6th grade gallery

6th Grade Gallery

The adopted text for the 6th grade curriculum is Introducing Art published by McGraw/Hill

	SELECTED STUDENT WORK
COLOR WHEEL		Tempera Paint 18" x 24"
The Elements of Art Line Shape Color Value Texture Form Space		The study of color theory begins with the concepts taught with the color wheel. These include Primary Colors, Secondary Colors, Complimentary Colors, Analogous Colors, Warm and Cool Colors. The students were challenged to design their own color wheels, that have both good design and work as a color wheel


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SELF PORTRAITS		Tempera Paint


	These paintings were completed during the study of the Element of Art-Color. They worked from digital pictures, studied and employed good aspects of composition, then created the paintings using a complimentary color scheme
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TESSELATIONS		Crayon
	The students in 6th grade, in conjunction with the math department, study the art of tessellation. The lessons began with a study of the art of M.C. Escher, onr of the greatest artist who was as passionate about math as he was about his art.

POINTILISM		Colored Markers


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FLORAL STILL LIFE		Watercolor 16" x 20"


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STILL LIFE OBSERVATIONS		Ebony Pencil and Oil Pastel



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