Beginning Art

Beginning art

TEACHER: Kelley Hund Shelley

Contact Information:

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The curriculum is designed with a broad base of art experiences but the emphasis is on increasing the development of the student’s art concepts and skills. Students are introduced to related cultural, historical and aesthetic material that relates to practical work. A variety of materials and styles of art will be explored throughout the year.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The student will:

. continue to define and use the basic design elements.

. continue to explore various art movements along with contemporary artwork.

. explore a greater variety of multicultural art experiences.

. continue to develop skills using a variety of tools and materials.

REQUIRED MATERIALS FOR CLASS: sketchbook, pencils, eraser

COURSE TIMELINE:

1st QUARTER

Contour Drawing

Gesture Drawing

Value drawing-including value scales, ribbon drawings,½ face drawings

Texture-simulated/real texture drawings, india ink drawing,clay project

2nd QUARTER

Simple perspective

collage w/depth

simple overlapping

one and two point perspective

still life

3rd QUARTER

Color-series of color projects and exercises

Watercolor

Acrylic Paint

Pastels

4th Quarter

Sequential Art

Colored inks

art history projects

Linoleum Block Print

GRADING POLICY:

70%-Formal grade: projects, assessments, writings, tests

30%-Informal grade: daily grades, sketchbook, progress grades(grades at different stages of a project)

A = 100 – 90, B = 89 – 80, C = 79 – 70, D = 69 – 60, E = 59 – 0

IMPORTANT POLICIES:

Policies regarding classroom behavior, etc. are in line with the Code of Student Conduct.

RUBRICS:

Projects, Tests, Homework, Written Assignments, etc., will be graded using a rubric distributed at the beginning of each assignment.

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