Quarter 1

8th Grade Art

(2 Day Rotation: A Day)

Days: 1

Activities:

1. Introduction and course expectations.

2. Make Portfolio to store work in.

Objective(s): Become familiar with the course expectations & projects. Use the portfolio to store work in the art room. The portfolio will focus on organizational skills and personal pride in student work.

Assessment(s): Students will have an understanding of course expectations. Students will use the portfolio for organizational skills in the classroom.

Standard(s): Create, Present, Respond, Connect

Days: 2, 3, 4,

Activities:

  1. Daily Doodle.

2. Oil Pastel techniques:

Tints and shades, pressure blends, stippling, scrumbling, sgraffito and blending.

Objective(s): Work with oil pastels as a medium to create tints and shades, pressure blends, stippling, scrumbling, sgaffito and blending.

Assessment(s): Students will demonstrate how to use oil pastels to create tints and shades, pressure blends, stippling, scrumbling, sgaffito and blending.

Standards: Create, Present, Respond, Connect

Days: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

Activities:

1. Basic Oil Pastel Techniques: Rule of 3's

Objective(s): Use color theory and take 3 different colors and layer them with oil pastels to create an abstract work of art with a variety of shapes. Each shape should have a different mixture of 3 colors layered.

Assessment(s): Create an artwork by using color theory and layering of 3 oil pastel colors using a variety of shapes and colors to complete an abstract work of art.

Standard(s): Create, Present, Respond, Connect

Days: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,

Dates:

Activities: Select one for a final project.

1. Flower Tree drawing with Oil Pastels

2. Northern Lights Mountain Sky

3. Northern Lights Forest

4. Oil Pastel Winter Scenery

Objective(s): Work with oil pastels as a medium to create tints and shades, pressure blends, stippling, scrumbling, sgraffito and blending to create a project.

Assessment(s): Students will demonstrate how to use oil pastels to create tints and shades, pressure blends, stippling, scrumbling, sgraffito and blending.

Standard(s): Create, Present, Respond, Connect

Days: 20, 21, 22,

Activities:

  1. Daily Doodle.

  2. Value-Added Fiber Landscape.

  3. Value-Added Fiber Landscape Video.

Objective(s): Study value-the range of light and dark ranges of color.

Assessment(s): Demonstrate use of value within your fiber landscape artwork.

Standard(s): Create, Present, Respond, Connect