Assignments-Week of September 8-12

Grade 7
Elements of Art review-students will complete a review of the Element of COLOR by discussing the color families of compliment, split complement, analogous, triad, warm, cool, monochromatic, tint, tone, and shade. Students will complete a blended watercolor sample. The final mini composition will include all aspects of the element of SPACE...+, -, foreground, middle ground, back ground, optical perspective...overlap, and crop. The Sketchbook/workbook will be collected Wednesday, September 10.

Grade 6
Elements of Art review-students will complete a review of the Element of COLOR by completing a 12 hue color wheel with colored pencil. We will record a variety of color families within the color wheel such as compliment, analogous, warm, cool, tint, tone, shade. Students will receive a Space packet for review and storage in their binder/folders for reference. The Element of Art review worksheets will be collected on Wednesday, September 10.

1st Major Project!!!!
Grades 6 & 7
Introduction to our cooperative community service project with Dickerson Park Zoo will include discussion of the widely popular public art displays-American Art Parades...beginning with the original "Cows on Parade-Chicago". My classes will create "Frogs on Parade-Springfield" as a celebration of the International Association of Zoos and Aquariums' "Year of the Frog". Hickory Hills student art pieces will help save the frogs! Seventh grade will produce ceramic clay frog instruments with acrylic paint designs. Sixth grade will design a 3D frog model with inspiration coming from American Art Parades of the past. Students will write an artist statement and brief biography to be included with their frog. All frogs will be auctioned off during the First Friday ArtWalk in November at the Creamery in downtown Springfield. Hickory Hills will receive half of all proceeds raised. Thank you to Mr. Allison on the support of this unbelievable opportunity be a part of an international organization event, support the Dickerson Park Zoo's efforts to save the frog, and to display our artwork among working adult artists in our community. I can't wait to get this project started. We will take any donations of Fun Foam, beads, Model Magic, Instant Papier Mache' -Celluclay, felt, and other craft items to design our frogs.