ART OBJECTIVES:
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OBJECTIVES:
Students will:
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CONTENT
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Examine a variety of objects
Explore the elements of line, value, texture, color, shape, form, and space.
Apply principles of unity, emphasis, balance, variety, movement, contrast, pattern, and proportion.
Design, develop, and create original works of art.
Work in areas of design, drawing, painting, and sculpture.
Drawing
Painting
Sculpture
Design
Printmaking
Art History / Art Criticism
ACTIVITIES
A. Drawing will be introduced through the exercises emphasizing line, value, space, texture, form, and
shape using the mediums: pencil, pen & ink, colored pencil, etc. These will include:
Perspective drawing
Value drawing
Gesture line drawing
Still life drawing
Contour drawing
Structural exercises
Textural exercises
Portrait and figure drawing
B. Painting will be introduced through exercises in transparent (watercolor) and opaque (tempera)
painting media.
1. Color/value charts (primary, secondary, tertiary)
2. Color/value studies (complementary, analogous, triadic, etc.)
3. Brush strokes and techniques
*Other painting assignments may be used to incorporate composition and design in a painting unit.
C. Sculpture will be introduced through exercises form, texture, line, and color.
The exercises will include:
1. Multi-media sculptures
2. Clay and possibly papier-mache
D. Printmaking will be examined in the form of a mono-print.
E. Art history and cultures will be introduced by means of presentations of major artists’ works and styles
and individual research. Art history will also be incorporated into this course by use of the following
examples: power point presentations, textbooks, computer images, posters, etc. Art appreciation and
understanding will be studied through text and application with master artists'