SYLLABUS:

First Quarter: The Seven Elements of Art

• Personalized Portfolio:  Name Design on the front, Seven Elements on the back

• Element of Line:

  • Line Painting:  Wax Resist Watercolor

• Element of Shape:

  • Geometric and Organic Shape Stencils

• Element of Color:

  • Color Families Painting

• Element of Value:

  • Black and White Shattered Shape Drawing

• Element of Space:

  • Positive/Negative Space Collage

• Element of Texture:

  • Enlarged Animal Texture Drawing

• Element of Form:

  • Clay Big-Mouth Monster

• Elements of Art Unit Test

Second Quarter:  Principles of Design Unit

Third Quarter: World Tour of Art- Western Hemisphere

• North America:

  • Southwestern U.S.A. : Zuni Pottery Drawings 

  • Northwest U.S.A. : Tlingit Totems

  • Canadian Arctic Region:  Inuit Inukshuk & Northern Lights Mixed Media Artwork 

• Latin America:

  • Mexico:  Mayan and Aztec Tin Timekeepers

  • Central America: Panamanian Molas Collage

  • South America: Bolivian Ojos de Dios, Brazil: Beautiful Birds of the Amazon Rainforest Oil Pastel

Fourth Quarter: World Tour of Art- Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Europe:

  • France & Spain:  Cave Art

  • Greece:  Greek Temples

  • Italy/Roman Empire:  Roman Mosaics

  • United Kingdom: Illuminated Manuscript Letters

  • Netherlands:  Dutch Still-Life

•  Eastern Europe: 

  • Russian Onion Dome Architecture Painting

  • Ukraine Matryoshka Nesting Dolls

• Middle East and North Africa:

  • Mesopotamia:  Sumerian Votive Figurines

  • Turkey:  Ottoman Mandalas

  • Egypt: Canopic Jars

• Sub-Saharan Africa:

  • West Africa:  Ghana:  Kente Cloth Paper Weaving

  • East Africa: Uganda: Paper Beadmaking

  • South Africa: Zulu Tribal Masks Scratch-Art

• India and Southeast Asia:

  • Indian Elephant Embellishment

  • Indonesian Wayang Kulit Jointed Shadow Puppets

• East Asia:

  • China:  Blue-and-White Ware

  • Japan: Origami Box

• Australia and Oceania:

  • Australia:  Dreamtime Dot Art

  • Pacific Islands:  Tongan Tiki Relief Prints, Samoan Turtle Body Art