Art Explorations 8-12
TEACHER: Mrs. Deanna Vanwoudenberg
TERM 1: Sept. 16 – Nov. 4 TERM 2:
TIME: Wednesday 2:15 – 4:30 pm (3, 8 session terms = 24 sessions)
LOCATION: Langley, Walnut Grove Community Center
FEES: PER TERM A - $65 B, C - $130 D - $210
This club will contribute 28 hours toward a total of 60+ hours needed to complete a Fine Arts 8/9 course and 90+
for a grade 10 – 12 course.
Date
Artistic Focus
Art Skill
Aesthetics/
Appreciation
Project and Media
TERM 1: Experimenting with the Elements of Art
Week 1:
Sept. 16
Line and pattern
Adding space and depth
using perspective
M.C. Escher
Relativity
Zentangle spheres with
pen and ink (3 levels)
Week 2:
Sept. 23
Colour and contrast
Assigning values to an
image
School of Athens by
Raphael
Monochromatic acrylic
painting
Week 3:
Sept. 30
Line and perspective
Using perspective to
create depth
What is art? Definitions
of art
Name in perspective
Magnification drawing
Week 4:
Oct. 7
Shape and repetition
Using colour and value
with form
The Nativity by
Peter Beugel
Optical illusion design with
colour
Week 5:
Oct. 14
Value and contrast
Using a grid and value
scale
How do we evaluate
art? Inca palace
Pencil pointillism animal
Week 6:
Oct. 21
Space and movement
Using rhythm, colour,
and balance
Van Gogh’s ugliest
painting
Colour scheme triptych
Week 7:
Oct. 28
Colour, repetition, and
unity
Using of positive and
negative space
Death of Marat by
Jacques-Louis David
Silhouetted negative space
collage
Week 8:
Nov. 4
Form and unity
Using shape, line and
colour effectively
The Martians mask
Aesthetics
Complete silhouetted
space collage
TERM 2: 3-D Mask making and Drawing Fundamentals
Week 1
November 18
Form and proportion
Mask making
fundamentals
South American masks
Foil, papier mâche
Week 2
November 25
Last Supper by
Leonardo da Vinci
Basic form,
first layer
Asian masks
Foil, papier mâche
Week 3
January 6
Drawing focus 1
Make ears, muzzle,
horns and other details
Asian masks cont’d
Papier mâche
pencil, charcoal
Week 4
January 13
The Scream
Edvard Munch
Attach details and
second layer
European masks
Papier mâche,
newspaper, tape
Week 5
January 20
Drawing focus 2
Third and fourth layers
European masks cont’d
Papier mâche
pencil, charcoal
Week 6
January 27
Persistence of Memory
Salvador Dali
Final layer, finishing
features
African masks
Papier mâche,
newspaper, tape
Week 7
February 3
Drawing focus 3
Base painting
African masks cont’d
Acrylic painting
pencil
Week 8
February 10
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Jan Vermeer
Final details painting
North American masks
Acrylic painting
pencil
TERM 3: Modern Art Experiences
Week 1:
February 17
Basics of composition
Combining colours in a
fauvism style
Henri Matisse
Fauvism
Pastel project in Fauvism
Week 2:
February 24
Basics of still life
Reducing form to
geometric shapes
Pablo Picasso
Cubism
Cubism still life piece
Week 3:
April 6
Basics of one, and two
point perspective
Using two point
perspective
Georgia O’Keefe
Early precisionism
Cityscape piece
Week 4:
April 13
Understanding
Surrealism from a
Christian perspective
Using random
intentionality in art
Marc Chagall
Rene Margritte
Surrealism
Dreamscape with sharpies,
begin Margritte collage
Week 5:
April 20
Constructing meaning
and symbolism
Effective collage
composition techniques
Louise Nevelson
Modern collage
Complete Margritte piece
Consruct L.N. style boxes
Week 6:
April 27
What makes a piece of
art iconic?
Creativity in composition
Various iconic pieces of
Western portrait art
Personal Interpretation of a
famous painting 1
Week 7:
May 4
Various iconic pieces of
Western portrait art
Random intentionality
with acrylic paint
Jackson Pollock
Abstract Expressionism
Interpretation of a famous
painting part 2
paint L.N. pieces
Week 8:
May 11
Lichenstein’s art and the
context of modern art
Modern “pointillism”
Roy Liechtenstein
Pop art
Small Lichenstein inspired
piece (if time)