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Mrs. Brunkhorst's Art Class Projects Third-sixth grade students participate in art once a week for forty-five minutes. This semester my third-sixth graders will be reviewing the Elements of Art: Line, shape, form, space, value, color and texture. The students discuss each element in detail and apply it to the art work in the weekly activity. Students will be studying various art history periods/cultures and works of art from those periods/cultures, famous artists and their works of art as well as creating art work based on those styles. Students will also critique famous works of art, student work and their own art work during the semester. Third grade projects: Discussion on art, God-made/man-made art, art mediums, reviewing the elements and principles of art, line designs, geometric/organic shape designs, developing skills in using a paintbrush like a pencil/pen, drawing and creating 3-D forms, positive/negative space drawings/designs, Academic Art Fair theme drawings for competition, value studies incorporating light and dark areas/shading techniques, color wheel reviews, color scheme paintings(primary, secondary, warm and cool colors) and textured prints. Fourth grade projects: Discussion on art, God-made/man-made art, art mediums, reviewing the elements and principles of art, line/shape name designs, geometric/organic shape designs, developing skills in using a paintbrush like a pencil/pen, drawing and creating 3-D forms, positive/negative space drawings/designs, Academic Art Fair theme drawings and Art Memory (art history, artsits and famous works of art from various periods) for PSIA competitions, value studies incorporating light and dark areas/shading techniques, color wheel reviews, color scheme paintings(intermediate/tertiary colors) and textured prints. Fifth grade projects: Discussion on art, God-made/man-made art, art mediums and reviewing the elements and principles of art, line/shape(geometric and organic) designs, developing skills in using a paintbrush like a pencil/pen, discussion on art careers, advertising The St. Monica Book Fair project integrating art & technology(brainstorm theme ideas/symbols, roughdraft drawings/designs, final draft drawings/designs created in computer class, final colored drawing/design displayed throughout the campus) drawing and creating 3-D forms, positive/negative space drawings/designs, value studies incorporating light and dark areas/shading techniques, Academic Art Fair and PSIA On-Site still life competition drawings, color wheel reviews, color scheme paintings(analogous) and textured prints. Sixth grade projects: Discussion on art, God-made/man-made art, art mediums and reviewing the elements and principles of art, line/shape(geometric and organic) designs, developing skills in using a paintbrush like a pencil/pen, Lions Club "Peace Around the World" poster contest(brainstorm theme ideas/symbols, roughdraft drawings/designs, final draft drawings/designs, final colored drawings/designs) value studies incorporating light and dark areas/shading techniques, Academic and PSIA On-Site still life competition drawings, color wheel review, color scheme paintings(monochromatic) and textured prints. Seventh and eighth graders participate in art as a chosen elective twice a week for forty-five minutes each quarter. This first quarter students are participating in 3-D clay design. Students are creating clay slabs, slab reliefs, pinch-pot constructions, coil-pot constructions, animal and abstract sculptures. Students will glaze, display and critique the art work later in the quarter. Student art work will be displayed in the cafeteria hallway. Mrs. Saunders and I will take turns hanging up art work to view. I hope you have some time to see the displayed art work throughout the year. Student art grades are based on a participation grade at this time. There are several on-going projects and final grades are not recorded until art work in completed. Student art conduct grades are based on the entire quarter due to limited time student are in class. Most students receive a "G" for conduct at progress report time. Students may receive an "E" for conduct on report cards as long as they are following the class rules: 1. Please enter room quietly. 2. Please respect teacher and students. 3. Please listen to instructions without talking. 4. Please work and clean up quietly. 5. Please leave room quietly. We are having a great time in art and being very creative.
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