Welcome to Middle School Art!
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Course Description What are we going to do?
In this course you will:
-Meet the State Standards for Art
-Study and use the Elements and Principles of Design
-Learn new media and techniques
-Study and critique famous artists and student work
-Study and use a variety of Artistic styles
-Study careers in Art
-Have Fun!
Grading -
Projects are worth 60% of your final grade for the course and are graded on the following criteria. (Each criteria is worth 20% of the grade for the project.)
Following Directions
Use of Techniques
Creativity
Effort
Craftsmanship
-Tests and quizzes given throughout the course are worth 20% of your final grade for the class. Writing assignments are test grades.
-Students are required to keep a sketchbook of assignments throughout the semester, this will be turned in to me periodically and is worth 20% of your final grade for the course.
Make up work
Students are allowed two school days for every one day absent before an assignment is considered late. Assignments lose 10% for every day they are not turned in.
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Middle School Students- start your artist research here. These 3 links are a great starting point for finding and researching new artists.
Artist Biographies
Artchive
Art cyclopedia