Art 1, weeks 16-17 - Color
Essential Standards
B.CX.1.3 Understand how art is used to document human experience.
B.CR.1.1 Understand the art criticism process.
Monday
1. Art Show Directions: What to avoid.
2. Peer edit your Artist Statements.
3. Learn about using the Rule of Thirds.
4. Find an example of an artist using the Rule of Thirds in magazines. Create a poster with the best examples.
5. Practice drawing landscape scenes with charcoal and the Jack Hamm book: Drawing Scenery. Draw trees,
clouds, mountains, and work on layout, using the Rule of Thirds.
Tuesday
1.
Art Show Directions: View previous examples and discuss best practices.
2. View local artist, David Shoemaker’s paintings and search for where and why he uses low intensity hues.
Search the art books on the bookcases for more examples.
3. Prepare for drawing the school grounds: bring one paper, two boards, charcoal or soft pencil, erasers, pencil
sharpeners, a viewfinder, find a pretty scene, and an interesting focal point. Put your focal point object off
center: remember the Rule of Thirds.
4. On half the paper, sketch the layout of your scene in a quick gesture. Keep it “coloring book simple”. This
is a warm-up to the drawings.
5. Draw the scene before you. Keep your lines smooth and thin. Use the Rule of Thirds and draw your focal
point first. Help your neighbors with this! We will paint one or both of these with a low intensity color
scheme. Repeat the layout sketch and drawing looking at a different view of the same scene.
Wednesday
1. Art Show Directions: Practice critique using prints: DESCRIBE: Buckethead Game: whole class.
2. Bring out your drawings and compare: which has more accurate contour lines? Which follows the Rule
of Thirds better? Which will make a better low intensity painting?
3. Acquire what you need to paint the intensity scale: final substrate, paintbrush, palette knife, palette with
two complementary hues, paper towel, water cup filled halfway.
4. Create a low intensity value scale using the complementary hues you wish to use on your artwork. Your
scale should have twelve sections and have a smooth change from one hue to the other.
Your scale should look like this:
Thursday
1. Art Show Directions: Practice critique using prints: DESCRIBE: Buckethead Game: partners.
2. Get out the sketch of the scene you will paint. With colored pencil or crayon, scribble in the high intensity
hues on the focal point. You will paint the rest in low intensity colors.
3.
Final painting:
a.
Acquire what you need to paint as you did with the intensity scale.
b.
Set up your paint palette as you did for your intensity scale.
c.
Paint a watery wash of the paler of the two hues you chose. This prevents the white substrate
showing through your image. Let it dry or use the air conditioner or heat gun to dry it quickly.
d.
Paint everything in the intensities you chose. Your focal point should be in a high intensity hue
and all else should be in varying low intensities of the complementary hues.
d.
e.
Painting tips: Paint hard lines without rough edges. Paint slowly and carefully!
Do not allow paint or water to be on the metal ferrule. Wipe the paintbrush so it is not drippy.
Control your breathing while you paint. Rest your wrist on a dry part of the artwork. Fix
mistakes immediately.
Paint in layers: 1: sky, 2: farthest back scenery, 3: large foreground areas and focal point areas,
4: any details. DO NOT PAINT DARK OUTLINES. REMEMBER: PAINT TO THE EDGE.
Friday
1. Art Show Directions: Practice critique using prints: DESCRIBE: GI Joe focal point, contrast, lines.
2. Continue painting, using best practices.
Week 17:
1. Continue painting, using best practices.
2. Critique works-in-progress on Wednesday. Discuss craftsmanship especially.
3. Art Show Directions: Alternate critique appointment request due in writing.
4. Send out a ConnectEd for the art show.
5. Practice critique using prints.
6. Bring in your displays ASAP!
7. Take a photo of your display to show your art teacher for assistance as needed.
8. Bring your family and friends to the art show!
9. Practice Art Show Critique in class in groups:
a.
Describe: Buckethead Game
b.
Analyze: GI Joes focal point, popsicle stick lines, post-it contrast
c.
Interpretation: Once upon a time with art magazine artworks.
d.
Judgement: Payment, complement, fix one thing.
10. Use the art show display rubric to grade your own work.
11. If finished everything, make mounts for 3D artworks in the artshow.
Name
Low Intensity
Assessor
A
90-100
19-20
B
80-89
17-18
C
70-79
16
D
60-69
14-15
F
0-59
0-13
27-30
24-26
21-23
18-20
0-17
19-20
17-18
16
14-15
0-13
19-20
17-18
16
14-15
0-13
10
9
8
7
0-6
Requirements
met
Challenging layout, excellent
contours, focal point uses Rule of
Thirds
Wash layer first Low intensity color
scheme using at least five different
low intensity values, focal point
uses high intensity hues, rest of
painting uses low intensity colors.
Excellent details and color mixing,
no outlines
Craftsmanship Skillful use of paint, no pencil
visible, no rough edges
Artistic Vision Outstanding focal point, complex
image, excellent craftsmanship,
Wow factor
Painting
Grade