SIXTH+GRADE

[|State Visual Arts Core for Sixth Grade]
 * Week of Feburary 22nd-**random


 * Week of February 8th-15th-** Renaissance free art and art criticism


 * Week of February 1st-** We will be learning about renaissance art. The students will work in groups and will not be making any art work this week.


 * Week of January 18th**-We will be working on illuminated manuscripts.


 * Week of January 11th-** Finish microorganisms and tessellations. Upside down drawing.


 * Week of January 4th-** Large scale drawings of microorganisms with chalk pastels.


 * Week of December 14th-** Tessellations


 * Week of December 7th-** We will be finishing our pottery assignment as well as starting a drawing assignment.


 * Week of November 23-30th** We will be learning about ancient Greek Pottery and doing a red-figure painting. The students will need a pencil as usual.


 * Week of November 16th-** We will be finishing our drawing of the Parthenon and talking about our Traveling Sketchbook Project.


 * Week of November 9th-** We will be starting our drawing of the Parthenon. Students will continue developing their skills for linear perspective.


 * Week of November 2nd-** We will be learning linear perspective as we draw a greek temple. Each student will need a pencil and a ruler.


 * Week of October 19th-26th-** We will be doing Egyptian silhouette portraits. This will be a two- week project. They will need a pencil and if they have their own markers it would be helpful to bring them. Thanks!


 * Week of October 12th-** This week in Sixth Grade we will be exploring the aesthetics question "What is art?" We will watch part of a Golan Levin seminar ([]) and discuss in class the things that we learned from his ideas. Then we will be going outside and find the extraordinary in the ordinary and drawing it with pencil.


 * Week of September 28th-October 5th-**Mrs. Dinkel will make up her art lesson she missed on Labor Day on Monday, and the rest of the days we will be working on our soap carving of the Sphinx. Make sure your students have the soap when they come to class!


 * Week of September 21st**- We will be finishing our pastel self portraits. Also, we will need students to bring two bars of ivory soap to work on a sculpture in class in connection with egypt.


 * Week September 14th**- Pastel self portraits.
 * Week of August 31st**- Students will be given time to finish their portfolios if they have started, otherwise the classes who haven't started will follow the plans for last week. Thanks!

Week of August 24th- Art Procedures Line discussion Portfolio letters of name design examples:

Week of August 31st- Contour lines, structural lines, cross contour lines, cross contour line activities