I always knew I wanted to be an artist.  After graduating from Queensbury High School, I attended Wells College in Aurora, NY, spending one semester in Florence, Italy. I hold a B.A. in Studio Art with a minor in Education. My teaching career began at HCS in 1994.  While teaching, I pursued my Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction through SUNY Plattsburgh. I continue to further my learning by attending workshops and conferences both in art and education.

 I live in Queensbury with my husband and two children.  When I'm not painting, I enjoy cooking, reading, downhilll skiing, hiking, and spending time with my family.

Grade 6 Art

Sixth grade art students will be exploring the Elements of Art and Principles of Design through various projects.  Students will attend class every other day for one semester. During this time we will be completing the following:

• Brochure design: Understanding the Elements of Art
• Grid drawings
  • Exploring pencil control
  • Maintaining proportion
  • Creating form through the use of value, shape, and line
• The Art of Early Man
  • Stencil and fabric art
  • Art history
  • Reflecting on reasons for creating art 
  • Understanding Composition: Repetition, unity, movement, emphasis
• Egyptian Art
  • Art history
  • Ceramic sculpture

 IN OUR CURRENT CLOSURE SITUATION:

WORK ON THE FOLLOWING:

• DRAWING USING VALUES 
  • Practice making different values with your pencil. Use side of the graphite.  Start light and build layers gradually.
  • Try drawing the sphere on the worksheet, then try it on a separate sheet of paper
• OP-ART
  • This is just like the one we were working on in class, except the dots are randomly placed around your paper.  Remember to go back to the dot as you make lines!
  • Select a color scheme you like to add color to the whole thing. Remember that values should be darker closer to the dots and gradually lighten as you work toward the middle of each arched shape.
  • I can't wait to see these!
• GETTING TO KNOW EGYPTIAN ART
  • Read about the hieroglyphs (these are Egyptian emojis) and try to write using these symbols
  • Draw like an Egyptian. Add color to these sideways profiles and/or make a portrait of yourself using this style.
  • King Tut's mask
    • Have you seen this before? I was lucky enough to have seen this when I was 7 and my parents took my to NYC when this exhibit was touring!  I will never forget it!
    • If you have internet access, you can look up what this looks like. It's gold with beautiful bands of lapis lazuli, turquoise, and carnelian.  Add colors of your own!

THIS IS ABOUT 3 WEEKS WORTH OF CLASS WORK. DO NOT PANIC ABOUT HAVING IT DONE FOR 3/25-26.  

I will be sending a 25 day art challenge next, with a daily activity for M-F.  I will send plenty of paper, too!

Don't forget to email me if you have questions or want to send pictures of your art!

                                                                                                  -Mrs. Holl

                                                                                                    hholl@hartfordcsd.org

Graphic Design

Students in Graphic Design will begin to explore the fundamentals of visual communication through the Elements of Art and Principles of Design.  Students will be expected to work in  Adobe Creative Suite; mainly Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, to complete exercises and projects. In addition to the Elements and Principles, students will study typography and layout.  Projects will reflect student interests as well as areas where students need additional work to master skills.

Projects will include different forms of visual communications including personal logo design, posters, invitations, CD covers, magazine advertisements, and packaging.

Students will be expected to maintain a portfolio of their work. This will be evaluated at the end of every quarter and will be weighted as a project grade.

Materials and supplies:  

• 1" 3-ring binder
• pocket folder
• page protectors
• Sketchbook or spiral notebook, for note-taking/brainstorming

WATERCOLOR PAINTING

Students will spend the year exploring their artistic ablilities and critical analysis skills through a variety or wet media and genres of art.

We begin the year with basic painting skills; color mixing, brush techniques, knowledge of materials, and the Elements and Principles.  We then move through painting with differnet types of media. Students will spend the year working with watercolor, gouache, and tempera. 

Artists in this class will also learn the proper form and vocabulary for critiquing and analyzing art.  The will write reflectively on their own work as well as famous works of art .  Students will be required to keep a sketchbook and practice outside of class. 

Materials and supplies:  

• smock/art shirt
• 9x12 sprial bound sketchbook  

IN OUR CURRENT CLOSURE SITUATION:

WEEK 1: Finish the watercolor we were working on in class:

              Days 1-3-5: Shoe "self-portrait" (Return large tablet to school with your work attached)

              Days 2-4-6: Sunflower still life (Return your completed painting to school. Make sure your name is on                  the back).

WEEK 2-3:  Saratoga Water Bottle still life

• Lightly sketch the still life in the smaller tablet
  • Pay attention to the size and spatial relationships between the objects in the photograph
• Put in light washes of the lightest values in the photograph. Yes, this includes the fabric background!
• Build values and color slowly and deliberately.  Look at the light and reflections on the bottle and the tea cups.
• Details come last, but make sure that you have planned for them: lettering and the floral detail on the china.  Small brushes, little water, or else it will run! Don't work, wet next to wet unless you want colors to run.
• RETURN COMPLETED WORK THE WEEK OF 3/30-4/3.

EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, OR SEND PHOTOS OF YOUR WORK IN PROGRESS AND I WILL HELP YOU OUT.

                                                                                                                                -MRS.HOLL

                                                                                                                                  hholl@hartfordcsd.org