MS Art 7
MS Art 7
This course is an Introduction to Art. Through a project-oriented approach, the visual arts program offers students with many art experiences and detailed explorations in a variety of media such as drawing, painting, printmaking, weaving, ceramics, and jewelry making. The course emphasizes on gaining confidence with using a variety of media and in each student’s abilities as an artist. In the art program students will not only have experience in art studio but will learn art history, aesthetics, art criticism, vocabulary, and the elements of art and principles of design. Additionally, by collaborating in a hands-on environment critical thinking skills, decision making, and problem solving are implemented throughout the art course.
Ceramics- Greenware, stoneware, handbuilt, coil, slab, kiln, fire, cone, bone dry, leather hard, bisque-ware, underglaze, score, slip, marry, smooth, hollow-out
Printmaking- brayer, printing ink, carving tool, burnishing tool/ baren, engrave, block print
Painting- Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Intermediate, color schemes: analogous, monochromatic, complementary, tints, shades, the impact of color on mood, focal point, contrast, emphasis
Sculpture- creating art from found objects, using a variety of media to create a cohesive work of art, texture, space, line, manipulation of materials
Drawing- blending, shading, line, value, form and space, one-point perspective, Chiaroscuro, positive and negative space
A summary of the units of study for the course are based on the National Art Standards and the 8 Studio Habits of Mind. An outline is listed below.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should:
Demonstrate awareness of practices, issues, and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open-source, and creative commons as they apply to create works of art and design.
Application of Elements and Principles of design within each craft.
Ceramics- form, and function
Printmaking, foam plates
Painting- acrylic, watercolor, tempera
Multi-media work, Collage
Sculpture: recycled materials, cardboard, paper
Drawing materials: a variety of pencils (6b-6h), charcoal, charcoal pencils. pastels, pastel pencils, oil pastels, colored pencils
Using Draftsman tools for creating drawings, patterns, abstracts
Simple Book Making, Creating A Visual Story Line
Upon successful completion of this course, students should:
Apply methods to overcome creative blocks.
Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content for creating art.
Generate a collection of ideas reflecting current interests and concerns that could be investigated in art-making.
Select, organize, and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should:
Apply visual organizational strategies to design and produce a work of art, design, or media that clearly communicates information or ideas.
Design or redesign objects, places, or systems that meet the identified needs of diverse users.
Individually or collaboratively, develop a visual plan for displaying works of art, analyzing exhibit space, the needs of the viewer, and the layout of the exhibit.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should:
Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.
Analyze multiple ways that images influence specific audiences.
Interpret art by analyzing art- making approaches, the characteristics of form and structure, relevant contextual information, subject matter, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should:
Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.
Understanding the spatial and proportional relationships of objects when working from life.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should:
Develop criteria to guide making a work of art or design to meet an identified goal.
Reflect on whether personal artwork conveys the intended meaning and revise accordingly.
Reflect on and explain important information about personal artwork in an artist statement or another format.
Compare and explain the difference between an evaluation of an artwork based on personal criteria and an evaluation of an artwork based on a set of established criteria.
Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should:
Combine concepts collaboratively to generate innovative ideas for creating art.
Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should:
Analyze similarities and differences associated with preserving and presenting two- dimensional, three- dimensional, and digital artwork.
Analyze how art reflects changing times, traditions, resources, and cultural uses.
Analyze how response to art is influenced by understanding the time and place in which it was created, the available resources, and cultural uses.
Explain how the method of display, the location, and the experience of an artwork influences how it is perceived and valued.
Assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or other venues reflect history and values of a community.
Compare and contrast how technologies have changed the way artwork is preserved, presented, and experienced.
Based on criteria, analyze and evaluate methods for preparing and presenting art.
Please be sure to have a composition book for the class (as well as writing instruments, of course), as you will need it for notes and keeping a journal/ sketchbook.
We will be using a variety of materials in this course that will be provided in the classroom. However, if at anytime a student would like to bring materials in that are not provided for project extensions, they are more than welcome to!
This course is based primarily on the philosophy of project-based learning and Teaching for Artistic Behavior. Each project focuses on a specific art medium, the vocabulary within those mediums, and knowledge of artists that work within those crafts. Throughout the year we will scaffold on the skills learned in previous projects.
Grades will be based on the components as shown below.
Projects: 40%
Art Now: 20%
Studio Habits: 40%
This course is structured so that you can accomplish all of the required work during class sessions because much of it requires supplies that are in our classroom and not generally available at home.
But things always come up, from absences to illness to needing extra time. Late work will be accepted, without regard to the cause, because I would rather have you do the work and learn the material we cover than not.
However, to be fair to students that turn in work on time and to encourage you to keep up with the work, late assignments will be marked down for each class day late.
You must submit work before the end of the marking period. Late work, even work that falls within that 5-day window, will not be accepted after the marking period ends.
*Please note that students are able and encouraged to complete assignments and get extra help during their non-academic periods and my art club hours. Students should speak to me in advance about getting extra time during the day.*
I will be available most days during first period. After-school help will be offered from 2:35 - 3:30 Thursdays unless otherwise announced.
Students will make arrangements with me if they require extra assistance on a project. The student can meet with me during the period listed above if it is their lunch or academic workshop period, or if they have special permission from their classroom teacher.
Email (areis@ecs.k12.ny.us) is the best way to get in touch with me for questions or problems.