Syllabus
Students are informed of the class procedures and rules on the first day of class. Parents are asked to review the information and sign the form. Signed forms must be returned for credit.
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1. Tag Assignment
The first assignment is "Get to Know You" activity, where students learn the history of the graffiti and tagging movement and then complete their own "Tag." Here is the grading rubric.
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2. Language of Art Vocabulary
Students are taught the language of art vocabulary, (elements of art, product, subject, medium, nonobjective, content) students will be quizzed on these words on a later date.
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3. Nonobjective Painting
After learning about the word nonobjective. Students create a nonobjective painting collage. Students paint a nonobjective painting on a 16" x 10" paper. Once the painting is dry, they cut the painting into 2" x 2" squares and collage those squares onto a black piece of construction paper.
4. Aesthetics
Students participated in a discussion on aesthetics and completed a worksheet.
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5. Art Criticism
Students are taught to use four steps of art criticism to discuss any artwork: description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment.
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6. Element of Line
Students focus on the elements of art in Art A. Line is the first element studied. Students complete the line handout, practice contour and gesture drawings and then complete a Line Squares Drawing.
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Contour Drawing
Blind Contour Drawing
Gesture Drawing
Line Squares
7. Elements of shape and form
Students are taught the difference between shape and form as well as the difference between geometric and free-form shapes.
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Notan Designs
Op Art
8. Element of Texture
Students learn the differences between actual, visual, simulated and invented textures. They also learn how to draw textures. Students then create a new species of animal that has simulated texture.
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Element of Value
Students were taught how to shade objects to make them look 3D.
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Element of Color
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Element of Space
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Principles of Design
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Typography
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Prehistoric Art
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Ancient Egypt
Classical Greece and Rome
Art of the Middle Ages
Study Guide for CTE Exam
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