Fine Art
Units and weekly lesson plans
Unit 1 – What is Art?
8/14 – 8/16 -Art in your world
8/14 - What is Art?
8/15 - Why do artist create
8/16 - The language of Art
8/20 – 8/24 - Art Criticism and Aesthetic Judgment
8/20 -21 - Art criticism: Learning from a work of art
8/22 – 23 - Aesthetics: Thinking about a work of art
8/24 - Art history: Learning about a work of art
8/28 – 30 -The Media and Processes of Art
8/28 - 2-D media
8/29 - 3-D media
8/30 - Technological media
Unit 2 – The Elements of Art
9/4 – 9/5 - Line
9/4 - The element of line (line types and variations)
9/5 - Expressive qualities of line
9/6 – 9/7 - Shape, Form, and Space
9/6 - Shapes, form, and space
9/7 - How we perceive shape, form and space
(Identifying perspective, techniques)
What different shapes, forms and space express
9/11 – 9/13 - Color
9/11 - Hue, Value, and Intensity
9/12 - Color schemes
9/13 - Understanding the nature and uses of color
(Jumps in color value create visual movement)
9/18 - Texture
9/18 - Texture in your life (visual texture combinations)
How artist use texture
Unit 3 – The Principles of Art
10/1 – 10/3 - Rhythm, Pattern, and Movement
10/1 - Rhythm and Pattern (visual rhythms create visual movement)
10/2 - Types of rhythm and pattern
10/3 - How artist use rhythm to create movement
10/5 – 10/9 - Balance
10/5 - Visual balance
10/9 - Informal balance
The expressive qualities of balance
(Using formal balance to organize a composition)
10/10 – 10/11Proportion
10/10 - The golden Mean
(using the Golden Mean to organize an active painting)
10/11 - Scale
How artist use proportions and distortion
10/15 – 10/16 - Variety, Emphasis, Harmony and Unity
10/15 - Variety, emphasis, and harmony
(creating a focal point)
10/16 - Unity
Unit 4 – Art through the ages
10/22 – 10/31 - Art traditions from around the world
10/22 – 23 -Art of earliest times
10/24 – 25 - Art of Asia and Middle East
10/26 - Art of Africa
10/30 – 31 - Art of the Americas
11/5 – 11/9 - Western traditions in Art
11/5 – 6 - The beginnings of western art traditions
11/7 - The beginnings of Modern Art Traditions
11/8 - The 19th century/Early 20th century
11/9 - Art after 1945/Art in the 2000’s
Fine Art
Quiz and test dates
Semester 1
Quiz dates
#1 – 8/17
#2 – 8/27
#3 – 8/31
#4 – 9/10
#5 – 9/14
#6 – 10/6
#7 – 10/12
#8 – 11/1
Unit reviews
Unit 2 review – 9/19
Unit 3 review – 10/17
Unit 4 review – 11/14
Tests
Unit 2 test – 9/20
Unit 3 test – 10/18
Unit 4 test – 11/15