CURRENT QUESTION

Report at least one fact that you know about Andy Warhol.

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ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE

PERSPECTIVE in art is a system by which three-dimensional space can be convincingly portrayed on a two-dimensional surface.  Linear perspective applies to the way objects optically appear to grow smaller as they recede into the distance.  Perspective was perfected during the Italian Renaissance by Leonardo DaVinci.

Students will create a landscape drawing of an urban street using 1 point perspective; they will add details such as awnings, street signs, sidewalks, store windows and doors, etc.  Finally, they will use color to complete their compositions.

ART MOVEMENT - POP ART

Grade 6 will be learning about Pop Art. They will use the technique of relief printmaking to create prints in the Pop Art style of Andy Warhol. 
  
After drawing a popular image from our current culture, the students will transfer their images to a printing plate, they will print the plate and pull the prints. This project requires 4 prints that will be displayed in the manner of Andy Warhol. Once a plate has been created it is possible to make many more prints than the 4 required for the project.

Sixth Grade Art Students Make Tessellations

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Tessellation by M.C. Escher

Sixth Grade Art Students are learning about the art of M.C. Escher.  Escher's work was greatly influenced by the art of Islamic Tiles which he saw at the Alhambra Mosque while visiting Spain.  The Islamic Tiles were non-figural but Escher's work portrayed many types of fanciful characters.               

CLAY TILES

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GRADE 6
THE FIRST ART PROJECT OF 2012 - 2013

The students will be creating a non-figurative, symmetric design to transfer to a clay tile. We will incise the clay with the design and, when the clay is dry, we will paint the tile with acrylic paint.

We will discuss the difference between the art of Western Cultures and Eastern Cultures; and we will look at the influence of Eastern tile design on the art of M. C. Escher.