Drawing and Painting

WI State Standards:
- AA Cr11h
Plan: Formulate original concepts by practice, experimentation, and revision. (planning/experimentation) - AA Cr12h
Make: Create works of art that introduce students to media, care of tools, and basic craftsmanship skills.
(skills) - AA Pr10h
Develop Meaning: Curate a body of work incorporating personal, historical and contemporary art to communicate one or more points of view.
(aesthetics / communication)
about the course:
This course is intended to enhance student’s abilities in drawing and painting through experimentation in a variety of media. Students will be encouraged to develop their own personal creative vision, while working on refining their artistic skills through traditional studies.
Students’ experience will include some of the following: pencil, marker, pen and ink, chalk pastels, oil pastels, charcoals, scratchboards, watercolors, acrylics, tempera, and mixed media. The class setting is similar to an art college studio class. All advanced art students are welcome! It is recommended to take Drawing & Painting, along with Advanced Drawing & Painting prior to enrolling in AP Studio.
timeline
semester 1
| weeks 1-3 | weeks 4-7 | weeks 8-13 | weeks 14-16 | weeks 17-20 |
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Unit 1: Drawing Drawing exercises |
Observational drawing: popcorn study |
Observational drawing: still-life with glass |
Unit 2: Painting Practice watercolor techniques |
Ink drawing review. Scientific Illustration mixed media painting. |
| weeks 1-6 | weeks 7-10 | weeks 11-15 | weeks 16-20 |
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Unit 1:Acrylics paining Color schemes review Booklet Color Scheme painting |
Acrylics painting techniques |
Unit 2: Experimental painting Surrealist painting |
Polymer clay painting |