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small medium large Art- Upper School Course description This course is an intensive introduction to the foundational elements and principles of art and their applications. Students will engage in a variety of artistic disciplines including drawing, design, printmaking, painting, sculpture, digital photography, graphic arts, time arts, architecture and art history. Students will explore expression, visual communication, and analytical processes to create works that will comprise their portfolio. This will be accomplished by demonstration of theory and practice through the means of intensive projects exploring artistic processes. Students will work to develop an increased sensitivity to the creative processes that is thoughtful, innovative and playful. Students are expected to keep a visual journal. The structure of the course will be repeated every two years allowing students new curricula each semester. The sequence is as follows. Semester 1 Two-dimensional studies with emphasis on expressive and descriptive drawing, painting, exploring the narrative to create a visual language. Semester 2 Three-dimensional studies with emphasis in freehand drawing, architectural design, sculptural practices and landscape design. Semester 3 Two-dimensional studies with emphasis in the graphic arts, printmaking, computer graphics, book arts and desktop publishing. Graphic novels and story telling with images will be explored. Semester 4 Three & four-dimensional studies in sculpture, clay casting, drawing for the 3rd dimension. Public art installations and performance art will be explored. Independent study students are expected to comply with the parameters of the advanced placement curricula to produce a show of the semester’s work. Course goals 1. To gain an understanding of the basic elements and principles of art 2. To acclimatize the students to the discipline of art 3. To introduce theory and practice of observational disciplines in drawing, painting, and sculpture 4. To develop visual awareness and to communicate visually 5. To heighten our attention and engage our emotions to increase our awareness of ourselves in the world 6. To be able to analyze and discuss art in concrete language; to become visually and verbally articulate 7. To recognize design principles being put to use through art historical works, contemporary artists, graphic designers, photographers, etc. 8. To develop creative problem-solving skills: to explore, expand, analyze, compare, evaluate, and refine ideas 9. To pay attention to deadlines, working independently, taking personal initiative, developing artistic integrity, giving and taking constructive criticism, taking chances, and learning appropriate presentation/craft BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS: Students are expected to follow appropriate classroom conduct conducive to focus and concentration. Be a good listener. When someone is speaking, wait until they have finished their thought before you begin. Be respectful of others. Ask questions politely. Have compassion. It may be frightening for some to show their work to a group. Constructive and honest feedback is important. There should be a sense of safety among members of the class. Trust is essential to creative growth. Provide an atmosphere of fellowship and helpfulness. The study of art is not a competitive sport. The success of someone else can never block our own success. Be helpful; learn to rely on one another. Evaluation and Grading Class participation: The following are positive attributes for class participation: promoting a cooperative atmosphere - developing verbal skills in discussing class work- learning to think critically and participate in critiques Demonstrate Rigor: At various stages of work completion, students will learn to accept and give criticism and to apply suggestions to make improvements. Research may be necessary information as needed. Students may rework projects when necessary. Demonstrate understanding: Student’s completed projects need to show understanding of the project’s concepts in the “form” of each work. Quality of craftsmanship: Appropriate to each project. Assignments on time: Assignments may be redone or reworked. If improvement is demonstrated, the grade will be appropriately adjusted. Attendance: There is no substitute for classroom work. This is a studio course organized to build skills progressively. Missing too many classes will jeopardize skills needed in future projects. You must be here and ready to begin promptly with all materials needed for that particular project. Being late to class can affect your grade. Course content Drawing: • Exercise perceptual skills and motor coordination • Conventions to create the illusion of space on s dimensional surface • Become competent with the basic elements of line, shape, value, and texture • Explore expression, rhythm, and movement. Use drawing as communication. • Explore the relationship between form and content Design: • Understanding and application of the gestalt principles • Shape: contour, axis, gesture, visual weight, organic/geometric, simple/complex • Variations of line/implied line • Figure/ground relationships and how to manipulate them • Methods of establishing movement and rhythm • Hierarchical systems: levels of visual dominancy, placement of visual weight • Understanding, creating, and recognizing structural divisions • Use of the format edge, cropping, and closure • Understanding the role of scale • Controlling the balance between tension and harmony • Spatial relationships: creating levels of space through overlap, transparency, scale shifts, linear perspective, and atmospheric perspective • Texture: real and implied • Ordering systems, including types of symmetry Book Arts: • Printmaking: relief, stencil, collograph, monoprint • Design and making of tools use in book arts • Paper decoration: paper marbling, paste papers, stamp printing • Book binding, folios, boxes, journals • Creating a theme book Painting: • Basic concepts and practices of painting use of materials and presentation • Color theory and practice • Expressive and illusionary use of paint • Observation and the use of imagination in painting • Learning from works of art Sculpture: • Architectural sculptural design process • Expressive, decorative, and functional uses of sculpture • Additive 3-dimensional processes. • Subtractive 3-dimensional processes • Casting Photography: • Basic structure of photographic process such as, depth of field, exposure, color balance, contrast, value • Depends on availability of equipment and time Art History: • Understanding historical context of the choices the students make • Learning techniques of many periods of art
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