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1

Getting Organized

What behaviors are expected in the art room? Where are materials located and how are they supposed to be handled? What supplies are needed to be purchased for art class? Where will students store their art work and turn in art work to be graded? Where will students store everyday notes and handouts? How can students stay organized?

View Procedures and Expectations PP

 

D&D (distribute and discuss) Supply List Handout

 

Follow Portfolio Creation Directions

 

Issue Student Notebooks and Lockers

 

Create Notebook Cover

 

Student Portfolios

 

Student Notebook Cover

 

1.01 Expand knowledge for organizing and creating art.

2

Drawing warm-ups: Drawing from the Right Brain

How can an artist practice drawing techniques? How are the eye and hand connected in drawing? How can drawing techniques be improved? What are the benefits of using the right brain for drawing instead of the left?

How can students assess the work of themselves and others using a rubric?

How can multiple solutions be achieved when creating art?

Complete Drawing warm-ups WS (worksheet)

 

D&D 2-handed Symmetrical Drawing Rubric

 

Create 2-handed Symmetrical Drawing using rubric

 

Activity: Upside down drawing from envelope

 

Activity: “Squaring Up” drawing

 

1.Drawing From the Right Side of the Brain WS:

-upside down drawings

-vase/face

-two-handed symmetrical drawing

 

2. Best 2-handed Symmetrical Drawing (9x9) to be assessed

 

3. Upside Down Drawing from envelope

 

4. Sketchbook #1:

Creative line

 

 

3

Line as Texture:

How can line be used to create the illusion of texture on a flat drawing surface?

What are the qualities of a “Finished Drawing”

How have artists of the past used line as texture in their work?

 

D&D Abstract Line Design or Drawing Rubric (to assess qualities of a “finished drawing”)

 

Activity: Wavy Line Design

 

Activity: Bubble Design

 

Complete Pattern Practice WS

 

Wavy Line Design (9X12)

 

Bubble Design (9X12)

 

Pattern Practice WS

 

 

 

Sketch book #2:

“Squaring up” drawing

 

 

4

Line as Movement

How can line show movement? How can line move the viewer’s eye around a work of art? Why is movement important or needed? How have artists of the past used line as movement in their work?

View: Line as Movement website

Follow steps outlined in website for Line Movement Design

D&D: Line Movement Design rubric

Line as Movement Design (12X18)

 

 

Sketch book # 3: Moving Line

 
5

Creating a Good Composition: Dots as line.

How can line be implied with dots? What kind of interesting effects can be achieved when drawing with dots instead of line?

 

     
6

Drawing what we see verses drawing what we know:

What is perception? How can looking at a subject improve the technique of drawing? How is imaginative drawing different from real life drawing? What is contour drawing? What is the best method for contour drawing? What is the difference between sketching and contour drawing? What are some benefits or advantages to contour drawing?

 

     
7

Positive and Negative Space

 

     
8

Creating Depth: Clues in Space

 

     
9

Intro to Value and Shading