Art 1 Beginning, week 15 - 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: Directions
2. Color in pop media, 7.5 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX0DHd5QNS8
3. Start glazing pottery.
4. If time, start making the color wheel bases for the Montierth Color Wheel Game with solid tempera and
hake brushes.
Tuesday
1. Art Show Directions: Layout
2. Color waves, 3 minutes: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-we-see-color-colm-kelleher
3. Finish glazing pottery, load and fire first glaze fire.
Wednesday Art Show Directions: Mounting artworks, physical examples & slideshow.
1. Make platforms for pottery to stand on for the art show: layered paper collage place setting, painted wood,
gift-wrapped magazines...
2. Montierth Art Games
a. Value Scale with Hair Color
b. Color Wheel Game: 2-3 teams, each makes a color wheel to fit on the floor. Make the color bases with
solid tempera and hake brushes.
Thursday
1. Art show directions: The grading rubric will be explained. Take it home and grade yourself!
2. Introduction to monochromatic color scheme project: Choose a detail of an art poster and paint it in a
monochromatic color scheme.
3. Choose a poster. Show your teacher for approval. Make a viewfinder out of two strips of posterboard,
making two L shaped pieces. With the viewfinder, and using the Rule of Thirds,
frame an interesting layout on your chosen poster.
4. Tape down your viewfinder with masking tape. Write your name on the viewfinder to identify your poster.
5. In your sketchbook, sketch the layout of your viewfinder detail as:
a. blind contour lines
b. gesture/implied lines
c. contour lines
6. On your browser, search for 'monochromatic art'.
Friday
1. Art show reminders and questions answered.
2. Discuss: What did you learn or like about the Monochromatic artworks you found on the internet?
Learn how to make a monochromatic color scale.
3. Trace your best of the three sketches onto your final substrate.
4. What is the focal point of your artwork? You will be permitted to paint one little focal point in a
complementary color for artistic vision credit. What is your complementary color?
5. Final painting:
a.
Acquire what you need: final substrate, paintbrush, palette knife, palette with white, black, and
one hue, paper towel, water cup filled halfway.
b.
Set up your paint palette as you did for your monochromatic scale.
c.
Paint everything in the tints and shades you choose. Save the complementary colored focal point
for last.
d.
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.
6. Read the monochromatic color scheme painting rubric and complete the painting.
Name
Monochromatic
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
Monochromatic color scheme, ½”
name on front bottom corner
Excellent details and color mixing
Craftsmanship Skillful use of paint, no pencil
visible, no rough edges
Artistic Vision one small complementary colored
focal point, complex image,
excellent craftsmanship,
use of tertiary hue, rule of thirds
for focal point
27-30
24-26
21-23
18-20
0-17
19-20
19-20
17-18
17-18
16
16
14-15
14-15
0-13
0-13
10
9
8
7
0-6
Name
Monochromatic
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
Monochromatic color scheme, ½”
name on front bottom corner
Excellent details and color mixing
Craftsmanship Skillful use of paint, no pencil
visible, no rough edges
Artistic Vision one small complementary colored
focal point, complex image,
excellent craftsmanship,
use of tertiary hue, rule of thirds
for focal point
27-30
24-26
21-23
18-20
0-17
19-20
19-20
17-18
17-18
16
16
14-15
14-15
0-13
0-13
10
9
8
7
0-6
Name
Monochromatic
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
19-20
17-18
17-18
16
16
14-15
14-15
0-13
0-13
10
9
8
7
0-6
Requirements
met
Requirements
met
Requirements
met
Challenging layout
Challenging layout
Challenging layout
Monochromatic color scheme, ½”
name on front bottom corner
Excellent details and color mixing
Craftsmanship Skillful use of paint, no pencil
visible, no rough edges
Artistic Vision one small complementary colored
focal point, complex image,
excellent craftsmanship,
Painting
Grade
Painting
Grade
Painting
Grade
use of tertiary hue, rule of thirds
for focal point