This has been a busy week in the art room! At the end of last week, students engaged in a new artist statement activity where they interviewed one another about their artwork. This activity had students think about describing their artwork with extreme detail because they had to convey their thoughts to their partner who was taking notes during the interview. Using the notes from their partner, students generated really strong artist statements at the beginning of this week. I was so impressed to see the improvement between the first and second artist statements!
Wednesday students took their Elements of Art quiz and impressed me with their knowledge there as well! With this understanding, students will be able to consciously incorporate the elements of art in their future artworks, creating stronger compositions. The Elements of Art Composition project that students completed last week are all outstanding! I am updating grades as I receive the last few artworks and I will be adding them to the Virtual Art Show next week.
Students have also been working on their Design An Ad. Each class has been given a specific Frederick-based business to create an advertisement for the Frederick News-Post Design An Ad contest. The best part about this contest is that there is a winner in every classroom! The winning artwork and the student's photo will be printed in a special May issue of the FNP. The businesses my students are creating ads for are Hillside Turkey Farm, Inc., The Frederick News-Post, Clearview CarCare, The Affiliated Barbershop, and I Made This!. I will let students know today further instructions about their DAA artwork, as the contest rules state that final artwork cannot be created at home. Students should plan to create detailed rough drafts at home (if incomplete by today) so they can create their final artwork when we return to school. I will be sending the DAA permission slips home with students AFTER the break.
More details will be shared via email later today regarding any work students are required to complete during the break.
