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 |