6th+Grade+Art

Greek Art: 6th Grade = =

The Purpose of this project is to become familiar with Greek Pottery and it's meaning, while using 3D drawing Techniques. The Artist will: Materials: large paper, paint, pencils. Standards: S1: Skills and Process, S3: Symbolism of Greek Times, S4: History and Culture of Greek Art, S6: Connection to History
 * Observe and research about Greek Pottery using the internet and certain websites.
 * Discuss as a class the reasons for the Greek Pottery, and how it usually tells a story in pictures (sports, battle, theatrical, music).
 * Discuss Ellipses and practice this 3D drawing technique.
 * Talk about Symmetry and use it to create their sketches of their pottery (folding and rubbing, or fold and hold up to the light).
 * Create a Greek style vase using the techniques shown and create a scene that tells a story.
 * Draw on a large paper, trace, and paint using similar colors used in Greek times.

[|Greek Pottery Website Potpourri!]

[|Decorate your own Greek Vase]

[|Examples of Greek Vases]

[|Facts about Greek Pottery]

[|Britannica online Encyclopedia: Greek Vases]

Examples of Ellipses:

**__3D Unit__** **__[|How to Draw 3D Objects, letters, etc]__** == How to video: [|Shapes] []: Video with basic shading!

== 1 point perspective examples: [|Great perspective website!] [|Another great perspective website!] [|http://www.yedraw.com/animals.html#.VTapF2RViko]: Good website for how to draw animals.
 * Sketch [|Shapes] using 3D drawing, Ellipses, and shading: 2 sketches.
 * Draw a [|1 point perspective room] using a vanishing point and a horizon line. [|Fun Perspective site]
 * Draw an [|animal] using 3D techniques and shading. 3D Animal Evaluation:[[file:6th grade evaluation.pdf]]
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Egyptian Art

The purpose of this lesson is for students to explore and create Egyptian Art by building an Egyptian ceremonial mask.

The Artist will:
 * **Day 1:** Discuss what they know about Egypt and Egyptian Art.
 * Look at books and artifacts from Egyptian Art, check out iphoto slideshow.
 * Look at pictures of masks and discuss the colors and features associated with the designs.
 * Create an Egyptian Mask using: A face form, poster board, plaster strips, white chalk, and paint (gold spray paint, gold, silver, blue, red, and purple).

**Steps to creating the mask:**

Day 2: With the face form, cover with plaster strips. When dry, take off plastic face forms.

Day 3: Cut out headdress design, tape to plaster face, and plaster over that.

Day 4: Spray paint with gold paint (outside)

Day 5: Sketch designs with white chalk.

Day 6-7: Paint using gold, silver, blue, red, and purple.

Materials: face forms, plaster strips, water, 12x18 poster board, gold spray paint, white chalk, royal colors for accents.

**Standards: S1: Skills and Process, S3: Symbolism, S4: History and Culture, S6: Connection to Social Studies.**

[|Pharaoh's Mask Video] [|KIng Tut's Face Revealed]

[|Beautiful Egyptian Art]

[|short Egyptian Art Cartoon]

[|Egyptian Art Website]

[|Egyptian Art Web fun!]

[|Egyptian Art Connection]

[|Mummy Maker]

[|Egyptian tomb Adventure]

Cave Art Unit!

The Students will:
 * Listen to information and research Ancient Cave Art
 * Look at different styles of Cave Art.
 * Brainstorm what their needs/wants were back in cave art time, and compare it to now.
 * Get into a group and create their own cave drawings using group effort and stories created.
 * Draw on large pieces of brown paper with earth chalk.
 * Present their stories and drawings to the class.

[|Cave Art Link] [|Lascaux Cave Tour] Holiday Ornaments

The Shoe Project! ==

The Purpose of this lesson is for students to relate a famous artist or artist's style to a common everyday object, and create an image of that relation.

The artist will:


 * Observe several paintings, and learn about the artists and their styles of art.
 * =**Create a poster about their artist on their computer including the artists name, birth, death, style of art, (5) paintings, a portrait or photograph of the artist, and 3-5 fun facts.**=
 * Choose an interesting style or picture, and create a sketch in that similar style.
 * Bring in a shoe, and paint that painting or similar style onto their shoe!
 * Prime the shoe, sketch their design, and paint that picture (or a similar style), onto the shoe.
 * Be creative, and be able to name the style or artist they modeled their shoe after!

Materials: Shoe, several styles of paintings and artists to look at, paint, brushes. =__**Poster Examples**__= [|Paul Cezanne], by Lydia [|Da Vinci]: Will F. [|Jackson Pollock]: Collin [|Augustus Rodin]: Alec [|Homer]: Luke [|Krandinsky]: Tyler Timeline: 3-4 classes.

Standards: S1: Skills and Process, S3: Symbolism of artistic styles, S4: Art History.

