Oil Pastel Animals

Final Tim Burton Character Designs

Very proud of our 8th grade art students on designing an original character in the style of Tim Burton. Research and analysis was conducted on his identity as an artist and film maker. Students used his stylistic qualities to create their own character that would potentially be use

d in a Tim Burton film.

Materials: Watercolor Paper, Watercolor, sharpie

Resources: www.timburton.com, Museum of Modern Art Interactive Gallery

Tim Burton Character Design

Students are getting ready for The Art of Tim Burton Unit - where we will be exploring the art and world of Tim Burton and looking at character design.

Here's a link we will be looking at and examining from the Museum of Modern Art exhibit http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2009/timburton/
and Tim Burton's official site www.timburton.com

  Using Mac Book Minis to explore the work of Burton

 Starting our sketches

Day of the Dead Skulls

Check out our student's progress with Day of the Dead skull designs!
Using clay and paint

Silhouette Value Paintings!

In Progress...Value Study Silhouette Paintings!

Teacher Examples

Lesson Objectives:

Create a painting that uses a value scale with at least 6 different values using tinting and shading.

Students will then use black paint for a silhouette technique that will include a tree and other objects of choice.

Ma Visual Art Frameworks

1.5. Expand repertoire of 2-3 and 3-d techniques, professes and materials

3.5 Create symbolic imagery with personal invention and ideas

1.7 – Use the appropriate vocabulary related to art

4.7 – Maintain sketches and finished work

4.8 – Create and prepare for public displays

 

ART AS AN IDEA. Starting the year with new IDEAS! Let's create using "Creativity Boxes" and Free Form art

Monsters!

The Beach!

creativity boxes

Term 4 Art Exam Info

GOLD - JUNE 9 - DAY 1

CASE- JUNE 8 - DAY 6


WHAT TO STUDY

The Element of Color 

Categories/Families - Primary, Secondary, Tertiery
Color harmonies:
Complementary and Analogous Colors
 Warm and Cool Colors

 Op Art Concepts and Artists

Water Color Fish!

Here is a sneak peek into our current art lesson:

Watercolor Fish! 

Students will Understand and Apply the Element of Color to design an underwater fish scene using Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Colors.

Students mixed all colors used!