Art Curriculum

1. Art Curriculum Ms. McBride Echo Glen

2. Quarter 1:ELEMENTS OF ART The seven elements of art are: Space Color Value Shape Form Texture Line We spend one week on each element, learning about it and practicing with it in our art projects

3. Quarter 1\ Week 1:SPACE We learn about positive space and negative space, and practice balancing space with a technique known as notan. Our artist for the week is Henri Matisse. We use two of his famous works as inspiration: Blue Nude and Beasts of the Sea Example of notan Henri Matisse Beasts of the Sea Henri Matisse Blue Nude

4. http://nhsdesigns.com/graphic/color/color-wheel.php Quarter 1\ Week 2:COLOR We learn about the three primary colors (red, blue, and yellow), the three secondary colors (green, orange, and purple), and intermediate colors. We also learn a variety of color schemes. We blend primary colors to create our own color wheels, and then do art projects based on the work of Jackson Pollock and Helen Frankenthaler, both of whom are Abstract Expressionist artist of the mid-20th Century Example of a color wheel Helen Frankenthaler Blue Atmosphere Jackson Pollock Blue Poles

5. Quarter 1\Week 3:VALUE Darkest Darker Dark Primary Color Value is how light or dark a color is. We start the week creating our own value studies; shading colors to make them darker and tinting colors to make them paler. Our artist of the week is Wassily Kandinsky, a Russain artist known as the “Father of Abstract Art”. We use White Dot and Color Studies as our inspiration pieces this week Light Lighter Lightest Example of a value study Wassily Kandinsky Color Studies Wassily Kandinsky Color Studies 088 Wassily Kandinsky White Dot

6. Quarter 1\Week 4:TEXTURE Texture is how an artwork feels, or at least how it looks like it would feel. We start our week with textured rubbings, then move on to creating texture by adding raffia to our paint, and then by applying paint with a textured object, in our case, a scrub brush. Our inspiration prints are Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth, and ¡Viva el Pelo! (Long Live the Hair!) by Julio Romero de Torres Andrew Wyeth Christina’s World Julio Romero de Torres ¡Viva el Pelo!

7. Quarter 1\Week 5:SHAPE Shape is any closed, two-dimensional figure. Circles, squares, triangles are all examples of shapes – but shapes do not have to be “perfect”. In order to play with the element of shape, we use Salvador Dali’s Persistence of Memory as inspiration, create our own shapes out of Yupo®, then bake them so they become distorted, such as Dali’s famous melting clocks. Salvador Dali Persistence of Memory

8. Quarter 1\Week 6:FORM Form is a three-dimensional figure. Geometric forms we are all familiar with include spheres and cubes. In art, pottery, sculpture, statues, etc. are all forms. We practice the element of form by creating pseudo-glasswork, in the style of Master glass artist Dale Chihuly. We also learn about the hand art of Guido Daniele and create papier-mâché hand sculptures Various Examples of hand art created by Guido Daniele Various Examples of glass art created by Dale Chihuly

9. Quarter 1\Week 7:LINE Line has direction, width, length, and style. We practice creating wavy lines, thick lines, jagged lines, dotted lines, etc. We then use these different styles of lines to create our own scratch art pictures, inspired by Jose Posada’s works. We also work on a continuous line project, inspired by Steve Lohman’s continuous line sculptures. Jose Posada CaliveraCatrina Steve Lohman Sculpture

10. Quarter 1\Week 8:CUMULATIVE Now that we have learned and practiced with all 7 elements of art, we put create a sculpture of our initials based on Robert Indian’s LOVE and are conscious of the colors we use, the values of each color, where we have filled in space and where we have left empty space, etc. Robert Indiana LOVE

11. Quarter 1\Week 9:MIDTERM WEEK This week is used to catch-up on any unfinished projects, and to review and study for the midterm exam.

12. Quarter 2:PRINCIPLES OF ART The seven principles of art are: Emphasis Pattern Unity Variety Proportion Balance Movement We spend one week on each principle, learning about it and practicing with it in our art projects

13. Quarter 2\Week 1:EMPHASIS We learn about how artists can draw attention to part of their artwork. This is called emphasis, and there are a variety of ways to achieve it. Isolating an object, having an object dominate the picture, and having an object contrast will all other objects in an artwork are three different ways an artist can create emphasis. We practice each of these, using Georgia O’Keeffe’s flowers as our initial inspiration In Blue Isolation by Trisha Lambi, the beach umbrella is emphasized because it is isolated Georgia O’Keeffe painted extreme close ups of flowers. The emphasis is on the flower since it dominates the canvas. In this artwork, the white circle is emphasized because it contrast with the other objects, both in color and shape

14. Quarter 2\Week 2:PATTERN Pattern is a repeating element in an artwork. One common way of using patterns is in tessellations. Pattern is also used in a variety of Op Art, a style created by Victor Vasarely. http://www.shodor.org/interactivate1.0/discussions/tesssymmetry.html Example of a tessellation Victor Vasarely zebra Victor Vasarely vega

15. Quarter 2\Week 3:Unity Unity means everything in the artwork “goes” together. When there is something jarring, that obviously does not belong, then the artist has used “dis-unity” Our artist of the week is Henri Rousseau Henri Rousseau The man riding a tiger, playing a ukulele, is somewhat jarring. This is an example of dis-unity Henri Rousseau Surprise! Tiger in Tropical Storm

16. Quarter 2\Week 4:VARIETY Variety is exactly what you would expect – a wide assortment of colors, shapes, and\or lines. In the painting, there is a variety of people, activities, colors, etc. Henri Rousseau Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

17. Quarter 2\Week 5:BALANCE Balance refers to the visual “weight” of the artwork. Balance can be symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial Mandalas are often balanced radially http://www.wicca-spirituality.com/mandala-starter-kit.html http://neverbetter.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=31_140_50 http://healing.about.com/od/amulets/ss/mandalas.htm Gustave Courbet’s Self-Portrait, a.k.a. A Desperate Man, is symmetrically balanced

18. Quarter 2\Week 6:PROPORTION Proportion is the size of each aspect in the artwork relative to every other aspect in the piece. Michelangelo was a master at creating perfect proportions, so he is our artist for this week’s study. Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam Michelangelo’s David

19. Quarter 2\Week 7:MOVEMENT Movement \rhythm refers to the fluidity of a piece. Does it look like something is moving or flowing? Jacob Lawrence Parade

20. Quarter 2\Week 8:CUMULATIVE For our second semester cumulative project, we work on a re-creation of one of Claude Monet’s masterpieces

21. Quarter 2\Week 9:Final It is the end of the semester-long art class! This week is used to catch-up on any unfinished projects, and to review and study for the final exam.