Y7 Art

Curriculum

Planning

Elements of Art

Artists

Relief Ideas

Sharon's Docs

Art Slides

Intro to Art

Upside down drawing
Video
Link

Elements & Principles of Art

Opie

Objectives

ART7.1 Level 3 Explore Art-making Conventions: apply knowledge of elements and principles using materials and processes.

ART7.2 Level 3 Generate and Develop Visual Ideas: respond to sources of motivation including observation, imagination and artist models.

ART7.3 Level 3 Document and Present work: collect, record and present visual ideas and learning in a workbook and show awareness of some basic layout principles.

Form

Colour

Line

Value

Shape

Texture

Space

Shape Value

Shading, go from light to dark, dark to ight, smudge with finger

space

Vanishing point. Straight lines disappear into VP. Straight, parallel.
Horizon.
Mntn range
Train tracks
Cross bars
Power poles
Structure (lines extending from corners to VP, then erase guidelines)

Straight, curved, thick, dots, hatched, cross hatched, thin, bold, curly, wavy,

form

Turns 2D into 3D by adding shading.
Choose light source (direction)
Shade & shadow.

texture

Everything in our world can be broken down into simple shapes
Geometric or organic

shape

Woven/basket/brick wall, water/slime, highlights to make it look wet/shiny, fur/grass/grit/sand,

Overlap, blend, add value.

colour

Project PageAssessment

What is art for?
Discussion. Why do you draw?photograph?
What is art for youtube
Front Page - choose one reason & illustrate it?

  1. Gives Hope
  2. Makes us less lonely
  3. Rebalances us
  4. Helps us appreciate stuff (link to 5ways to wellbeing Take Notice)

Equipment
Pencil - issued
Spiral book (keep for Y8)
Fine tip sharpie
Colour pencils
Pencil sharpener

Blind Contour Drawing

  • Draw object without looking at the page
    Continuous Line Drawing
  • Draw object without lifting pencil off page.

H - Hard
B - Black
More H's or B's the harder or blacker it is.

Lesson start routines

5min drawing - have objects, images, back of book - use pens/pencils in different ways

Discuss pieces of art - use language of elements.

Choose one detail to focus on - ZOOM book.

outline (outside scenery)

"draw" a poem

Sketch a memory

No straight/curved lines

Gesture drawing - draw 6 objects in 5sec or less.

Draw something from a different angle - e.g. portrait face on, side on

Elements of art cheat sheet

Symmetry Link Title

Foreground, middle ground back ground

Watercolours

Watercolour Artists - NZ

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