curriculum
curriculum
SAMPLE LESSONS
Grade 8: Self Portrait
Grade 7: Clay Survival Box
Grade 6: Underwater Scenes
SAMPLE ASSESSMENTS
Landscape Collage
Roman Portraits
Color Vocabulary Design
Clay: Pinch Pot
Pop Art
COLOR THEORY
• Color wheel/color relationships
• New/traditional colors
• Color vocabulary
• Tints/shades
• Color properties
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
• Line
• Shape
• Color
• Texture
• Space
• Value
DRAWING
• 1 and 2 point Perspective
• Observational
• Subject matter composition
• Value
• Proportion/Scale
• Depth
• CAD: Adobe Illustrator CS4
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
• Balance
• Contrast
• Pattern
PAINTING
• Tints and shades
• Color theory
• Alternative application techniques
• Variety of paint surfaces
• Art History
ART HISTORY
★ Art Movements
Post Modernism | Post Impressionist
Realism Impressionism | Surrealism
Cubism | Renaissance | Fauvism
Expressionism | Cartooning
★ Artists
Jacob Lawrence | Chuck Close | Piet Mondrian
Pablo Picasso | Joan Miro | Mary Cassatt
Georgia O’Keefe | Romare Bearden | Wassily
Kandinsky | Vincent van Gogh | Leonardo
da Vinci | Albrecht Durer | Sarah Peale
3-DIMENSIONAL
• Slab construction
• Additive/subtractive
• Sculpture
• Figure sculpture
• Relief sculpture
CLAY
• Pinch pot
• Coil
• Slab
• Relief construction
• Additive/subtractive
• Drape mold
• Slip and score
• Extruder
• Majolica glaze
• Underglaze
• Glaze
• Vocabulary
MATERIALS/MEDIUMS USED
Printing inks | Drafting tools | Clay & Clay Tools
Markers | Acrylic paints | Oil pastel crayons
Constructive papers | Linoleum | Glazes
Computer Applications | Colored pencils
Watercolor tube paints | Styrofoam boards
Scratch boards | Drafting equipment | Cutting tools
Vocabulary List: Glossary
updated July 27, 2012