Quarter 2

8th Grade Art

(2 Day Rotation: A Day)

Days: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

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

Days:

Activities:

  1. Coil Project Demonstration.

  2. Sketch designs for the clay coil project.

  3. Make the base for the coil project.

  4. Roll a variety of coils and assemble the clay coil project.

Objectives: Take notes on the video demonstration, sketch out your designs with the requirements of the project: slab for the base, rolled coil, tear drop, twisted coil and snail coil. Create a clay coil project using the following techniques: slab for a base, rolled coil, tear drop, twisted coil and snail coil.

Assessments: Notes from demonstration, project sketch, slab for the base. A piece that demonstrates the following techniques: slab for a base rolled coil, tear drop, twisted coil and snail coil.

Standards: Create, Present, Respond, Connect

Days: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

Dates:

A Days: Monday, 11.30.20; Wednesday, 12.02.20; Friday, 12.04.20; Tuesday, 12.08.20; Thursday, 12.10.20; Monday, 12.14.20; Wednesday, 12.16.20; Friday, 12.18.20; Tuesday, 12.22.20

B Days: Tuesday, 12.01.10; Thursday, 12.03.20; Monday, 12.07.20; Wednesday, 12.09.20; Friday, 12.11.20; Tuesday, 12.15.20; Thursday, 12.17.20; Monday, 12.21.20

Activities:

  1. Byzantine Bell Video.

Homework: None.

Objectives(s): Use tools to emboss metal. Patina: use salt and vinegar to create oxidation on the embossed metal. Shape the metal into a triangular Byzantine Bell.

Assessment(s): A triangular Byzantine Bell that demonstrates the use of embossing and patina.

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

Days: 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47

Dates:

A Days: Tuesday, 01.05.21; Thursday, 01.07.21; Monday, 01.11.21; Wednesday, 01.13.21; Friday, 01.15.21; Tuesday, 01.19.21; Thursday, 01.21.21

B Days: Monday, 01.04.21; Wednesday, 01.06.21; Friday, 01.08.21; Tuesday, 01.12.21; Thursday, 01.14.21; Monday, 01.18.21; Wednesday, 01.20.21; Friday, 01.22.21

Activities:

1. Watercolor Techniques: Bands of color, thick & thin, wrist flick, painterly strokes, texture, cutting edges, wet-on-wet and dry brush.

2. Final Watercolor project.

Homework: Images for a final project.

Objective: Students learn watercolor techniques to create a watercolor piece. The techniques they will acquire are: bands of color, thick and thin, wrist flick, painterly strokes, texture, cutting edges, wet-on-wet and dry brush.

Assessment: Students will demonstrate knowledge of watercolor by using the following techniques in their final project: bands of color, thick and thin, wrist flick, painterly strokes, texture, cutting edges, wet-on-wet and dry brush.

Standards: C’s Visual Design and Production.