Intro to Art
A Day
Fall 2003 Calendar
Calendar will be updated each Sunday
For Sketchbook assignments, click on 'Sketchbook due'
| Homework | |||||
| Aug | 7 | Thurs | Unit 1 | Chapter 1 - How to perceive art | |
| 11 | Mon | Chapter 2 - Art Criticism | |||
| 13 | Wed | Write an essay using 4 steps of art criticism | |||
| 15 | Fri | Chapter 3 - medium/media - drawing | |||
| 19 | Tues | painting | |||
| 21 | Thurs | ||||
| 25 | Mon | printmaking/sculpture - Unit 1 Review | |||
| 27 | Wed | Begin Unit 2 - Ch 4 Line | Test on Unit 1 - begin identifying lines in our environment | ||
| 29 | Fri | Create gesture & contour drawings | Sketch ideas for glue line print Sketchbook due | ||
| Sept | 3 | Wed | Outside sketching | Complete design for print | |
| 5 | Fri | Begin preparing printing plate | |||
| 9 | Tues | Complete plate and begin printing | |||
| 11 | Thurs | Complete printing (6 good prints) Work on gesture drawings Writing assignment in class about your project | |||
| 15 | Mon | Discuss and do gesture drawings Review Ch 4 Meet M.C.Escher | |||
| 17 | Wed | M.C.Escher Video Discuss/draw objects using perspective | |||
| 19 | Fri | Begin a two-point perspective drawing | |||
| 23 | Tues | Continue drawing 2pt perspective cityscape | Sketchbooks due (DUE DATE CHANGED!!) | ||
| 25 | Thurs | Continue - begin adding color | |||
| 29 | Mon | Cityscape due - critique 2nd half of class | |||
| Oct | 1 | Wed | Chapter 6 - color | ||
| 3 | Fri | ||||
| 7 | Tues | Discuss project and sketch ideas | |||
| 9 | Thurs | Begin project (draw and complete one section) | |||
| 16 | Thurs | ||||
| 20 | Mon | ||||
| 22 | Wed | Projects due - critique | Test - click for study guide | ||
| 24 | Fri | Chapter 7 - Texture | No sketchbook due ! | ||
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| Nov | 3 | Mon | |||
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| 25 | Tues | ||||
| Dec | 2 | Tues | |||
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| 16 | Tues |
Sketchbook Assignments:
 | draw the 3 geometric shapes and shade with the 4 shading techniques discussed in class |
| Mickey Mouse |
| draw an item from home 4 times and shade each one with one of the 4 shading techniques |
| draw one item in the class room and use 2 shading techniques |
| Still life in class room |
| Still life in class room |
| Series of contour and blind contour drawing from class |
| 8 line drawings using words give in class |
| Outside sketches from butterfly garden |
| Idea for printing project |
| Gesture drawings from 9/15 |
| Series of drawings - 2pt perspective - bird's eye, worm's eye & eye level drawings 9/17 |
| Creating Depth - homework 9/17 |
| Series of drawings - 1 pt perspective and notes on how to draw a sidewalk with cracks and electric poles 9/19 |
Draw and be able to correctly identify the colors on the color wheel.
List and define the 5 color schemes and define. (Monochromatic/analogous/warm & cool/ color triad/complementary/split complements)
Explain how to create value in a monochromatic color scheme.
Explain the color schemes in your artwork.
Define hue.
Three basic ingredients of paint and define their purpose.
