picture):




Tuesday:


Zoom Meeting Today at 1pm!


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Watch 2 videos on Mr. Doodle

For Today,

  1. You will watch two videos on the artist, Mr. Doodle to learn about him and how to doodle like him.
    1. Here are the links to both videos:
      1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UgQsaC9c6A 
      2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ1QYWtwJWE

 

Wednesday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Watch my video
  2. Begin your own doodle, you will have ⅓ complete

For Today,


  1. You will watch a video on my own doodle where I explain some of the key points Mr. Doodle uses to create a successful doodle.
    1. Here is my video: https://youtu.be/nxUfsoDHc04 
  2. You will begin on your own doodle. You will have ⅓ of it complete by today.
    1. All you need is a piece of blank paper and a writing tool. 
  3. Here is my doodle ⅓ finished (Click on the link for the picture):

          



Thursday:


Zoom Meeting Today at 1pm!


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Work on your doodle
  2. It will be ⅔  completed

For Today,


  1. You will continue to work on your doodle and it will be ⅔ finished
  2. Here is a picture of my doodle ⅔ finished (Click on the link for the picture):

            


 

Friday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Continue to work on your doodle
  2. You will finish it today

For Today,


  1. You will continue to work on your doodle and it will be finished by the end of today
  2. Here is a picture of my doodle completed (Click on the link for the picture):

           




 

Special Instructions:

I would love to see your progress throughout the week! Send me your identity project and your doodle my way!  You don’t have to send any, but it’s exciting to see your artwork. :)

 

Miss Contreras

Email: [email protected]


 

Due:

Assignment

Miss Contreras

[email protected]


Weekly Objective: I will be able to match groups to artwork that shows their identities and I will be able to create an artwork that represents my own identity.



Monday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Do Scavenger Hunt

For Today,


You guys will learn about group identity. This is going to be important for the art project we are going to have for the rest of the week. 


The first thing you will do is: 

    1. A scavenger hunt
      1. In this scavenger hunt you will learn the definition for group identity, find your own groups, and identify some very popular ones. 
  • Here is the link for your scavenger hunt: You need to log in using a google email account to do the scavenger hunt.
 

Begin!  ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ





Tuesday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Watch all 4 videos on symbolism
  2. Explore different types of symbols

For Today,


You will explore symbolism in art. This will help you with the art project you will begin tomorrow.


  1. Explore this website that shows you 40 symbols and what they mean: https://visme.co/blog/symbols-and-meanings/ 
    1. Use this as a resource in case you need some symbols to use for your artwork. 



 

Wednesday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Watch video
  2. Create a sketch for your identity artwork

For Today,


  1. You will watch a video of me creating an artwork that I believe represents my own group identity: https://youtu.be/FhEjWKTYFw8 
  2. You will begin working on your artwork by creating a sketch of it today. 
  3. Here is my sketch (Click on the link for picture):


 



Thursday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Continue on your artwork
  2. You will have 2/4 complete

For Today,

  1. You will continue to work on your identity artwork.
    1. You will have at least 2/4 of it completed today.
  2. Here is a picture of my artwork 2/4 completed (Click on the link for picture):

 

Friday:


Activities/Assignments:

  1. Continue on your artwork
  2. You will have ¾ complete

For Today,

  1. You will continue to work on your identity artwork.
    1. You will have ¾ of it completed today
  2. Here is a picture of my artwork ¾ completed (Click on the link for picture):

You will have Monday to work on this too!




 

Special Instructions:

I would love to see your progress throughout the week! So if you would like some feedback send me some pictures of your identity project! You don’t have to send any, but it’s exciting to see your artwork. :)

 

Miss Contreras

Email: [email protected]

 

Due:

Miss Contreras

Email: [email protected]


Weekly Objective/ Work Target:   I will be able to complete my still life and I will be able to complete skill builders to practice my drawing skills. 

 

Monday:

Activities/ Assignment:

  1. Watch Video 
  2. Begin coloring and shading your still life
  3. I will have 2/4 of my still life completed

 

For Today,

  1. Watch a video of me coloring and shading my still life: https://youtu.be/0kGSkwmYsB8 
  2. You will begin to shade and color your still life using any materials you may have. 
  3. Take your time working on your still life. By the end of today you will have at least 2/4 of it finished. 
    1. Here is my still life 2/4 finished (CLICK ON LINKS FOR PICTURES):


 

Tuesday: 

Activities/ Assignment:

  1. Continue coloring/shading your still life
  2. I will have ¾ of my still life completed.

For Today,


  1. You will continue to work on your still life. By the end of today you should have ¾ of it completed. 
  2. Here is a picture of my still life where I have ¾ of it completed (CLICK ON LINKS FOR PICTURES):
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday: 

Activities/ Assignment:

  1. Continue coloring/shading your still life
  2. I will finish my still life today

For Today,


  1. You will continue working on your still life, but you have to have it completed by today. 
  2. Here is an image of my completed still life (CLICK ON LINKS FOR PICTURES):
                  01. Reference.jpg                                      04. Finished Still Life.jpg
  1. You don’t have to send me a picture, but I would love to see your completed still life! :)

 



 

Thursday: 

Activities/ Assignment:

  1. Go to Art Hub for Kids on Youtube
  2. Pick 2 videos and practice your drawing skills

For Today,


  1. You will be doing skill builders by going to Art Hub for Kids channel on Youtube. 
    1. This channel has a lot of really cool how to draw videos on pretty much everything. 

  1. You will choose 2 videos from their channel to follow along and practice your skills. 
    1. In most of their videos, they use sharpies to draw, but I recommend that you guys
draw it in pencil first in case you mess up and need to fix it. You can also go in
and color them or do whatever you would like to do with them!
c. You don’t have to send me a picture, but I would love to see your art! :)
  1. Here is a picture of a video I chose to draw along with (CLICK ON LINKS FOR PICTURES):

How to draw Bob Ross

05. Step1 Bob Ross pencil.jpg 06. Step 2 Bob Ross outline.jpg 07. Step 3 Bob Ross finished.jpg

This is the video I watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdc7r6p8SkU 


 

 

Friday: 

Activities/ Assignment:


  1. Watch video
  2. Choose a picture you would like to draw
  3. Skill builder using your non-dominant hand

For Today,


  1. This is a video where I explain the assignment as well as show you my example: https://youtu.be/OWeXER4nw0g 

  1. You will choose an image that you would like to draw. This image can be of whatever you want: anime, cartoons, original character, picture, etc. 
  2. To draw this image, you have to use your non-dominant hand. This means:
    1. If your are right handed, you will use your left hand to draw. 
    2. If you are left handed, you will use your right hand to draw. 
  3. When you do this, it helps you use the right side of your brain, which is the creative side!
  4. These drawings do not have to be perfect, try your best! It’s just a fun challenge exercise that you will get to do! :) 

  1. Here is a picture of the picture I chose to draw and the drawing I made with my left hand (I am right handed) (CLICK ON LINKS FOR PICTURES):
 

Here is the drawing if I would have done it with my right hand (CLICK ON LINKS FOR PICTURES):

09b. Right Hand Drawing.JPG


 

 

Special Instructions:

I would love to see your progress throughout the week! So if you would like some feedback send me some pictures of your still life, and skill builders! You don’t have to send any, but it’s exciting to see your artwork. :)

 

Miss Contreras

Email: [email protected]

 

 

Due:

Assignment

Miss Contreras

 
Weekly Objective: This week, I will be able to create a still life by using composition strategies and by using my observation skills.
 
Monday:
Activities/ Assignment:
  1. Watch video
  2. Fill out art supply survey
  3. Fill out art & technology survey

For Today,

  • 1. You will watch the Monday introduction video: https://youtu.be/XE4rohqB_io 
  • You will have two surveys to fill out.
  • 2. The first survey is about art supplies that you have at home. This way I can see what kind of art projects I can assign to you in the future, so check off all of the supplies you may have at home.
  • 3. The second survey is for me to see what you guys know about art and technology.

 

Tuesday:
Activities/ Assignment:
  1. Read the definition of composition and identify the 3 types you need to focus on.
  2. Watch the video on composition

For Today,

  • 1. You will watch a video on how to compose your artwork.
    • As you watch the video, there are 3 types of composition I want you to focus on:
      1. Symmetry
      2. Rule of Thirds
      3. Contrast/Color
  • Composition in art means: the placement or arrangement of visual elements, such as figures, trees, and so on in a work of art so that it catches the viewer's eye.
  • 2. The video you will watch is by an amazing artist, Sara Tepez.

 

Wednesday:
Activities/ Assignment:
  1. Read the definition of still life
  2. Watch the video on still life
  3. Pick out objects for your own still life and arrange them

For Today,

  • 1.Still life is: a work of art depicting mostly inanimate objects.
  • 2. You will watch today's video of me explaining what kinds of objects you can use for your still life and how you can compose them for your artwork:
  • 3. Your Goal: 
    1. Pick 3 objects for your own still life
    2. Arrange them using one of the 3 composition methods
    3. Take a picture of it so that you have a reference in case you need to arrange it again.

 

Thursday:
Activities/ Assignment:
  1. Watch video on sketching a still life
  2. Begin sketch of your still life

For Today,

  • 1. You will watch today's video where I explain how to begin sketching out your still life.
  • 2. Your Goal:
    • You will begin drawing the sketch of your still life by observing your object.
    • Do not draw what you think they look like. Actually observe and find all the details and the specific curves your objects have.

 

Friday:

NO SCHOOL

 

Special Instructions:

I would love to see your progress throughout the week! So if you would like some feedback send me some pictures of your still life! You don’t have to send any, but it’s exciting to see your artwork. :)
 
Miss Contreras

Due:

Assignment

Miss Contreras

Week of March 23-27

Monday: Day 1

-Objective: SWBAT analyze a virtual rendition of a famous museum by exploring it as if they were walking through it.

-Standard: VA.PR.4.7: Compare how technologies have changed the way artwork is presented and experienced (such as virtual tours, interactive screens, digital projections, virtual tours, etc.)

-Activity/Assignment

  • Your Goal:
    1. As you look through the museum, your job is to find one artwork that stands out to you the most. Fill out the day 1 part of the Assignment 1 worksheet with the artist’s name, name of the artwork, and why it was your favorite.

 

Tuesday: Day 2

-Objective: SWBAT examine an online art gallery by looking through the National Gallery of Art Museum’s Collection.

-Standard: VA.PR.4.7: Compare how technologies have changed the way artwork is presented and experienced (such as virtual tours, interactive screens, digital projections, virtual tours, etc.)

-Activity/Assignment

  • For this second part of the activity, students will examine the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc?hl=en
  • How to access the gallery:
    1. Click on the link to the museum
    2. Scroll down until you find the 42,462 items. These are all the artworks that are in the National Gallery of Art’s Collection
  • Your Goal:
    1. As you look through the gallery, your job is to find one artwork that stands out to you the most. Fill out the day 2 part of the worksheet with the artist’s name, name of the artwork, and why it was your favorite.

 

Wednesday: Day 3

-Objective: SWBAT explore art history by navigating through an interactive timeline.

-Standard: VA.PR.4.7: Compare how technologies have changed the way artwork is presented and experienced (such as virtual tours, interactive screens, digital projections, virtual tours, etc.)

-Activity/Assignment

The link for it is https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/

  • Students will explore an online art timeline created by The British Museum.
    1. Click on the right side of the screen that says: “Art and Design”
    2. Explore different artworks created over 1000 years ago by clicking on different bubbles.
      • The timeline tells you where they are from (bottom) and when they were made (left side).
  • Your Goal:
    1. As you look through the timeline, your job is to find one artwork that stands out to you the most. Fill out the day 3 part of the worksheet with the artist’s name, name of the artwork, and why it was your favorite.

 

Thursday: Day 4

-Objective: SWBAT compare different ways that artwork can be presented with technology to the traditional way in a physical exhibition.

-Standard: VA.PR.4.7: Compare how technologies have changed the way artwork is presented and experienced (such as virtual tours, interactive screens, digital projections, virtual tours, etc.)

-Activity/Assignment

  • On your worksheet, answer the day 4 Question:

For the last few weeks, we had been talking about our children’s rights artwork and how we were going to display it at the library so that you could go with your family and see your artwork.

Compare the experience of going to see your artwork in real life to your 3 experiences of seeing the artwork in an online gallery/exhibit. How has technology changed the way you can view art? Is it the same or different? Is it better? Why would it be useful to be able to see an art museum’s art online instead of in person?

 

Friday: Landscapes from the Laundry!

-Objective: SWBAT create artwork using only household available materials.

-Standard: VA. CR.2.7a: Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches.

-Activity/Assignment

  • In this activity, you will be creating a landscape. A landscape is an artwork that shows nature scenes like houses, mountains, a forest, etc. Think about Bob Ross’s paintings!
  • The only material you will need is Your own clothes! In many different colors.
    • You will choose a landscape you would like to do; you can google landscapes to get some ideas!
    • Then you will arrange your clothes into different shapes that could help you create your landscape.
    • Here are some examples:

Castle landscape                                         Tree Landscape

   

  • Attach pictures of your own landscape to the Day 5 part of the worksheet or just email them to your teacher, she would really like to see your art!

 

 

*Special instruction

For this week, you will need to download the Assignment 1 Worksheet to fill out!

There are also examples you can download for the Landscape Laundry assignment.

If you need any help or to share your landscapes with Miss Contreras use [email protected]