ART I

 Quarter 1 

MEDIA & SKILL BUILDERS:
Drawing Media Exploration - Drawing Pencils, Pen & Ink, Water-soluble Graphite sticks, Chalk Pastels, Oil Pastels, Colored Pencils
ARTIST INSPIRATION:
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Seurat
Pool Parlor by Jacob Lawrence
The Girl with the Red Balloon by Banksy
​MEDIA & SKILL BUILDERS:
3D Sculptural Forms - Cardboard Attachment Techniques,
Wire Armatures, and Pumpkin Carving with loop tools
ARTIST INSPIRATION:
Zombie sub-culture & Ray Villafane
Warren King
Ali Golzad
Bartek Elsner
MEDIA & SKILL BUILDERS:
​Watercolor Techniques & Composition
ARTIST INSPIRATION:
Composition 8 by Wassily Kandisky
‘Les Codomas by Henri Matisse
Swing Landscape by Stuart Davis

Quarter 2

MEDIA & SKILL BUILDERS:
Acrylic paint - color mixing, value and blending
ARTIST INSPIRATION:
Three Donuts by Wayne Thiebaud
The Watermelons by Diego Rivera
Still Life with Cheeses, Artichoke, and Cherries by Clara Peeters
​MEDIA & SKILL BUILDERS: 
Clay hand building techniques - pinch pots, slab
Clay attachment techniques - score, slip & smooth
CULTURAL INSPIRATION:  Aztec ocarinas
SLAB CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OPTIONS:
Novice - Mug
Experienced - Butter Dish
Advanced - Slab House
​MEDIA & SKILL BUILDERS:
Paper collage & Alternative surfaces
​ARTIST INSPIRATION:
Random Illustrated Facts by Mike Lowrey
The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

Quarter 3
MEDIA & SKILL BUILDERS:
Collect stuff in a brown lunch bag;
​synthesize your collection using the Principles of Design.
ARTIST INSPIRATION:
Lenka Clayton
Andy Goldsworthy
​Beach Trash Art
Tara Donovan
​MEDIA & SKILL BUILDERS:
Skill of Observation - patterns & textures, positive vs negative space.
Printmaking techniques - collagraph printing, stuffed animal printing, gel (mono)printing, and screenprinting.  

Quarter 4

MEDIA - Linocut Relief Printmaking
​ARTIST INSPIRATION:
Erica Lang
Paul Davis
Mazatl
MEDIA & SKILL BUILDERS:
Creating a paper pattern.
Hand sewing skill builders - running stitch, back stitch, blanket stitch
ARTIST INSPIRATION:
Takashi Murakami
Jennifer Strunge
2nd Grade toy designers from Wrightstown Elementary School