Perception Buliding  Blind Contour Drawing

* Daily warm up

Assignment: Sketch Book Activity

-Students will create a series of 5 blind contour hands and 3 blind contour still life objects

-Drawings will demonstrate an increase in students visual perception level.

Blind contour drawing helps you develop hand eye communication. Contour drawing is essentially outline drawing, and blind contour means drawing the outline of the subject with out looking at the paper. The end result does not matter. What is important is carefully observing the subject.

 Observation Drawing PART 1

1.Students create 6 Thumbnail sketches exploring composition with still life objects

2. Students set up a composition and take a photo using

rule of thirds. 

3.Draw a contour line sketch of overlapping obejects

4.shade using medium of choice

5.Choose a minimum of 5 objects to include in your composition

• Observe shadows and highlights. Shade “values” smooth and gradual from dark to light to create the objects “Form”.

• Arrange subject matter differently in each sketch 

• You will choose one composition or combine two for your final drawing

 Objectives:

-Students will improve drawing skills

-Students will experiment with composition and become more familiar with drawing from observation

-Students will learn to shade “Values” from dark to light drawing the objects “Form”

Final Draft Composition

PART 2

Assignment: 12x18 on drawing paper using graphite Students complete composition using line and shape. 

Objectives: Students will improve drawing skills and composition. Students will learn to draw an overlapping composition that creates the illusion of space using Foreground, Middle Ground and Back Ground

Value Shading 

Final Still Life Complete

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Assignment: Objects in final drawing must have a minimum of 5-7 shades of Value. Highlights and shadows must demonstrate contrast. Before the assignment will be accepted students are to correct proportions and complete Value Shading. 

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PART 3

Ceramics and Clay Procedures

 Color Pencil Techniques- Warm up

1 day Sketchbook Assignment:

Assignment: Student shade values of primary and secondary colors

-Students s blend layers of color pencils using complementary colors to create neutrals

- Students shade primary colors to create secondary colors

- Students blend analogous color schemes

Objectives: Students will become familiar with color theory and how to shade color pencils. Students will learn different color pencil techniques. Students will learn to create secondary colors by blending primary colors

 OP ART

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Op Art is comprised of illusion, and often appears - to the human eye - to be moving or breathing due to its precise, mathematically-based composition.

Victor Vasarely pioneered the movement with his 1938 painting Zebra

What are the key characteristics of Op Art?

• First and foremost, Op Art exists to fool the eye. Op Art compositions create a sort of visual tension in the viewer's mind that gives works the illusion of movement. Your eye begins sending your brain the message that what it's seeing has begun to oscillate, flicker, throb and may appear to be moving.

• Because of its geometrically-based nature, Op Art is, almost without exception, non-representational.

• The elements employed (color, line and shape) are carefully chosen to achieve maximum effect.

• The critical techniques used in Op Art are perspective and careful juxtaposition of color (whether chromatic [identifiable hues] or achromatic [black, white or gray]).

Assignment: Students will create an Op Art design of their choice using their design skills. Student will be provided with rulers or straight edges, shape template tools to make sure design are precise. 

Objectives: Students will learn different OP ART techniques. Student will improve design skills and color pencil shading. 

Applying Art Elements to Design

Sectioned Drawing. Colored pencil techniques and mixed media

Students will learn color pencil techniches and how to create a sectioned composition. Students will improve design skills.

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Procedure

1. Draw two random lines across the paper

2. draw 2-3 shapes of different size and shape overlapping the random lines

3. Draw your subjects in a balanced, overlapping arrangment

4. Change values and color schemes when you cross any line in the drawing

5. Fill empty sections by drawing different patterns 

    Brayer Painting Composition

1. Create a background layer: choose 3 colors and practice brayer rolling techniques with tempers paint.

2. Students choose a subject of their choice to create focal point. 3.Drawing details may be added in any medium

Students will improve design skills by exploring how they can organize art elements using design principles: pattern, balance, variety, emphasis 

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Assignment 5 Mandala Design

Radial Symmetry

Students will learn the history of Mandala design and Tibetan Mandala Traditionas in addition to comparing radial designs in cultures from differnt cultures.

Students will create a radial design by combining ink patterns with analogous color pencil shading. 

 Georgia O Keeffe - Intro to Patels 

Flower Abstraction using a viewfinder and flower photo

Students select an image or take a photo using their phone. Image will be cropped using a viewfinder.

Objectives: students will learn to blend analogous colors using chalk pastels. Students will improve design skills. 

Watercolor Ink Abstract 

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Create an abstract design using 4 or more different techniques. Leave spaces between painted areas for Ink designs

Objectives: Students will learn different watercolor techniques such as wax resist, salt technique, plastic wrap, masking tape, wet on wet and dry brush. Students will improve design skills. Students will learn different inking techniques.

Pop Art Portraits

Painted Value Study

Students create Monochromatic Value Scales