Saturday, July 31, 2010

Project Schedule

All projects times of introduction represent the ideal implementation of the curriculum and may vary according to the needs and achievements of different class groups

Color Key:

Black = Pathway (Curricular) Project

Red = Breakout (Diversionary, Review, Preview) Project

Green = Memento (Celebration of Elementary Art) Project

 

 

K

1

2

3

 

4

5

6

Quarter 1

Exposure to Mediums

Full Color, Group Picture

Assembly Line: point,line,shape

 

 

Life Drawing

Review:  Basic Shapes/Forms

Composition:  “Potatoes & Arrows”

Symbolic = Abstract in Chalk Pastels

Expressive Clay Reliefs

Poster

 

Review: Space, Value,Essential Detail

Life Drawing

Culture: Environmental Influences & Fundamental Needs, Developing Cultural Symbols, Society & Spirituality: Purpose   

Cultural Artifact

Basic Forms

Mask Forms

Sequential (Narrative) Compositions

Review: Culture, Symbols, Skills, Elements

Life Drawing

Mass Produced Art Forms: Roles, Responsibilities

The Comic

Three dimensional characters (e.g. cartoon, puppet, symbolic sculpture)

Elements in Digital Application

Badge/Significant Adornment

Review:  Skills, Symbols

Life Drawing

Influence- Why We Make Things

Three dimensional intangible (e.g. movement, thought, emotion, relationship)

Painting: Color Mixing

Statement of Belief

Quarter 2

Form

Sculpture Project

Color- Finishing the Sculpture

What is an Element?

Mini Life Drawing

Color Book:  Transitions, Time

Character Design

 

Color Theory

Painting

Movement:  Mobile Constructions

Shadow Boxes

Flipbook: Moving Focal Point

Self Portrait

 

Culture Project (cont.)

Personal Cultural Artifact

Design/Decoration (Form vs. Function)

Self Portrait

Printmaking

Making a Statement

Collage

Functional Object/Design Product (e.g. pottery, furniture, junk sculpture)

Ceramic Vessel

Art History

Developing the Image

Influence Portrait

Video and/or animation

Digital Photography

Vision of the Future

Quarter 3

What is an Element?

Space Drawing

Space Box

Process Piece

Mini Painting

Images From Other Senses

Self Portrait

Basic Shapes

Life Drawing

Sequence

Sculpt Forms (inside/outside spaces)

Color in Space

Ceramic Vessel

Life Drawing

Review: Color, Composition, Symbolic Power

Abstract Wooden Structure

Expressionist Painting on Canvas Board

Significant Object/Shrine

Casting

Digital Collage

Self Portrait

Art History

Painting

Timely/Topical Statement

Self Portrait

Quarter 4

What Is Process?

Sequenced Project

-2D

-3D

Movement Sculpture (Dynamism)

Words and Pictures

Family Portrait

Rotation Drawings

Symbolic vs Representional

Form vs. Function

Cubist Painting on Cardstock

Paper Construction in Cardstock & Markers

Self Portrait

 

Space:  Atmospheric Perspective

Space:  Linear Perspective

Paper Sculpture: Space in 3D

Plein Air Pastel: Landscape

Self Portrait

Independent Project in Mass Media

Mixed Media

T-Shirt

Painting (Purchase Award)

Dream Composition

 


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