-To build upon the skills from 6th & 7th grade in contour line drawing.

-Defining a shape using the contour of a shape

-Using contour of a shape, exhibiting accurate prportion & size

*Contour line

*Shape

*Continuous line

-Learn how to create & use a value chart

-Students will be able to use light source on an object to create a value.

-Students will be able to use light and dark values to create highlights, shadows, and the illusion of 3-dimensional form.

-Students will learn how to vary the pressure of a pencil to create values.

-Students will learn how to blend & smudge values to create the illusion of a 3-D form.

-Students will explore how the artists have applied value to their artwork.

*Proportion

*Value

*Gradation

*Blending

*3-dimensional

*2-dimensional

*Contrast

*Highlights

*Light and dark values

*Light source

*1-point perspective

*Vanishing point

*Horizon line

*Composition

*Parallel lines

3-D Space Shape & Form Balance

-Students will create a 3-dimensional object that is visually as well as physically balanced.

-Students will identify positive and negative space and organize form and shape within those spaces a to create a 3-D sculpture.

-Students will organize form & take up real space

-Students will select & use the qualities and functions of art and apply them to their 3-D piec of artwork.

-Students will explore how functional pottery was used in other cultures.

-Students will create a piece of functional pottery to communicate their own ideas.

-Students will explore and learn how to create a piece of pottery using slab & coil techniques.

-Students will use the slip and score method of attaching pieces of clay together.

*3-dimensional form

*Positive and negative space

*Functional pottery

*Real space

*Slab construction

*Coil construction

*Slip and score

-Students will be able to identify Color schemes:Primary, Secondary, Warm, Cool colors, complementary colors, tints and shades

-Students will learn in 7th grade, intermediate colors, and split-complementary, analogous color schemes.

-Students will be able to recognize and apply color contrast to a composition.

-Students will be able create balance through color placement and repetition.

-Students will be able to recognize and apply mixing techniques used to create color schemes.

-Students will be able to use appropriate clean-up techniques related to the color unit.

*Graphic designer

*Layers

*Layer mask

*Images

*Collage

*Text effects

*Transparency

*Filter

*Balance

*Emphasis

*Unity

-Students will be able to create a composition using more than one art media.

-Students will be able to incorporate perspective drawing in their multi-media composition.

-Students will emphasize contrasting shapes and colors in the composition.

-Students will be able to identify artwork using multi-media techniques.

*Multi-media

*Composition

*Media

*3-dimensional space

*Line

*Movement

*Contrasting colors

*Contrasitng shapes