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: The Complete Artist’s Handbook (Book)
- Introduction to Drawing and Painting with Pastels (Book)
- Complete Drawling and Painting Handbook (Book)
- Oil Painting for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Oil Painting (Book)
- Digital Photo Madness: 50 Weird & Wacky Things to Do with Your Digital Camera (Book)
- Painting Course: Introduction to Drawing, Watercolour, Gouache and Tempera, Pastel and Acrylic, Oil Painting (Book)
- Understanding Color in Photography (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Lonely Planet’s Best Ever Photography Tips (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Polymer Clay for Beginners (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Art Journal Kickstarter (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Art Before Breakfast (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Inktober Daily Challenge: 31 Days of Drawing and Painting with Ink (Website)
- How to Make a Handmade Book (YouTube)
- How to Draw a Panoramic City Skyline or Cityscape with Buildings (YouTube)
- How to Draw Cubism Art (YouTube)
- How to Create a Digital Image with High Contrast Using Pixlr (YouTube)
- How to Paint Like Jackson Pollock (YouTube)
- Create Comics Online (Website)
- Grade 7 Arts Lessons (Website)
- Art Here and There (Website)
- Crayola Teachers (Website)
- Pixelmator (App)
- Loop (App)
- Inkist (App)
- VSCO (App)
- Camera 360 (App)
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;
- The Impressionists: The Origin of Modern Painting (Book)
- The Gallery (Book)
- How to Look at a Painting (DVD)
- The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki (Hoopla eBook)
- The Arts (Hoopla eBook)
- Eye for Art (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Anywhere Art Guide (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Art in Minutes (CloudLibrary eBook)
- What’s the Mood? (YouTube)
- Themes in Art (YouTube)
- Visual Arts Glossary (Website)
- Beyond the #ArtSelfie: The Power of Reflection in Artwork (Website)
- Art Inspiration (Website)
- Know Your Art: Mediums and Techniques (Website)
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: A Global History (Book)
- Art: A Visual History (Book)
- Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of the Maya (Book)
- Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr (Book)
- Heartbeat of the Earth: A First Nations Artist Records (Book)
- Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Tour (YouTube)
- Art Gallery of Windsor (Website)
- Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada (Website)
- Met Kids (Website)