Overview of High School Art courses

 

 

Foundation Art                                  Full year                                      Prerequisite for all other art courses
(except Web Page Development and Digital Multimedia)

 

Advanced Art                                    Full year                                      Prerequisite for all other art courses
(except Photography, Web Page Development, Digital Multimedia, and Computer Graphics)

 

Portfolio Preparation                          Full year                                      Prerequisite:         Foundation Art and Advanced Art

                                                        

Students may test out of Foundation Art and Advanced Art by portfolio review or by teacher recommendation.

Middle School Art Teacher may recommend students for Advanced Art

 

Photography I                                    One semester                              Prerequisite:         Foundation Art

Photography II                                  One semester                              Prerequisite:         Photography I

 

Web Page Development I                  One semester                              Prerequisite         None

Web Page Development II                 One semester                              Prerequisite:         Web Page Development I

 

Digital Multimedia I                            One semester                              Prerequisite         None

Digital Multimedia II                          One semester                              Prerequisite:         Digital Multimedia I

 

Computer Graphics I                         One semester                              Prerequisite:         Foundation Art

Computer Graphics II                        One semester                              Prerequisite:         Computer Graphics I

 

Sculpture/Ceramics I                         One semester                              Prerequisite:         Foundation Art and Advanced Art

Sculpture/Ceramics II                        One semester                              Prerequisite:         Sculpture/Ceramics I

 

Drawing/Painting I                             One semester                              Prerequisite:         Foundation Art and Advanced Art

Drawing/Painting II                            One semester                              Prerequisite:         Drawing/Painting I

 

Printmaking I                                     One semester                              Prerequisite:         Foundation Art and Advanced Art

Printmaking II                                    One semester                              Prerequisite:         Printmaking I

HIGH SCHOOL ART COURSES

 

COURSE:       Foundation Art

This course is an introduction to art and design. It is designed to give the student a variety of experiences in art mediums and techniques. The emphasis is placed on developing the student's artistic skills and vocabulary. This course is aimed at teaching students how to evaluate and appreciate their own work and the work of others. The student becomes aware of how art reflects culture and how art decisions affect the quality of life. This course fulfills the Fine/Practical Arts graduation requirement.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          9-12
PREREQUISITE:         None
LENGTH:                    Full Year

 

COURSE:       Advanced Art  

This course is designed to build upon the skills developed in Foundation Art. Emphasis is placed on compositional and structural techniques. Students are given an opportunity to develop in the areas of perception, evaluation, discrimination, and manipulation. Students will continue to develop the skills, concepts, and information covered in Foundation Art in the mediums of drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Greater emphasis is placed on teaching students to look at the history of art in relation to the world at large. New art mediums will be introduced, i.e., soldering metals, copper enameling, acrylics, batik, and photography. Students will also have learning experiences in art criticism, aesthetics, art history, group work, critical thinking skills, cultural awareness, and evaluation techniques.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          10-12

PREREQUISITE:         Foundation Art/Portfolio Review

LENGTH:                    Full Year


COURSE:       Portfolio Preparation  

This course is designed for students who are seriously interested in the practice of art and/or the understanding and enjoyment of works of art. Students will concentrate on preparing a portfolio and/or increasing their creative and technical skills. Students will also have learning experiences in art criticism, aesthetics, art history, group work, critical thinking skills, cultural awareness, and evaluation techniques. Career study opportunities will be explored.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          11-12

PREREQUISITE:         Advanced Art

LENGTH:                    Full Year

 

High School Art Courses (continued)

 

COURSE:       Photography I

This course will allow students to photograph, develop, and print a wide variety of quality photographic art works. Students will develop a work-in-progress portfolio, which includes a collection of finished art works self-evaluations, idea sketches, handouts, notes, and peer critiques. The course of study will be photographic history, the elements, and principles of art and design, and how to critique a work of art, as well as camera, film, darkroom and developing processes, and special printing techniques.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          10-12
PREREQUISITE:         Foundation Art
LENGTH:                    One semester

               

COURSE:       Photography II

This course will build upon the skills learned in Photography I. The course provides opportunities for students to work on real-life projects, investigate digital multimedia as a career, and visit business that work with photographers.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          10-12
PREREQUISITE:         Photography I  

LENGTH:                    One semester

 

Course:       Web Page Development I

This course will cover the basic technical knowledge necessary for the creation of web sites.  Students will learn html (a computer language), site design and practical page layout, do’s and don’ts of web design, copy write laws, history and influences of the internet, imagery, sound and video application for the web. The students will work at a computer workstation using Notepad, Photoshop, Dream Weaver, Director, Studio Seven, Cool Edit, Java Script, and Flash to create web sites. Students will have a hands-on experience in web page layout and realistic web applications. Students will have opportunities to determine web site content.

 

Grade Level:          9-12

Prerequisite:         None

Length:                    One semester

 

Course:       Web Page Development II

This course will build upon the skills learned in Web Page Development I. Students will learn how to manage a website using cascading style sheets. The course provides opportunities for students to work on real life projects, investigate web design as a career, and visit businesses that work with web designers.

 

Grade Level:          9-12

Prerequisite:         Web Page Development I

Length:                    One semester  

High School Art Courses (continued)

 

COURSE:       Digital Multimedia I

This course is designed to teach students how use computers to create multimedia works of art. Students will use technology to digitized photos, video, music, voice, and animation to create computer multimedia projects. Teachers will utilize lectures, online resources, supervised lab assignments, and individual projects that combine new and traditional film elements. Students will learn digital concepts, video and photo manipulation, research strategies, and computer animation. Students will have an opportunity to determine the focus of their projects. Creative writing, storyboard construction, and research skills will be used to plan and develop projects.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          9-12
PREREQUISITE:         None
LENGTH:                    One semester

 

COURSE:       Digital Multimedia II

This course will build upon the skills learned in Digital Multimedia I. The course provides opportunities for students to work on real-life projects, investigate digital multimedia as a career, and visit businesses that work with digital multimedia.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          9-12
PREREQUISITE:         Digital Multimedia I
LENGTH:                    One semester

 

COURSE:       Computer Graphics I

This course introduces the use of hardware and software for production and design in graphic arts. Topics include graphical user interface and current industry uses such as design, layout, typography, illustration, and imaging for production. Upon completion, students should be able to understand and use the computer as a fundamental design and production tool.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          10-12

PREREQUISITE:         Foundation Art and Advanced Art or Teacher Recommendation/Portfolio Review

LENGTH:                    One semester

 

COURSE:       Computer Graphics II

This course will build upon the skills learned in Computer Graphics I. The course provides opportunities for students to work on real-life projects, investigate graphics as a career, and visit businesses that work with graphic designers.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          10-12

PREREQUISITE:         Computer Graphics I

LENGTH:                    One semester

 

High School Art Courses (continued)

 

COURSE:       Sculpture/Ceramics I

This course will allow students to explore traditional and contemporary sculpture materials and processes. The students will examine and use both additive and subtractive methods of working throughout the class. Course goals will include learning and using technical skills, understanding the physical and expressive possibilities of sculptural materials, and safe use of tools for various techniques throughout the class.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          10-12

PREREQUISITE:         Foundation Art and Advanced Art or Teacher Recommendation/Portfolio Review

LENGTH:                    One semester

 

COURSE:       Sculpture/Ceramics II

This course will build upon the skills learned in Sculpture/Ceramics I. The course provides opportunities for students to work on real-life projects, investigate digital multimedia as a career, and visit business that work with sculptors.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          10-12

PREREQUISITE:         Sculpture/Ceramics I

LENGTH:                    One semester

 

COURSE:       Drawing/Painting I

This course will allow students to explore and develop advanced drawing and painting skills. Building on basic skills, this course explores various media techniques and compositional elements related to drawing and painting. The concepts of space and composition will be explored. Drawings and paintings will be done with the aid of reproductions, photographs, and most importantly, from direct observation. Students will employ a range of drawing and painting material including, but not limited to, pencil, charcoal, ink, watercolor, and acrylic.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          10-12

PREREQUISITE:         Foundation Art and Advanced Art or Teacher Recommendation/Portfolio Review

LENGTH:                    One semester

 

COURSE:       Drawing/Painting II

This course will build upon the skills learned in Drawing/Painting I. The course provides opportunities for students to work on real-life projects, investigate digital multimedia as a career, and visit business that work with painters.

 

GRADE LEVEL:          10-12

PREREQUISITE:         Drawing/Painting I

LENGTH:                    One semester

High School Art Courses (continued)

 

COURSE:       Printmaking I

This course will introduce students to basic printmaking techniques including monoprint, intaglio (etching), lithography, and wood block and linoleum printing. Experimentation of different materials within the printing process and the historical aspect of printmaking will be discussed. 

 

GRADE LEVEL:          10-12

PREREQUISITE:         Foundation Art and Advanced Art or Teacher Recommendation/Portfolio Review

LENGTH:                    One semester

 

COURSE:       Printmaking II

This course will build upon the skills learned in Printmaking I. The course provides opportunities for students to work on real-life projects, investigate digital multimedia as a career, and visit business that work with printmakers.

 

Grade Level:          10-12

Prerequisite:         Printmaking I

Length:                    One semester

 

 

Foundation Art

Creative Expression (Production)

 

 

Standard 1:  All students will apply skills and knowledge to perform in the arts.

Standard 2:  All students will apply skills and knowledge to create in the arts.

GOAL:         Students will be able to:

 

Foundation Art

Production Concepts

·  Manipulate the elements and principles of design using a variety of materials to solve artistic problems

·  Learn the basic elements of art: line, shape, color, value, texture, space

·  Learn the principles of design/composition: repetition, balance, contrast, movement, rhythm, unity, emphasis,
proportion, and variety

·  Learn skills and techniques in  drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, collage, etc.

·  Develop critical/creative thinking skills (comparing, contrasting, and analyzing)

·  Conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of their ideas
relates to the media, techniques, and processes they use

Vocabulary

Elements and principles of art/design                                                                            Mood   

Description                                                                                                                 Imitational

Analysis                                                                                                                      Formalism

Judgment                                                                                                                    Emotionalism

Interpretation                                                                                                              Aesthetics

Literal                                                                                                                         Material techniques and terms

Visual                                                                                                                         Historical terms

Expressive                                                                                                                  Linear and aerial perspective terms

Skill techniques and terms in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, collage, etc.

Artists

Van Gogh                                                 Georgia O’Keeffe                                 Laratte Faran

Leonard DaVinci                                      Keith Harding                                       Mark Harman

Savador Dali                                             Dante Gabriel Rossetti                          Monet

Magritte                                                    Hirosada                                              Mary Cassat

Iona Rozeal                                                                                                         

 

Foundation Art (continued)

 

Art Criticism

 

Standard 3:  All students will analyze, describe, and evaluate works of art.

GOAL:         Students will develop a base for making informed judgments.

1.      Process, analyze, and respond to sensory information through the language and skills unique to the art form

2.      Observe and respond to the content in their work and in others' work

 

 

Aesthetics

 

Standard 4: All students will understand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.

GOAL:         Students will develop and expand aesthetic perception.

1.   Identify, perceive, and discuss the elements/principles found within the environment and world at large

 

 

Art History

 

Standard 5: All students will recognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between
the arts and everyday life.

GOAL:         Students will determine the contributions the artist has made to the history of art.

1.   Determine how the artist’s work has impacted other artists

2.   Analyze the ways in which a work of art expresses a point of view of the time and place in which it was created

3.   Analyze the visual characteristic of an artist’s body of work and create a product that emulates their style

4.   Present information in a multi media format

Advanced Art

Creative Expression (Production)

 

 

Standard 1:  All students will apply skills and knowledge to perform in the arts.

Standard 2:  All students will apply skills and knowledge to create in the arts.

GOAL:         Students will be able to:

 

Advanced Art

Production
Concepts

·    Apply media, techniques, and processes with sufficient skill, confidence, and sensitivity that their intentions are carried out in their artwork

·    Conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate a communication of their ideas and how this relates to the media, techniques, and processes they use

·    Develop creative thinking skills (subtract, superimpose, distort, hybridize, etc.)

Vocabulary

·    Build upon the foundation vocabulary

·    Material techniques and terms

·    Historical terms

·    Skill techniques and terms in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, collage, etc.

Artists

Impressionism

Renaissance

Pop art

Post modernism

Surrealism

Expressionism

 

Advanced Art (continued)

 

Art Criticism

 

Standard 3:  All students will analyze, describe, and evaluate works of art.

GOAL:         Students will develop a base for making informed judgments.

  1. Demonstrate the ability to form and defend judgments personal, communal, or other purposes of art

 

 

Aesthetics

 

Standard 4:  All students will understand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.

GOAL:         Students will develop and expand aesthetic perception.

  1. Identify, perceive, and discuss the elements/principles found within the historical period

 

 

Art History

 

Standard 5: All students will recognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.

GOAL:         Students will determine characteristics in several artworks from the same art period.

1.      Compare and contrast the use of elements and principles of design of various artists’ work in same time period 

2.      Compare and contrast the use of subject matter from various artists’ work in same time period

3.      Determine how events in history impacted the artists of that time period

4.      Determine who influenced the artists and whom they influenced 

5.      Determine the factors responsible for influencing works of art

6.      Present information in a multi media format       

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio preparation

Creative Expression (Production)

 

 

Standard 1: All students will apply skills and knowledge to perform in the arts.

Standard 2: All students will apply skills and knowledge to create in the arts.

Goal:         Students will be able to:

 

Portfolio preparation

Production Concepts

·     Communicate ideas regularly at a high level of effectiveness in a variety of visual arts mediums

·     Initiate, define, and solve challenging visual arts problems independently using intellectual skills
such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation

Vocabulary

·     Use artist terms to discuss all aspects of art

Artists

·     Develop a group of artist that the students feel connected to

 

 

Art Criticism

 

Standard 3:  All students will analyze, describe, and evaluate works of art.

Goal:         Students will develop a base for making informed judgments.

  1. Improve their own work and the work of others

 

Aesthetics

 

Standard 4:  All students will understand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.

Goal:         Students will develop and expand aesthetic perception.

  1. Develop a new appreciation for art of the past as well as contemporary art forms

 

Portfolio Preparation (continued)

 

Art History

 

Standard 5: All students will recognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.

Goal:         Students will identify careers in the visual arts:

1.      Explore possible career options in visual art

2.      Identify the skills needed

3.      Creation of a product (e.g., the process of bookmaking from idea to completion)

4.      Present visual arts career information in multi media format

5.      Interview professional in field

6.      Job availability

7.      Working conditions

8.      Salaries

9.      Potential employers

10.  Investigate recommended colleges and course offerings

 

           

Photography I

Creative Expression (Production)

 

 

Standard 1:     All students will apply skills and knowledge to perform in the arts.

Standard 2:     All students will apply skills and knowledge to create in the arts.

Goal:         Students will be able to:

 

Photography I

Production Concepts

·            Explain the functions of the various parts of a camera: body, viewer, lens, shutter, and aperture setting.

·         Explain how to use lens, aperture, adjustment, and shutter speed for the following situations:

             - To photograph subjects in various stages of action

             - To control the depth of field

             - To compensate for restricted light conditions, i.e., when fast action must be photographed under low light conditions

                or when a shallow depth of field required under extreme light conditions

·         Explain the effect light has upon photographic film and paper

·         Describe the sequence of chemicals through which photographic film and paper must be taken in the development process

·         Describe ways to control areas where the light strikes photographic paper, e.g., by dodging, burning, and by the use of negatives, masks, and opaque objects

·         Describe ways to control the chemical reaction of photographic paper through such processes as chemical dodging.

·         Explain the appropriate use of natural and artificial light in photography

·         Develop black and white film

·         Make contact prints of the negatives on photographic paper

·         Use the enlarger's film carrier, aperture setting, time, lens, and height adjustment to produce an enlargement of a negative

·         Select appropriate paper according to the characteristics of the negative and the light source

Vocabulary

Elements and Principles of art / design                          Cropping                                               Depth of field

Lens                                                                           Burning                                                 Fixer     

Masking                                                                      Hypo                                                    Hypo clear         

Developer                                                                   Silver salts                                            f/stop     

Aperture                                                                     Chemical dodging                                  Wetting agent    

Shutter speed                                                              Light dodging                                       

Artists

Ansel Adams                                      Henri Cartier-Breson                 David Plowden

W. Eugene Smith                                 Dorothea Lange                        Matthew Brady

Margaret Bourke White                       Irving Pen                                 Edward Steichen

Photography I (continued)

 

Art Criticism

 

Standard 3: All students will analyze, describe, and evaluate works of art.

Goal:         Students will develop a base for making informed judgments.

  1. Review criticism strategies of Foundation Art
  2. Analyze ways in which photographers use various elements to relate parts of a composition to each other, e.g., by overlapping parts or repeating a color or texture
  3. Describe ways in which a photographer might use repetition to lead the eye in a predetermined direction, creating illusions of rhythm and movement
  4. Identify ways in which a photographer creates pattern to attract attention or provide areas of interest to make a better composition
  5. Tell how photographers use overlapping in a picture to improve their composition
  6. Discuss the role of photography in business, industry, and art
  7. Compare the work of two famous photographers such as Ansel Adams, Mathew Brady, W. Eugene Smith, Edward Steichen,
    Margaret Bourke White, Irving Pen, and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

 

Aesthetics

 

Standard 4:  All students will recognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.

Goal:         Students will develop and expand aesthetic perception.                

1.      Describe how the point of emphasis (or focal point) in a photograph was created

2.      Describe how a photographer creates interesting negative spaces

3.      Describe how photographers create harmony or unity in a composition

4.      Tell how photographers create both formal and informal balance in a design

5.      Tell how a photographer groups the elements of a design to make it more interesting

6.      Describe how a photographer manipulates contrast in a negative to create moods or feelings in a photograph

7.      Describe how a photographer creates a pleasing relationship between the size and shapes of objects in a photograph

8.      Tell how cropping is used to improve the composition of a photograph

9.      Describe how a photographer manipulated depth by controlling depth of field, focus, and contrast

 

Photography I (continued)

History

 

Standard 5: All students will recognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.

Goal:         Students will determine the contributions a photographer has made to the art of photography.                   

1.  Determine how a photographer’s work has impacted other photographers

2.  Analyze the ways in which a photograph expresses a point of view of the time and place in which it was created

3.  Analyze the visual characteristic of a photographer’s body of work

4.  Present information in a multimedia format

Photography II

Creative Expression (Production)

 

 

Standard 1:     All students will apply skills and knowledge to perform in the arts.

Standard 2:     All students will apply skills and knowledge to create in the arts.

Goal:            Students will be able to:

 

Photography II

Production Concepts

·   Explain the functions of the various parts of a camera: body, viewer, lens, shutter, aperture setting

·   Explain how to use lens, aperture, adjustment, and shutter speed for the following situations:

         -  To photograph subjects in various stages of action

         -  To control the depth of field

         -  To compensate for restricted light conditions, i.e., when fast action must be photographed under low light conditions or when a shallow depth of field, required under extreme light conditions

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