Art Syllabus 2017-18

*Syllabus is subject to change as needed*

Kindergarten

*Crazy line hats- form, line, pattern

Georgia O'Keeffe pattern flowers

painting with watercolor, crayon resist

*Van Gogh: Sunflowers

Line, composition, value, color, pattern, rhythm

*Clay: relief piece based on Rainbow Fish

*Portfolios

*Origami Houses- architecture

Emphasis: line, pattern, folding, Japanese art

1st Grade

*Lauren Birch- Cats

Emphasis: line, pattern, color

Marker, oil pastels, pencil

*Drawing through observation

John Audubon- birds

Line, texture, color

Real life vs. abstract

*Clay- relief piece: owl

Crayon resist: line, form, texture, color, form

*Portfolios

*Keith Haring Animated beings

Line, shape, form, color, emphasis

2nd Grade

*Aboriginal Art: oil pastels, pattern, texture, form, observation

*Matisse fish Bowls (if time allows)

*Georia O'Keefe flowers

*Jim Dine: Hearts (painting)

*Jim Dine< Hearts (clay)or clay pinch fish?

*Portfolios

*Picasso Self Portraits

Cubism

Oil Pastels and marker

Line, shape, color, space

3rd Grade

*Jungle Scene: Henri Rousseau

Landscape: foreground, middle ground, background, perspective

Marker, paint

*Charleston Homes

Phillip Simmons-

Line, architecture, symmetry,

*Clay: pinch pot fish

Line, form, shape, texture, pattern, color

*Picasso Portraits

texture, pattern, color, line, shape, (watercolor)

*Portfolios

4th Grade

*Illumminnated Manuscript: history of writing. Line, shape, texture, composition, realism, abstract

*District SLO test to find out what students know.

*Andy Warhol self portraits

Line, color, photography, repetition, still life

*Georgia O’Keefe chalk/glue flowers

Line, observation, color, emphasis, still life

*Momma Pots: African Tribal based on student written fable.

Clay Bowls

*Portfolios

*District Art test to find out what students know.

*One Point Perspective- street View

Line, perspective, shape, color

Foreground, middle ground, background, horizon line, vanishing point

5th Grade

*Zentangles: line, pattern, grounds, perspective, horizon line

Landscapes

*Japanese Koi fish Paintings

watercolor, pencil, pen,

Line, pattern, composition, balance, symmetry, asymmetry

Calligraphy: Writing in Japanese

*Clay: koi Fish: 2 pinch pots attached.

Line, form, pattern, texture, shape, symmetry, balance

*One point perspective aerial view city

line, perspective, color, form, shape

*Portfolios