7th and 8th Grade Art Homework Page












8th grade HW due Tuesday 12/10

 In preparation for our visit to Robert Burch's glassblowing studio, please bring 2 questions for Mr. Burch that relate to his work, career, materials, inspiration, etc.

 7th grade HW due next class - week of 12/9

 In conjunction with your 2-point perspective city/architecture drawings, please write the story of this place in anywhere from 1-2 paragraphs to 1 page, typed or neatly written, paying attention to spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Details I'm interested in:
- Characters?
- Setting (Real or imagined?  Present day, past, future?  Weather patterns?)
- Events?
- Use of these buildings?

 8th grade HW due Monday 11/25

Your Homework will be to write down a dream (1page total) and include vivid description. Elements from this dream will be included in your next art piece. If you do not dream, you may make up a convincing dream in place of a real dream for the homework assignment. The point is to have some dream-like elements to work with. If you would choose a dream that does not have blood and guts we would all be happier.


7th and 8th grade HW due Wed 11/13

Line drawings of your GET calendar images (7th: galapagos tortoises, 8th: Shuar sacred objects and patterns), pencil on white paper.

8th grade HW due Monday 11/4

Research paper-cut book art and write down or email me with artists' names and pieces, or links to their work.  Come to class with 3 sketches along with how you will implement these ideas, and choose one that you are most inclined to use.


7th grade HW due Tuesday 11/5 

Pick an item of clothing to bring in that you will use as a subject of an art piece. This should be something that says something about you. A favorite piece of clothing can be something old and
well worn or shiny and fancy. You may want to keep it in a plastic bag if it is important to you. It may not be a shoe. Pick something that is bigger than your open hand.

I would like you to do three sketches of your item of clothing. If you draw it once and decide you would like a different item that is fine. Your drawings may be of different clothing items.



7th grade HW due Thursday 10/17

If you have already done so in class, please finish your complementary colors chart and return any colored pencils you may have borrowed.


7th grade HW

Due Tuesday 9/24 for class:
Find three greens and three browns for the ferns, grass, and tree trunk/branches in the mural, using your choice of drawing material (colored pencil, marker, watercolor, etc), making a small swatch of each color (6 total colors) on one piece of paper.


7th grade HW

Due Monday 9/16:
Completed full-color design and final proposal for mural (criteria below)


Homework for 7th and 8th 

Due Wednesday 9/11 for 8th grade:
Completed full-color design and final proposal for mural (criteria below)

Due Thursday 9/12 for 7th grade:
Complete sketch (ok if still in pencil only) and proposal for mural (criteria below)

Proposal:  3-5 sentences explaining...
1.) Purpose (Why this design?)
2.) Connection (to the TGS community and/or wider community)
3.) Benefit





 Homework for 7th and 8th grades: 

 Due Monday for 8th (9/9) and Tuesday for 7th (9/10)

 Look at examples of murals/graffiti/public art and note elements that are interesting to you and/or that you might like to integrate into your own designs.  Some starting points: blu, Philadelphia Mural Project, public art in Quito, Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Maxine Albro.  I also have books and flyers in the art room of the exhibit Orozco at Dartmouth last year.

 Please bring me 2 sentences about your findings and 2 images you found interesting. 
You may hand-write or email me at hannah@thegrammarschool.org

 Due next class:
3 sketches of your ideas, using the template as a guide, but not drawing on it yet.
7th Grade Homework



Assigned May 14th

Due May 20th



I would like a completed sketch of your CD front and back covers.  This means with songs and band name.  You may not use the computer on Monday until this is done.  Remember too that you need to have 3 images brought in digital form.  Good luck!



Yours,

William





8 Grade Homework



Due: 6/ 4    Asssigned: 5/14



Your final grade project will be your art retrospective display in the gallery.  It needs to have art from four different years, show your best work, and be well presented.  Many students came to TGS later in life and others may have art that they made in other venues.  Art from other places that you are proud of is fair game.  I would like you to have this art at school and ready to start hanging by Tuesday June 4th. Students that have been at TGS for many years will have a piece of art from each year in their school portfolio.  This is usually plenty of art to choose from. 

Yours,
William



8th Grade Homework
Assigned April 30th
Due May10

Last chance to change your Chiaroscuro image.  See last week's assignment.  Enjoy your trip.


7th Grade Homework



Assigned April 30th

Due May 6



I would like you to come up with a concept for a made up band and album with you as a member/ or star.  You need a band name, album title, artists name (could be yours) and at least 8 song titles.  It would be helpful to pin-point the type of music you “play.”  Your next class assignment will be to create an album cover (front and back) for your made up band.  I will give you more guidelines next week.



You may certainly look at favorite bands for inspiration and talk to friends and family to get ideas.



Have fun!

8th Grade Homework




Assigned: April 23

Due: April 30


Bring in an photograph that is in color and has a wide range of light and dark.  You will use this to make a painting so it should be an image that you like.  It may be a person, place or thing.  If you can bring in a B&W copy that would be fine too.  I am happy to print images for you if you get them to me in time.  I would like you to do a drawing of this image as part of your homework.


7th Grade Art Homework

Assigned: April 23

Due: April 30


We will be making album covers for made up bands using Photoshop.  I would like you to find an album cover, that you especially like, to do a color drawing of.  I would like this to be 6x6 inches on a piece of plain white paper.  I will be hanging these up in the art room, so please do a careful job.    



7/8 Art Homework

 Mid-Term Catch-Up Week.  If you are missing work, here is your chance to get it done.
Assigned: 3/27
Due: 4/3

7/8 HW ART

Assigned: 3/20/13

Due: 3/27/13



I would like you to look at the work of Li Hongbo.  There is a video on the Design Boom site that shows people moving the sculptures.  I would like your written response to these.  Describe them.  What does it remind you of? What is it about?  Why would someone make these?  Do human forms make a difference or would a car be just as cool?  A half a page would suffice.


http://www.designboom.com/art/flexible-paper-sculptures-made-up-of-thousands-of-layers-by-li-hongbo/

7/8 Art Homework

Assigned: 3/12

Due: 3/19 ( or whenever we have class)



http://www.designboom.com/art/matchstick-men-by-wolfgang-stiller/


I would like you to look at a piece titled, “Matchstick Men” by artist Wolfgang Stiller.  You may do a careful drawing of this installation or some part of it.  I would like it to be in color.  You may instead choose to write about this piece.  I would like to know anything you find out about the artist and what he makes. What do you think this sculpture is about?  How do you feel about it?  What are the materials?  How does the scale of this piece, work for it or against it?  What do you think it would be like to see it and walk through the space?  Other thoughts and comments?  A half page would suffice.



7th and 8th Grade Art Homework

Assigned: March 5

Due: March 13

The artist Liu Bolin will be exhibited in Brattleboro this spring.  He is one of a number of important Chinese artists that is making ground breaking work today.  I still cannot believe his work will be here.  I would like you to read about him and look at images of his work.  I would like a 1/2 page written response to his photographs.  What do you feel?  What do you see?  What is it about?  You should also include a description of one of the works that you found most striking.



A Google search for his images will give you plenty to choose from.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Bolin



8th Grade Art Homework
Due: Feb 26 
Assigned: Feb 25
We will be constructing cardboard and paper shoe sculptures for our next art project.  I am hoping that you will find a shoe/boot that you are excited about making.  This is either because you own it and love it or because you have a picture and wish you had it.  Or maybe just think it is awesome.

Yours homework is to bring a real shoe or a photo of a shoe to serve as a reference.  

8th Grade
Due: Mar 5

 I would like you to do two drawings of your chosen shoe and put in lots of detail.  You should spend at least 45 minutes on this homework.
7th Art Homework

Assigned: Feb 25

Due: March  6th 

I would like you to look at the pig tattoo work of Belgian artist Wim Delvoye.  An image search should give you several to look at.  I would like you to think about this art work.  Is it wrong or great?  How can he make this work and be a vegetarian?  Is eating bacon better or worse than making this art?  Why is it illegal in Europe to make this work?  I would like you to answer these questions and also say why you think what you do? 

You may also do a detailed drawing of one of the tattooed pigs instead of answering the questions – but you must come to class prepaired to discuss the work.  (30 min + drawing).



Wim Delvoye (born 1965 in Wervik, West Flanders) is a Belgian neo-conceptual artist known for his inventive and often shocking projects. Much of his work is focused on the body. He repeatedly links the attractive with the repulsive, creating work that holds within it inherent contradictions- one does not know whether to stare, be seduced, or to look away.

“Art Farm”

Though Delvoye started tattooing pig skins taken from slaughterhouses in the United States in 1992, he began to tattoo live pigs in 1997. Delvoye was interested in the idea that “the pig would literally grow in value," [7] both in a physical and economic sense. He ultimately moved the operation to an Art Farm in China in 2004 where restrictions regarding animal welfare were less strict. The pigs have been inked with a diverse array of designs, including the trival, such as skulls and crosses, to Louis Vuitton designs, to designs dictated by the pig's anatomy. The designs are created by Delvoye and his three colleagues in residence."[8] In an interview with ArtAsiaPacific's Paul Laster, Delvoye described the process of tattooing a live pig,"we sedate it, shave it and apply Vaseline to its skin.""[9] As another manifestation of contradiction in Delvoye’s art, he owns a pig farm though he is a practicing vegetarian.

(from wikipedia)




Art Electives Homework Wk 3
Due  2/7/13

Film
Black and White Photo
Graffiti
Silkscreen

 Be ready for you last class and be thinking about what pieces you want in the show.  For the 2-D people I would like 5 pieces from each of you.  This will be what your grade is based on.  This is the time when photo students often go to open studio time to print more pieces.  Filmmakers should shoot any footage that is missing so your movie is ready to go. 

  "M" and "T" You need to bring your camera to All School Meeting and Film next Wednesday!
Due 1/24/13



Film

Keep Filming

        

Black and White Photo

         Shoot another roll of film on your camera.



Graffiti

         Come to class with enough ideas to carry you through the class.  You should be ready to work.



Silkscreen
Bring in your shirts if you have not.  Come ready to make your next screen- have drawing ready or in mind.


Art Electives Homework Wk 2

Due 1/17/13

Film
To Be Announced
        
Black and White Photo
         Shoot a roll of film on your camera.  Take 20 in focus pictures for next class. 

Graffiti
         Pick a deep subject that you care about to make some art with.  This will be a chance to change the world with your art.  Also bring in a t-shirt to spraypaint.

Silkscreen
Bring in 3 or 4 solid color t-shirts to be used for silkscreening.  These need to be all cotton and you need to wash on hot water and dry them without fabric softener.  You have to have this for this week.  A shirt or shirts from the thrift store would be fine.

Art Electives Homework Wk 1


Due 1/10/13


Film
Students should come prepared to show a couple of video clips from music videos and talk about a few of the shot that they like.  They should think about how it fits in the video, what type of shot it is, and why they like it. All students should come with a charged camera and a cord to import the video they shoot.
Extra credit:  Watch one of Any Warhol's screen tests in a quite place.  Explain how it made you feel.
        



Black and White Photo

         Shoot a roll of film on your camera.  Take 20 in focus pictures for next class. 



Graffiti

         Bring to class or email me 4 plus images to be used for stencil making.  High contrast is good.  You may want to think about taking an image and making a two or three color stencil from it.  Common household objects, faces, or an image of something that you like to do –bicycle, etc…



Silkscreen
Bring in 3 or 4 solid color t-shirts to be used for silkscreening.  These need to be all cotton and you need to wash on hot water and dry them without fabric softener.  You have two weeks to get this done.
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