ART ONE SYLLABUS

ART I

Instructor Adam Guild E-mail [email protected]

Kim Dockstader Address Kdockstader@
lcsd2.org
Phone Adam 886-9522 Planning Adam
Number Kim 886-1500 Time Kim

Course Description

An introduction to drawing, where drawing from life as well as creative and abstract drawings is studied in
depth. Elements and principles of art are studied through drawings done in a variety of media including pencil,
ink, and scratchboard. Elements and principles of art are studied through famous artists from art History.

Standards

1. Creative Expression through Production

2. Aesthetic Perception.
3. Historical and Cultural Context
4. Applications to Life

Performance Standards

1. Creative Expression through Production

9-11 th grade students at the proficient performance level demonstrate acceptable performance. Students
frequently
create, perform, exhibit, and respond through a minimum of one art form. Students use a variety of skills and
techniques. They apply concepts and processes to solve problems in the Arts. Students willingly collaborate in
the creative process.

2. Aesthetic Perception
11th grade students at the proficient performance level independently investigate, analyze, and state personal
preferences and the emotional impact of their own or other artistic works. They use correct terminology most of
the time to make references to how aesthetic, organizational, and technical elements and principles contribute to
the ideas communicated by the art form. Students appropriately use new and traditional materials, tools,
techniques, and technologies.

3. Historical and Cultural Context

9-11 th grade students at the proficient performance level correctly classify and discuss specific artistic works
belonging to particular cultures, times, and places. Students effectively analyze and interpret the relationships
between the Arts and history and culture.
4. Applications to Life
9-11 th grade students at the proficient performance level consistently demonstrate appropriate behavior for the
context and style of art presented. Students correctly identify and explain interrelated concepts among the Arts,
other disciplines, and society. Students correctly identify skills used in vocational, cultural, and recreational
opportunities in the Arts.

Units of Study

Units Standards Benchmarks Assessments

UNIT ONE
Elements and Principles
of Design
A. Contour Line Drawing 1 1&2 Contour Hand Drawing
1-1,1-2, 2-1, 3-1 2 1 Cont. Utensils Drawing
3 1 Cont. Coat Drawing

B. Gray Scale Drawing 1 1&2 Gray Scale Chart

1-1,1-2, 2-1, 2 1 Sphere Light Study

C. Basic Form Drawing 1 1&2 Cone

1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2 1 Cylinder
Box
Pyramid
Cone
Combined drawing for
assessment #1.
D. Charcoal Basic Form 1 1&2
Drawing 2 1&3 Drawing One
1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-3 Drawing Two
Combined drawing for
assessment #2.
UNIT TWO
Perspective
A. One Point Perspective 1 1,2 Da Vinci Quiz
1.1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-3, 3.1, 2 1, 3 Thumbnail drawings
3.2, 4.3 3 1&2 One Point Drawing
4 3 Critique

1 1,2
B. Two Point 2 1,3 Da Vinci Quiz
Perspective 3 1&2 Thumbnail drawings
1.1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-3, 3.1, 4 3 Two Point Drawing
3.2, 4.3 Critique

Large, one or two point

drawing for
assessment#3
UNIT THREE
Abstract Art
A. Tessellation’s 1 1,2 M.C. Escher Quiz
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 2 1, 3 Thumbnails
3 1&2 Tessellation drawing
assessment #4
Critique

B. Three Object 1 1,2 O’Keefe Quiz

Drawing 2 1, 3 Thumbnails
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.3, 3 Object Drawing for
semester final.
Critique

1 1,2 Thumbnails
C. Charcoal Abstract 2 1,3 Final Abstract Drawing
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.3, Critique
1st Semester quiz

UNIT FOUR
Ink
A. Stipple Drawing 1 1, 2 Seurat Quiz
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 2 1 , 2, 3 Final Stipple Drawing
3 1 assessment #1
Critique

B. Hard Edge Drawing 1 1, 2 Warhol Quiz

1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 2 1 , 2, 3 Final Hard Edge
3 1 Critique
 Final Scratch board
C. Scratchboard 1 1&2 assessment #2
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 2 1 , 2, 3 Critique

UNIT FIVE
Portraits 1 1, 2 Neel Quiz/Durer
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 2 1 , 2, 3 Final Portrait
3 1 assessment # 3.
Critique

UNIT SIX
Still Life
A. After Still Life 1 1, 2 Fish Quiz
1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 4.1,4.3 2 1 Final still life assessment
4 1,3 #4
Art Show
Critique

B. Final drawing 1 1, 2 2nd Semester quiz.

1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 4.1,4.3 2 1, Final drawing for
4 1,3 semester final.
Critique
 ART ONE SYLLABUS

ART I

Instructor Adam Guild E-mail [email protected]

Kim Dockstader Address Kdockstader@
lcsd2.org
Phone Adam 886-9522 Planning Adam G3, R2
Number Kim 886-1500 Time Kim G2

Course Description

An introduction to drawing, where drawing from life as well as creative and abstract drawings is studied in
depth. Elements and principles of art are studied through drawings done in a variety of media including pencil,
ink, and scratch board. Elements and principles of art are studied through famous artists from art History.

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