March 21Identify the style of each piece landscape (impressionism, expressionism, realism).

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March 22Copy the following information.

• Paint background (part that feels farthest away from you) first.

• Move to middle ground and paint foreground (closest to you) last.

• Paint base colors first and add colors as you go.

• Always start with the lightest color first (yellows and whites).

March 23/24Sketch the painting that is expressionism.

March 25Sketch the landscape and think about the difference in brushstrokes in the

foreground compared to the middle and background.

March 28 Answer each of the following questions.

1. What is the opposite of red?

2. What two colors do you mix to make orange?

3. What do you get if you take all of the yellow out of yellow green?

4. What do you mix together to get tan?

5. How do you make a color lighter without changing the color?

March 29Sketch a landscape with something

unexpected and outrageous in it.

• Here are some examples to inspire you but not to copy:

• Lollipops instead of trees.

• A big clothes pin instead of a building.

March 30/31

Sketch the landscape and think about the size of the dabs of painting the

middle ground compared to the foreground. How

many different layers of paint do you think the artist

used?

April 1Sketch the image that is the most complete and successful.

Think about what criteria the rubric should include on it.

Period 6 Rubric

• Color- blending, lights and darks (tints/shades)

• Composition- back, middle, foreground

• Texture- brushstrokes

• Content- landscape

• Styles- impressionism, expressionism, realism

• Craftsmanship- clean, not sloppy, finished

Period 5 rubric

Period 4 rubric

• Painted with acrylic • Style- impressionism, expressionism, realism• Details- look like a landscape

– Colors- well blended, tints, shades, pure colors– Texture- brush strokes should change– Composition-background, middle and foreground– craftsmanship

Period 3 rubric

• Craftsmanship

• Colors (feel like a landscape/match style)– Texture, blended colors

• Style/technique (impressionism, realism, expressionism)

• Written artist statement

• Composition (landscape- background, foreground and middle ground)

Grade the following painting using the criteria to the side.

1. Has a clear background, middle ground and foreground (1 2 3 4).

2. Blends colors well (1 2 3 4).

3. Created the texture of foliage (trees, bushes, grass) (1 2 3 4).

4. Displays characteristics from the designated style (1 2 3 4).

5. Has a variety of tints, shades and pure colors (1 2 3 4).

6. Looks like a landscape (1 2 3 4).

7. The painting has good craftsmanship and clean (1 2 3 4).

8. The painting is complete- no empty flat spaces of color (1 2 3 4).

April 4Sketch the image below and think about what it spells.

April 5Sketch the sculpture that is relief sculpture and not

in the round (can see it from all sides).

April 6/7Sketch the sunken relief sculpture (carving below the surface).

April 8Sketch the artwork that you think is low relief.

April 11Sketch the two words that will be the easiest to

see when sculpted.

April 12Sketch the low relief sculpture and think about what the artist

had to distort or change to get the image to fit the shape of a

square.

April 13/14Sketch the lantern that has the most interesting design.

April 15Number your box 1 and 2. List two things for each

lantern that make it NOT fit the criteria for our ceramic lanterns.

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