FUNDAMENTALS OF ART
Goals and Expectations

This class is designed to help the student build a basic drawing foundation for more advanced classes. It is also designed to give an overview of art for the student who may not take an art class again.

Students will learn how to:
Use line, shape, form, value, and color to create art.
Draw using a graph.
Do contour drawings.
Sketch and do an underdrawing
Use one and two point perspective.
Draw forms with ellipses.
Render using a pencil.
Use a color medium.
Use Ariel perspective.

Major Areas in Art History.
Renaissance
Baroque
Realism
20th Century

*If  you want to produce QUALITY work you have to put in QUANTITY  time. The emphasis in this class will be on real effort, neatness, and the ability to follow directions. If you want an A, then it will require time outside of class. I do not believe in extra credit.

We have one rule in here.
Be COURTEOUS.

SUPPLIES
**Art fee; $10.00
The following is covered with the fee:
1 vinyl eraser
1 set prismacolor pencils (12)
1white prismacolor pencil
12 x 18 drawing paper (14 sheets)
12 x 18 newsprint (10 sheets)
Chipboard (½ sheet)

You need to provide;
#2 wood pencils
ball point pen, blue or black

DRAWING III
Goals and Expectations

This class is designed to help the student push their art beyond mere duplication.
It is also designed to draw using wet media.

Students will learn how to:
Use line, shape, form, value, texture, and color to create abstract art.
Use abstract qualities in realistic pictures.
Use 2-5 forms of wet media alone and/or mixed.
Use shape to divide up the picture plane.

Students will be introduced to:
Visual Movement

*Remember if  you want to produce QUALITY work you have to put in QUANTITY  time.

We have one rule in here.
Be COURTEOUS.
(Please take extra care of the classroom supplies you will be using. They can be expensive)

SUPPLIES
Art fee; $25 .00
You will get to keep:
(3) compressed jumbo charcoal sticks.
Charcoal pencil
Black watercolor pencil
Kneaded eraser
9x12 bristol board                  
2 shts. 15x20 cold press ill. board.                 
2’x 3’ muslin                                       
Gesso and matte medium
12 x 18 masonite
32 x 40 pastel board
1 large sheet hot press w.c. paper
Glad-lock container
Plastic plate
You will get to use:
watercolor crayons               
Watercolors   
Acrylic paints
Brushes
Nupastels
Digital camera and printer             
You need to provide:
container to keep supplies in small utility box or shoe box.
Pencils, erasers, and chamois.
water dish
Roll of paper towels

AP ART

The AP Program in Studio Art is intended for highly motivated students who are seriously interested in the study of art. Students should be aware that AP work involves significantly more commitment and accomplishment than the typical high school course and that the program is not for the casually interested.

Course objectives:
#1 Develop advanced skills in art.     
A. Technical (you will learn new techniques)
B. Design (you will learn a variety of ways to develop a composition)
C. Creative (assignments will specifically deal with expanding your creativity with subject matter as well as technique)
#2 Compile and photograph a portfolio of your work.
A. The Breadth includes 12 pieces that show a variety of techniques and art forms. (AP A)
B. The Concentration includes 12 related pieces that are based on an individual’s
interest in a particular idea expressed visually. (AP B)
C. A Journal that incorporates artistic notes, thumbnail sketches, and ideas.
#3 Evaluate self and others in group critiques.
10% of overall grade is based on your participation in class critiques. We will have a critique for every assignment. If you are absent on a critique day then you will need to type a half page analysis of your picture.
Pictures will be graded the day after a critique.
#4 Seniors will design a brick and paint it.(AP C)
#5 Participate in various art shows and field trips.
#6 Learn how to photograph your own references.
You need have access and be able to use a camera.  
You may use and check out the Art Department’s.

Originality
Any work that makes use of photographs, published images, and/or other artists’ works must show substantial and significant development beyond duplication. This may be demonstrated through manipulation of the formal qualities, design, and/or concept of the original work. It is unethical, constitutes plagiarism, and often violates copyright laws to simply copy an image (even in another medium) that was made by someone else.

Grading
*Each assignment will receive a detailed grade sheet.
*The portfolio will receive grades in progress and as a finished project.
*If you are late on an assignment;
1. penalty on your grade.
(1st late one equals one grade off, 2nd equals two grades off, 3rd one equals ½ off)
2. not have it included in the critique or the detailed evaluation.
3. not be able to improve your grade.

Supplies & Fees:   $15.00   INCLUDES
paper
illustration board
use of watercolor supplies
oil pastels
5 ½ x 8 ½ sketchbook
Part of your fee each trimester goes to the use of the digital camera and printer.
It’s your responsibility to provide all other supplies; pencils, erasers,
colored pencils, pastels, charcoal, etc. 
You will be using the storage room and my computer and office occasionally. Ask before you use them.