Year 8 LAC Art September
Colour

1.    colour - We use colour in the art room.
 

2.    paint - Paint is liquid colour.
 

3.    primary - The primary colours are red, yellow and blue.
 

4.    secondary - The secondary colours are purple, green and orange.  A secondary colour is made by mixing two primary colours.
 

5.    Mondrian - Mondrian (1872–1944) was a famous Dutch artist who used the primary colours and grids in his paintings.
 

Year 8 LAC Art October
 

1.    brush - We use a brush to mix paint.
 

2.    pencil - We use a pencil to draw.  There are many different types of pencil from soft (B) to hard (H).
 

3.    sketch - A sketch is usually a simple pencil drawing.
 

4.    line - Each drawing that we make is made up of lines.
 

5.    Leonardo da Vinci - Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist who was famous for his line drawings, paintings and inventions.  His most famous painting is the Mona Lisa.
 

6.    tone - Tone is the lightness or darkness of a colour.
 

Year 8 LAC Art November

1.    composition – Composition in a picture involves arranging things in a pleasing and balanced way.

2.    foreground – The foreground of a picture is the part of the picture nearest the viewer.  Colours are always stronger and warmer in the foreground.
 

3.    midground – The midground is the middle part of a picture.
 

4.    background – The background is the distant part of a picture.  Colours fade and become cooler as they go into the distance.
 

5.    focal point – The focal point in a picture is “the centre of attention” even though it is not always in the centre of the picture.  It is generally better not to put the focal point in the middle of the picture as it tends to divide the picture in two.
 

Year 8 LAC Art December
Landscape

1.    Vincent Van Gogh - Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)

painted many landscapes of the countryside of France.
 

2.    John Luke - John Luke (1906-1975) was a famous Northern Ireland artist who painted landscapes.
 

3.    Paul Henry - Paul Henry (1876-1958) painted many landscapes of the west coast of Ireland.
 

4.    George Callaghan - George Callaghan (born 1941), a former pupil of Ashfield Boys’ High School, paints landscapes, townscapes and seascapes.  He now lives in Tasmania.
 

Year 8 LAC Art January
Landscape

5.    Vincent Van Gogh - Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)

painted many landscapes of the countryside of France.
 

6.    John Luke - John Luke (1906-1975) was a famous Northern Ireland artist who painted landscapes.
 

7.    Paul Henry - Paul Henry (1876-1958) painted many landscapes of the west coast of Ireland.
 

8.    George Callaghan - George Callaghan (born 1941), a former pupil of Ashfield Boys’ High School, paints landscapes, townscapes and seascapes.  He now lives in Tasmania.
 

Year 8 LAC Art February
 

1.    impressionism – Impressionist painters try to show what the eye sees at a glance.  Paint is applied in small spots or brush strokes of colour.
 

2.    Georges Seurat (1859 – 91) – Seurat was a French painter who used POINTILLISM.  This is tiny spots of pure colour arranged so that they merge together when viewed at a distance.  Famous paintings include “La Grande Jatte”.
 

3.    Paul Gaugin (1843 – 1903) – Gaugin was a French painter who used a richly coloured style.  Famous paintings include “Riders on the beach”.
 

4.    Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) - Monet was a French Impressionist painter who was interested in outdoor painting and in experimenting with light and colour.  He painted places and objects at different seasons or times of the day, eg Haystacks, Rowen Cathedral and Waterlillies.
 

Year 8 LAC Art March
Feelings
 

1.    expressionism/expressionist - The Expressionist movement developed during the late 19^th and early 20^th Centuries.  Expressionists tried to express feeling and emotions in their paintings rather than reality or nature.  In Expressionist paintings, the subject is often distorted using strong, bold colours and thick paint to convey emotions.
 

2.    Edvard Munch (1863-1944) - Edvard Munch was the Norwegian painter who painted ‘The Scream’.  Edvard Munch’s painting often included such themes as misery, sickness and death.  ‘The Scream’ was influenced by a frightening experience Munch had while out walking.
 

3.    texture - Texture describes the surface quality of an object.  It has to do with touching things, the feel and look of a surface e.g. rough, smooth etc.  In his painting “Starry night”, Van Gough applied paint thickly to produce interesting surface texture.
 

4.    palette – A board on which an artist mixes colours ready for use.
 

Year 8 LAC Art April
Pottery

1.    pottery - Pottery is one of the world’s oldest art forms.  Prehistoric man used clay to make pottery items such as containers and pots.
 

2.    earthenware - Earthenware is the type of clay that we use in school.  It is biscuit fired to a temperature of 1000°C.
 

3.    terracotta - Terracotta is a fired but unglazed brownish red type of pottery.
 

4.    raw - Raw clay is unfired clay.
 

Year 8 LAC Art May
Pottery

1.    kiln - A kiln is a special oven used for firing pottery to a high temperature.
 

2.    fired - When clay has been heated to a high temperature you say is has been fired.
 

3.    biscuit - The term biscuit is used to describe clay which has been fired to 1000°C.  It is porous.
 

4.    porous - A pot which water will soak through is porous e.g. a flowerpot.
 

5.    glaze - In school we use brush-on glaze to decorate out pottery.  Glaze is made up of fine particles of glass suspended in liquid.  It melts at a high temperature of 1050°C. Cups, saucers and plates are glazed to make them waterproof.