Art

Grades 6-8

The intent of these projects are to work with the materials you currently have at home. Be creative with what you have at home already; find and recycle materials to draw or paint on.

Great Things To Learn This Week

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Week 1 & 2: April 6-17

Learning Goal: .

Explore the Elements and Principles of Art in creative ways by using the materials I already have at home to express myself.

Estimated Time for The Week: 2 Hours - Enjoy your time creating art!

Learn & Practice

Directions: Throughout these two weeks, choose from the resources below to spend time creating and exploring art.

Create:

Note: To view Advanced Daily Sketching Challenges for Kids, use a non-district device.

Youtube as a whole is blocked on Edmond Public Schools' devices, such as Chromebooks and iPads. Some educational videos on YouTube have been made available for the Dashboard; however, we are not able to whitelist entire channels at this time.

Watch and Create:

Note: To view Artrageous! with Nate, use a non-district device.

Youtube as a whole is blocked on Edmond Public Schools' devices, such as Chromebooks and iPads. Some educational videos on YouTube have been made available for the Dashboard; however, we are not able to whitelist entire channels at this time.

Week 3 & 4: April 20- May 1

Middle School Art Exploration - Week 3 & 4

Please remember that the intent of these projects are to work with the material you currently have at home! Be creative and inventive with what you have at home.

Learning Goal: To expand your knowledge, imagination,and creativity by exploring and inventing through art using the shared links below. Remember to reflect on how the Elements and Principles of Art are being represented in your art and in the art you explore.


I Can: explore and invent my own art pieces while reflecting on the Elements and Principles of Art in creative ways by using the links below, and materials you already have at home to express yourself.


Time per week: 2 Hours per Week - Enjoy your time creating Art!

Learn & Practice: Throughout these next two weeks, choose from the resources below and spend time creating, inventing and exploring art. Find outlets of expression with those materials you have at home using them in unique ways.


Watch and Create - Vincent Bal Belgium artist & filmmaker creates artwork using shadows. He calls this Shadowology.

Watch and Explore Artists-

Week 5 & 6: May 4-13

Learning Goal: To expand your knowledge, imagination,and creativity by exploring and inventing through art using the shared links below. Remember to reflect on how the Elements and Principles of Art are being represented in your art and in the art you explore.

I Can: explore and invent my own art pieces while reflecting on the Elements and Principles of Art in creative ways by using the links below, and materials you already have at home to express yourself.

Time per week: 2 Hours per Week - Enjoy your time creating Art!

Learn & Practice:

Throughout these next two weeks, choose from the resources below and spend time creating, inventing and exploring art. Find outlets of expression with those materials you have at home using them in unique ways.

Watch and Create - Oklahoma Museum Tours (Explore) ~ Virtual Art Field Trip - - Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma is a general art museum housed in part in a 1920s Italian-style villa, situated on 23 acres of formal and informal gardens. The original structure is the former home of Oklahoma oil pioneer Waite Phillips and his wife Genevieve (Elliott) Phillips.

Oklahoma Contemporary spectacular new arts center.

54,000 square foot building --main gallery, classroom studios, outdoor spaces and more!

Take a peek at the Public Art planned at the Contemporary Art Museum

Photography Scavenger Hunt -Use your phone to create a photography series. To expand the project you may choose to draw your photograph using other art mediums.

Still Life Drawing Subjects and Techniques- Explore still life subjects and strengthen your drawing skills focusing on perspective and proportion.

Printmaking - Make a little work of art to make someone’s day brighter.

Paper Sculpting Create a Paper Flower - Using layered paper plates create flowers

Self Portrait using Text - Express yourself by creating a self portrait using fonts and text that reflect yourself.

Origami

Artists creating LARGE scale origami

Create a origami Transforming Flexahedron

Create beautiful origami flowers

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Teacher Contacts

If you want to share your artwork, your art teacher would love to see it: