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)