Malcolm Gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours (5 yrs.) to be proficient at a craft. What are you willing to commit that much of your life to?
Major Projects and Due Dates
Fall 2018 Drawing and Painting 2-6
Artists Trading Cards / Warm up Project
Major Projects and Due Dates
Fall 2018 Drawing and Painting 2-6
Artists Trading Cards / Warm up Project
Drawing in Black and White
Several drawing projects will be explored by various levels of students.
We will focus on the Masters of Drawing along with Contemporary Artists.
Students will create a short presentation on a master artist.
Resources and Examples
Possible Pencil Drawings, Small to big Popcorn, Clothespin, eraser, thimble, Kisses,bottle cap
Chinese take out boxes, reflections on glass, fabric, metal scraps Charcoal Drawings, Bags, Banana, Pillows, Stuffed animals, Clouds,smashed face Find hidden poem Observational Drawings, cans, pillows Try something New / 30 Days 30 Day Challenge Self portraits |
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Colored Pencil
Prismacolor pencils will be introduced and students will work with common themes to facilitate learning techniques.
Resources and Examples
Colored Pencil Artists
Colored Pencil addicts Dee Oberly Kathe Suddendorf Colored Pencil Society of Detroit Colored Pencil Society of America Color wheel and Blending |
Colored Pencil Techniques
Water Droplet
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Watercolor
Review Color Mixing
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Sample Chart |
Washes / Value |
Student work
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Resources and Examples
Monthly Color Charts
Painting Winter Landscapes
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqy_ISgzK7Q
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Spring Landscape
Artists, Georgia O'keefe, Aurthur Dove, Charles Burchfield, Don Kingman, Janet Fish
Georgia O'keefe and Ansel Adams
HOW TO's
Painting with a Limited Palette /Norman Rockwell
Paint an eye
Brush Pressure, Chinese brush painting
Ink and Wash
Watercolor Resist
Techniques from Artists
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqy_ISgzK7Q
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Spring Landscape
Artists, Georgia O'keefe, Aurthur Dove, Charles Burchfield, Don Kingman, Janet Fish
Georgia O'keefe and Ansel Adams
HOW TO's
Painting with a Limited Palette /Norman Rockwell
Paint an eye
Brush Pressure, Chinese brush painting
Ink and Wash
Watercolor Resist
Techniques from Artists
Acrylic
Resources and Examples
Impressionists, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Monet, Luetrec, American Landscape Thomas Cole, Turner http://www.impressionism.org/ Color Theory, Interative Pop and Modern Jim Dine, Robert Rauchenburg, Francoise Neilly, Max Wiedman, HOW TO'S Adding Texture Transfer a Picture Paint with a toothbrush Analogous Color Assignment Sp 2013 Acrylic Practice Book / House assignment |
Color theory/Charts |
Future assignments Change a portrait, Figure of speech
Printmaking
What are the Different Kinds of Printmaking?
Wood or Lino
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Screen PrintingAndy Warhol
Lithography
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Student Prints
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Resources and Examples
Special Projects
Transfer / Photo
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Sketchbook
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Monoprints
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EncausticThe Big shirt
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Final 1 - open technique and medium![]() Add your own medium to a photo or print of your choice and develop into a cohesive final image.
At least 50% of the final image must be your own. Helpful websites 5 tips Collages and Combines High up in the trees |
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Final 2 'Figure of Speech' Open Medium
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