Process

Theme

Concept

Technique

Explore

Create

Reflect

Studio Art 1

Syllabus

Introduction, 2D and 3D, of Review of the Elements of Art; used to build meaning in your work

  • Line

    • Orientation

    • Direction

    • Continuity

    • Actual

    • Implied

      • Grid Assignment

      • Things They Carry

      • Contour Tennis Shoes

      • Converse Graphite Transfer

      • My Hero Portrait

  • Shape

    • Types

    • Representation

    • Value

  • Space

  • Texture

    • Visual

    • Physical

    • Trompe L’Oeil

  • Color

    • Primary

    • Secondary

    • Tertiary

    • Monochromatic

    • Analogous

    • Complimentary

    • Triadic System

    • Tint

    • Tone

    • Shade

    • Emotional

      • Color Wheel

  • Perspective

    • Forced

    • 1 point

    • 2 point



Projects Project Page

  • 15 in 20, plus one, artist choice sketchbook

  • 4 squares

  • Drapery Still Life (charcoal)

  • This Town is My Town

  • Unexpected Beauty (colored pencil)

  • Day in the Life (scratchboard)

  • Sculpture (cardboard, recycled found materials)

  • Artist Choice

    • All About Me Alebreje

    • Metaphorical Self Portrait

    • My Hero

Written Investigations

  • Dead Artist Interview

  • Critique

Principles of Design

  • Balance

  • Variety

  • Contrast

  • Unity

  • Emphasis

  • Movement

  • Pattern

Material Investigations

  • Graphite/Pencil

  • Charcoal

  • Colored Pencil

  • Ink

  • etching

  • collage

  • Photography

  • Found Materials

  • Watercolor

  • Acrylic Paint

Art History by looking at the Art Movements; a

  • Byzantine

  • Gothic

  • Renaissance

  • Baroque

  • Rococo

  • Realism

  • Impressionism

  • Fauvism

  • Art Deco

  • Cubism

  • Expressionism

  • Dada

  • Surrealism

  • Abstract Expressionism

  • Pop Art

  • Op Art

  • Contemporary Art