Creative Arts Course Outline

Line Unit

10 days

Activities:
Major Projects:
Music contour lines
Line type poster
Blind contour bottles
Structured line bottle
Brushstroke sheet
Ink wash paintings w/ haiku and Chinese calligraphy
Self critiques (3)
Line unit work presentation
Picasso group analysis, Chan dai-chien group analysis
End of unit quiz
Homework assignments:
Pablo Picasso: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing, artist interview
Chang dai-Chien: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing, compare/contrast
with Picassos work

Space and Shape Unit 15 days

Activities:
Equinox Collage

Major Projects:
Bottle Silhouettes

Perspective room demo

One point perspective restaurant, living room or hotel room
Brainstorming sketches
Space and shape unit work presentations
Self critiques(3)
MC Escher group analysis, Matisse group analysis, Vincent van Gogh group analysis
End of unit quiz
Homework assignments:
MC Escher: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing, fan letter
Henri Matisse: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing
Vincent van Gogh: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing, letter to brother

Texture Unit

5 days

Activities:
Major Projects:
Texture rubbing collage
Textured alphabet page
Seurat stippling page
Texture unit work presentation
Political/comic cartoon sketches
Self critique (1)
Georges Seurat group analysis, Roy Lichtenstein group analysis
End of unit quiz
Homework assignments:
Georges Seurat: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing
Roy Lichtenstein: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing

Color Theory Unit:

Activities:
Color wheel
Pop art Mona Lisa

17 days
Major Projects:
Product packaging painting
Tissue Paper stained glass window

Activities:
Major Projects:
Artist Portraits
Outdoor sculpture presentation
Pop art outdoor sculpture proposal Stained glass location presentation
Stained glass cartoon
Color unit work presentation
Stained glass location proposal
Self critiques (3)
Andy Warhol group analysis, Claes Oldenburg group analysis, Louis Comfort Tiffany group analysis
End of unit quiz
Homework assignments:
Andy Warhol: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing
Claes Oldenburg: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing
Louis Comfort Tiffany: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing
History of stained glass reading w/ questions

Form and Shading Unit

17 days

Activities:
Major Projects:
Drawing and shading of
Nevelson boxes
volumetric forms
Potion bottles
Everyday object drawing
Shaded still life
Found object box mobile
Mobile presentation
Still life object studies
Personal still life presentation
Still life collage
Form and shading unit work presentation
Personal still life
Self critiques (3)
Louise Nevelson group analysis, Alexander Calder group analysis, Paul Cezanne group analysis
End of unit quiz
Homework assignments:
Louise Nevelson: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing
Alexander Calder: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing
Paul Cezanne: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing
Joseph Cornell: bio w/ questions

Graphic Design Unit

12 days

Activities:
Major Projects:
Thumbnail sketches
Candy product presentation boards and presentation
Two-view comp
Travel brochure or menu with presentation
Package analysis
Cd cover
Magazine advertisement
Self critiques (2)
Leo Burnett group analysis, Paul Rand group analysis, magazine ad analysis
End of unit quiz
Homework assignments:
Leo Burnett: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis
Paul Rand: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis
Career reading on graphic design w/ questions

Anatomy Unit

9 days

Activities:
Major Projects:
Shaded wooden mannequin
Keith Haring name poster
Facial drawing
Chuck Close woven portrait
Keith Haring people
Anatomy unit work presentation
shaded picture drawing
Self critiques (2)
Keith Haring group analysis, artist portraits group analysis
End of unit quiz
Homework assignments:
Keith Haring: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing
Jean-Michel Basquiat: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis, artwork writing
Chuck Close: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis

Printmaking Unit

5 days

Activities:
Major Projects:
Monoprint
Islamic tile design with group presentation
Block print
Initial block print with name poem
Collagraph print
Printmaking unit work presentation
Self critiques (2)
Small group analysis and compare and contrast of Hokusai and Durer prints
End of unit quiz
Homework assignments:
Hokusai: bio w/questions, quotes, artwork analysis
Albrecht Durer: bio w/questions, quotes
History of printmaking w/ questions

Multi Media and Artist Research Unit

Activities:
Artist biography paper
Artwork critique in column form
Artist interview or power point presentation
Self critique
Artist quiz made by class

Major Projects:
Artist presentation board
Interview video or power point presentation