Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

September

·         Self-portraits

·         Rhythm Drawing

·         Continuous line

·         Abstract art

·         Drawing

·         Brainstorming objects to describe personality

·         Hand-eye coordination

·         Begin to understand composition

·         Build on watercolor technique

·         Craftsmanship

·         Objects and details help describe the artist (self-portrait)

·         Overlapping of objects

·         Composition

·         A2, A4, C2, C4, C7, D4, D5, E1, G4, H3

October

·         Continue continuous line

·         Personal Rainbow Color Wheel

·         Optical Gradation

·         Know primary colors

·         Know secondary colors

·         Know tertiary colors

·         Learn to mix all the colors of the color wheel using only the primary colors

·         Create a personal color wheel

·         Introduced to study of value

·         Know difference between tints and shades

·         Be able to mix a tint and shade

·         Painting

·         Correct  mixing of colors

·         Craftsmanship

·         Placement of colors on wheel

·         Quiz on color

·         Two value studies completed, one in cool and one in warm color scheme.

·         Correct mixing of tint and shade.

·         A2, A4, C4, C6, C7, C9, D5, H2, H5, L1

November

·         Continue Optical Gradation

·         3D Rooms

·         Complementary Optical

·         Be familiar with Van Gogh’s The Bedroom

·         Design in 3D

·         Experiment with interior design

·         Building with construction paper

·         Introduction to optical illusion

·         Review complementary color scheme

·         Creativity

·         Craftsmanship

·         Overall 3D design

·         Color scheme

·         Optical illusion

·         A2, A4, C2,C4, C6, C7, D6, H2, H4, L4

December

·         Complementary Optical (cont.)

·         Basket weaving

·         Tessellations

·         Introduction to the history of basket, origination and purpose

·         Learn vocabulary

·         Learn to weave with reeds

·         Learn three types of tessellations

·         Learn how to create a tessellation

·         Examine the work of M.C. Escher

·         Craftsmanship

·         Following directions

·         Weaving technique

·         Creativity

·         Craftsmanship

·         A working tessellation

·         A1, A2, A4, C2, C4, C7, H4, K3

January

·         Tessellations (cont.)

·         Cubism

·         Geometric shape

·         Greek God Sculpture

·         Think about composition and draw geometric shapes based on given direction

·         Color in cubist style

·         Review knowledge of Greek Gods (knowledge should be based off history class)

·         Learn about the pinch sculpting method for clay

·         Learn how to create human form

·         Craftsmanship

·         Composition

·         Cubist style

·         Hand building technique in clay

·         Creativity

·         Writing Assessment (knowing their God/Goddess and being able to assess the difficulties and successes of their work)

·         A1, A2, A4, C2, C4, C7, C9, D6, E1, H1, H4, I3,  I7, J10, K1, K3

February

·         Greek God Sculpture (cont.)

·         Mixed Breed Animals

·         Use creativity to design a new species of animal by combining two to three different animals

·         Think about environment and size relation

·         Learn different color pencil blending techniques

·         Creativity

·         Composition

·         Craftsmanship

·         A2, C5, C7, C9, D6, E1, H4, I3, J10, K1

March

·         Two Point Perspective

·         Create a city using two point perspective

·         Be able to use a ruler to create a straight line and the correct perspective using vanishing points

·         Use of vanishing points

·         Creativity

·         Craftsmanship

·         A2, C4, C6, E2

April

·         Paper Mache Animals

·         Turn a 2-D plan into a 3-D form

·         Learn sculpture techniques in paper to create an animal form

·         Sculpture techniques

·         Craftsmanship

·         Use of class time and behavior

·         C4, C5, C6, C7, C9, D5, E1, H4, L1, L4

May

·         Paper Mache Animals (cont.)

·         Observational drawing of a plant

·         Chalk pastels

·         Salvador Dali

·         Surrealism

·         Students will create an observational drawing of a plant using as much detail as possible

·         Use chalk pastel to create contrast and creativity in their drawing

·         Discussion of surrealism

·         Create drawing of outside of locker and place a surreal environment inside the locker

·         Craftsmanship

·         Realism

·         Creativity

·         Concept of surrealism

·         Craftsmanship

·         Knowledge of Salvador Dali

·         A1, A2, C5, C6, C7, C9, D5, E1, H1, H3, H4, L1, L4

June

·         Salvador Dali and Surrealism (cont.)

·         Wrap-up:  end of the year discussion, clean up and completion of assignments

·         A1, A2, C6, C9, E1, H3