Course Number: 6103
Level: College Prep
Department: Fine Arts
II Course Description
Prerequisite: None
Open to: All
Length: Year
Credit: 1
Summary:
Students take Fundamentals of Art and Design as a first step on a
journey of self-exploration and expression through the visual arts.
Assignments are the framework students use to solve problems in a
visual realm. Students use a variety of media such as pencils, ink,
paint, and more to build an understanding of the elements and
principles of art. Students focus on the underlying elements and
principles of art to refine their artistic expression. Art history,
the process of critique, and the presentation of aesthetic issues
encourage the use of abstract thought to bring comprehension of the
fundamentals of art and design. Student-created work from the class
is selected for public display.
III Course Goals
Develop your skills in observing and reproducing images from
life. ~Students will continue to develop their studio skills
through practice and discussion.
Express the personal experiences and values in your artwork
through written and visual critiques. ~Students will
incorporate the basic language of art (Elements and Principles
of Design) to engage in meaningful and insightful conversations
of student as well as historic works of art.
Develop an appreciation for a personalized and individual art
process as well as the art processes of others. Students
will participate in the written and verbal critique and
discussion of their own, peers and historic works of art.
Understand how historic and current events in life
interchange and flourish within art at a personal as well as
global level. Discussion of specific art styles, attitudes
and processes in student written and visual work, gallery visits
and slide preparation presented in a critique format.
IV Textbooks and Materials
*No textbook is used for class.
*For this class you will need:
A notebook or folder to keep handouts and assignments and a
sketchbook.
*Students will be provided with consumables and a classroom art kit.
Each student is responsible for returning the class art kit at the
end of the course. If materials are missing from the kit, students
will be changed a replacement fee.
V Course Outline
Unit 1: Introduction of the Elements and Principles
· Students
will learn the elements and principles and how to actively apply
them to
their own work and the critique of other work.
· Students
will learn how to use line, movement, shape, pattern and balance
through a series of worksheets to prepare them for their first
original piece.
National Goals: NA-VA.9-12.1, NA-VA.9-12.2, NA-VA.9-12.5
Unit 2: Line
· Students
will apply their knowledge of line, movement, shape, pattern and
balance to the creation of a line design.
National Goals: NA-VA.9-12.1, NA-VA.9-12.2, NA-VA.9-12.5
Unit 3: Drawing Practice and Continuation of Elements and
Principles
· Students
will begin a series of gesture drawings to build upon their skill of
rendering realistic imagery to the page.
· Students
will begin a series of observational drawings to build upon their
skill of creating realistic value and form.
· Students
will learn how to use shape, value, contrast, emphasis, and balance
to strengthen their skills of drawing realistic imagery.
National Goals: NA-VA.9-12.1, NA-VA.9-12.2, NA-VA.9-12.3,
NA-VA.9-12.5, NA-VA.9-12.6
Unit 4: Value
· Students
will practice value and contrast through a series of worksheets to
prepare them for a project centered on value.
National Goals: NA-VA.9-12.1, NA-VA.9-12.2, NA-VA.9-12.5
Unit 5: Grid Drawing
· Students
will create a grid drawing of a source photo demonstrating their
knowledge of contrast, value, movement, line, shape, balance,
emphasis, pattern and color.
National Goals: NA-VA.9-12.1, NA-VA.9-12.2, NA-VA.9-12.3,
NA-VA.9-12.5
First Semester Final Exam
Unit 6: Texture
· Students
will create a scratchboard self-portrait demonstrating their
understanding of non-blended value techniques to create contrast.
· Students
will also learn the basics of paint application through watercolors.
National Goals: NA-VA.9-12.1, NA-VA.9-12.2, NA-VA.9-12.3,
NA-VA.9-12.5, NA-VA.9-12.6
Unit 7: Color Theory
· Students
will learn color theory through the color wheel, and various color
schemes. Students will have a greater understanding of color and
it’s practical applications to their own work as well as the
psychology of color.
· Students
will learn through a series of worksheets how to use a brush and
apply liquid medium to a two dimensional format.
National Goals: NA-VA.9-12.1, NA-VA.9-12.2, NA-VA.9-12.4,
NA-VA.9-12.5, NA-VA.9-12.6
Unit 8: Color Tessellation
· Students
will demonstrate their knowledge of color theory and paint
application through the creation of a tessellation piece focusing on
set color schemes.
National Goals: NA-VA.9-12.1, NA-VA.9-12.2, NA-VA.9-12.3,
NA-VA.9-12.4, NA-VA.9-12.5, NA-VA.9-12.6
Unit 9: Ceramics
· Students
will learn how to design forms in three dimensions and how to slab
and coil build ceramic forms.
· Students
will utilize metaphorical imagery to build a clay form in tribute to
another person.
National Goals: NA-VA.9-12.1, NA-VA.9-12.2, NA-VA.9-12.3,
NA-VA.9-12.5, NA-VA.9-12.6
Unit 10: Self-Portrait
· Students
will use their knowledge gained over the course of the year to
create a photo realistic self-portrait in colored pencil.
National Goals: NA-VA.9-12.1, NA-VA.9-12.2, NA-VA.9-12.3,
NA-VA.9-12.5, NA-VA.9-12.6
Second Semester Final Exam
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