Chester Academy Art Department
2007-2008

 

GRADE 6    GRADE 8    GRADE 7 (through French I and Spanish I)

     Judy Krassowski

  

POWERPOINT Q1 Grade 8 Colored Pencil Color Theory/Value/Depth Exercise

 

POWERPOINT Q1 Grade 6 Watercolor Techniques

 

GRADE 6 ART (45 day rotation, one 45 minute class per day)             

Ì                Emphasis on craftsmanship

Ì                Exploration of the Arts and Crafts Movement and The American Renaissance

Ì                Introduction to the pottery wheel

Ì                Continued development of drawing, painting, 2D and 3D motor skills

Ì                “Crosstraining” with social studies, language arts, science and math

 

PROJECT SAMPLER:

Landscape Watercolor Painting Techniques

     (Integrated Social Studies/Art Project)

Positive/Negative Space through Scratchboard Illustration

     (Integrated Language Arts/Art Project)

Personal Monument in Clay

Wheel Vessels

Bookplates with Gold Leaf

Acetate Monoprints

Technical Skills Daily Warm-Ups

Organic and Geometric Forms (Bones and Cones)
The Art of Critique and Self-Evaluation

 

GRADE 8 ART (45 day rotation, one 45 minute class per day)

Ì                Emphasis on personal connection to art in the everyday world

Ì                Exploration of the self in correlation to Elements of Art/Principles of Design

Ì                Intermediate Level Ceramics and Pottery Wheel

Ì                Continued development of drawing, painting, 2D and 3D motor skills

Ì                Preparation for secondary school arts requirements

Ì                Discussion of careers and cultural art connections

Ì                “Crosstraining” with language arts, guidance and health

 

PROJECT SAMPLER:

Patterned Assembly Clay Pots

Watercolor Skills and Techniques

Physical Challenge Painting (opposing hand, mouth, foot)

     (Integrated Health-Guidance/Art Project)

“The Whole Package” – exercises utilizing elements and principles

Self-Portraits in Charcoal

Continued Works on the Pottery Wheel

Abstractions in Monoprint

Poetry and Art

Copper Engraving Illustrations and Poetry

     (Integrated Language Arts/Art Project)

Critique and Culture in Today’s World

 

GRADE 7 ART  7th Grade World Language students participate in art projects that support the cultural aspects of Chester Academy’s foreign language program:

 

Ì           French I:  French Impressionism, figure and gesture drawing, color theory with

         Cezanne, pastels with Monet, watercolors in Paris, Dada and Modern Art

 

Ì           Spanish I:  Papel Picado, Paper Marigolds and Poinsettias, Molas, Piñatas,

         Guatemalan Textiles, studies of Goya, El Greco, Picasso

 

Grading for all middle level art classes is based on a 12-point class day.

Points are awarded as follows:

                       

                        3 = Effort, attitude

                        3 = Knowledge of subject area

                        3 = Completion of day’s artwork

          3 = Self-reliance, care and responsibility taken with tools, materials   

                  and art center

 

For any questions or concerns:

please contact Ms. Krassowski at the above email or at 603.887.3621 ext. 208.