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Please answer the following questions, thoroughly, thoughtfully, and using at least four complete sentences.

Type in a word document, save and print a hard copy to pass in. You will also post the painting on your blog, along with this written assessment.

1. Discuss three important concepts you learned in this unit and explain why they are important to you and understanding of color.

2. Are you satisfied with your results? What would you change or do differently, if you could do this again?

3. Reflect on the color unit; why do you think we asked you to create a painting based on a professional painting?

Checklist for Final Painting Portfolio:
o Print out of the painting from which you worked, along with the answers to questions
o 6 x 9 test painting
o Completed Painting
o Completed Rubric
o Written Assessment

Please mark where your work falls on each standard:
Technical AND Creative Skills

Technical Skills

Exceeds the Standard
o Portfolio is passed in on time.
o All required information is present, complete, passed in on time, and is high quality.
o Care, control, and quality in the painting are obvious and superior.
o Attention to detail is outstanding: pencil lines are not visible, edges are carefully defined, and no white spaces are showing.

Meets the Standard
o Portfolio is passed in on time.
o All required information is present. Craftsmanship and presentation of the painting, as a whole, is good quality.
o Painting techniques are consistent and good quality.
o Attention to detail is apparent and consistent.

Partially Meets the Standard
o Portfolio is passed in late.
o Some of the required information is either missing and/or incomplete.
o There are problems with the presentation and craftsmanship of the painting.
o Extraneous marks, folds, or bends begin to take away from the visual impact and/or are distracting.
o The work lacks attention to detail.

Does Not Meet the Standard
o Portfolio is passed in more than a week late.
o The assignment is incomplete and/or does not meet the criteria of the project.

Creative Problem-Solving Skills

Exceeds the Standard
o This painting is especially creative and innovative: painting demonstrates a clear understanding of the chosen color scheme.
o Mixing beyond secondary colors is apparent and used well.
o Limiting the color palette, layering, and texturing of the paint demonstrates an obvious understanding of painting qualities.
o The color scheme and painting style are combined effectively to clearly communicate the mood.

Meets the Standard
o The painting reflects the criteria of the assignment; painting demonstrates a basic understanding of the chosen color scheme.
o A good attempt has been made to mix beyond the secondary colors.
o Limiting the color palette, layering, and/or texturing of the paint demonstrates a basic understanding of painting qualities.
o The color scheme and/or painting style contribute to communicate the mood.

Partially Meets the Standard
o There are some problems with communicating the criteria of the assignment; it is difficult to see an understanding of the chosen color scheme.
o There is little evidence of mixing beyond the secondary colors.
o There is little evidence of the following: Limiting the color palette, layering, and/or texturing of the paint.
o The painting style and color scheme do not communicate the chosen mood.

Does Not Meet the Standard
o The painting does not meet the criteria of the project and/or it is incomplete.

Due Friday 12/7, post on blog before class.

By tomorrow, all students should have posted FOUR “Photos of the Week”.

Criteria:
Photograph INCREDIBLE & AMAZING photographs. Post your favorite image to your blog and explain why your posted it and explain the strategies/elements of design/composition that we have discussed and that you have learned in class.

This should be done with a digital camera. If you do not have access to a digital camera, come and see me AHEAD OF TIME, to make arrangements to do this.

Foundations in Art
Sketchbook assignment due December 14 (Friday)

Assignment:
A careful drawing, in which you:
• Find the correct proportions of objects
• Find the relationship between objects
• Find the objects’ relative positions in space
• Use a variety of marks to define the forms

You will use three (3) objects:
• A regular sized Styrofoam coffee cup or similar standard cup
• A lemon, lime, egg, apple, or pear
• An easily recognizable standard size milk or juice container (quart or half gallon)

You should:
• Draw as close to life size as your page will allow.
• Orient your page vertically
• Stand the bottle and cup up. Do NOT lay them on their sides.
• Position the three objects so that they OVERLAP each other
• As you begin your drawing, mark location points to help you figure out proportions and placement of objects on the page.
• Use line variation (light/dark, thin/thick) to indicate the light source, the structure, and detail.
• Define the shapes of your objects using colored pencils. Think about mixing colors just the way you do when you mix paints.
• Use the same color scheme you are using for your mood painting in class. Name the color scheme and the mood – in writing at the bottom of the page.
• When this homework is placed next to your painting, the two should be clearly related because they have the same color scheme.
Materials:
Sketchbook
Pencil, eraser, colored pencils
Three objects

EXTRA CHALLENGE:
Include a second cup lying on its side, with the open end towards you.

As necessary, remember to use your color book as a resource for this part of the assignment.
From the web site below choose a painting and describe its mood and color scheme for your own painting.
Return to the web site with all of the paintings, along with the color web site.

Follow the steps below for your color planning:
1. Choose a painting.
2. Create a new word document, and insert the image of the painting you have chosen.
3. Below the picture, write the name of the painting, the name of the artist, and the date of the painting.
4. Next describe the color scheme by doing the following:
a. List ALL the colors you see in the painting, be specific by describing colors beyond the secondary.
b. Which are the dominant colors?
c. What kind of color scheme is it? (Monochromatic, etc.)
d. Finally, describe the mood of the painting and explain how the colors help to create this mood. This is the mood that you will be striving to recreate in your own painting.

Once you have finished this document, print it up. You are ready to begin your painting! Hold on to the printout – it is part of the assignment!

Part 1: Planning design:

1. 2. Using newsprint, choose one letter from the alphabet; create at least 2 different designs, using the same letter.

3. Do not use straight edges, use free-form, organic lines.
4. Your letter should be a half of an inch thick – you will be cutting it out.

5. Decide on a letter design and copy or trace onto tag board.

6. the letter out of tag board.

7. Trace the letter multiple times onto white 9” x 12” tag board.

8. Overlap the letter and go off the edges. Be careful not to do too much or too little overlapping.

9. DRAW VERY LIGHTLY; THIS IS YOUR FINAL BEFORE PAINTING. You will need to erase some lines.

10. Look at your composition. Erase any lines that seem too confusing or unnecessary.

11. Share with your table group; give and receive feedback on your final composition/design.