Course: M.S. Beginning Art yearlong
Grading
Period
Big Ideas/
Enduring Understandings
There’s a specific vocabulary
for Art.
1st
Elements of Art are building
blocks for creating original
works.
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Focus TEKS and Student Expectations
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Essential Questions
How do the art
elements interrelate to
make a successful
artwork?
Analyze and form generalizations about the interdependence of the art elements, such as
color, texture, form, line, space and value.(1B)
● Students will demonstrate understanding of the art elements using visual
representation they create.
How is line used to
create drawings or
designs?
Compare Specific artworks from a variety of cultures (3B)
● Looking at artwork, noticing how art elements are used in compositions.
How are elements of art
used to create
compositions?
Left brain/Right brain & Whole
brain perception as it relates
to the Visual Arts.
Symbolism/ memory/ direct
observation / creative drawing
How does drawing from
observation improve my
skills? (student self
reflection)
How does a using
different drawing
technique impact an
artwork?
How do different art
media affect an artist
style?
Demonstrate technical skills effectively, using a variety of at media and materials to
produce designs, drawings, collages and paintings (2C)
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Experience in drawing with various media, such as graphite, pen & ink, and color
pencil.
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Creating designs using an assortment of line quality & line variety.
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Using technical skills such as value charts; blending, stippling, hatching and crosshatching.
Illustrate themes from direct observation, personal experience, and traditional events (1A)
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Drawing from direct observation using contour line.
Conduct in progress analyses and critiques of personal artworks. (4A)
● Students will reflect on their progress by sharing with peers & analyzing their
technical improvement.
2nd
The Principles of Design are
ways of arranging the
Elements of Art into an original
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How do the Principles of
Design allow artists to
arrange the elements of
art?
Analyze and form generalizations about the interdependence of art elements and the
principles, such as emphasis, pattern, rhythm, balance, proportion, and unity, using art
vocabulary appropriately. (1B)
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artwork.
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How can you manipulate
media and subject
matter to create
emphasis?
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Creating designs using a variety of media.
Describe in detail a variety of practical applications for design ideas. (2B)
How does the balance of
an artwork affect the
viewer’s experience?
Graphic Design serves a
functional purpose in everyday
life.
How can an artist
illustrate ideas visually?
How do Graphic Artists
shape the way
consumers see products?
Analyze and form generalizations about the interdependence of the art elements and
design principles. (1B)
Describe in detail a variety of practical applications for design ideas. (2B)
Compare career and avocational opportunites in art. (3C)
3rd
Mixed Media Methods gives
students an opportunity to
experiment with materials.
How can graphic design
skills create vocational
opportunities?
Analyze original artworks, portfolios, and exhibitions of peers to form conclusions about
formal properties and historical and cultural contexts. (4B)
How do you select which
art media to utilize within
your artwork?
Demonstrate Technical Skills efffectively, using a variety of art media and materials to
produce designs, drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, fiber art, photography,
imagery and electronic media-generated art.(2C)
Express a variety of ideas based on personla experience and direct observation (2A).
Collage is a technique of
assembling materials into an
original artwork.
Why do artist combine
various art medias within
their artworks?
How does using different
materials affect the look
of a collage?
Art History and Cultural
context are relevant to
understanding artworks.
4th
How does knowing about
an artist’s life and
cultural experience affect
understanding of their
artwork?
Compare specific artworks from a variety of cultures (3B).
Conduct in progress analyses and critiques of personal artworks. (4A)
Students will reflect on their progress by sharing with peers & analyzing their technical
improvement.
Visit museums, art studios, galleries, and exhibitions. (L)
Identify in artworks the influence of historical and political events. (3A)
Compare specific artworks from a variety of cultures. (3B)
How does an artist’s life
experience affect their
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Introduce students to a variety of artists and styles from different periods and
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artwork?
Ceramics
cultures.
How does art influence
societies?
Analyze original artworks, portfolios, and exhibitions of peers to form conclusions about
formal properties and historical and cultural contexts. (4B)
What method of
construction will work
best to convey a
particular idea?
Demonstrate technical skills effectively to produce ceramics. (2C)
Combine construction techniques of pinch, slab, coiling, modeling, carving in clay. (L)
Conduct in-progress analyses and critiques of personal artworks. (4A)
Why is it important to
know what the stages of
clay are when working
with a piece?
How will surface quality
affect the ceramic piece?
Artist Subjects and Styles
5th
Painting
How do artists’ styles
influence the creation of
an art movement?
How does the quality of
brushstrokes affect the
style of a painting?
Why is selecting the
correct brush important
in painting?
6th
Analyze original artworks, portfolios, and exhibitions of peers to form conclusions about
formal properties and historical & cultural contexts. (4B)
● Study the various styles and subject matter of
Express a variety of ideas based on personal experience and direct obsevations (2B)
● Subject matter can be from
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Demonstrate technical skills effectively (2C)
● Color mixing
● Making tints & shades
● Brush selection & brush stroke
Expression and
Meaning/Symbolism
Printmaking
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What is a print?
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