This week in art...Feb. 13

Happy Valentine's Day Week!
This week in art, students will

• Learn about the American Pop Artist, Modern hard-edge painter and sculptor Robert Indiana
• Learn about color theory through completing a painting, color wheel, and a variety of value scales
• Advanced Art: Kandinsky VALUE color study painting
• CREATE! a hard-edge LOVE painting in complementary colors using the relief process
• Understand how to create FORM in painting through shading with complementary colors, tints and shades
• Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the African-American artist 
• Jean-Michel Basquiat

MI benchmarks and standards:

ART.VA.I.HS.1 Apply acquired knowledge and skills to the creative problem solving process. (21st Century Skills: I.4, II.2) ART.VA.I.HS.2 Intentionally use art materials and tools when applying techniques and skills to communicate ideas. (21st Century Skills: I.6, III.3, III.6) ART.VA.I.HS.3 Demonstrate understanding of organizational principles and methods to solve specific visual arts problems. (21st Century Skills: I.4, II.5, III.3)

 ART.VA.II.8.1 Effectively identify, design, and solve creative problems. ART.VA.II.8.2 Effectively develop and apply critical thinking strategies through the art making process. ART.VA.II.8.3 Effectively collaborate, communicate, and work with others to create new ideas.
  

Example PHS & PMS Robert Indiana Hard Edge painting