ART I CLASS
Description and Major Units of Study
This course is designed to introduce students to basic understanding of 21st century modern art. This class is geared to the beginning art student that will gain knowledge in art techniques, processes, and interpretations of artwork. The student will be able to create their own original works of art by using the elements of art and the principles of design as their basis. With this knowledge combined with a wide variety of materials, students will leave Contemporary art with an insight to the current art world that surrounds them.
SYLLABUS
PROJECT 1.: PORTFLOLIO DESIGN-
YOU WILL CREATE A DESIGN ON YOUR PORTFOLIO THAT INCLUDES A PICTURE WITH THE WORD INCLUDED: WORD ART, SUCH AS A DRAWING OF A DOLL WITH THE WORD “DOLL” AS A PART OF HER HAIR. YOU MAY INCLUDE YOUR NAME AS PART OF THE DESIGN. YOU MUST INCLUDE A WORD AS PART OF YOUR DESIGN OR USE THE WORD AS THE DESIGN.
*ELEMENTS OF ART AND PRINCIPLE OF DESIGN (QUIZ)
PROJECT 2: STILL LIFE
v INTRO TO LINES, VALUES, AND SHADES
v INTRO TO CHARCOALS AND KNEADED ERASERS
v COMPOSITION AND STILL LIFE
PROJECT 3: CUBIST DRAWING OF AN OBJECT- YOU WILL BE DRAWING AN OBJECT SUCH AS A CHAIR FROM THREE DIFFERENT VIEWS. THEN THEY WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO ONE DESIGN. YOU WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE CUBIST ART MOVEMENT.
PROJECT 4: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE-
YOU WILL TAKE ANY IDEA, PICTURE OR PHOTO AND BY DECIDING ON THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACES YOU WILL CREATE A DESIGN USING XACTO KNIFES AND BLACK PAPER.
PROJECT 5 : SELF-PORTRAITS/ PHOTO-REALISM WITH CHUCK CLOSE- YOU WILL CREATE A SELF-PORTRAIT DRAWING AND LEARN HOW TO USE A GRID INSPIRED BY CHUCK CLOSE.
PROJECT 6: ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE
STUDENTS WILL CREATE A ROOM IN ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE. THERE ROOMS WILL CONTAIN TWO PIECES OF FURNITURE, TWO WINDOWS, FLOORING AND A DOOR. ART WORK WILL BE COMPLETED WITH THEIR CHOICE OF MATERIAL USING CORRECT SHADING CONCEPTS.
PROJECT 7: COLLAGE INSPIRED BY ROMARE BEARDEN
STUDENTS WILL CREATE THEIR BROKEN COLLAGES USING MAGAZINES, PAPER, PHOTOS, ETC. AND WATERCOLOR. THIS COLLAGE WILL REPRESENT THEIR IDEA OF ”PARADISE” (INSPIRED BY THE BEARDEN’S “EDEN MIGNIGHT”)
PROJECT 8: SURREALISTIC ANIMALS: PEN AND INK
YOU WILL CREATE THIS FANTASY CREATURE USING ONE OF TH E SURREALIST TECHNIQUES OF THE ART MOVEMENT. YOUR CREATURES MUST BE CREATED WITH PEN AND INK AND MAY ALSO USE WATERCOLOR. STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE PEN AND INK TECHNIQUES TO CREATE SHADING.
PROJECT 9 AND 10: INTRO TO WATERCOLOR:
TECHNIQUES (QUIZ)
COLOR WHEEL (QUIZ)
IMPRESSIONISM LANDSCAPES
YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE IMPRESSIONISM ART MOVEMENT AND HOW THE ARTIST USED THIS MEDIUM IN THEIR LANDSCAPES. YOU WILL BE CREATING YOUR OWN LANDSCAPES FROM PHOTOGRAPHS OR PICTURES USING WATERCOLOR PAINTS.
PROJECT 11 AND 12 : INTRO TO ACRYLIC PAINTS
EXPRESSIONISM AND THE FIGURE:
YOU WILL LEARN THE BASIC TECHNIQUES OF USING ACRYLIC PAINT AND CREATE THEIR OWN ORIGINAL PIECE FROM LIFE. YOU WILL BE WORKING FROM A MODEL AND USING EXPRESSIONISTIC COLORS AND SHAPES IN THEIR PAINTINGS. YOU WILL ALSO LEARN AND DRAW THE BASIC PROPORTIONS OF THE FIGURE.
PROJECT 12: INTRO TO ABSTRACTION
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO USE COLORED CHARCOAL AND
COLORED PENCILS AND CREATE ABSTRACT FLOWERS OR LANDSCAPES BY USING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS BLENDING AND SHADING TO CREATE DEPTH.
PROJECT 13: OPTICAL ILLUSION
YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE OP ART MOVEMENT AND CREATE YOUR OWN ORIGINAL OPTICAL ILLUSION THAT WILL BE 3 DIMENSIONAL OR HAVE MOVEMENT.
PROJECT 14: INSPIRED BY AN ARTIST
YOU WILL PICK AN ARTIST; RESEARCH HIM OR HER AND THEN PAINT IN THE SAME MANNER: TECHNIQUES, COLOR, ART MOVEMENTS, THEMES, OR SETTINGS?
