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View ArticleMS Art News – Unit 1
Hello and welcome to the YIS art blog. As an introduction to what has been happening in the last few weeks in Middle School, view the following links for a week by week unit breakdown: Grade 6 Art:...
View ArticleGrade 6 Portrait Drawings
Grade 6A students have finished their first unit on portrait drawings. You can view the unit outline here and see student work below in the slideshow, or by going directly to Flickr here. Included are...
View ArticleGrade 6 Portrait Paintings
Grade 6 students have finished their unit on portrait painting. Their unit question was “How do our personal experiences shape our identity?” and our significant concept was “Our culture affects our...
View ArticleGrade 6 video: How to tone a paper with pencil (medium value)
Watch this video for instructions and suggestions about how to tone your paper to a medium value before you begin creating your self portrait:
View ArticleGrade 6C Art Class: e-Learning Wed. 16 Oct. 2013
NOTE: THIS ASSIGNMENT IS NOT FOR STUDENTS IN 6A AND 6B Hello Grade 6C art students! As an e-Learning task, please complete the four steps below while you are home during this typhoon day. This is a...
View ArticleMaking art from OBSERVATION
‘En plein air’ is a French expression which means “in the open air”, and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. In the following video, we see British artist David Hockney...
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The secret to creativity (isn’t a secret) PART 2
“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just get on with it.” – artist Chuck Close As you Grade 6 students have learned thus far this year, making art and making art that is more advanced and more...
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How do artists make pencil drawings look so real? (check out the video and...
Grade 6 students: You already know the answer to this question! Look at the dark, dark (black really, isn’t it?) values of the shadows. Observe the lighter areas of highlights. And the gradation as the...
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New self-portraits by the Grade 6 students!
Unit 1 has come to an end in Grade 6. The Grade 6 students have been working with the overarching MYP unit question: “How does observing help us learn?” They have come to realize that in various ways...
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Grade 6 students to exhibit self-portraits at the Naka Ward Multi-Cultural...
Dec 15 update – Photos from the show: The Visual Art Department is happy to announce that 12 of our Grade 6 students will have their artwork exhibited at the Naka Ward Multi-Cultural Festival on Sunday...
View ArticleGrade 6 begins to plan their portrait paintings
Below is the video the Grade 6 students have used to practice blending colors together with paint and brush. Students are working to understanding color relationships — primary, secondary, tertiary,...
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Congratulations Grade 6 ARTSCAPE participants!
The following students will have their self-portrait drawings exhibited at this year’s ARTSCAPE 2014 exhibition in Tokyo: Vienna Gallagher Amelia Seine Shea Tanaka Meg Christiansen Tessa Coutts...
View ArticleGrade 6 expressive portrait paintings (in-progress)
The Grade 6 students are currently focused on portrait painting in MYP Unit 2 for Visual Art. The goal is to create an expressive portrait of a familiar person — oneself, a friend, or a family member —...
View ArticleGrade 6 sample designs for printmaking unit
Look at the printed patterns below and answer the following questions: How many have completely interlocking patterns on all four sides (Top, Bottom, Left, Right)? How many are partially interlocking...
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Welcome to art class, new Grade 6 students!
Hello new middle school students! Soon, you’ll have your Day 1 handouts securely glued in your sketchbooks, and then we can get busy and have fun learning new skills and knowledge in your first art...
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The secret to creativity (isn’t a secret)
Find out what artist Chuck Close and 23 other contemporary artists had to say… …about making art, solving problems, and being artists… click HERE. “Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just...
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Grade 6B: e-learning on typhoon day Oct. 6
For Grade 6B students only: because we will not have school tomorrow due to the typhoon, I won’t see you until next week, Wednesday Oct. 15. Our plan for Monday was for you to finish your practice...
View ArticleGrade 6 video: How to tone a paper with pencil
After much intense work and practice of drawing facial features in three-dimensions — with highlights and shadows — some Grade 6 students have begun their Unit 1 final self-portrait. They are initially...
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