Pre-AP Studio Art
Mabank High School
Fine Arts Department
2017-18
Instructors: Ms. Proffitt & Mrs. Brantley
Rooms #101 & #102
Email:
Open Studio: Thursday 3:30-5pm. This is for all art students. This is a time strictly for working on in or out of class projects, not a social hour.
Art Club Sponsors: Monday’s after school until 5 pm. Hope you can come!
TEXT:
Launching the Imagination, Fifth Edition, Mary Stewart, McGraw Hill
Discovering Art History, Brommer, Davis Publishing
Discovering Drawing, Ted Rose, Davis Publishing
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Pre-AP Studio Art
Prerequisite: Portfolio review by instructor. Meet District Criteria. Semesters: 2/ Credits: 1
This course offers students interested in advanced placement courses the opportunity to go beyond the basic skills of design, drawing and sculpture. The elements and principles of design as well as compositional skills, varied media and technology will be applied to both 2-D and 3-D artwork. The course also includes art history, the cultural influence of art, and career opportunities. Each student will demonstrate his/her accomplishments through a portfolio of artwork at the end of the year. This course prepares students to take on the challenging AP Studio Art course, which is a college-level course offered at the high school that allows for portfolio submission to the AP College Board for possible college credit.
OBJECTIVES:
➢ The students will work on improving their skills in drawing and painting.
➢ The students will use and explore the following media: pastels, colored pencils, oil pastels, collage, watercolors and digital media.
➢ The students will enhance their work with the understanding of various artists through a research paper on a selected style of art – i.e. Impressionist, Pop art, Surrealism, etc.
➢ Sketchbook assignments will be given frequently and recorded as daily grades
➢ Students will explore self-expression and develop a stream of consciousness in their artwork.
➢ Students will learn to analyze and evaluate the relationships of the elements and principles of design in their own artwork as well as in that of others
➢ Students will develop a portfolio and build upon previous art skills. A digital portfolio will be required for all students
➢ Students will be introduced to art from various cultures
Instructional Goals and Strategies
● Students will use a variety of mediums, techniques, and approaches in drawing to develop concepts and ideation.
● Critiques and displays of work are ongoing. Students are expected to participate in class critiques of their personal work as well as the work of their peers and master artists. The vocabulary of art will be used to engage in written and verbal critiques of these works.
● Individual Student Critiques with the teacher will help students learn to analyze and discuss their own artworks and artworks of their peers.
● Individual Conferencing will assist students in the development of their Concentration work. Students will develop a body of work that is an investigation of an idea or theme that is of personal interest to them.
● Ongoing instructional conversations with the teacher will help students develop their work. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses in their images, and will provide feedback on how they can further develop their drawings. This will also help students learn to analyze and discuss their own artworks and the works of their peers.
General Course Outline:
● 1st 9 Weeks: Skill building exercises. These are exercises based on developing and polishing technical skills. This work is appropriate for the Breadth section of the portfolio.
● 2nd 9 Weeks: Creative imagery exercises introducing students to new ways of seeing and doing. Much more conceptual ideas will be developed.
● 3rd 9 Weeks: Exploratory study and the development of the concentration.
● 4th 9 Weeks: Final selection and editing
PORTFOLIO REVIEW:
A final portfolio review of all completed assignments including six breadth and six concentration artworks will be part of the student’s final grade. Additional pieces may be added to enhance their grade, however may not be used to replace missing assignments. This is an essential aspect of preparing for the rigorous AP Studio Art class and needed for entrance into college to pursue art as a major.
PROJECTS:
1st Semester:
Six Breadth assignments demonstrating techniques and design elements:
Line, Shape/Form, Value, Color, Space, Texture
● Still life – Continuous contour, Blind contour
● Landscape – Linear and atmospheric perspective, Color theory
● Figure Drawing – Gesture, Self-portrait
● Perspective – 1 point and 2 point perspective or Isometric Perspective
● Value Still life study
● Color Theory painting
● Sculpture
● All projects will focus on individual style and expression
2nd Semester:
Six Concentration assignments (a study of one object) demonstrating the principles of design: Balance, Unity, Contrast, Emphasis, Pattern, Movement/Rhythm
● Repetition of shape / movement
● Contrast – Positive/Negative Space
● Pattern
● Unity
● Balance
● Emphasis
*NOTE: If your preference is 3D, then you will use the same above breadth ideas but create 3D objects with the prompts.
[Example: With the still life prompt, you could use found objects and create an assemblage or create your own 3D objects to create a 3D still life.]
COURSE OUTLINE:
SEMESTER 1 / Assignments / SketchbookIntro/Review
Weeks 1-2
(8/16-8/25) / ● Go over Syllabus/class objectives/ expectations
-Survey of technique/skill building knowledge
● Elements & Principles Review
● Introduction to AP Central.
● Review AP grading Rubric & portfolios from previous years.
● Goal setting, time management, purpose of sketchbook/visual journal/process notebook
Photography 101/Art Synectics/Design Process Thinking
Week 2
(8/21-8/25) / ● Set up Blogs
● Photography 101
-Plagiarism/Copyright Laws
● Portfolio/Exhibit requirements
● Paths to Creativity:
o Design Process Thinking
o The Synectic Think Cycle: The “Three R’s”
▪ Referring, Reflecting, Reconstructing
▪ Synectic Trigger Mechanisms
o Terraforma Cards / ● Notes over Photography 101
● Notes over Creativity Cycles
● Weekly Drawings
Unit 1: SCALE
Weeks 3-6:
(8/28-9/22)
SUGGESTED: PERSPECTIVE, / ● Reading packet (art & design synectics/discussion/research/art history)
● By varying the scale of your drawings, explore the intimacy of small works and the boldness of large pieces.
Unit 2: Space & Form
Weeks 7-10:
(9/25-10/20)
SUGGESTED: VALUE STILL LIFE STUDY, PERSPECTIVE, LANDSCAPE / ● Reading packet/discussion/research/ art history
● Emphasize space & form through range of values, placement, reflections & shadows. / ● Notes over Substructure of Design
● Process work
● Practice from exercises 1-4.
Unit 3: Unlikely Materials & Techniques
Weeks 11-14:
(10/23-11/17)
SUGGESTED: COLOR THEORY PAINTING, ANY / ● Reading packet (art & design synectics/discussion/research/art history)
● Add another dimension to your work by experimenting with combinations of likely & unlikely materials & techniques, such as wax resist, printing, mixed media and collage.
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Unit 4: Physical, Emotional, Social & Political Environments/ Local, State, National & Global Issues
Weeks 15-17:
(11/27-12/20)
SUGGESTED: PORTRAIT, ANY / ● Reading packet (art & design synectics/discussion/research/art history)
● Identify sources for your work by examining your physical, emotional, social & political environments.
● Identify local, state, national & global issues as sources for your works & interpret your ideas in your personal style.
Unit 5: Multiple Solutions for Self-Direction/ Choosing a Concentration
Weeks 17-18:
(12/11-12/20)
USE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN:
● Repetition of shape/ movement
● Contrast – Positive/ Negative Space
● Pattern
● Unity
● Balance
● Emphasis / ● Reading packet (art & design synectics/discussion/research/art history)
● Investigate, interpret & reinvent a subject by attempting multiple solutions which lead students into thematic development.
Choosing Concentration:
● Students will use their research, rendered studies, explorations, experimentations, etc. to develop a thematic concentration that involves a sustained self-directed investigation to create artwork singularly and/or in a series that focuses on the principles of design as their building platform.
● Concentration decision due by last week before winter break.
● Can get started on planning if decided before deadline
● Review goal setting/time management/researching skills
(12/21-01/05) / WINTER BREAK
SEMESTER 2 / The second semester will be primarily student-directed, very focused investigations of their environments, where students will choose a concentration to drive their work the remainder of the year. Students will have a required exhibit at the end of the year as well as a final portfolio review.
Unit 6: Implementing Concentration
Weeks 19-29 (11 weeks)
(1/8-3/30)
Midpoint Due date: February 9th (min. 4 Works completed) / Guidelines:
● Students will begin demonstrating sustained self-directed investigation to create artwork singularly and/or in a series for their chosen concentration.
● Students are required to have at minimum 6 finished artworks for their portfolio by March 30th. There will be a mid-point due date as well with 4 works of art due (week ending on February 9th).
● Students will have one-on-one meetings with instructor each week to check progress and for feedback.
● We will have critique sessions every other week as a class.
● Students will take slides of process work as well as finished projects and will upload them to their online portfolio.
● Students will be required to do a self-evaluation over each finished project.
Concentration Work
Weeks 19-29:
(1/8-3/30) / ● Students will work on their concentration projects during this time.
● Students will need to have all projects finished by Week 30 for the Art Fair will be held the following week and all pieces from concentration are required to be put into the fair (1st semester works are optional).
● Students will write and type their artist statement (over concentration) and mat it on black construction paper for the art fair.
● Students will need to research what is to be included in an artist statement.
Art Fair Week
Week 30:
(4/2-4/6) / ● Fine Arts Fair is on Saturday, April 7th at the MHS Commons Area. This will be an all day event where all of the fine arts of Mabank ISD come together for a creative arts fair to showcase what they have been up to all year.
● Students will use this week to get all of their work matted and ready for the exhibit.
● Students will be required to help set up their section for the fair on Friday after school.
Choice: Collaborative Community Project
OR
Continue working on concentration pieces
Weeks 31-36:
(4/9-5/18) / ● Students will collaborate on developing a community art project. This will require students to analyze what they think the community needs to enhance the aesthetics of the community and to initiate critical thinking within the community (this can be within the school and/or out in the community). Using their knowledge of what was learned throughout the year, they will design, develop and install a 2D artwork. This can be single, whole group or several small groups.
● If students prefer, they are allowed to continue on with their concentration work to extend it further to continue building their portfolio.
Final
Week 37
(5/21-5/25) / ● Your completed online portfolio presentation with slides of ALL work will be your final grade for the semester.
● Portfolio presentation to class.
-Slideshow and present. Turn in Concentration Statement.