Intro to Art
B Day
Fall 2003 Calendar
Calendar will be updated each Sunday
For Sketchbook assignments, click on 'Sketchbook due'
| Homework | |||||
| Aug | 8 | Fri | Unit 1 | Chapter 1 - How to perceive art | |
| 12 | Tues | Chapter 2 - Art Criticism | |||
| 14 | Thurs | Write an essay using 4 steps of art criticism | |||
| 18 | Mon | Chapter 3 - medium/media - drawing | |||
| 20 | Wed | painting | |||
| 22 | Fri | printmaking/sculpture - Unit 1 Review | Sketchbook due | ||
| 26 | Tues | Begin Unit 2 - Ch 4 Line | Test on Unit 1 - begin identifying lines in our environment | ||
| 28 | Thurs | Create gesture & contour drawings | Sketch ideas for glue line print | ||
| Sept | 2 | Tues | Outside Sketching | work on idea for print | |
| 4 | Thurs | Begin preparing plate for printing | |||
| 8 | Mon | What is a gesture drawing Complete plate and begin printing | |||
| 10 | Wed | Complete printing (2 good prints) Work on gesture drawings Writing assignment in class about your project | |||
| 12 | Fri | Review Chapter 4 Line Meet M.C. Escher | Sketchbook Due | ||
| 16 | Tues | M.C. Excher video Discuss/draw objects with perspective | |||
| 18 | Thurs | Begin two-point perspective drawing | |||
| 22 | Mon | Continue 2pt perspective cityscape drawing | |||
| 24 | Wed | Continue begin adding color | |||
| 26 | Fri | Project due - critique 2nd half of class | Sketchbook Due | ||
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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 |
| Series of contour and blind contour drawing from class |
| Outside sketches from butterfly garden |
| Idea for printing project |
| Gesture drawings from 9/12 |
| Series of drawings - 2 pt perspective - bird's eye, worm's eye & eye level drawings 9/16 |
| Creating Depth - homework 9/16 |
| Series of drawings - 1 pt perspective and notes on how to draw a sidewalk with cracks and electric poles 9/19 |
