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Grade 7 PLACE Big Ideas: · How could we represent our relationship to the land through arts expression? · How could arts expressions show people what our environment or community mean to us? · How do Saskatchewan artists express a sense of place in their work? Step one. Biography – Use the websites below to find a Canadian artist you like who makes art based on their connection with the land. http://www.artistsincanada.com – (Click “Artists” on left hand side of the home page – then choose an artist category such as painting photography, etc. Then you will choose which province you wish to explore) Home base Saskatchewan artist website– http://www.saskart.org You will be investigating the various forms of artwork represented on these websites. You are to try to focus on an artist and style that you believe is ...
Grade 8 Scratch Paper Art Grade 8 will soon be starting a scratch art project after learning and reviewing some basic drawing techniques. Scratch art is etching made easy. We will be using black and white scratch art paper. When a student is drawing, they are removing the top ink layer of the paper with a small metal tool. All you have to do is get your image lightly drawn on top on the ink and begin drawing with the metal scraper tool. The trick here is that when you scrape into the paper, it is like you are drawing with white on black. Below are some examples of professional artists work. Stay tuned to see how our students do with this new process! Want to know more about how to do it? http://www.scratchboard.org/russhowto/index.html Our Grade 8 examples!!
The essential goal of art teaching is to inspire students to behave like artists...to feel what it is to gather an art idea on one's own and act on it. The goal is to reveal to students that art comes from within themselves -- not from the teacher.” George Szekely Art 10/20/30 Independent Art Project It is that time of year again! We are going to complete the semester with an independent art project. You are responsible for doing some research and writing a short proposal so your work can be assessed authentically, not only by me the teacher, but by you, the artist! This is an integral part of the process for artists looking to exhibit their work in public spaces. This proposal will take the place of the traditional artist statement you are used to. Proposal How to: Your area of interest · Specify the subject you are interested in and why. (Take some notes as you ask yourself: What am I interested in...
Grade 9 - 12 Painting critique Part of developing your skills as an artist is knowing how to properly critique, and describe art works other than your own. You need to be mature with your opinions and answers and avoid writing basic responses to each question. You are responsible for analysing a painting of your choice from the images at the bottom of this post. Below is a basic structure of how to write a case study. Your writing should continually flow rather than be short disjointed answers to each question. Step 1 - Copy and paste these questions into a word document Step 2 - Choose an art work from the bottom of this post and paste it into your word document Step 3 - Answer the questions Step 4 - Begin forming paragraphs from the answers to your questions (see example case study below) Hint - pretend you are writing this article for an art magazine Looking at art: Seeing Questions. Describe it. What kinds of things do you see in this painting? What ...