Art 8 - U4 Newsletter - MW Fall 2024

Art 8 - Unit 4 newsletter

Mrs. Milam - Art 8 - Fall 2024 - Monday & Wednesday

1. Overview of U4

3. What is a Tunnel Book?

4. Important Dates

5. "Tunnel Book" Project Info & Examples

6. Artist Spotlight of U3 Project

Unit 4 Overview

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Holy moly! Unit 4 already? Time sure does fly when you’re having fun! Unit 4 is another one of my favorite units of the Art 8 course. In this unit, we will talk about mixed media and book art. Types of book art include: handmade books, Orihon’s, pop up books, illuminated manuscripts, tunnel books, and illustrated storybooks. We will focus on the art of tunnel books and we’ll make our very own tunnel book creations for the Unit 4 projects. How cool is that?! Read on to learn more about the exciting things that we’ll learn and do in Unit 4 of the course!

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Artist Spotlight: Carol Barton

Carol Barton. Mermaid Project. The Pocket Paper Engineer, Volume 3. 2012. Mixed media. Private collection.

Carol Barton. Salt and Pepper Project. The Pocket Paper Engineer, Volume 3. 2012. Mixed media. Private collection.

Carol Barton is a teacher, paper engineer, and book artist.
She is the owner of Popular Kinetics Press, where she has published multiple editions of several of her art books.
Barton was born on June 3, 1954, in St. Louis, Missouri.
She attended the Washington University School of Fine Arts, where she majored in painting.
Barton’s first book, Beyond the Page, was published in 1981.
Check out some of her awesome pop-up book artworks to the left!

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In Unit 4, we will focus on the book art of tunnel books.

WHAT’S A TUNNEL BOOK?

A tunnel book is viewed through an opening in the front cover. Tunnel books are made of layers, and every layer is viewed at once. See the example tunnel books to the left. We will make a more simplified version of a tunnel book for our very own Unit 4 projects!

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Important Dates for Unit 4

We will complete the lessons, the Unit 4 project (artwork and worksheet), and the quiz review together in guided instruction. I would highly encourage you to attend guided instruction, as we will work through all of these Unit 4 lessons together. Check your edio calendar each Monday and Wednesday for the link to guided instruction! Check out some important dates for the Unit 4 work in the Art 8 course.

Unit 4 of the course will contain seven lessons total. Check out the lessons and important due dates, below. • U4.1 – What is a Tunnel Book? - 11/20/24 • U4.2 – Two-Point Perspective Drawing – 11/25/24 • U4.3 – Two-Point Tunnel Book (pt. 1) – 11/27/24 • U4.4 – Two-Point Tunnel Book (pt. 2) – 12/4/24 • U4.5 – This is Mixed Media Critique – PROJECT #4 DUE DATE – 12/9/24 • U4.6 – This is Mixed Media Review – 12/11/24 • U4.7 – This is Mixed Media QUIZ – 12/16/24

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Unit 4 - "Tunnel Book" Project Information

For this project, you will be asked to create your very own “Tunnel Book”. You will choose the subject matter that you wish to illustrate within your tunnel book. You will then use three pieces of paper, cut them out, and paste them together to form a unified creation. Each piece of paper represents the foreground (front), middle-ground, and background (back) of your tunnel book scene. When cut and pasted together, these layers will form your finished design. How cool?! Besides your “Tunnel Book” creation, you will also complete a “Critique Worksheet” to tell me more about your creation. (We will complete the worksheet together in guided instruction.) Check out some more info and examples for this project!

how to finish the tunnel book

How to Start the tunnel book