Mrs. Bremer, Room 223, (608)637-1541
Email: brebri@viroquablackhawk.org
Website: viroquaareaschools.com
Instagram: @mrsbremersartroom
Availability for Help: 7:30 – 8:00am and after school until 3:45pm, Resource
Course Description:
This class has been designed for art students who want to further their drawing skills in media such as graphite, charcoal, pastels, pen, marker, colored pencil, etc. Students who elect to take this class should sincerely want to grow as artists. Students will be expected to show a high level of quality, craftsmanship, and complexity in their artwork. There will be a focus on the Elements and Principles of Art, composition, technique, and artists and styles from around the world and from throughout recorded history.
Total Grade:
80% Projects 10% Sketchbooks 10% Tests
Most projects will be graded via a rubric in these five general categories: concept and design, craftsmanship, project completion, inventiveness, and knowledge of the elements and principles of art. Most projects are based out of 25 points and sketchbook assignments are graded out of 5 points. Sometimes I will ask you to be self-reflective for projects and to score yourself using a rubric and worksheet. I will grade sketchbooks once a month. You will have a test at the end of each term.
Late Work Policy:
I will subtract half a point for each day your project is late. All projects must be turned in (usually on the table behind my desk or in the sketchbook crate) and not just left on a shelf, at home, on the bus, in the car… I will give partial credit for work that is turned in but not completed. I will give a zero for a project that is not begun, barely begun, or does not meet the goals I set for the assignment.
Grading Scale: Projects:
Units of Study:
Unit 1: Elements and Principles of Art Review
Unit 2: Zentangles and Sketchbooks
Unit 3: Drawing En Plein Air
Unit 4: Geometric Forms
Unit 5: Linear Perspective Review
Unit 6: Still-Life Drawing
Unit 7: Georgia O’Keeffe - Near and Far
Unit 8: Optical Illusion Drawing
Unit 9: Special Drawing Techniques
Unit 10: Microscopic Image or Insect Project
Test 1
Unit 11: Skull Drawing
Unit 12: Facial Features
Unit 13: Upside Down Portrait
Unit 14: WANTED Poster
Unit 15: Sonia Delaunay Abstraction
Unit 16: Half Drawn Half Collaged Self-Portrait
Unit 17: Skeleton
Unit 18: Bone Hand and Foot
Unit 19: Sign Language Hands
Unit 20: Figures Practice
Unit 21: Graphic Novel
Unit 22: Mary Cassatt Reproduction in Chalk Pastel
Unit 23: Pablo Picasso Inspired Cubist Portrait in Oil Pastel
Unit 24: Coat of Arms
Unit 25: Mona Lisa Parody
Unit 26: Group Collaboration
Test 2
Late Work Policy:
A half point will be deducted for each day your assignment is late. I accept all late assignments until the end of each quarter or a date shortly before the end of that quarter. All projects must be turned in in the basket on the back counter and not just left on a shelf, at home, on the bus, in the car… I will give partial credit for work that is turned in but not completed. I will give a zero for a project that was not begun, was barely begun, or does not meet the goals I set for the assignment.
Absences:
If you are sick, stay home! It is an excused absence so I will not take points off for a project being late. If you are excused sick two days, you get two additional days to complete an assignment. You will still be expected to turn in all other assignments that come after your excused sick days on the assigned due dates.
Classroom Expectations:
Please use hand sanitizer or wash your hands when appropriate.
Please wear your mask responsibly. It must cover the entire lower half of your face and your nose at all times.
You will reuse the same supplies each day. If you are completely done with something, place it in the “Used” box so I can quarantine and sanitize it.
Take care of your project, supplies and table. Store your supplies and project in the designated area. Use supplies safely and do not take anything that does not belong to you - this includes pencils, pens, and erasers. You are being disrespectful if you leave a mess for me to clean up (like globs of paint or clay in the sink).
If you need to blow your nose, please go to the clay room or middle school classroom to do it.
Please let me know if you leave the classroom for any reason.
I expect you to be respectful of your classmates’ space, materials, artwork, and opinions.
I tolerate drinks in the Art Room as long as you do it responsibly. Beverages should be in a sealed container to help avoid spills.
Keep your phone in your locker. If it becomes a problem, I will take your phone and you can pick it up from Mr. Cress later. You can get a chromebook from the library to look up reference images, but I do not want you to copy someone else’s artwork that you find on the internet. There is a difference between being inspired by another artist and copying or stealing something in order to pass it off as your own (plagiarism.)
Keep hats in your locker.