Course Information
Students in Art III will receive advanced technical instruction and will be given projects that require individual creativity and self-motivation. Students will be expected to produce work that communicates ideas and intentions and will be expected to participate in class critiques. Students will use Art History as well as the Elements and Principles to inform and evaluate their work.
Syllabus
Syllabus
Introduction: The Power of Images to Communicate Ideas
Art with an Agenda
Images and design choices are used to send messages from what shoes to buy to what candidate to vote for. How do we use the tools available to us as artists to communicate ideas? mini projects included in this unit
- Art Drama! propaganda posters in the Battle of the Pigments. -Selling the un-sellable -"How media changes minds" written response |
Guerrilla Art
Street art can range from Banksy's activist graffiti to yarn bombing and trash can sculptures. When is this form of expression art and when is it vandalism? mini projects included in this unit
-art as activism- Zines -art as beautification -"Fearless Girl vs Charging Bull" written response |
Projects
Contour LineStudents will create art that focuses on the use of contour lines.
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HyperrealismStudents will discuss CJ Hendry and her career path and create colored pencil drawings inspired by her work.
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Surreal HandscapesStudents will create a landscape that incorporates hands inspired by the Surrealism movement
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SeriesStudents will create a series unified by theme.
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2 Point PerspectiveStudents will use two point perspective to create a still life featuring Lego blocks.
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MetamorphosisStudents will morph one object into another
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Symbolic PortraitsStudents will create portraits in the style of Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
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Kinetic Drawingstudents will create art inspired by Heather Hansen and Tony Orrico
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Google Doodle
Students will create a Google homepage logo based on this year's competition theme |
Foreshortening
students will create an image that shows foreshortening |
Clay
Students will create a sculpture using hand building techniques |
Cut paper and Collage
Students will create art using cut or torn paper |
Watercolor resist
Students will use masking techniques to create an image. |
Printmaking
Students will carve linoleum blocks to make prints |
Collaborative Image
Students will combine projects to create a unified image |