Art ~ Mrs. Baráibar
"Art, admiring it or creating it, makes us happy and hopeful.
It engages us, helps build self-esteem and a healthy state of mind"
May 16-27
Enjoy Yosemite and Washington, D.C.!
Farwell to 8th graders. Have a great summer!
Week of May 9 - 13
7th Grade: Optical Illusions. Finishing Op Art Cube.
8th Grade: 21st Century Architecture, Civil Engineering. Bridge construction finishes. Berlin's wall-messages for the world.
Week of May 2-6
7th Grade: Optical Illusions. Op Art Cube.
8th Grade: 20th Century Sculpture. Alexander Calder - Wire Sculpture (Mr. Cobb's class) 20th Century Architecture. New York, Germany, France. (Mrs. Utecht's class)
Week of Apr 25-29
7th Grade: Optical Art . Bridget Riley, Victor Vassarely. Op Art Cube.
8th Grade: Textile Art - Finish Emojis (Mr. Cobb's class) XX Century Sculpture. Wire Sculpture (Mrs. Utecht's class)
Week of Apr 18-22
7th Grade: Finish Tessellations. Optical Art begins. Bridget Riley, Victor Vasarely.
8th Grade: Textile Art - Finish Emojis. Introduction to XX Century Sculpture.
Announcement:
This quarter, the Art classroom will be open during lunch recess on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
Students can:
Work on personal projects. (Art Club!)
Work on missing assignments
Ask questions about grades
Play chess
Have lunch
Week of Apr 4 - 8
7th Grade: MC Escher - Tessellations.
8th Grade: Textile Art - Emojis.
Week of Mar 28 - Apr 1
7th Grade: Surrealist games. Dali, Magritte, Kahlo. Drawing.
8th Grade: Textile Art - Emojis.
Week of Mar 21-25
7th Grade: Pablo Picasso: Guernica. Surrealism. Art Analysis and Critique.
8th Grade: Cardboard sculptures finish. What art says, what artists want to say. Art Analysis.
Week of Mar 14-18
7th Grade: Self Portrait. Coloring techniques: oil pastels, colored pencils.
8th Grade: Cardboard sculptures, paper Mache techniques.
Week of Mar 7-11
7th Grade: Art History. Cubism- Picasso, Braque. Portrait styles.
8th Grade: Oldenburg's colossal artworks. Cardboard sculptures.
Week of Feb 28-Mar 4
7th Grade: Abstract art. "I could have done that". Painting techniques.
8th Grade: Art History - Pop Art. Warhol, Lichtenstein, Indiana, Oldenburg. Cardboard sculpture planning.
Week of Feb 21-25
7th Grade: Painting techniques. Color, line, texture, movement, contrast emphasis, patterns, value.
8th Grade: Drawing Unit. (Still) Portrait - Proportion, shading, facial expressions. Watercolor crayons.
We need cardboard for an 8th Grade project!
Please donate if you have any.
Week of Feb 14-18
7th Grade: Art History. Abstraction - Kandinsky, Mondrian, Klee. Elements of Art
8th Grade: Drawing Unit, final week. Own Portrait - Proportion, shading, facial expressions and watercolors.
Week of Feb 7-11
7th Grade: Art History Review. Post- Impressionism to Expressionism. Representative artists and artworks.
8th Grade: Drawing Unit. Portraits- Proportion, shading, facial expressions and watercolors.
Week of Jan 31- Feb 4
7th Grade: Art History. Expressionism -Munch, Chagall, Matisse. Paper Collage.
8th Grade: Drawing Unit. Portraits.
Week of Jan 24-28 LUTHERAN SCHOOLS WEEK!
7th Grade: Painting Recreation Challenge, American Gothic. Art History. Expressionism - Matisse, Paper Collage.
8th Grade: Graduation Tiles. Last week to work on tiles: drawing, painting, etc.
Week of Jan 17-21
7th Grade: Drawing Unit. Patterns with lines. Grid drawing.
8th Grade: Graduation Tiles. Planning, sketching, drawing, painting, etc.
Week of Jan 10-14
7th Grade: Painting Restoration Project. American Gothic by Grant Wood.
8th Grade: Painting Restoration Project. The Scream by Edvard Munch.
Week of Jan 3-7
7th Grade: Art History. Post-Impressionism. Cézanne and Still Life.
8th Grade: Painting techniques. Watercolors, tempera, acrylic.
Week of Dec 13-17
7th Grade: Art History - Post-Impressionism. Pointillism
8th Grade: 20th Century Photography. Challenges.
Week of Dec 7-10
7th Grade: Art History - Post-Impressionism. Seurat and his Pointillism style.
8th Grade: Photography. Rule of thirds, types, tips and practice.
Week of Nov 29-Dec 3
7th Grade: Art History - Post-Impressionism. Cezanne, Van Gogh, Toulouse, Gaugin, Seurat.
8th Grade: Photography. Dorothea Lange, National Geographic.
I thank the Lord for giving me the opportunity to teach your students. They are a wonder and I learn from them every day.
I also thank you for your support and engagement.
Week of Nov 15-19
7th Grade: Art History - Post-Impressionism. Van Gogh, Master copy. Graphite-transfer technique
8th Grade: Christmas Concerts Murals, identifying famous artwork @ The Smithsonian.
Week of Nov 8-12
7th Grade: Impressionism Unit ends. Review on Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt.
8th Grade: Drawing Unit - Value scales, observational drawings, still life.
Week of Nov 1-5
7th Grade: Art History - Impressionism Project, mixed media landscape.
8th Grade: Art History - Abstract Expressionism. Rothko-Study of Color. Pollock-Action Painting
Week of Oct 25-29
7th Grade: Art History - Impressionism Unit. Drawing landscapes from real life and from pictures.
8th Grade: Art History - Abstract Expressionism. Rothko, Frankenthaler, Krasner, Pollock.
Week of Oct 18-22
7th Grade: Art History - Impressionism Unit. How space is used in artworks - background, middle ground, foreground.
8th Grade: Art History - Abstract Expressionism Unit begins.
Week of Oct 11-15
7th Grade: Art History - Impressionism Unit begins. One point perspective, landscapes, cityscapes.
8th Grade: Finishing Original Works.
Week of Oct 4 - 8 End of 1st Quarter -Grades will be updated in Sycamore by Tuesday 12th.
7th Grade: Original Works - Work on projects. Use of various media and techniques.
8th Grade: Posters presentations and evaluation. Original Work - Planning, researching, sketching.
Week of Sep 27- Oct 1
7th Grade: Original Works - Planning, sketching, use of painting and drawing techniques.
8th Grade: Elements of Art and Principles of Design Poster finish.
Week of Sep 20-23
7th Grade: Original Work - Planning, use of painting and drawing techniques.
8th Grade: Elements of Art and Principles of Design Poster. Group project, use of diverse materials and tools.
Week of Sep 13-17
7th Grade: Drawing unit. Name Zentangle. Dedication and precision.
8th Grade: Elements of Art and Principles of Design. Research and start of group project.
Week of Sep 6-10
7th Grade: Drawing unit. Zentangles and the power of patience and perseverance.
8th Grade: Tessellations, M. C. Escher. Lines, shapes, unity, pattern.
Week of Aug 30- Sept 3
7th Grade: Review of 6th grade - art history, Elements of Art and Principles of Design. Drawing unit begins.
8th Grade: Review of 7th grade - art history, Elements of Art and Principles of Design. Tessellations.
August 2021
Dear families,
My name is Deborah Baraibar, this is my 5th year teaching Visual Arts at St. John’s, and I welcome you to this school year.
Since before I became a teacher, I have been amazed at kids’ ingenuity and perspective. In art class, children are able to develop their creativity, make decisions and solve problems, which are valuable skills in our modern world.
In Junior High, we dive deeper into the different art movements from the late 19th century until now. Students research and analyze artwork from different artists reflecting on historic events that influenced them and make critiques of their own creations and their peers’. As always in this class, the effort invested on projects and assignments is one of the most important aspects of the art grade.
Visual Arts Curriculum and Program
· Arts Program derived from Core Knowledge Curriculum.
· Interdisciplinary connections with: Math, Science, History and Literature.
· Focus on: Art History and Techniques, Aesthetics, Art Appreciation and Critique.
· Use of diverse media: charcoal, yarn, wire, clay, paint, (watercolor, tempera, acrylic).
Art History
7th Grade: Impressionism, Post Impressionism, Expressionism, Abstraction, Cubism, Surrealism.
8th Grade: Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, African American Artists, Photography, XX Century Art, Modern Sculpture and Architecture.
Grades
70% Projects and Assignments
30% Class Effort and Behavior. (I understand that there are different abilities for the arts, but effort is always expected)
Grades are updated on Sycamore every Tuesday by 4pm.
Social Media
You are invited to follow the Facebook page "Mrs. Baraibar's Art Class" https://www.facebook.com/mrsbaraibar/, where students’ artwork is shared. No personal information is posted.
*If you would prefer your child's work not to be shared on social media, please let me know.
Contact info
Email: dbaraibar@sjlschool.org
Tel: (661)664-8090 ext.2133
Sycamore: Pass-A-Note
I believe that a successful learning experience is achieved when students, teacher, and parents work as a team. Please feel free to contact me at any time with concerns or questions about your student’s art education. It is my hope that she/he will have the absolute best art class experience possible, while gaining new skills and confidence throughout the year.
Deborah Baraibar
Art Teacher
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
~ Vincent Van Gogh
Art has a spiritual function, it opens the minds and hearts to the vast possibilities of human life. Literature, theater, cinematography, looking at art connect us with other people. These art forms can create spiritual changes on us. Art will always be there, you cannot stop people from making art because it is a human need. We need to paint, to make poems, to sing. Imagine the world without music, or books, or dance... art it is eternal, it is a need, it is like food, an spiritual food. If we do not have art, we will die spiritually. Paul Auster