Grade 7 Overall Expectations:
Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process to produce art works in a variety of traditional two- and three-dimensional forms, as well as multimedia art works, that communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings, using elements, principles, and techniques of visual arts as well as current media technologies
- Drawing and Painting (book)
- Oil Painting for the Absolute Beginner (book)
- Digital Photo Madness (book)
- Understanding Color in Photography(Cloud Library)
- Lonely Planet’s Best Ever Photography Tips (Cloud Library)
- Polymer Clay for Beginners (Cloud Library)
- Art Journal Kickstarter (Cloud Library)
- Art Before Breakfast (Cloud Library)
- Pixelmator (App)
- Adobe Photoshop Sketch (App)
- Loop (App)
- Inkist (App)
- VSCO (App)
- Camera 360 (App)
- Pixlr (online resource)
- Create Comics Online (website)
- Grade 7 Arts Lessons (website)
- Art Here and There (website)
- Crayola Teachers (website)
- How to Make a Handmade Book (YouTube)
- How to Draw a Cityscape (YouTube)
- How to Draw Cubism Art (YouTube)
- How to Create High Contrast Images in Pixlr (YouTube)
- Painting like Jackson Pollock (YouTube)
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of art works and art experiences
- Art: A Visual History (book)
- Splat! (book)
- The Impressionists (book)
- The Gallery (book)
- How to Look at a Painting (dvd)
- The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki (Hoopla)
- The Arts (Hoopla)
- An Eye for Art (Cloud Library)
- Art Anywhere Guide (Cloud Library)
- Art in Minutes (Cloud Library)
- Visual Arts Glossary (website)
- The Power of Reflection in Artwork (website)
- Gravel Pitt – Emily Carr (website)
- Reflections, Bishop’s Pond – David Milne (website)
- Paul Cezanne (website)
- Brian Jungen (website)
- Group of Seven (website)
- 40 Visual Symbols (website)
- Art Techniques and Skills (website)
- Art Mediums and Techniques (website)
- What’s the Mood? (Youtube)
- Themes in Art (Youtube)
Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of art forms, styles, and techniques from the past and present, and their sociocultural and historical contexts
- A Journey Through Art (book)
- Exploring the Life, Myth and Art of the Maya (book)
- First Nations, Art and Culture (book)
- Art History Books for Children (Hoopla)
- Children’s Arts (Hoopla)
- Ultimate Fantasy Art (Hoopla)
- Art Gallery of Windsor (website)
- Avant-garde Artists (website)
- Frank Gehry (website)
- Antoni Guadi (website)
- Windsor Endowment for the Arts (website)
- Arts and Culture Heritage Fund (website)
- Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada (website)
- Met Kids (website)
- Chine Collé (YouTube)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (YouTube)
- Carl Beam (YouTube)