Eighth Grade Art

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CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

Drawing

Lesson on linear design.

Students create a linear plot point design. Submit for evaluation.

Review value and shading.

Students create two value scales in #2 and layout pencil.  Submit for evaluation.

Students create a drawing with intersecting shapes that change degrees of value at the crossing of the lines.  Submit for evaluation.

Linear Plot Point Drawing

Value Scale

Intersecting Value and Shape Drawing

 

25A 26A 26B

 

25A 26A 26B

25A 26A 26B

Drawing

Review perspective terms and concepts.

Students draw three boxes at three differing eye levels in two point perspective.

Submit for evaluation.

Students draw a building with shading in two point perspective.

 

 

3 Boxes in 2 Point Perspective

 

 

 

25A 26A 26B

 

 

 

25A 26A 26B

Drawing

Continue building with shading in two point perspective from Week 2.

Submit for evaluation.

Students create a free-choice shaded pencil drawing.

 Building in 2 Point Perspective

25A 26A 26B

Drawing

Students continue and complete free-choice shaded pencil drawing from Week 3.

 

Shaded Pencil Drawing

 

25A 26A 26B

Ceramics

 Lesson and demonstration on clay-working techniques.

Students create a pot using the pinch pot technique.

Students use additive/subtractive techniques. 

Pinch pots put up to dry for firing.

 

25A 25B 26A 26B

Ceramics

Students fire pots in kiln.

Students glaze and refire pots in kiln.

Submit for evaluation.

Ceramic Pots

26A 26B

Computer Graphics

 

Lessons on use of IMac Photobooth, Safari and Comic Life.

Students create a five page comic book using a combination of IMac Photobooth, Safari and Comic Life.

Submit for evaluation.

 

 

 

Comic Life Comic Book

25A 25B 26A 26B

Painting

Review lesson on color theory with color theory

 study guide handout.

Quiz over color theory terms.

Students have resource time to find an image of a cartoon character to create a color-matched copy of the image.

Students draw out cartoon character.

Students work to achieve paint colors which match the original colors of their cartoon image.

Color Theory Quiz

25A

Painting

 

Students continue to paint color-matched copy of a cartoon character image.

Submit for evaluation.

 

Color-Match Painting

25A 26A 26B

 

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