Mon - Name tents, syllabus + materials, get to know the teacher, scavenger hunt
Tue - Surrealism game - learn to talk about art
Wed - Drawing pre-test + gallery walk
Thur - Different materials in charcoal drawing, how to take notes in art
Fri - Talk about the materials, making marks, types of pencils
Mon - Finish talking types of pencils, basic line/shape/form
Tue - Pros and cons of each tool, how to hold a pencil for the right job
Wed - Set up class sketchbooks, Still Life vocab pre-test
Thu - Drawing 3D forms using value -- drawing the sphere still life
Fri - Finish drawing the sphere and labeling the parts of the light/shadow interaction
Mon - Using lamps to create light and shadow -- begin practicing still life drawing
Tue - Review project rubric - Proportions pre-test and learning skills
Wed - Proportions practice and pencil measuring
Thu - Continued accuracy and pencil measuring, start composition notes
Fri - Composition notes, make a viewfinder with scissors, 4 sketches
Mon - Finish composition notes -- how to tone + tape a project border
Tue - Project day #1 - Continue working
Wed - Project day #2 - Continue working
Thur - Project day #3 - Continue working
Fri - Project day #4 - Turn in project
Mon - No School
Tue - Project day #5 - Turn in Project
Wed - Art History break from drawing - Class votes -- Van Gogh
Thur - Complete Van Gogh History and Perspective Basics 1 pt
Fri - Perspective Basics 1 pt and 2 pt
Mon - Perspective basics -- 1 point, any shape can become a 1 point form, drawing a book in 1 point perspective
Tue - Finish 1 point forms -- drawing a single book (1 point), drawing boxes above/at/below eye level, house neighborhood
Wed - Intro to 2 point perspective, boxes above/at/below eye level and turning them into books, 2 Point city
Thu - Boxes above/at/below eye level and turning them into books, 2 Point city
Fri - Start master copy -- attempt a small book stack in front of you, master copy tall book stack
Mon - Drawing another practice book stack -- drawing the master copy tall book stack -- make a project border exactly 1 inch
Tue - Project work day #1
Wed - Project work day #1.5
Thu - Project work day #2
Fri - Project work day #3