In art class it is perfectly normal for students to work at different paces. Some students finish up earlier than others and some students take more time. Please allow for some flexibility on dates, as I am flexible with my students and try to meet their individual needs. Generally speaking, students have a 2-3 day rolling deadline to finish up projects. Sometimes after introducing a new project I will still have students finishing up the previous one. This is normal.
Lessons are subject to change if I feel a change is in the best interest of the class.
Click here for State of Michigan Standards and Benchmarks for Art Education
Lessons are subject to change if I feel a change is in the best interest of the class.
Click here for State of Michigan Standards and Benchmarks for Art Education
Week 17 - Wrap up Portraits and Free Choice Painting
May 23-27 Standards: Standard 1: 1-4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: Students will be able to apply skills, techniques and creativity learned and practiced all year long to create a painting of choice. Brainstorming: The Internet Past student work Requirements: Students may paint (within reason) anything they choose, so long as it illustrates their skill. Paintings may be abstract or representational. Paintings need to show use of value in painting and understanding of color theory Final Exam Project Grade: Seniors - Portrait Painting Non-Seniors - Free Choice Painting |
Week 15 & 16 - Portrait Painting
May 9-13 May 16-20 Standards: Standard 1: 1-4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: Students will be able to paint a human face with reasonable accurate proportion. Brainstorming: Power Point of the wide array of style they could explore for painting a face. Magazines and the Internet for photographs of faces The Internet for painting style references Teacher Demonstrations: Where to place highlights and shadow on a front view face. Video of how to paint the nose. One on one demonstrations Student portraits can be painted realistically, or whimsically, so long as the proportion of the face is reasonably accurate. |
Week 14 - Portrait Studies
May 2-6 Standards: Standard 1: 1-4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: 1. Students will be able to draw the human face with reasonable accuracy and confidence. 2. Students will be able to paint using creative use of color, while still achieving value. Practice Drawings (Formative Lesson): Before painting anything,students will begin the unit by studying/drawing the following: 2 different eyes 2 different noses 2 different mouths 1 ear 1 full face in proper proportion (from a photo) (If student has had drawing, and can show me examples of their facial studies, they will be exempt from this portion of the lesson.) -Students will join the teacher in a step by step drawing of the human face. Painting Activity: Students will decide what kind of portrait they would like to paint. It can be: -front view -profile or 3/4 view -angled or zoomed in - Colorful - Accurate color - Somewhat abstracted Students must work from a photograph or an image and it should have reasonably accurate proportion. |
Week 12 & 13 - Landscape Painting
April 18-22 April 25-29 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2,3,4 Standard 2: 1,2,3,4 Standard 3: 1,2,4,5 Learning Goal: 1. Students will use prior knowledge of color theory to mix and create color 2. Students will be able to paint a realistic landscape using skills learned in class. Brainstorming: - Past examples of student work - Thumbnail sketches for idea development Teacher Demonstrations: Most demonstrations are done on an individual basis, since everyones color requirements are specific. Repeated demonstrations on how to make black and dull color down with complements. |
Choose one to paint as a study in drawing and painting trees
Week 10 & 11 - Single Object Study
March 28 - April 1 (Week before break many absences) April 11-15 ( SAT Testing week) Standards: Standard 1: 1-4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: Students will learn to pre mix color Students will learn to make their own black Students will use complementary colors when painting Students will paint accurately but quickly Students will learn to paint thick Brainstorming: Teacher examples of fast single object studies Pinterest page of painted objects Teacher Demonstrations: Last week students were guided in two 1 hour long sessions of painting. They were shown how to premix available color and in larger quantities so that they would have enough to paint with. This week they will use those skills on their own, but with help from the teacher walking the room. Students are encouraged to bring in their own object to paint and study. It will be photographed in good lighting for a better effect. If students choose not to bring an object in, they may choose a painting from The Internet. It is acceptable for this assignment to replicate another artists work, because the learning goal is to learn painting skill and mixing paint skills, and there is less of an emphasis on individual creativity in this particular assignment. |
In class quick study #2 - Completed together in class
In class quick study #1 - This will be painted together in class.
You need the following:
Min of 3 medium sized paint brushes
Clean water
Paper Towel
CRAYOLA brand: (Grab a little more than the size of a quarter)
Yellow, Orange, White, Pthalo Blue
.....and a DAB of purple. You can share this "dab" with others because you will need almost nothing.
Min of 3 medium sized paint brushes
Clean water
Paper Towel
CRAYOLA brand: (Grab a little more than the size of a quarter)
Yellow, Orange, White, Pthalo Blue
.....and a DAB of purple. You can share this "dab" with others because you will need almost nothing.
Students who are finished with the Mixed Media painting are asked to paint this pear in 1-2 days. See me for paper.
Week 9 - Quick Study Paintings
March 21-24
Standards:
Standard 1: 1-4
Standard 2: 1,2,4,6
Standard 3: 1,4,5
Learning Goal:
Students will create 3-4 mini quick paintings in order to learn the fundamentals of acrylic painting.
Students will "loosen up" and not worry about perfection in their work.
Brainstorming:
Teacher Examples
Examples from the Internet
Teacher Demonstrations:
Students will re-create 3-4 mini paintings along with the teacher. This is a step by step process to learning painting. Teacher will demonstrate one step at a time while using the document camera. This is not a lesson in creativity, but rather learning technique.
March 21-24
Standards:
Standard 1: 1-4
Standard 2: 1,2,4,6
Standard 3: 1,4,5
Learning Goal:
Students will create 3-4 mini quick paintings in order to learn the fundamentals of acrylic painting.
Students will "loosen up" and not worry about perfection in their work.
Brainstorming:
Teacher Examples
Examples from the Internet
Teacher Demonstrations:
Students will re-create 3-4 mini paintings along with the teacher. This is a step by step process to learning painting. Teacher will demonstrate one step at a time while using the document camera. This is not a lesson in creativity, but rather learning technique.
Week 7 & 8 - Mixed Media Painting
March 7-11 March 14-18 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2, Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,5 Standard 5: 4 Learning Goal: 1. Students will understand what a "Mixed Media" painting is as well as be able to create one. 2. Students will successfully experiment with mixed media painting. Brainstorming: Power Point of various visuals of Mixed Media painting Searching the Internet for examples Teacher examples Teacher Demonstrations: How to use watered down glue to adhere papers How to rip and use various papers and mediums in a painting How to wash over a collaged papers so that nothing stands out as dominate. Click Here for Power Point |
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Week 4, 5 & 6 - Banner Art
Feb 14-19 Feb 22 - 26 (Snow Days Thurs/Fri) Feb 29-March 4 (Snow Day Wednesday) Standards: Standard 1: 1-4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: Students will be able to use their knowledge of composition, color theory and blending to create a nature themed painting that could be selected as a banner for the Downtown Romeo banner display. Brainstorming: Power Point illustrating the project and examples Students must collect 2 seperate images as inspiration for color choices Students must draw a 3 thumbnail sketches before beginning on project Teacher Demonstrations: On how to use complements to create more realistic color On the differences between tempera and acrylic paint On how to blend using analagous colors. |
Week 2 & 3 - Surrealism Watercolor
February 1-5 -and- Febrary 8-12 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2, Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,5 Standard 5: 4 Learning Goal: Students will learn about the Surrealism art movement and be able to apply the knowledge to create a surrealist painting of their own. Students will further their skills in watercolor. Brainstorming: Power Point of images Google/Pinterest Ideas Create 2 differ thumbnail sketches of ideas Requirements: Students must incorporate 2-3 different watercolor techniques into their painting Students should apply CLICK HERE FOR POWER POINTClick here for a good link to help with ideas. |
Week 1 - Watercolor Techniques
January 25-29 Standards: Standard 1: 1-4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: To learn the basic watercolor techniques when used in painting and apply them to a abstracted landscape painting Brainstorming: Power Point of project examples. Students will use the Internet to look up actual landscape photography. This image will be simplified into sections and abstracted a bit. Students will have to sketch 3 different possibilities for their composition. Each sketch is a 10 point formative grade. Teacher Demonstrations: Demo on how to apply 10 or so different watercolor techniques they will need to explore. Project Requirements: Apply prior knowledge of Rule of 1/3 and Design Principles to your drawing. Must have a minimum of 8 different separated sections of the landscape. You must have a minimum of 6 different watercolor techniques represented in the painting. Students must use prior knowledge of color theory to mix original colors. |
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SECOND SEMESTER
Week 18 - Midterm Exam Week
January 18-22 Exam Breakdown: 10% - Final Project (Weaving) 5% - Blog Post Reflection 5% - Post Test Learning Goals and Targets: Students will finish up their Monochromatic Paintings this week, write their blog posts and review for the post test. |
Week 16 & 17 - Wild Eyes Monochromatic Painting
January 4-8 January 11-15 Learning Goal: 1. Students will be able to paint realistically using a Monochromatic color palate. 2. Students will refine good drawing and composition skills Brainstorming: Use Google to search for images. Power Point on Monochromatic animal paintings Using Pixlr.com to manipulate photos. Teacher Demonstrations: - How to use Pixlr.com to edit photographs. - How to Desaturate, Polarize and change color hues using Pixlr. - Review how to use the grid for drawing. - Demo on how to mix differ tints and shades of a color. - Demo on how to paint textures such as fur and feathers Tasks: Students will manipulate a photograph of a wild animal, specifically their eyes if desired, and change the photo to black and white and add a hue. Student then will copy and paste this photo into Google Docs, making sure to use "Landscape" mode. Enlarge the photo to fit most of the page. Draw a 1" grid over the photo Draw a 2" grid over the paper Draw image Paint image using monochromatic color scheme |
Link to Pixlr Editor
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Week 14 & 15 - Finish Cubism & Zentangles
December 7-11 December 14-18 Standards: Standard 1: 1-4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: Students will be able to create a painting using value, knowledge of color theory and composition rules. Teacher Demonstrations: Demo on how to add color to the zentangles already in progress. Students this week will all be working at various paces and stages of development in the project. Many will still be working on painting their cubism project. Many kids have begun their zentangles from earlier weeks, while some have not started at all. Any one who finishes their zentangle before the winter break will have some craft options to work on. |
Weeks 11, 12, 13 - Cubism
November 16-20 November 23 & 24 (Thanksgiving Week) November 30 -4 Standards: Standard 1: 1,2, Standard 2: 1,2,4,5 Standard 3: 1,5 Standard 5: 4 Learning Target: 1. Students will learn about the Cubism movement in art history. 2. Students will learn how to create a grid drawing to improve their drawing abilities as applied to painting. 3. Students will learn to paint using "ANALOGOUS COLORS" "TINTS & SHADES" and using "VALUE." Teacher Demonstrations & Learning Aids 1. Students will view Power Point on Cubism and how to being the project 2. Students will complete a worksheet on how to draw using a grid. 3. Students will need to find images on the computer and print them up at the library. 4. Students must do the math to enlarge their own grid. Demo on how to set up the grid and do the math Demo on how to break apart your image into a Cubism composition Demo on how to paint with value Click here for Power Point on Cubism Project |
Week 8 & 9 & part of week 10 - Leaves
October 26-30 -AND- November 2-6 Standards: Standard 1: 1-4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5 Learning Goal: 1. Students will build on prior knowledge of color theory and composition to create an original painting that incorporates leaves. 2. Students will be able to creative problem solve to create a unique work of art. Brainstorming: Google, Pinterest, for ideas If students are taking images from the internet, they must combine 3+ images so that they are not stealing others artwork but rather using it for reference to create their own. Teacher Demonstrations: Repeat instruction on use of rule of 1/3 How to blend analagous colors. How to use watercolor and ink, watercolor pencils. Requirements:
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Week 6 & 7 - Color Theory and Color Wheel
Standards: Standard 1: 1-4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5, Learning Goals: 1. Students will understand basic color theory and be able to apply knowledge to future projects. 2. Students will be able to explain, make and use tints and shades. 3. Students will incorporate math into art projects. Group Activities: Students will create an edible color wheel within a group and mix the colors using frosting and frost cookies. After the wheel is made students must answer the following questions: 1. What are the 3 Primary Colors 2. What are the 3 secondary colors 3. What are the 6 analogous colors 4. What are complementary colors 5. What is Neutral Gray Teacher Demonstrations: Teacher will Demo how to create a color wheel using compass and protractor. Teacher will demo how to divide up the spaces creatively. See the attached instruction sheet to the right for more detailed instructions. |
Color Wheel Instructions
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Week 5 - Basic Shapes Painting
October 5-9 Learning Goal: Students will be able to draw and paint the basic shapes with relative accuracy and realism. Students will be able to draw a creative design using design principles. Students will learn the basics of forming a good composition Students are finishing up their basic shapes painting this week with a focus on the background. The background must be in color and show some understanding of design. Care must be given at this point to clean up any and all edges of the shapes so that lines are clean. |
Week 3 & 4 - Basic Shapes Practice and Still Life
Sept 21-25 Sept 28 - Oct 2 Learning Goal: Students will be able to draw and paint the basic shapes with relative accuracy and realism. Students will be able to draw a creative design using design principles. Students will learn the basics of forming a good composition Brainstorming and Learning Tasks: Students will complete formative worksheet to get better practice at drawing the basic shapes in proper proportion. Using the best thumbnail sketch, students will create a monochromatic painting of the shapes. Teacher Demo: On how to apply the rule of 1/3 how to draw a box in basic perspective How to draw the shapes from the proper perspective How to paint with value and add shadow.
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Week 1 & 2- Introduction to Class and Art Portfolios
Sept 3-5 Standards: Standard 1: 1-4 Standard 2: 1,2,4,6 Standard 3: 1,4,5, Learning Goal: Students will create and paint a portfolio to store finished artwork as well as work in progress Students will learn what is expected of them in terms of creativity, craftsmanship and detail Task: Students will design a cover for their portfolio that includes detail and design. 1. Students should sketch out their initial design. 2. Students will draw out design onto portfolio 3. Students will use media of choice (primarily paint) to decorate the portfolio. This project is worth 50 points and is an introduction to what I as a teacher expect from my students as well as the students chance to show me how hard they work to get creative. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL POWER POINT |