7th and 8th Grade, Discussing Artists and Warm Up 12-7-10

WARM - UP 

After finding out who your artist is for your research topic, 

What do you think is the most interesting thing about them?

Part 1: 

Artist Research - Discovering our Artists. 

Yesterday you were assigned to a group with an artist to research. Your goal for this week is to write a three paragraph essay on this person with the model I have given you in the previous post. 

Today we are looking at and discussing the artists for your assigned groups. We will look at one image created by them, the type of art they created, medium, as well as small bits of information on their life. 

After discussing our artists we will break into our groups and begin our research! 

Don't forget about the classroom library, the online resources such as Artlex.com and Art Daily.com! 

Now onto our artists! 

Van Gogh: 

Starry Night 

Vincent Van Gogh

Oil on Canvas

Takashi Murakami

Album Cover for Kanye West - Graduation 

Takashi Murakami

Digital Painting 

William Eggleston 

Troubled Waters 

William Eggleston 

Color Photography

Andy Warhol

Campbell Soup 

Andy Warhol

Silkscreen Print

Judith Leyster

Self Portrait of the Artist 

Judith Leyster

Oil on Linen 

Gee's Bend

Stripes and Blocks

Gee's Bend 

(Linda Petty)

Fibers

Sue Coe

The Pit

Sue Coe

Watercolor on Paper

And before we forget our GLEs and SPIs for the next two weeks! 

7th Grade GLE: 

The student will explain contributions of assigned exemplary artists by demonstrating an understanding of a variety of media, tools, techniques, and processes their artists use, explain how their art influences history/culture and vice versa as well as discuss styles and themes. 

7th Grade SPI: 

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8th Grade GLE: 

The student will explain contributions of assigned exemplary artists by demonstrating an understanding of a variety of media, tools, techniques, and processes their artists use, explain how their art influences history/culture and vice versa as well as discuss styles and themes. 

8th Grade SPI: 

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