Unit 3

Measuring

Using Guidelines to Find Spatial Relationships

Daily Forecast

Quick Draws – 10pts.

Day 1 -           Quick Draw - Vertical: Use a lot of vertical lines (among others) to draw            

  Wed. 3/28   a Castle.

                       Handout –Unit 2 vocabulary, Unit 2 Syllabus

                       Instruction: Drawing straight lines for guide lines.

Assignment 3-1 – Symmetry Jets/Butterflies: Students learn to use median lines to keep a drawing symmetrical.

Day 2 -           Quick Draw – Median Line: Use a median line to draw a symmetrical

  Thu. 3/29    vase with interesting contours containing flowers.

                       (Unit 1 –Sketchbook, homework due).

                       Assignment 3-1 –Symmetry Jets/Butterflies (contd.)

Day 3 -           Quick Draw –Symmetry: Draw a scoop of ice cream in a fancy dish.

   Mon. 4/9     Keep it symmetrical.

                       Assignment 3-1 –Symmetry Jets/Butterflies (Homework)

                       Assignment 3-2 – Optical illusion Cubes: Students practice sighting and scanning by drawing a series of cubes to create an optical illusion.

Day 4 -           Quick Draw – Scanning: Scan the shapes on the easel to get them placed

   Tue. 4/10    properly in your drawing.

                       Assignment 3-2 –Optical Illusion Cubes (contd.)

                       Instruction: Circles and Ellipses

Day 5 -           Quick Draw – Sighting: Sight the lines on the screen in order to get their

  Wed. 4/11   proper proportions in your drawing.

Assignment 3-2 – Optical Illusion Cubes (Homework)

Assignment 3-3 – Blocked in Frog: Students learn to block in a drawing before focusing on details in order to get the placement, shapes, angles, and proportions correct.

Day 6 -          Quick Draw – Ellipse: Draw 5 different cylinders with medium to open

  Thu. 4/12    ellipses in different positions

Assignment 3-3 – Blocked in Frog (Homework)

Assignment 3-4 – Blocked in animals: Students create their own block ins for drawing animals.

Day 7 -          Quick Draw – Blocking in: Create a block in for a human figure.

  Mon. 4/16   Assignment 3-4 – Blocked in animals (Homework)

Day 8-            Quick Draw –What would you draw on your bedroom about yourself if

   Tue. 4/17    you knew future generations would look at it and learn something about you. Draw it.

                       Art History Worksheet #1: Students will take notes on the art history lecture covering pre-history to the fall of Rome.

 

 

 

Homework Sketches

To be done in the sketchbook

20pts.

           Complete 5Line Drawingsusing the strategies learned in class. They should all be done through careful observation of the subject and at least 20 minutes should be spent on each drawing. Use a red pencil to draw guidelines. Use a regular pencil for contour drawing. Do not erase any guidelines. No rulers allowed.

 

Notes and Drawing Exercises

10pts.

Notes on measuring with guidelines, drawing Lines, using a median line, drawing circles, drawing ellipses, blocking in a figure

 

 

Assignments

 

#         Name                         Due Date       Handed in     Pts. Possible  Pts. Received

 

3-1. Symmetry Jets/B-flies      4/10            _________           30          _________

 

3-2. Opt. Illusion Cubes         4/12             _________           30             _________

 

3-3. Blocked in Frog               4/13             _________           20            _________

 

3-4. Blocked in animals          4/14             _________           20            _________

 

3-5. Vocabulary Quiz            4/18             _________           20            _________

 

3-6. Unit 2 Sketchbook          4/18            _________           40            _________

     (Quick Draws, notes,

      Sketches.)

 

Unit 2

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Learning to perceive in order to draw

2/27 – 3/20

In this unit, students will learn about the cognitive shift that artists make to see things as they really are, right now, in front of them instead of drawing the way most people draw - see something, name it, draw from memory pulling out a symbol that they've always used to represent that thing or drawing how they think that thing should look.  In this way students will strengthen their visual peceptive abilities.  They will develope patience, determination, orginization, decision making, and visual communication skills.

Daily Forecast

Quick Draws – 15pts.

Day 1 -           Quick Draw – Contour: Make a contour line drawing of your hand

 Mon.2/27    focusing on the contours of its edges.       

                      Instruction: Drawing on the right side of the brain.

Day 2 -           Quick Draw - Symbol System: Draw from your symbol system, a man

  Tue. 2/28     with glasses, sitting in a chair with hands clasped in his lap.

                       Assignment 2-1– Upside down drawing: Students learn to see people and objects as just lines and shapes by turning the picture upside down.

Day 3 -           Quick Draw – Cognitive Shift: Draw the picture on the screen. Make a

 Wed. 2/29    cognitive shift and draw the other picture on the screen.

           Assignment 2-1 –Upside Down Drawing (Homework ).

                       Assignment 2-2 – Blind Contour Drawing: Students learn to connect the movement of their eye to the movement of their pencil as they follow the contour of an edge.

Day 4 -           Quick Draw – Contour Drawing: Choose an object that you have with

 Thu.3/1       you or can see in the room and do a contour drawing focusing on the edges.

                       Assignment 2-2 – Contour Drawings (Homework ).

Day 5 -           Quick Draw – Contour Line: Focus on the contours and draw lines to

 Mon.3/5      represent the edges (not just outlines) of your hand holding a pencil drawing your hand holding a pencil drawing your hand holding a pencil….

                       Assignment 2-3 – Shapes Drawing: Students learn to see 3 dimensional                        forms as flat shapes in order to draw those images on a 2D drawing paper.

Day 6 -           Quick Draw - Foreshortening:Put your hand out in front of you and

  Tue. 3/6       point directly at your eyes. Draw your hand.

                       Assignment 2-3 – Shapes Drawing (Homework).

Day 7 -          Quick Draw – Negative Shape: Create a negative shape with your index

  Wed. 3/7      finger and thumb. Draw only the negative shape that you see.

                       Assignment 2-4: Negative Shape Boxer: Students learn to focus on negative shapes in order to see spatial relationships and stay in the right brain.

Day 8 -           Quick Draw – Placement: Draw only the negative shapes created by the

 Thu.3/8       stools on the front desk. Have the ends of the legs go off the top and bottom edges of your paper. Be careful to place the shapes properly.

                       Assignment 2-4 –Negative Shape Boxer (Contd.)

Day 9 -           Quick Draw – R-mode: Draw a quick picture of a dog from your

 Mon. 3/12    L-mode. Then make the cognitive shift into r-mode and draw the shapes that you see on the screen.
Assignment 2-4 – Negative Shape Boxer (Homework).

                       Assignment 2-5 – Negative Shape Composition: Students create a composition designing the negative spaces of a drawing.

Day 10                       Quick Draw – Perspective:Sit on the floor and draw your desk looking               

 Tue. 3/13     up at it.

                       Assignment 2-5 – Negative Shape Composition (contd.)

 Day 11          Quick Draw – Spatial Relationships –See the spatial relationship

 Wed.3/14    between the shapes on the screen and draw them.

                       Assignment 2-5 – Negative Shape Composition (Homework)

                       Assignment 2-7 – Grid Drawing: Students learn to use a grid to focus on small parts of a drawing and measure spatial relationships.

Day 12           Quick Draw –Grid: Draw a grid over a past quick draw. Then draw a

 Thu. 3/15     grid for day 11 and copy the original image.

                       Assignment 2-7–Grid Drawing (Contd.)

Day 13           Quick Draw – Line: Create a contour line drawing of the batman

 Mon. 3/19     Assignment 2-7 –Grid Drawing (Homework).

 

                                     Homework

20 pts.

Create 5 Contour line drawings of real objects (not from photographs). They should have interesting contours, not just simple forms. You should spend about 30 minutes on each drawing and use the whole space.

 Assignments

 

#    Name                              Due Date       Handed in     Pts. Possible  Pts. Received

                                                                                                     

1-1. Upside Down Drawing   3/1              _______               20           _______

                                                                                                        

1-2. Blind/Contour Drawings 3/2             _______               20           _______

 

1-3. Shapes Drawing               3/7             _______                20           _______

                                   

1-4. Negative Shape Boxer      3/13                      _______               30           _______

 

1-5. Negative shape Composition 3/14       _______               30           _______

 

1-6. Grid Drawing                   3/20           _______               30           _______

 

1-7. Unit 2 Sketchbook           3/20           _______               40           _______         

     (Vocabulary, Quick Draws,

       Homework)

1-8. Vocabulary Quiz             3/20           _______               20           _______

 

 

End of Term – 3/22

 

  

Unit 1

February 1 - 24

Composition: Principles and Elements of Art and Design

In this unit, students will learn the three aspects of a work of art, Subject Matter, Composition, and Content. They will learn the Elements of Art and how to use them to express content. They will learn the Principles of Design and how to use them to organize the elements into good composition. They will think critically and follow creative process to come up with their designs and then learn to critique those designs and learn from theirs and other’s works.

 

Daily Forecast

Quick Draws – 15pts.

Day 1 -           Quick Draw – Subject Matter:Draw a picture of your favorite subject matter.

                       Instruction:Introduction to art education/Subject Matter, Composition, and Content/expressive v. representational/creative process.

                       Assignment 1-1 - Disclosures

Day 2 -           Quick Draw – Composition: Create a unique composition with a basketball

                       Instruction: The elements of art

Day 3 -           Quick Draw – Content:Draw a picture of an inanimate object but abstract it to create sadness as the content. (do not use facial expressions).

                       Assignment 1-2 –Semantic Webs:Students use semantic webs to brainstorm and explore possible content for their designs. (Homework)

Day 4 -           Quick Draw – Representational art:Find something in the room that

                       you can draw exactly as you see (representational).

                       Instruction: Using elements of art to express content.

Day 5 -           Quick Draw – Geometric:Draw your favorite pet but use only

                       geometric shapes.

                       Assignment 1-3 – Thumbnail Sketches:Students Describe verbally how they will use the elements of art to express the content visually.

Day 6 -           Quick Draw – High Contrast:Create a dramatic drawing by using high

                       contrast values.

Assignment 1-3 – Thumbnail Sketches:Students draw thumbnail sketches using elements of art as they described them(Homework).

Day 7 -           Quick Draw – Emphasis:Create emphasis with the element of value in

                       the lower left corner of your Drawing space.

                       Instruction: Principles of Design

Day 8 -           Quick Draw - Rhythm:Draw a picture of your friends or

                       family. Create rhythm in the design.

                       Instruction: Using principles of design to improve your designs.

Assignment 1-4 – Design Charts/Final Sketches

Day 9 -           Quick Draw - Movement:   Draw something withmovement as an important part of the design using the element of line.

Assignment 1-4 - Design Charts/Final Sketches (Homework)

Day 10 -        Quick Draw – Format:Create a Circular format for a drawing of your

                       choice.

                       Instruction: Unit 1 Homework – Principles of Design

                                               Stippeling

                       Assignment 1-5– Expressive/Non-Objective Work of Art:Students use their designs from their creative process to create a final work of art.

Day 11 -         Quick Draw - Stippling:Draw your favorite sports ball and stipple it to

                       give it value slowly going from dark to light.

                       Assignment 1-5 – Expressive, Non-Objective Work of Art (Contd.)

Day 12 -        Quick Draw – Craftsmanship:Draw a squiggly line down the center of

                       your paper. Then draw two lines to the left and two to the right making all lines evenly spaced.

Assignment 1-5 – Expressive, Non-Objective Work of Art (Homework).

Assignment 1-6 – Critique of Expressive Work:Students learn to look critically at a work of art and the steps of a critique.

Day 13 -         Quick Draw – Critique:Write an objective description of the design on the screen.

                       Assignment 1-6 – Critique of Expressive Work (Homework).

 

Homework

15 pts.

           Students will find 7 works of art, each one a good example of one of the principles of design, one work of art for each of the 7 principles. They will not draw the work but rather cut and paste it into their sketchbook. They will then identify the principle and state what elements the artist used to follow that principle and how he/she used them.

 

Assignments

 

#Name                                  Due Date       Handed in     Pts. Possible  Pts. Received

 

1 Disclosures                       ________       _______           10                _______              

 

2 Semantic Webs                  ________       _______          10                _______

 

3 Thumbnail Sketch             ________       _______          20                _______

 

4 Design Chart/Final Sketches ________   _______          20                _______

 

5 Expressive/Non-Objective ________       _______          50               _______

 

6 Critique of Expressive Work _____        _______          20                _______

 

7 Unit 1 Quiz                         ________       _______          20               _______

8 Unit 1 Sketchbook             ________       _______          40                _______