Sixth Grade Art

The Modern Age

Art before the written word

Art and architecture of Greece and Rome

History of European architecture

The value of art

The Renaissance

Graphic design

Birth of the isms

The artist as an activist

Elements of design - line, color, shape, form, value, texture

Analyzing Jewish, early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic symbols. 

Sculpture in the round - clay

Using primary colors to create secondary colors, color schemes - acrylic

Drawing objects based on shapes and forms, scale and proportion - pencil, pen, watercolor

Mixed media - found objects, 3-D piece

Elements of design - line, space

Recognizing principles of design

Analyzing the masterpieces

Conveying a social message through art

Influencing the viewer through art

The printing process - photography and photo emulsion

Drawing techniques - using positive and negative shapes, perspective,  using a grid, shading - pencil, acrylic

Applying elements and principles of design

Recreating an object in several art styles choosing a variety of media to achieve a desired effect - collage, oil pastel, acrylic, watercolor, pencil

Drawing techniques: drawing from photographs - mixed media

Creating a series of pieces related to a common theme - photography, painting, clay

Pictionary and Timeline

Cave Paintings

Clay Mythological Figures

Elements of Architecture

Color Theory

Personal Icon

Pictionary and Timeline

Renaissance Friend

Perspectives

Solving Art Mysteries

The Art of Advertising

Labels, Tags, and Misconceptions
Pet Portrait

Social Commentary Prints

Masters of Deception

Fantasy and Magic

Bird Art

SS, LA: Roots of Societies

LA: Mythological Figures

Math: Color schemes in fractal art

Science: Drawing live animals

Service Learning:  Honoring animals

SS: European history and culture

Math: M.C. Escher and optical illusion

LA: Surrealism

Science: Study of birds

Tour of architecture, Charlotte

McColl Center - Artists in Residence studio tour

Speaker on graphic design

Speaker on Renaissance art

McColl Center - Susan Harbage Page  "Labels, Tags, and Misconceptions"

Exhibition of Labels, Tags & Misconceptions artwork

McColl Center - Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence

Exhibition of Poetree artwork

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Mark Durham Studio

National Gallery of Art:

The Inquiring Eye: Early Modernism, 1900-1940

German Expressionist Prints

Hermitage Museum

Artcyclopedia