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Unit 1 : Intro to Art -All About Me
Unit 1 : Intro to Art -All About Me
Sketchbook Covers and Symbols
Sketchbook Covers and Symbols
Students created 2 sketches using symbols that depicted special things about them
Students learned about composition and chose the best of two sketches to recreate All About Me Sketchbook Covers on a large paper
Chapter 1 Review- Art in Your World
Chapter 1 Review- Art in Your World
Unit 2- Learning to Look At Art
Unit 2- Learning to Look At Art
Students learn how to look at art and critique it.
Students participate in Group Critique of Starry Night by Van Gogh
Students look at 100 works of art
Famous Play Painting Project- students recreate a famous work of art with props and photography
Chapter 2 Review- Art Critique and Chapter Review
Chapter 2 Review- Art Critique and Chapter Review
Famous Painting Play Project by Ben Sherman
Famous Painting Play Project by Ben Sherman
Unit 3- Recreating a Masterpiece
Unit 3- Recreating a Masterpiece
Students practice pen techniques and textures
Students view PPT about Balance- Principle of Design and different types of visual balance
Students look at slides of famous artworks and choose a masterpiece to recreate using two types of lines
Students follow instructions regarding the project; research, sketch, use measurement, careful planning and superimposing letter with art to create new artwork version of masterpiece
Students reflect on and critique their work
Chapter 4 and 9 Review- Line and Balance
Chapter 4 and 9 Review- Line and Balance
Recreating A Masterpiece Using Contrasting Lines : Mona Lisa by Maria Hoppough
Recreating A Masterpiece Using Contrasting Lines : Mona Lisa by Maria Hoppough
Unit 4- Color Theory
Unit 4- Color Theory
Students learn Color Theory Basics through videos, Color Wheel, and Color Vocabulary
Students practice color theory mixing with colored pencils on handouts
Students create a color wheel using one of 3 project choices
Students reflect on and critique color wheel project
Chapter 6 Review- Color
Chapter 6 Review- Color
Color Wheel Projects by: Morgan Johnson, Gulsim Amin, Jenna Doubleday
Color Wheel Projects by: Morgan Johnson, Gulsim Amin, Jenna Doubleday
Unit 5- Value Using Watercolor
Unit 5- Value Using Watercolor
Students expand on their knowledge of Color as an Element of Design.
Students learn techniques in watercolor and practice shading with values of paint with an imaginary light source.
Students create close up textural fruit paintings, shape shading and realistic pear recreation.
Students reflect on and critique pear painting.
Orange by Dayna Bland Shape Shading by Ryan Benavides-Arroyo Pears by Jenna Doubleday
Orange by Dayna Bland Shape Shading by Ryan Benavides-Arroyo Pears by Jenna Doubleday
Unit 6- Value and Contrast
Unit 6- Value and Contrast
Students expand on their knowledge of Value as an Element of Design and Contrast as a Principle of Design.
Students learn techniques in pencil drawing and practice shading with values ,a light source , and wide range of values with pressure control on their pencil.
Students create a series of practice drawings developing skills, control, and technique, then move on to a complex pencil drawing for a final project.
Students reflect on and critique their High Contrast Value Drawing.
Artwork by Ben Sherman Denise Zelaya Cadiz Mathis Lane
Artwork by Ben Sherman Denise Zelaya Cadiz Mathis Lane
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