WHAT’s UP?
7th/8th grade: We spent a bit of time learning
Vocabulary WordsQuiz January 6th
to draw realistic faces that use different values of
pencil tonal values. Students are working up to
drawing a realistic self-portrait.
Elements: Color, Line, Form, Space, Shape, Texture, Value
Principles of Design: Emphasis/Focal Point, Rhythm Emphasis-
6th graders: Silly sentences, drawings were made
to help them remember the beginning letters of
the elements of Art: Color, Form, Space, Shape,
Value, Texture, and Line…. Here are a couple of
samples from your children: Cauliflower from
London is very super super tasty. Strawberries
flying through the sky watching colorful vased
lilies. Salad sauce trout falls like violins.
Sariberry says Tyler loves the craftsy family very
much…. Too goofy! These made up for some
wild surrealism drawings!
Epic Artists/Congratulations!
Cubism:
Cassidy, Clara and Nathan!
Thanks for coming to the impromptu art showcase at
the Sweet Life Cakery: Micah, Pluma and JJ!
Announcements
Festive art on display during the band’s concert
Dec. 14th concert! Please join us! 7 pm
No sticky note assignment this month, unless you want
five points extra credit for bringing one in with
suggestions on it for sticky note assignment ideas! 
ART MATTERS-sample poemArt
Art is everywhere,
Yet we may never realize it.
Art is in the trees
That provides cool, calm shade.
Art is in the songs
The birds sing to serenade their young.
Art is in the stories
And poems we write from our hearts.
And even if there’s no more humans,
Art will thrive on forever,
Never ending
Until the last cloud disappears.
Heidi, past KMS student
All classes please memorize these:
focal point of a picture
Unity-all the parts go together to make a whole
7th/8th graders, know Art Movements/Famous Impressionist
artists….
December 10th Field Trip: Bring a lunch/lots of food-someone
might forget theirs, we need to be prepared! Wear comfy
walking shoes and weather appropriate clothes. (shh….don’t tell
anyone, bring gum and cameras/phones). Thanks again parents
for chaperoning and students who are going, thanks parents for
making sure your child gets a unique opportunity to see some
fabulous art! (When I’m done writing this, my reward is to run
downtown to preview the exhibit!!!)
HOMEWORK due
Dec. 16thth…..
A) Art in my World-see website-10 points extra credit
B) Do something creative in the kitchen-help make
something with your family. Take a picture of your
creativeness and show it to me. Send it to me via email if that’s easier. (I’m thinking cookies, cupcakes,
healthy snacks, soup of some kind….of course, sharing
is caring!)
C) Write a poem about art….an artist or draw something
copying a famous painting or building a sculpture out
of something.
D) Draw a wintery scene using unusual colors, be sure to
have a foreground, middle ground, and background to
create depth/space in a picture. I want to put these up
to welcome students back to school in the New Year,
so even a happy new year theme!
E) Tell me what you’d like to do…get prior
approval……more over in next column!
Please bring in any old CD’s!!! During Friday, Dec. 4th, I wrote a
lesson plan that involves using them! Going to use it first thing in
JANUARY!! PLEASE bring in a CD!