Mon - Name tents, syllabus + materials, get to know the teacher, scavenger hunt
Tue - Surrealism game - learn to talk about art
Wed - Set up sketchbook, drawing pre-test
Thur - Finish drawing pre-test, learn how to take notes in art
Fri - Talk about the materials, making marks, types of pencils
Mon - FUNdamentals of art - Understanding basic line, and shape
Tue - FUNdamentals of art - Geometric and organic shapes and basic forms
Wed - How to Hold a Pencil for the right job and what is abstract art?
Thu - Abstract or representational? and Drawing a basic Abstraction
Fri - Thumbnails and coming up with ideas
Mon - Thumbnails and coming up with ideas -- What is balance in art?
Tue - Discuss basic symmetry and worksheet for symmetry
Wed - Continue discussing asymmetrical, symmetrical, and radial symmetry and balance
Thu - Finish balance notes, review project criteria, and plan 4 thumbnails for project
Fri - Finish 4 thumbnails, prep project paper, Project work day #1
Mon - Project work day #2
Tue - Project work day #3
Wed - Project work day #4
Thur - Project work day #5 Turn in Project
Fri - Art History break from drawing - Michelangelo
Mon - No school
Tue - Contour lines introduction and how to draw easy/difficult things from observation
Wed - Daily Line of Action drawing -- Picasso upside down practice
Thur - Finish Picasso drawing, Contour lines worksheet, Flowers contour
Fri - The blind contour, practice continued and understanding proportions (pencil measuring)
Mon - Drawing complex contours (2 flowers), pick project partners
Tue - Learn how to pencil measure -- understanding proportions is a crucial skill for drawing things the right size
Wed - Continue pencil measuring to learn proportions
Thur - Pencil measuring review and continue practicing -- this is a difficult skill!
Fri - How to make a solid composition and why it matters
Mon - Project work day #1 - Create a border and planning phase
Tue - Project work day #2 - Drawing lightly - H pencil
Wed - Project work day #2.5 - Continue working
Thu - Project work day #3 - Continue drawing
Fri - Art History -- 6th grade votes