ART I
This year our classroom goals are…
1. To think and be more creative.
2. To master skills, techniques, and a variety of media
3. To produce and create
4. To exhibit art more beautifully
4 main goals for learning art include:
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Contemporary or Art history – timeline of major historical events in art, famous artist represented (appropriate artwork only is to be studied by students, as inappropriate artwork is also available from most artists)
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Skill and techniques – basic applications such as drawing, painting, creating
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Mediums – materials used, what the possibilities are for creating artwork
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Composition/Aesthetics – how to appropriately place the following together and create a visibly appealing work of art.
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Elements of Art – Line, Shape, Value, Color, Texture, Form, Space (size)
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Principles of Design – Balance (symmetrical, asymmetrical & radial), Contrast, Emphasis, Movement, Pattern, Rhythm, Unity
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Rule of Thirds (nine grid formula)
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Golden Mean (Geometry)
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Aesthetic response
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Harmonious relationships
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Lighting
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Perspective, direction, viewpoint
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Critiquing artwork is also an important aspect that will be discussed and facilitated through each project. Every student is required to participate in both verbal and written critiques.
Semester I
(Skill and Techniques)
Intro: (1 week) introduce art room rules, expectations, syllabus, sketchbook, etc…
Pretest: written and drawing element to see placement of each student
Sketchbook and Creativity lessons: (2 weeks) see attachment detailing creative skills and thinking lessons
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Art history – contemporary art using Pinterest and Instagram
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Skill and techniques – drawing, use of color, layering, ideas unlimited, circle art
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Mediums – pencils / colored pencils / crayon / marker / sketchbooks / erasers / found objects/ watercolor
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Composition – Line, shape, color, texture
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Summative – sketchbook pages
Unit #1: Getting to know art-Word Design/History lesson/Sketchbook prep (1 week)
Description: graphic design project creating an image using the word assigned and the definition of that word, full 8.5 x 11 page/sketchbook lessons daily/art history discussions
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Art history – Hieroglyphics, Greek Writing, Prehistoric Work – Lascaux caves France, Milton Glaser, Robert Indiana, Charles Demuth, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Skill and techniques – drawing, use of color
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Mediums – definitions from book / drawing paper / pencils / sharpies / markers / colored pencils
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Composition – Line, shape, color
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Summative – Name design or lettering a quote
Unit #2: How to critique a work of art properly (2 days)
Description: 4 steps (describe, analyze, interpret, judgment), vocabulary use & constructive comments
Draw from a “hat” descriptive words to prompt their critiquing. Idea Link: http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org
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Summative – written and verbal critique
Unit #3: Drawing on the right side of the brain – How to Draw
a. Stravinsky Drawing-upside down technique (1 week)
Description: learning how to draw using lines & shapes only, shade the image afterwards using proper colored pencil techniques – must use a color scheme and complete the image and/or add to the image
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Art history – Betty Edwards, Pablo Picasso
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Skill and techniques – drawing, shading, color use
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Mediums – 12 x 18 drawing paper / pencil / colored pencils / sharpies
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Composition – line, color
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Summative – Stravinsky using markers/colored pencil design
b. Blind Contour Drawing-seeing what you are drawing (1 week)
Description: Object studies using portraits – no looking at paper or picking up pencil, and concentrate, final still life drawing outlined or created in black sharpie marker/add color
1. Art history – Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, James Culleton
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Skill and techniques – lines draw blindly, lines drawn partially blind
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Mediums – 12 x 18 drawing paper / pencil / sharpies
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Composition – line, direction, shape
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Summative – fish, plant, or shoe drawing (12 x 18)
c. Tessellations: (1 week)
Description: Using pattern, space, and design concepts students will create a drawing based on the tessellation
concept. Square note cards will be cut to create a repeated pattern for repeated use.
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Art history – MC Escher
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Skill and techniques – positive/negative shapes, right brain thinking, colored pencils
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Mediums –note cards cut square / drawing paper / pencils / colored pencils
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Composition – Shape, line, space, pattern
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Summative – Tessellation design using patterned design and colored pencils
d. Figure Fridays (4 Fridays) [summative grade over 4 weeks]
Description: Drawing figures in short periods of time, learning the human body and the proportions
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Art history – Graham Sutherland
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Skill and techniques – quick sketching, distance drawing, visual measurements
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Mediums – charcoal, pencil, newsprint
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Composition – proportion, balance, movement
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Summative – set of (4) newsprint page studies
e. Values – Chiaroscuro style (2-3 weeks)
Description: hatching, crosshatching, shading samples; positive/negative space studies; project is a still life drawing in black & white
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Art history – Renaissance period
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Skill and techniques – understanding space and values working together
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Mediums – black paper / white charcoal or colored pencil / still life (white) /paint
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Composition – Values, texture, form, space
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Summative – white on black paper drawing (still life or lockers, knobs, handles)
f. Facial Features (1 week) [continue value skills here]
Description: Drawing the human face, learning the human skull and proportions
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Art history – Andy Warhol, Linda Huber, Murphy Elliott
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Skill and techniques –visual measurements, right brain drawing
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Mediums – charcoal, pencil, newsprint, drawing paper
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Composition – proportion, balance, movement, shading
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Summative – face study
g. OPTIONAL Portraiture, Grid style (2-3 weeks) [value skills more developed]
Description: Self portrait, friend, family that is divided into a grid and drawn square by square onto a drawing page that has the same proportional grid
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Art history – Chuck Close
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Skill and techniques – shading, values, understanding realism
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Mediums – photos / drawing paper / pencils / erasers / rulers
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Composition – Value, Form, proportions
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Summative – Expressive portrait of themselves as a child (headshots only)
h. Zentangles-drawing from imagination (1 week)
Description: designs, textures, imaginative shapes, organic and geometric shapes
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Art history – contemporary art
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Skill and techniques – understanding shapes and various lines
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Mediums – white paper / colored pencil / sharpies /colored pencil or marker
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Composition – shape, texture, line
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Summative – zentangle drawing such as black paper, white pen
i. OPTIONAL Collaborative Grid Art (1 week)
Description: Use 1 image per class divided into even squares, draw them onto squares that are all exactly the same size (@2”x2”), no one sees the final image, when complete put the image back together
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Art history – post impressionistic artists: Munch, van Gogh, Matisse, Gauguin, etc…
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Skill and techniques – right brain thinking, oil pastels/markers/paint
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Mediums – art history image / drawing paper / pencils / oil pastel / paint / markers/ tape
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Composition – Value, Form
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Summative – collaborative artwork
j. Exquisite Corpse: (1 week)
Description: creative drawings using group ideas
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Art history – Monster art
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Skill and techniques – right brain thinking, colored pencils
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Mediums –drawing paper / pencils / colored pencils
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Composition – Shape, line
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Summative – fun monster art using groups and colored pencils
Semester II
(Creative Expression)
Creative thinking sketchbook refresher week 2-same as first semester
Sketchbook and Creativity lessons: (2 weeks) see attachment detailing creative skills and thinking lessons
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Art history – contemporary art using Pinterest and Instagram
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Skill and techniques – drawing, use of color, layering, ideas unlimited
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Mediums – pencils / colored pencils / crayon / marker / sketchbooks / erasers / found objects
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Composition – Line, shape, color, texture
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Summative – sketchbook pages
Unit #4: Perspective Drawings Banksy style (2 weeks)
Description: Drawings using 1pt and 2pt perspective technique, final drawing of a city or place of your choice (imagined or from a photo, 3 bldgs min, 3 windows min, 2 doors min), real or surreal theme
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Art history – M. C. Escher, Dick Thermes, Dali, Magritte, Bansky
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Skill and techniques – using a ruler, perspective points, spatial/visual perspective
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Mediums – rulers / drawing paper or newsprint / pencils / erasers / tape
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Composition – line, shape, space, form, repetition, variety, geometry
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Summative – tape art on walls upstairs
Unit #5: Contemporary Art history Research: (1 week)
Description: students will research a body of work and an artist to discover more information about.
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Summative – recreate a famous work of art, interpret classic artwork, create a powerpoint presentation, or write a paper.
Unit #6: Pinwheel Storytelling Art - Abstract Designs (2 weeks)
Description: create and execute a pinwheel story design about you using 4 major sections-element, principle, artist, and free idea
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Art history – Giacometti, Picasso, Alexander Calder, Naomi Grossman, Elizabeth Berrien, Henri Moore, Jean Arp, Deborah Butterfield
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Skill and techniques – 3D modeling, cutting, measuring, design
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Mediums – paper, stick, pencil, colored pencil, marker
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Composition – abstract, line, movement, form
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Summative – create a pinwheel to be used in a group display
Unit #7: Composition Box (2 weeks) [add: drawing from the composition (2 week)]
Begin with a collage of story or movie. Discuss textures, layout and composition extensively to prep for box design.
2 project grades: box design and drawing (colored pencils)
Description: shoe box or box top composition, use the corrugated paper to create a composition or create it from various objects; drawing using a viewfinder to frame a section (abstract)
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Art history – Louise Nevelson
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Skill and techniques – creating a proper composition, creating an artwork from the original composition, understanding abstract art
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Mediums – paper box / blade / healing mat / glue / watercolor / acrylic / paint
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Composition – shape, space (positive/negative), harmony, emphasis, repetition, texture
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Summative – Shoebox space design using Louise Nevelson as inspiration, group works together from class
Unit #8: Utilitarian Art, Wax media, and Eastern Culture: Crayon Batik Lanterns (2 weeks)
Description: Create a wax resist image, use the fabric to create useful item-lanterns, bag, pillowcase...
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Art history – Indian culture, Eastern Hemisphere
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Skill and techniques – understanding the relationship between wax and water (dyes), color theory
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Mediums – wax / ink / paint / simplistic image / paper or fabric
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Composition – shape, line, space
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Summative – Crayon Batik Lantern
Alternative Lessons
Lesson #11: Illustrate a story-plate design (2 weeks) Alternative assignment – Folding Box Design
Description: 1Patterns and shapes drawn to illustrate a poem, 2plate design based on the history of the Blue Willow story or 3another story using watercolor (VA I project “Blue Willow” unless unique class)
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Art history – Vaserly, Miriam Schapiro, Mexican Culture
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Skill and techniques – creativity, problem solving, illustration
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Mediums – pen & ink on paper plate or watercolor on fabric paper or paint on tile
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Composition – shape, pattern, repetition, movement, variety, line, rule of thirds
Lesson #12: Watercolor introduction: teach first year students how to use watercolors using copied images
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Summative – glass still life watercolor
Lesson #13: Mixed media mosaic/Torn paper design (2 weeks) TEXTURE? rice, sand, etc.
Description: Use white paper to create a design in relief, cut and tear shapes to create the composition
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Materials: drawing paper / scissors / image for reference
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Art History: Chuck Close
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Elements & Principles: shape, form, repetition, pattern, movement
Lesson #14: Shoe Still Life (3 days) Alternative Assignment – add painting as 3rd medium same still life
Description: Drawing of shoes using medium of charcoal and separate drawing of graphite
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Art history – Andy Warhol, Durer (for texture ideas)
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Skill and techniques – using one subject to create a great composition, vary the composition
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Mediums – shoes / drawing paper AND charcoal paper / pencils / charcoal / white charcoal / erasers
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Composition – Texture, form, values, variety, balance
Lesson #15: Oil pastel fresh/cut fruit (1 week)
Description: Drawing of fruits using oil pastels, small squares of each and mounted together
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Art history – Van Gogh
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Skill and techniques – blending, oil pastel skills, composition
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Mediums – fresh fruit / drawing paper / oil pastels / blending stumps
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Composition – Color, form, texture, medium
Lesson #16: Magazine Bowls (2 weeks)
Description: Create a bowl out of recycled magazines and glue
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Art history – Recycled Art
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Skill and techniques – folding papers to specified sizes, gluing them to create a sculpture shaped of a bowl or bowl like
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Mediums – Elmer’s glue or modge podge / magazines
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Composition – shape, form
Lesson #17: Color Theory Collages (3 days)
Description: create a random collage using magazine clippings
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Art history – Robert Rauschenberg
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Skill and techniques – how to be creative using randomness, swap headlines with others, use all color-based images (complimentary scheme, split complimentary, etc.)
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Mediums – paper / magazines / scissors / glue / oil pastel / paint / sponges
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Composition – color, emphasis
Lesson #18: Zoomin’ In On Nature – Flower Still Life (6 days)
Description: Drawing of the flowers using a cropping tool and 3 different mediums, 3 different drawings
Materials: plastic flowers / view finders / drawing paper / sharpies / paint / markers / oil pastels
Art History: Georgia O’Keeffe
Elements & Principles: Composition, varied mediums