11th Grade Studio Art III

Monday 1/5 Teacher's Work Day

Tuesday 1/6 Unit: Intro to Renaissance art theory.

Lesson  Alberti’s On Painting and art history images.

Objectives:. - Introductions and overview. - Syllabus - Homework and. Web pages  - Demonstrate how to prepare the sketchbook work (cut and paste assignments in. beginning with QR code) Add the Alberti dedications to the sketchbook. Discuss the homework: Leonardo's cats. Present the “In school” Art history work. 

Homework: For tomorrow: Read the dedications to On Painting. For next week: Hokusai's cats

Objectives: re-iterate how to complete the art history packet on campus. - Discuss the Alberti dedications and Hokusai cats in terms of basic shapes, line, and value. Emphasize and practice techniques for value.

Homework: Alberti dedications due tomorrow. Hokusai cats

Due: Mon 1/12

Wednesday 1/7

Unit: Intro to Renaissance art theory

Lesson  Introduce the basic drawing techniques: Elements: Shape, Value and line.

Objectives:.re-iterate how to complete the art history packet on campus. - Discuss the Alberti dedications and define the Renaissance Movement. Discuss Hokusai cats in terms of basic shapes, line, and value. Emphasize and practice techniques for value. 

Homework: Hokusai cats

Due: Mon 1/12

Thursday 1/8 Unit: Intro to Renaissance Art theory.

Lesson  Renaissance art theory Alberti book I  Drawing practice: line. 

Objectives:. Continue discussion and notes on Renaissance art and theory. Notes on Alberti and Brunelleschi: Beginning Perspective Discussion. Draw with me: Shape v. Form. discuss basic shapes and poly- hydra..

Homework: Hokusai Cats: Due 1/12  

Friday 1/9 Unit: Intro to Renaissance Art theory.

Lesson    Renaissance art theory. Alberti book I  

Objectives:. Alberti’s theories: Scale and Distance problem. Begin discussion of the Horizon and Vanishing point. Why  objects far away  look  smaller. Draw with me: polygon in 1pt perspective.

 Homework: Hokusai Cats: Due Friday 1/12

Monday 1/12 Unit: Intro to Renaissance Art theory and linear perspective

Lesson  Renaissance art theory

Objectives:. Continue discussion and notes on Renaissance art and theory. Notes on Alberti and Brunelleschi: Beginning Perspective Discussion. Draw with me: Shape v. Form. discuss basic shapes and poly- hydra.. 

Materials: On Painting, Sketchbook, graphite, eraser,

Homework: Leonardo’s Cats: Due Monday 1/19

Tuesday 1/13 Unit: Intro to Renaissance Art theory and linear perspective

Lesson    Renaissance art theory. Alberti book I  Drawing basics

Objectives:. Alberti’s theories: Scale and Distance problem. Begin discussion of the Horizon and Vanishing point. Why  objects far away  look  smaller. Draw with me: polyhydra in 1pt perspective.

Materials:  On Painting Sketchbook, graphite, eraser, Leonardo’s cats

Homework: Leonardo’s Cats: Due Monday 1/19

Wednesday 1/14 Unit: Intro to Renaissance Art theory and linear perspective

Lesson   Renaissance art theory. Alberti book I  Basic Elements in On Painting.

Objectives:.Demonstrate the picture plane: FG, MG, BG Using playing card example. Note: bring playing cards.

Materials:  On Painting Sketchbook, graphite, eraser, Leonardo’s cats

Homework: Leonardo’s Cats: Due Monday 1/19

Thursday 1/15 Unit: Intro to Renaissance Art theory and linear perspective

Lesson  Renaissance art theory Alberti book I: Understanding the picture plane.

Objectives:.Continuing Aleberti’s theories. Understand the degrees of shadow on a sphere. Draw with me: Simple cubes in space.

Materials:  On Painting Sketchbook, graphite, eraser, Leonardo’s cats

Homework: Leonardo’s Cats: Due Monday 1/19

Friday 1/16 Unit: Intro to Renaissance Art theory and linear perspective

Lesson  Renaissance art theory

Alberti book I: Alberti’s theories of vision.

Objectives: Continue Alberti vision theories: understanding the idea of rays, scale and distance, horizon and vanishing point.  

Materials:  On Painting Sketchbook, graphite, eraser, Leonardo’s catsHomework: Leonardo’s Cats: Due Monday 1/19 

MONDAY 2/2 Unit: Renaissance Art History and methods

Lesson Perspective and intro to hmanism 

Objectives Grade homework Prep new homework in sketchbook. Read and discuss Intro No. 2. Glue in Pierro della Franchesca and analyze the image, Introduce Humanism

Homework: de Vries perspective No.2 Due Monday 2/9

TUESDAY 2/3 Unit: Renaissance Art History and methods

Lesson  Introduction to Humanism and Alberti’s veil

Objectives:.Pass out notes on Humanism, Go over with slides. Discuss Humanism in depth. Slides with example of humanist art. Check homework. Continue slides for book II. Briefly discuss the VeilSocratic Question: Why would Humanism be a significant change in art Theory 

WEDNESDAY 2/4 Unit: Renaissance Art History and methods

Lesson  Introduction to Humanism and Alberti’s veil

Objectives:.Thoroughly go over Humanism. Complete the slides. Introduction to Alberti’s Veil. Make a view-finder. Simple practice in sketchbook.

Homework: de Vries perspective No.2 Due Monday 2/9 

THURSDAY 2/5  Unit: Renaissance Art History and methods

Lesson  Introduction to Humanism and Alberti’s veil

Objectives:.Thoroughly review the Veil. Use a small still life for a sketchbook practice. Discuss planar analysis, add values.

Homework: de Vries perspective No.2 Due Monday 2/9 

FRIDAY 2/6 Unit: Renaissance Art History and methods

Lesson  Introduction to Humanism and Alberti’s veil

Objectives:.Continue to practice with the view-finder. Compare to the same process with 2d grids. Sketchbook exercise: use the view-finder to draw the skull 1:1 in you sketchbook

Homework: de Vries perspective No.2 Due Monday 2/9

Monday 2/2 Unit: Renaissance Art History and methods

Lesson  Cow Skull drawing with view-finder

Objectives: Pass out and demo the new homework: de Vries 2pt architecture. Return 2:1 newsprint sketches graded. Introduce the Cowskull project with the handout. Prepare the 12x 18 paper. Organize the room to draw. Demonstrate the process. Begin the drawing. Time to complete is approx 7 days. 

Homework: de Vries perspective No.3 due Mon 2/9

Quiz Thursday 2.5 Perspective with distance point measure and vocabulary

Tuesday 2/3 Unit: Renaissance Art History and methods

Lesson  Cow Skull drawing with view-finder

Objectives: Students prepare the room to draw. Move desks and place cow skulls. Day 1: complete a thorough contour drawing and begin planar analysis.

Homework: de Vries perspective No.3 due Mon 2/9

Quiz Thursday 2.5 Perspective with distance point measure and vocabulary

Wednesday 2/4 Unit: Renaissance Art History and methods

Lesson  Cow Skull drawing with view-finder

Objectives: Students prepare the room. Skulls day 2: complete the contour and planar analysis. Get approval to start values.

Homework: de Vries perspective No.3 due Mon 2/9

Quiz Thursday 2.5 Perspective with distance point measure and vocabulary

Thursday 2/5 Unit: Renaissance Art History and methods

Lesson  Cow Skull drawing with view-finder

Objectives:. Take the quiz. Continue the cowskull drawings. Begin building values.

Homework: de Vries perspective No.3 due Mon 2/9

Quiz Thursday 2.5 Perspective with distance point measure and vocabulary

Friday 2/6 Unit: Renaissance Art History and methods

Lesson  Cow Skull drawing with view-finder

Objectives:. Continue the cow skull drawing: value nd line.

Homework: de Vries perspective No.3 due Mon 2/9 

Monday 2/16 Unit: Renaissance art and theory

Lesson Multi-Point Linear Perspective in situ 

Objectives:. Sketchbook check for 2pt drawing Prepare the new de Vries drawing. Pass out self eval rubric Project work day: Continue drawing step 4 and refer to the rubric. Homework: de Vries Multi-point study Due Mon 2/16 

Tuesday 2/17 Unit: Renaissance art and theory

Lesson Multi-Point Linear Perspective in situ 

Objectives:. Sketchbook check for 2pt drawing Prepare the new de Vries drawing. Pass out self eval rubric Project work day: Continue drawing step 4 and refer to the rubric. Complete the self-eval and turn in today.

Homework: den Vries Multi-point study Due Mon 2/16 

Wednesday 2/18 Unit: Renaissance art and theory

Lesson Multi-Point Linear Perspective in situ 

Objectives:. Pass out the new Perspective Project outline. Go over requirements and expectations. Review multi-point perspective. Create one hallway perspective drawing in your sketchbook.

Homework: de Vries Multi-point study Due Mon 2/16 

Thursday 2/19 Unit: Renaissance art and theory

Lesson Multi-Point Linear Perspective in situ 

Objectives:.Review the project requirements for Part 1. View slide show examples. Prepare the 18 x 24 inch drawing paper. Using graphite and a view finder: begin the first drawing: 1pt hallway.

Homework: de Vries Multi-point study Due Mon 2/16 

Friday 2/20 Unit: Renaissance art and theory

Lesson Multi-Point Linear Perspective in situ 

Objectives: Continue and complete the drawing on the project paper. 

Homework: denVries Multi-point study Due Mon 2/16 

Monday 2/16 No School - President's Day

Tuesday 2/17 Unit: Renaissance art and theory

Lesson Multi-point linear perspective. Drawing in-situ

Objectives: Introduce the Multi-point project handout, Charcoal mini-project. Discuss requirements, prepare the four - quarter drawing paper. Briefly review how to use the view-finder.

The entire class will go out together to establish views. Begin drawing number one: one-point hallway

Homework:  de Vries homework: stairs due Wed 2/25

Wednesday 2/18 Unit: Renaissance art and theory

Lesson Multi-point linear perspective. Drawing in-situ

Objectives: Introduce the class to charcoal pencils and sticks Part 1. Four points of view beginning with one point perspective hallway

Homework:  de Vries homework: stairs due Wed 2/25

Thursday 2/19 Unit: Renaissance art and theory

Lesson Multi-point linear perspective. Drawing in-situ

Objectives: continue/begin the 1pt hallway in light graphite. In the classroom use charcoal to “fix” it. Discuss 2pt drawing next. Scout for views that are novel. Begin drawing 2.

Homework:  de Vries homework: stairs due Wed 2/25

Friday 2/20 Unit: Renaissance art and theory

Lesson Multi-point linear perspective. Drawing in-situ

Objectives: Continue to work on the 2pt drawing in light graphite. Continue with charcoal when you complete the sketch

Homework:  de Vries homework: stairs due Wed 2/25

Mon  2/23 Unit: Renaissance art and art theory

Lesson Large scale perspective drawing

Objectives: Pass out new homework: de Vries stairs with landing. Pass out and go over the Perspective Project outline, requirements, etc. Prepare the large paper per the outline. Use a drawing board. Choose a POV and begin the first drawing: one point hallway.

Homework: Stairs due Mon 3.30

Tue 2/24 Unit: Renaissance art and art theory

Lesson Large scale perspective drawing

Objectives: Return to your 1 point POV and complete the drawing. Return to class and make corrections. Sketchbook grade: 10pt

Homework: Stairs due Mon 3.30

Wed 2/25 Unit: Renaissance art and art theory

Lesson Large scale perspective drawing

Objectives: quickly review 2pt perspective. Explore for interesting POV’s and make sketches, minimum 3. In class complete and correct the one you will use and begin drawing onto the project

Homework: Stairs due Mon 3.30 

Thu 2/26 Unit: Renaissance art and art theory

Lesson Large scale perspective drawing

Objectives: Return to 2pt POV and complete the drawing in-situ

Homework: Stairs due Mon 3.30

Fri 2/27 Unit: Renaissance art and art theory

Lesson Large scale perspective drawing

Objectives: Begin the demonstrations for drawing stairs. Draw with me: stairs in 2pt perspective, with a landing and a 90 degree turn. Begin below the horizon and extend above it. Go to all possible stairs locations and sketch a minimum of three. Return to the classroom and refine one of the sketches you might use. 

Homework: Stairs due Mon 3.30

Homework image:

Monday 3/2 Unit: Landscape

Objectives: Use a  view-finder to compose a basic landscape. Use charcoal powder to complete the blocking. Switch to blending stick and eraser. On the newsprint. Beneath the first perspective sketch

Homework: de Vries Staircase due Fri 3/6 

Tuesday 3/3 Unit: Landscape

Lesson: Newsprint Sketch Practice Project

Objectives: Complete the practice project sketch.

Homework: de Vries Staircase due Fri 3/6 

Wednesday 3/4 Unit: Landscape

Lesson: Project Sketch Day 1

Objectives: Draw outdoors,  one large landscape in charcoal on good paper 12 x 15. Begin with light blocking. Must have, overlapping, bushes and trees, bleed off the page, convincing horizon and ground plane, light values, a variety of textural marks, a 

Homework: de Vries Staircase due Fri 3/6 

Thursday 3/5 Unit: Unit: Landscape

Lesson: Project Sketch Day 2

Objectives: Draw outdoors,  one large landscape in charcoal on good paper 12 x 15. Day 2. Due 3/6 EOC

Homework: de Vries Staircase due Fri 3/6 

Friday 3/6 Unit: Unit: Landscape

Lesson: Project Sketch Final Day

Objectives: Complete all drawings, fill out the self evaluation, turn in work.

Homework: de Vries Staircase due Today Fri 3/6 

Monday 3/9 Unit: Landscape

Lesson Landscape Project work day

Objectives: Continue the Final Landscape Project. At least three different textures, overlapping. And convincing depth.

Homework: de Vries foreshortened downward view

Due 3/15

Tuesday 3/10 Unit: Landscape final day

Lesson Landscape Project

Objectives: Complete all Landscape projects, complete the self evaluation and turn in your work

Homework: de Vries foreshortened downward view

Due 3/15

Wednesday 3/11 Unit: Perspective

Lesson Multi-Point Perspective project

Objectives: Review the Perspective Project. Prep the drawing.board begin/finish One-Point hallway

Homework: de Vries foreshortened downward view Due 3/15

Thursday 3/12 Unit: Perspective

Lesson Multi-Point Perspective project

Objectives: Continue the project, Move on to two-point view: a corner  view at a diagonal

Homework: de Vries foreshortened downward view

Due 3/15

Friday 3/13 Unit: Unit: Perspective

Lesson Multi-Point Perspective project

Objectives: Demonstrate how to draw stairs.  Continue the perspective project. Complete 2-pt. Move on to stairs - two directions with one landing. 

Homework: de Vries foreshortened downward view

Due 3/15