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S T U D I O A R T
GRADE 7
Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us. - Roy Adzak
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. - Scott Adams
If you can't find a way, make a way. - Mrs. Bunnell
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Look below for Summer
Day Trips to Art in our State.
http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/view/
http://artgallery.yale.edu/
http://www.arttrail.org/
http://www.nbmaa.org/
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Art Room Highlights:
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Our school had the pleasure of meeting Rob Surette and witnessed his famous talent for portrait painting, faster than anyone else. Click on his name to view his web page
Our Seventh Grade Curriculum is based on the following:
- A Unit on Line and Balance
- Review of the Elements of Art
- Review of the Principals of Design
- A Unit on Painting
- Review of Color Wheel and Groupings
- Landscape Painting with Value Scales
- A Unit on Drawing
- Drawing Composition with value scale
- A Unit on Printmaker
- Lettering and Illuminated manuscripts
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1st Art Lesson - LINE
Glossary Term: Line
Line is one of the elements of art. You can find lines everywhere you look.
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Characteristics of lines:
Weight - thin or thick
Length - long or short
Name - horizontal, zig- zag, parallel
Texture - how something feels (blurry, fuzzy)
Emotion - the feelings (graceful, smooth)
Types of Lines
1. Outline - shape only without a lot of details
2. Contour - Describes the shape with interior details
3. Sketch - Skratchy type lines that capture the general shape
4. Calligraphic Lines - Beautiful writing
5. Implied lInes not actually drawn, just the impression of
Space
Positive - You've put something on the paper
Negative - You've done nothing to it
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Color/Paint Project
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http://www.warhol.org/
CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO VISIT
ANDY WARHOL'S MUSEUM
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Artist:
ANDY WARHOL
Media: Printmaking, Paint
Style: Pop Art
Country : U.S.A
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- Color Vocabulary Notes
Color - a hue on the visual spectrum (NOT black and white)
Black = Dark
White = Light
Hue = Techniqual name for a color
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Primary colors - Red, yellow, blue
Can not be produced by mixing other colors.
Secondary - Green, Orange and Purple
Colors created from mixing 2 primaries:
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Yellow+ Red = Orange
Yellow + Blue = Green
Red = Blue = Purple
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Tertiary - Colors created from mixing a primary and a secondary colors.
"ish" Example: Bluish Green Bluish-purple
Complemetary - Opposites, found opposite eachother on the color wheel.
1. Side by side - strong visual contrast
2. When small amounts are added into original color, it will lose intensity and brightness (dulled-down)
3. When the two are equal amounts (50/50), you can prodice black subtractively.
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Yellow / Purple
Green / Red
Blue / Orange
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Warm - Red, Yellow, Orange (fire colors)
Cool - Blue, Purple, Green
Monocromatic - Mono means one, one color. Tints or shades of one color.
Analogous - Neighbors (friend to the left and right) on the color wheel.
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Surrealism Drawing
See bottom of web page for some info on Surrealism
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Salvador Dali - Surrealism
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Shade
Colors that seem darker
have a Lower Value
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Hue
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Tint
Colors that seem lighter
have a higher Value
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- A darker shade of a color.
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- Same color only a darker version.
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- To make a shade, mix a color and than add black into it.
Complementary colors can also make a shade. Example - Dark red= red + Green
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Hint: When it gets dark, pull the shades
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- Colors found in a spectrum
Found on a color wheel
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Base colors Example – Red, Yellow and Blue
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- A lighter tint of a color. Same color only a lighter version.
To make a tint, start with white and add color into it. Example – White and Blue = Sky blue
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Hint: When there’s a hint of the color, it’s a tint
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Value - lightness and darkness of a color
Colors that seem lighter = higher value
Color that seem darker = lower value
Example: Yellow has a darker value than green. Sky blue had a lighter value than electric blue.
Tint - If you add white to a color to lighten it.
Shade - If you add black or a complementary color to darken it.
Suggested Art Supplies for Personal Use
SOFT PENCIL (#1 OR EBONY DRAWING PENCIL)
- SHARPIE TWIN TIP MARKER (BLACK) (or a medium tip and a fine tip black markers)
- 24-COLOR BOX CRAYONS
- 1 PAIR GOOD PAPER SCISSORS (6" OR 7" FISKARS)
- GLUE STICK or SMALL ELMER'S Glue
- WATER COLOR TIN W/BRUSH (Crayola or Prang Brand best choices)
- 8 OR 12 PACK CRAYOLA CLASSIC MARKERS
- RED TAG PORTFOLIOS (THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE 18 X 24 PAPER)
OPTIONAL ITEMS:
SMALL BRUSHES (CHECK BIG LOTS, DOLLAR STORES)
1/4" HOLE PUNCH
MISCELLANEOUS YARN
APRON OR OLD SHIRT
1 PACK 9 X 12 MULTI-COLOR CONSTRUCTION PAPER
STAPLER
BOX or CONTAINER FOR YOUR SUPPLIES
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PRACTICE
CREATE
And
IMAGINE
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Test your knowledge of color here! 
Research your favorite artist here!
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This is my first work of art ever created. I did it in Kindergarten, where I feel in LOVE with art. Since then, I've always wanted to be an Art Teacher. Dreams do come true!
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Can you guess what my favorite dog is? My students know. |
My favorite artist is Dali. I love the Surrealism Style. This painting is right here in our own state, at the Wadsworth Museum in Hartford. Click here to learn more about the Wadsworth. |
Ckeck back for update and cool links
Contact information - Mrs. Bunnell - 945-4830
mailto:bunnellmi@watertownctschools.org
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