Middle School ART
Year-at-a-Glance
2025-2026
*subject to change throughout the year*
1st 6 weeks-
Ancient and Prehistoric Art
-Stonehenge: texture, line, and form
-Lascaux Cave Drawings- texture, line and emphasis
-Woolly Mammoth Watercolor- line, texture and form
-Egyptian Landscapes - color, form and collage
-Egyptian Portraits - figure drawing, pattern
-Egyptian Printmaking - line, pattern, printmaking
2nd 6 weeks-
Greek and Roman Art
-Ancient Greek Vase - printing and painting techniques
-Cyclops Watercolor- line, texture, proportion
-Roman Bust Portrait - value, form
-Griffin Mixed Media - mixed media, pattern and form
-Parthenon Drawing - 2 point perspective, space and value
3rd 6 weeks-
Art from the Middle Ages
-Notre Dame at Night painting- line, contrast and balance
-Coat of Arms foam prints - printmaking, balance and contrast
-Royal Grid Drawing - proportion and math connection
-Byzantine Painted Mosaic - proportion and repetition
4th 6 weeks-
Renaissance
-Sea of Fog Mixed Media - collage, texture, space
-Durer Rhino - line, pattern and printmaking
-Renaissance Perspective Collage - 1 point perspective and balance
-Rembrandt Guards - facial proportions and form
-Elizabethan Costumes - observation drawing and line
5th 6 weeks-
“Dabs of Light” Impressionism
-Monet Japanese Bridge - focal point, space and balance
-Cassatt Duck Painting - texture, value, movement
-Impressionist Waterscape- complementary colors and perspective
-Renoir’s Watering Can- value, form and texture
-Monet’s Birch Trees and Winter Landscape- shadows and form
6th 6 weeks-
Post Impressionism
-Van Gogh Irises - shape, space, texture
-Cezanne Still Life- observation painting, value, form
-Van Gogh Sunflower Fields- repetition, movement, texture
-Cubist Landscape- line, space, artist study
-Acrylic Landscape- acrylic paint and observation drawing