In this project, students learn and practice mixing colors and for every color they make, they paint a popsicle stick. Once students finish painting they use their popsicle sticks to build anything they want!

Vocabulary:

1. Primary Colors
2. Secondary Colors
3. Tertiary Colors
4. Analogous
5. Complimentary

Standards*:

1. National: Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem
2. State CCO: Students use the elements: color (primary and secondary)
3. P21: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving & Initiative and Self Directions

In this project, students begin by writing their own alliteration using a randomly chosen letter/sound. Once students have written their alliteration they create an illustration to accompany it with a clear foreground and background.

Vocabulary:

1. Alliteration
2. Illustration
3. Mixed Media
4. Space
5. Foreground
6. Background

Standards*:

1. National: Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages.
2. State CCO: Students identify and define space (foreground, middle ground, and background).
3. P21: Flexibility and Adaptability

After investigating and discussing the work of Nate Williams, a contemporary American illustrator, students use contour lines and geometric shapes to make a profile self-portrait. Once their portrait is drawn they used crayons to write adjectives that describe them or nouns that they like to show more of their personality and interests. The wax in the crayons resists the watercolor paint they used to brighten and complete the project.

Vocabulary:

1. Wax Resist
2. Adjective
3. Descriptive Noun
4. Contour
5. Illustration

Standards*:

1. National: Interpret art by referring to contextual information and analyzing relevant subject matter.
2. State CCO: Students use and identify an expanding and increasingly sophisticated array of shapes and forms
3. P21: Visual Communication

After investigating masks from different cultures, students sketch and design their own ceramic mask. Students begin by designing the mask on paper and creating their own paper stencils. Using slab building, students build their masks from terracotta clay by adding slabs of clay and carving clay away. The color is added to the masks using oil pastel and a tempera paint resist.

Vocabulary:

1. Slab Building
2. Mask
3. Oil Pastel Resist

Standards*:

1. National: Demonstrate quality craftsmanship through care for and use of materials, tools, and equipment.
2. State CCO: Students maintain the workspace, materials, and tools responsibly and safely.
3. P21: Social and Cross-Cultural Skills

Students viewed and discussed different Coats of Arms and Family Crests from all over the world. The class had open discussions on the potential meaning of some visual symbols used to represent things each person or country had on their Arms. Using symbols and art students created their own Coat of Arms that represented themselves and the things they find important.

Vocabulary:

1. Coat of Arms
2. Symbols
3. Represent
4. Family Crest

Standards*:

1. National: Create works of art that reflect community cultural traditions.
2. State CCO: Students describe the kinds of imagery used to represent subject matter and ideas.
3. P21: Creativity and Innovation