2018-2019 Syllabus
2018-2019 Art Syllabus
Bruce Drysdale Elementary
Alyssa Gangemi
Kindergarten
Unit One
The Elements of Art
- Line
Intro and Manipulatives (stones, sand, and string)
Line Design Painting
(Painting etiquette)
* International Dot Day and Yayoi Kusama collaboration Rainbow dots and the Princess of polka dots
- Shape
Fine motor trace and draw
Scissors skills silly haircuts
Lines Make Shapes
Cut and Draw concentric shapes
- Color
- The Primary and Secondary Colors
Color mixing with plate twisting
Unit Two
- Fall Apple Prints
- Five little pumpkins
- Pete the Cat’s shoes
- Texture Rubbings
Unit Three
*Art History EOA
Matisse ( Fauvism )
Picasso Portraits (Cubism )
Experimental Processes
- Spinner paint
Unit Four
- Symmetrical Butterflies
- 3-d works
- Deep green forest (no more lollipop trees)
First Grade
Unit One
The Elements of Art
- Color
Paint a Rainbow Garden (spectrum and ROY G BIV)
Primary and secondary review
* International Dot Day and Yayoi Kusama Collaboration
Dots without dots, painting holes and positive/negative space
- Line
Scissor Skills and Line Review
Monet’s Reflection (line of Symmetry)
- Shape
Build and draw architecture studies
Unit Two
- Fall pumpkin paintings still life
- Visual sound with Kandinsky Cc
Unit Three
Haiku and Bamboo Cc with classroom poetry
*Art History EOA
Abstract Expressionism
landscapes with Helen Frankenthaler
-Chair for bear sculpture
Unit Four
- April Monarch Migrations (November =southern)
- Shadow drawings
-Giant Landscapes with Helen Frankenthaler
Second Grade
Unit One
The Elements of Art
- Line
Take a line for a walk (free form line)
* International Dot Day and Yayoi Kusama Collaboration
Designer dots oil pastel, watercolor, and tempera
- Shape
Matisse and Organic shape
- Color
Primary and secondary color review
ROY G BIV Alma Woodsey Thomas paintings
Unit Two
- Fall Apple Still life
- Watercolor works (spray paint) +/- space
Unit Three
*Art History EOA
Prehistoric Arts
- Lascaux Cave Paintings
- Keith’s “Peeps” studies on Keith Haring
- My favorite food sculpture and descriptive writing
Unit Four
Flower Power
- Pointalism sunflowers
- Mosaic bean radial symmetry flowers
- Garden Party Paintings outside
Third Grade
Unit One
The Elements of Art
- Shape
-Shape to form (2-d to 3-d)
* International Dot Day and Yayoi Kusama Collaboration
- Printmaking / circle plate prints
- Organic shape and line collage
- Color
-Monochromatic tints and shades
- Line
Color Cuts: lines and movement
Unit Two
- Giant Fall leaf rubbings
- 3-d Weavings
- Sewing
- Emphasis Drawings
Unit Three
*Art History EOA
Impressionism
- Vincent Van Gogh “ Go Go Van Gogh” Cc Music
Unit Four
- Hubble Art
- Monochromatic Blooms
Fourth Grade
Unit One
The Elements of Art
- Lines
Ribbons and lines (repetition and movement)
* International Dot Day and Yayoi Kusama Collaboration
Floral dots and concentric circles
- Color
The Color Wheel
- Shape
Shapes for all situations drawing exercises
Figure drawing “resist the stick”
Unit Two
- Watercolor fall trees with special techniques
- Oil Pastel Native Corn and corn husk
- Native American Beading *Cc with classroom Cherokee studies
Unit Three
*Art History EOA
-Italian Renaissance
and Leonardo Da Vinci Inventions
- Mona Lisa Makeovers
Unit Four
- Foil Figure Sculptures
- O’keeffe Blossoms
- Atc / Artist Trading Cards
Fifth Grade
Unit One
The Elements of Art
- Color
- Color Wheel, Color Theory, and Peter Max Pop Art
- Shape
- Still Life with Bottles
- Line
*International Dot Day and Yayoi Kusama 3-d dots
Unit Two
- Fall Works windy leaves marker prints
- Mexican Folk art and Dia De Los Muertos
- Microbiology in the Art Room *Cc classroom connections
- Masks
Unit Three
*Art History EOA
Greek Idealism
- Columns and vases
-Assemblage with Louise Nevelson
Unit Four
- Crystal Colors
Water color techniques wet on wet and dry
- Drawing from Observation
- Nature Studies