All students will complete a 'Daily Doodle' in their sketchbook as part of a morning warm-up in class. Students in drawing and painting 1 will  be expected to prep their sketchbooks and show their completed doodles each Friday for a grade. This allows students to practice drawing daily and exercise creative thinking skills.

Artwork by student

Students explore graffiti art, lettering and name designs for this project, as well as how artists use symbolism in their art to convey meaning. Students will learn how use personal symbols, color, lettering and lines to design a cover for their sketchbook. Students focus on Line and Shape as two essential Elements of Art and learn how symbols can communicate ideas and messages to an audience.  

Lesson adapted from @artofteaching 

Artwork by Hannah H.

Students will learn the fundamentals of drawing and how to draw from observing lines and shapes. Students will practice drawing contour line drawings and will complete multiple exercises that will help develop close observation skills. Students will learn about themes in art and will bring in their personal collections of objects that hold meaning to them. Students will carefully observe and draw these objects and add color and text descriptions to their work.

Project inspired by Kate Bingaman-Burt

Artwork by Layla A.

Students will learn how to create the illusion of depth and space in an artwork. Students will focus on value and shading to create a sense of depth, and will learn one and two point perspective before completing this project. Lesson adapted from @artofteaching

Artwork by Ally W.