6th Grade Art

Final Week of School

June 8-12

There are no new assigments this week!
Just cheer and celebration for making it through the pandemic and online schooling!! Hurrah for you! Yippee! Thank you for your commitment to working hard, making art, and relishing in the joy of creativity!

Have a wonderful summer and hopefully we will see you again in person at the start of the new year! There's so much to look forward to!

Ms. Judy

Celebrating our Graduates!

Weekly Assignment 9

June 1-5

Contagious Congratulations

Celebrating our 8th Grade Graduates!

This week our art is all about celebrating our 8th grade graduates! We will include your art in a slideshow that we will share with the graduates.

Here's how to do it:

Choose a celebratory word or words.
Create a piece of art around that word.
Upload your art to Unified Classroom. I'll take it from there!

Here's the link to the HOW TO slide show.

Remember - Our Google Meet is Monday from 2:30-3:00 Code - EMSArtstudio6 Hope to see you there!

Weekly Assigment 8

May 26-29

Catch-UP Week!

Look through the assignments from past weeks.
Choose one that you may have missed, or one that you didn’t get to finish, or you can choose more than one!
Complete the assignment and turn it in to Unified Classroom.
Contact me if you need help! jklima@bsdvt.org

Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, confused, or frustrated? Contact me! I want to hear from you! I miss you! I also miss your art!

Remember - Google Meet/class check in is Monday from 2:30-3pm. You have the code in an email. Hope to see you there!

Weekly Assignment 7

May 18-22

Go Ahead - Get OUTSIDE!

Exploring Artists Who Make Art From Nature

The weather continues to get better and after being home for so many weeks, it's time to get outside! This week's assignment is all about art from nature. Check out this slideshow, learn about contemporary artists who use natural materials as a way to inspire, emphasize, and praise this beautiful world in which we live.

It's your turn to use nature in your art. Use sticks, stones, rocks, leaves, bones, flowers, grass, etc. If you can find it in nature, you can use it. This week create a piece of art from nature, take a photograph of your art and submit it to Unified Classroom. Make sure you take your time with the slide show - there's lots to learn, and some wicked cool videos about land art.

Remember: Google meet on Monday afternoons from 2:30-3:00

Go Ahead, Get outside!

There's No Place Like Home

Weekly Assignment 6

May 11-15

HOME

There's No Place Like Home

"There's no place like home, There's no place like home." Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz uttered this repeatedly as a way to find her way home. Unlike Dorothy, we have all been home. For weeks. We might utter something different if we could. "There's no place like the theater, there's no place like the theater", or There's no place like Get Air, There's no place like Get Air." For some of us, home is a feeling that we carry within us, perhaps because we long for a home, or have a vision of HOME than is different than our current situation. HOME and all of its meaning is a powerful word that conjures up many feelings. Art is powerful when it can evoke emotion.

This week I'd like you to focus on HOME. And I've got some great options for you. The first is to create a HOME from cardboard. Yes! Cardboard again! That handy dandy recycled paper product that you can find just about anywhere. Check out the art and slideshow on the left, and then using your home or your idea of home as inspiration, go ahead and create your own home. The second option is for extra credit. Go ahead and find objects from your home and create the individual letters of the word H O M E. Line them up and then snap a photo of the word- HOME. Then, send me the photo.

My plan is to collect your cardboard houses and put them all together into one large piece that represents HOME. Then, we will raffle off our HOME ART. The proceeds we make will be donated to COTS. (Committee on Temporary Shelter) Feel free to get inspired and add details that might not be there. Feel free to cut out a window and add a photo of yourself looking out and hoping for the pandemic to be over. Check out the street artist, Evol and use his cardboard house art to inspire your own.

Email me when you are finished with your cardboard home and I will come pick it up.

Email me a photo of your word HOME.

Email me if you need cardboard!

Happy Week 9 of the Pandemic!

Join our Google Hangout - Monday 2:30-3pm!

My Life During the Pandemic Portrait Project

Weekly Assignment 5

May 4-May 8

My Life During the Pandemic

Portrait Project

There are times in life that are so potent, so unusual, so significant that it is important to document them. This is one of those times. There has not been a pandemic in over 100 years and never in our lifetime has life shut down the way it is right now. This is a remarkable and notable moment. This week's assignment is provides an opportunity to capture YOU at this moment in time. You have been home for seven weeks now and life has changed. Using the photographer Gregg Segal as our inspiration we will be taking portraits of ourselves this week. His portraits are powerful and capture reality in a rich visual way.

Take a look at the slide show to the left for details and step by step directions for this week's assignment. I can't wait to see your portraits!

Remember!

Email me with any questions you have.

Join our google hangout on Mondays from 2:30-3:00! Check you email for the code.

Weekly Assignment 4

April 27-May 1

Rainbows Over Burlington - Collaborative Project

Welcome back from Spring break. Our fourth assignment is a collaborative one with all exploratories. It's all about bringing hope to our community during this Covid Pandemic. Check out our video, and then review the Exploratory Rainbow Project Workflow here for all the details. Here's the direct link to the Visual Art Project should you choose that project.

Remember, you only need to choose one Exploratory project . Don't forget to submit your work to that Exploratory teacher by Friday, May 1st.

Have fun!!

Weekly Assignment 3

April 13-17

Paper Bag Masks

Welcome to week 3 of online art assignments! A big shout out to those of you who did the Optical Illusion Drawings! Pretty awesome! If you haven't yet sent me a photo of your drawing, please email it to me so I can post it. Also, send me a photo of your Coronavirus Art. I'm still collecting them! I've created a gallery of art on this site, go and check out what your classmates are creating. I want to showcase your creative accomplishments even though we are not in the building.

This week begins the first week when art assignments in exploratories are no longer optional. All exploratory teachers will be expecting you to do the assignments by Friday of that same week. We are making them short and engaging, so stay with us! ART is so good for you! It's fun, makes you happy, and adds a bit of joy and spirit to your day.

Our third assignment is all about MASKS!

As you know - last Friday the Center for Disease Control urged Americans to wear cloth face masks in public to prevent the spread of the virus. Many people have been sewing cloth face masks for themselves, as well as for others who need them. This is such a caring response and a smart way to do our part in flattening the curve.

At the same time I happened to read an article about an artist, Saul Steinberg. The two ideas of masks connected in my brain. Spark! This made me want to branch out artfully, and play with this idea of a face mask. So, I would like you to make yourself a paper bag mask. These aren't meant to be worn in public, and they are certainly not at all meant to be a prevention from the disease, nor to take away from the importance of the safety of wearing a cloth face mask in public. This is just an art assignment designed to call forth your inner designer and perhaps make you and your family smile during this stressful time.

Saul Steinberg, was a cartoonist and illustrator for the New Yorker and he spent years making paper bag masks. He often would photograph his friends and family wearing them. He would have people pose at parties and at his house. His masks are super fun to look at. Check out the photos to the left and read the attached article about him and his mask making shenanigans. Check out his simple designs and creative ideas and how much drama they add to a person and setting.

Here's the assignment:

Part 1:

Look at the photos of paper bag masks, and read this attached article.

Part 2:

Find a paper bag. In fact, find as many bags as there are people in your family if you can. If you can't find more than one, one will do. If you can't even find one paper bag, then find a piece of newspaper or paper to use instead of a bag.

Part 3:

Using materials of your choice, go ahead and design a face mask for yourself. It can be an animal, a human, or anything else you can think of. Have fun with this part. I suggest sketching your ideas out first before drawing onto the paper bag.

Part 4:

Pose with your mask on, have someone take a photo and email me the photo.

BONUS PRIZE!! Design a mask for your whole family and send me a group photo. If you do, I'll email you something fun for your bonus prize!

Optical Illusion Drawings6th Grade Student Artwork

Weekly Assignment 2

April 6-10

Optical Illusion Line Drawings

Hello EMS 6th grade artists!! Hats off to those of you who completed last week's coronavirus inspired art. The art you made was awesome!

This week I'd like you to experiment with line. Line is an element of art that is easy to do and fun to make. There are all kinds of lines; zigzag, wavy, straight, dotted, thick, thin, etc. All you need is a pencil. Actually, you can even make a line in the air with your finger!

Take a look at these short videos posted below. (If they won't play through this site, go to unified classroom view them from that site) All the videos are all about how to use line to make an optical illusion.

Grab some clean paper and go ahead and draw one, or two, or three! They are really fun to make. Be careful to watch closely for where to begin and end each line. It's very important for these techniques. It's best to use a black sharpie, but a black marker or a pencil will work too. When you are done with your drawing add color! You can use almost anything for the color, though crayon, marker, or color pencil are the best on these drawings.

As you color these in, pay attention to how dark or light a color is. Make it darker near the edges or where lines come together. Make your color lighter in the center or on the hills. This provides value and helps to give your drawing dimension - a little 3D effect.

Upload your artwork with your name onto the slideshow to the left.