Syllabus

Howard Art Syllabus:

 Students; if you are able to bring a plastic lid for a paint tray, please do! Art is messy, please bring a paint shirt or apron. 

Art I: Also sometimes called Intro to Art.  This class is an elective at SHS. This course is a prerequisite to upper Art courses offered at SHS. Through this course students will become familiar with a variety of two & three dimensional media and techniques and will have a better foundation in creative thinking and problem solving. Core components of this course are the Elements of Art and how they apply in solving specific design problems. Students will be given opportunities to expand their knowledge of art, artists, and art techniques. They will be challenged and supported as they endeavor to think, create, explore, and problem-solve. This course is a combination of studio projects, demonstration. Working together in a studio in part of your grade.  Please be aware of other students in the studio.   

Main art mediums used are:  pencil, color pencil, acrylic and printmaking. Collage works. Class time is given for students to do their assignments and work.

Expectations: Being organized with one’s materials, cleaning and maintaining the art studio, an environment of thoughtfulness and focus that allows all to concentrate, explore, and be creative. An awareness of, and respect for, other artists/students using the art space is required in this studio class.

SD State Art Standard: Anchor Standard 2:  VA.Cr. 2.2:  Cleaning up and safe practices with materials, and supplies.

What you do in class every day is very important.  How you are using your studio work time is part of your grade. 40% of your grade will be an in class working grade. (Studio grade) & Assignments are 60% of your grade

All students will contribute to keep the art studio classroom organized and clean.  Students will clean off work tables, pick up scraps on the floor and help with all of the prep of using art tools.   If you are not sure where something goes, look for the signs, or just ask.  We will have a seating chart.   Cell phones go in your number pocket, you will have the same number all year.

 Semester Test: over all notes from the semester, focus on Elements of Art. 

Art II, III, IV (Advanced Art)

Students must take art 1 before taking Advanced art. 

Art classes are offered as electives at SHS. Advanced art includes painting and drawing, as well as other mediums and techniques. Students will explore pencil/color pencil and ink drawing, etchings, scratch-boards, as the schedule allows.  Students will observe and critique other works of art in this course. There is an emphasis on representation of form in space using the elements of line, measurement, proportion, spatial relationships, value and texture. For painting, students in this advanced course will get to paint using acrylics, watercolors, and oil mediums.  Elements and principles of art vocab. Art critiques will be part of this class. 

Example of Equipment and Supplies:

Etching plate

 16”X20” stretched canvas or canvas board

 min. size 4”X6” – 5”X7” easy cut block printing block and print paper

Set of drawing pencils – range from HB – F – 2B – 3B & 6H

Large drawing paper 16”X20” Primary colors of paint + white + black acrylic – at least 12 oz. each

Watercolor paper 16”X20”

Please turn in during your class time.  Art is messy, paint does not come out of clothes.

Will have a semester test over the elements and principles of art. 

 Focus for all classes: 

There are key characteristics that are required to develop as an artist,

 and one of the primary goals of this class is to foster these qualities.

"Taking the time to create something by hand is the highest honor you can give any one thing." Sara Carter

60% (Evaluation) is based on the final product for each art assignment and the semester test.

 The attendance and tardy policy is that stipulated by the high school. See the Student Handbook. 

Missing tests may be made up during the quarter in which they were originally scheduled.

If a student is not in his/her seat when the bell rings, he/she is tardy. Students will remain in their desks until the bell rings at the end of the period.

If you are not in your assigned seat you are absent.

DISCIPLINE

Students who are a disruption to teaching and students working will lose studio points. What you do matters. 

ATTENDANCE:

If absent due to a school activity, work must be completed BEFORE being gone, and the student must be prepared for class when he/she returns (i.e., assignment completed and ready to take quizzes or tests scheduled for that day).

If unexcused or the work was not completed on time (which is when I collect it), it is a zero and cannot be turned in late.

Tardies: Students must be in their assigned seats when the bell rings, or they will be counted tardy. 

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

Cheating will result in a zero for that assignment or test and a discipline referral to the Vice Principal and the student’s parents. The school policy on cheating, found in the handbook, will be followed.

Phones, Laptop, and Internet Procedures

 Class procedures 

• Procedures and rules in the SHS Handbook will be followed.

• Cell phones, apple watches, and/or other internet/phone/texting devices (besides school laptops) must be put on "night mode," placed in the phone holder prior to the bell ringing, and left there until students are excused by me at the end of class. Laptops are to remain closed during class unless we are using them for a specific activity

• Late work is accepted, but will be docked points for each day late.  Late work accepted has to be turned in during the current quarter. (9 week time frame)

• We will be overlapping most assignments.  

  See Grading rubric link on my home page.

Letter grades for the course are determined by the school-wide grading scale outlined below:

96-100 A

92-95 A-

89--91 B+

86-88 B

83-85 B-

79-82 C+

76-78 C

73-75 C-

69-72 D+

65-68 D

60-64 D-