Supplies:
1. Number 2 pencil with eraser.
2. Black or blue medium point ink pen.
3. Notebook paper.
4. Folder for written work and drawings.
5. Package of typing paper for homework.
6. Color pencils, glue, scissors, and a ruler would be nice to have available at home to enhance homework but is not required.
7. Old cover shirt to protect your clothes is advised for some activities.
Weekly Reading: To meet the literacy requirement of our academic achievement plan, as well as the standards related to district art goals one, three and four, students will be given weekly reading assignments pertaining to an aspect of the historical, stylistic, critical, structural, or philosophical dimension of art. Students will read the material and answer literal and inferential level questions. When a series of readings is complete key concepts and basic vocabulary will be clarified and highlighted. When applicable, this will be followed by a slide presentation that visually illustrates the concepts covered in the reading. Students will then be given a brief exam that focuses on the key concepts and vocabulary discussed in class. This strategy will be used throughout the year to meet required art goals and to provide ongoing practice in the area of literacy competence, i.e., reading comprehension, vocabulary and concept development, writing skills, note taking, organizational, listening and oral skills.
Weekly In-Class Drawing: Once per week students will be presented with a specific drawing problem. These activities involve attention to such aspects of drawing as the creation of basic geometric forms, the use of shadow and light, the creation of textures, understanding spatial clues such as overlapping, relative size and placement, linear perspective, and seeing proportion and relationships among the parts by copying pictures free hand and with use of a grid.
Studio Art: Three days per week (usually Tuesday-Thursday) will be devoted to studio work related to district art goal two. Students will be involved with arts and crafts activities that include the use of materials such as tempera paints, crayons, color pencils, ink, yarn, papier mache, construction paper, water colors, etc. The primary focus will be on the expressive qualities and design potential of the elements of art and the principles of composition.
Weekly Homework: Every Friday a drawing homework assignment will be given. This assignment will be due the following Friday. They are worth 30 points each. Total worth per marking period is approximately 210 points. Late work earns reduced credit. Make-up is available while handout supplies last. No make-up work will be accepted the last week of the marking period. Students are to save all work until the end of the marking period and final grades have been recorded.
Homework Instructions:
1. Drawings must be done on white unlined paper no larger than 9 x 12 inches. Typing or computer paper is fine. You must buy your own homework supplies. I do not provide any homework materials.
2. Drawings must be large enough to fill up most of the page. The object you are asked to draw should not be smaller than the size of your hand.
3. Drawings must include value changes through shading with a pencil or by crosshatching with a pen. You may use color pencils or crayons if you have them. Simple outline drawings are not acceptable.
4. Drawings must be turned in on time.
5. Drawings must be neatly presented. No folds, tears, ragged edges, dirt marks, etc.
6. Your name and period must be placed in the lower right corner on the front of your work.
