WELCOME TO ART CLASS!

All classes will have the opportunity to make art using various supplies such as crayons, markers, paint, colored pencils, oil pastels, and collage. The art we make varies by grade level. We will talk about and see examples of art from famous artists throughout history. Students will see how art can cross the curriculum and support other subjects such as math, science, and language arts.

All classes will begin by drawing and coloring a cover for their folders/sketchbooks. Then all classes will learn about the color wheel and different color schemes.

***SUPPLY LIST***

PENCIL ( A MUST EVERY DAY)   

I will provide everything else for each student.                    (You may bring in your own crayons, color pencils, markers and fine point SHARPIE, if you like.)

***GRADING***
Grades in art class are based largely on:

EFFORT---Did you try your best?

PARTICIPATION---Did you use your class time wisely?

NEATNESS---Did you color, draw, or paint it carefully?

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS---Did you the follow directions for the art work?

COMPLETION---Did you finish the art work and turn it in? (Students are given plenty of class time to complete all art. If students ever need to stay after school to finish their art they are welcome to do so. Just let me know!)

Fine Arts is one subject that has not yet been switched over to the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS), but some Quality Core Curriculum (QCC) standards we achieve in art include:

1    Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Plans and creates artworks using the principles of design to organize the elements of art for creating a composition.

3    Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Uses art materials and techniques.

6    Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Demonstrates proper care and safe use of art materials and tools.  

7    Topic: Connections
Standard: Applies concepts and ideas from another discipline and its topics as sources of ideas for own artworks.

8    Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic          Understanding
Standard: Describes the properties of color (hue, value, and intensity) and the color schemes of monochromatic, analogous, and complementary.  

12    Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Identifies the interrelationships between elements of art and the principles of design in artworks and the environment.

14    Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Recognizes how artists use selected subject matter, including symbols or ideas, to communicate a message.  

15    Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Describes the expressive quality (feeling/mood) of artworks.