PRETTY DOC MINISTRIES
FOR GRADES K-8: Skillfully create portraits, still lifes, and landscapes using charcoal.
Week 1: Experiment with creating facial features.
Week 2: Experiment with objects, people, animals, etc.
Week 3: Decide on subject for a charcoal composition and draft it.
Week 4: Begin and complete the composition.
ART VOCABULARY
Chirascuro- Using light and dark values to make artwork look realistic
Form- a three dimensional object
Value- the lightness or darkness of a color
Achromatic- a picture without color
Monochromatic- a picture with one color scheme.
Polychromatic- a picture with more than one color.
Competence- the ability to do work correctly
Craftsmanship- the neatness of an artwork
Required Features- things that must be included in an artwork
3D or Three Dimensional- having height, width, and depth
Still life- a picture of objects that don't move
Landscape- a picture of the outdoors
Frida Kahlo - a Mexican artist known for painting self-portraits with animals
Diego Rivera- a Mexican artist known for painting portraits and landscapes
Kathe Kollwitz - a German artist known for drawing portraits with charcoal
Paul Cezanne - a French artist known for drawing still lifes
Tinting- adding white to a color to make it lighter
Shading- adding black to a color to make it darker
Dilution- adding water to a paintbrush to make a lighter color
Stippling - using dots to make things look lighter and darker in a picture
Coiling - rolling a string of clay to build a vessel
Score - making cuts in the clay
Slip - water and clay mixture to help mend clay pieces together
kiln - a machine oven used to cook the clay
Vanishing point- the point where things disappear in an artwork
One point perspective - all objects in a picture vanishes toward one point
Two point perspective - all objects in a picture vanishes toward two points
Foreground - the area of an artwork that closest to the viewer
Middle ground - the area in the middle of the artwork that is further away from the viewer
Background - the area in a picture that is farthest away in an artwork
SEVEN ELEMENTS OF ART
Line - a dot moving across a surface
Color - reflected or refracted light
Value - the lightness or darkness of a color
Shape - a space enclosed by a line
Form - a three dimensional object
Texture - the way something feels
Space - the area occupied in an artwork
Geometric shapes - common recognizable, or symbolic shapes
Organic - freeform or uneven shapes
Relevant Art Stems
"A"-absence/without
"Mono"- One"
Poly"- More than one/multiple
Cultural Notes:Hispanic Heritage Month is the annual cultural celebration of history, culture, and achievements of the Hispanics. It began as Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968 enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It was expanded to a full month by President Ronald Reagon in 1988. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are the most famous arts representing Hispanic culture.Ines Alvidres is a Mexican artist born in Chihuahua, Mexico. She uses bright colors to form her paintings. After a friend asked her about how a painting in a museum made her feel, Alvidres made it her goal to always create artwork that evokes positive emotions.
Class Notes:
Impressionistic - loose brush strokes that capture a moment in an artwork. Key artist: Claude Monet
Post-Impressionistic - strong outlines, distorted shapes and applying colors unrealistically. Key artist: Vincent VanGogh
Expressionism - using colors to evoke emotions strongly. Key artist: Edvard Munch
Make sure this information is in your notebook from last quarter.
Tint - white added to a color to make it lighter
Shade - black added to a color to make it darker
Landscape- a picture of the outdoors
Still life - a picture of objects that don't move
Portrait - a picture of a person or animal.
FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ONLY:
Ways Art is used in everyday life:
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