Art 1 Curriculum
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The order of projects is subject to change with every semester. Project plans are also subject to
change. Please check PowerSchool frequently and email me if you have any concerns.
Our curriculum is based on the Utah Core Standards for Fine Arts. We plan our curriculum by
navigating our students through the seven Elements of Art: Line, Shape, Color, Space, Form,
Texture, and Value.
Line
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Upside Down Drawing
o Introduction to Line and how the brain works in the art classroom.
Crumpled Cans Contour Drawings
o Draw 3 crushed soda cans using a continuous line and only drawing the can’s
contours (edges/important details).
1 Point Perspective Name:
o Draw your name (first or last) in block letters, then put the letters into 1 point
perspective so they appear to jump from the page.
Shape
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Pop Art Printmaking
o Identify key features and unique shapes used in the art style of Native American
tribes from the Pacific Northwest. Choose an object from Popular Culture and
design that object in the Native style. Transfer the design onto a Styrofoam plate
and use that to make 4 prints.
Value
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Sumi-E Fish
o Learn about the Japanese art of Sumi-E. Find a photograph of a fish and sketch
onto watercolor paper. Use white crayon on desired parts of the drawing before
painting the fish in watercolor, showing different values of each color by
controlling the ratio of paint and water.
Space
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Color
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Street Art Stencil
o Learn about Street Art and how it is different from graffiti. Choose a logo and
change one thing about it as you sketch. Fill in parts of your design to signify it will
be cut away; make sure all white spaces connect so the stencil will stay intact.
Transfer onto tagboard and use an X-acto knife to cut away the black spaces. We
will take 2 days to travel outside and spray-paint our stencils onto construction
paper.
Color Wheel
o Discover how the color wheel is arranged and how to mix Secondary and Tertiary
colors.
Surrealism Landscape
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o Learn about Surrealism. Demonstrate understanding of warm, cool, and neutral
color groups by designing a surreal landscape and ‘cutting’ it into sections. Use
your iPad to fill in the sections so the foreground is one of the color schemes, and
the background is the other color scheme.
Shading in Outer Space
Learn how to add white, black, gray, and a complementary color to change a color’s
value or intensity. Draw 6 different items that might be found in space on a large piece of
paper. Divide each item into different sections. Create a space background by splattering
white paint onto black construction paper. Trace your design onto heavy paper, then cut
out the items and glue onto the background paper. Fill in each object with a different
main color and its different values and intensities.
Texture
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Form
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Sugar Skull
o Learn about the Mexican tradition of the Day of the Dead. Learn how to draw a
skull with the correct proportions. Design the skull with symbols that have
significance to you, breaking up the space of the skull. Learn about real vs. implied
texture. Create rubbings of real texture with colored foil and create a background
using these rubbings. Then decorate at least 6 spaces in your skull with implied
(drawn) textures. Cut out the skull and glue onto the background. Decorate as
desired with metallic and glitter paint.
Clay Animal
o Learn the drying and firing processes that clay will go through, as well as the
different techniques for building with clay. Choose an animal and plan how you
will build it using these techniques, then follow through with clay. After the
project is bisque fired, you will glaze the animal, after which it will be fired again.