Friday, January 26, 2018

Painting and Drawing: Introduction

Welcome to painting and drawing.

Art is not just about having a great piece of work at the end, it is about the process and what you learn and discover along the way.

What is Art? (Creature Comforts video)

What is art for? Video
What is Art (Short Vimeo video)?
What are 8 ways to look at Art (Prezi)?

Extra time videos: Making Art Series, on themes

For our first exercise, see what you can discover...

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

6th Grade: Sketch Up Sculptures

You will be researching sculpture gardens, then planning and designing your own large-scale art for the outdoors. Think about materials, location, scale, environment and design You will use Sketch up to design your model, along with landscaping.

Research:
Pinterest: THIS PAGE may be blocked for you. Ms. Fowler will present.
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (new sculptures)

CA Franconia Trip

Franconia Video
Olympic Sculpture Park
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Creator's Project Underwater Sculpture park
Theo Jansen

Sculpture Garden websites:
Walker Sculpture Garden
Franconia
Olympic Sculpture Park

6. Outdoor Sculptures

7. What is scale? Scale (Element of art)

8. Pick two random adjectives to incorporate into your sculpture.

9-12 in packet

Past student examples
Franconia sculpture park videos

Video: Getting Started in SketchUp

Extra Time games:
HomeStyler,       3Dtin,     My Imaginary City