Curriculum Guide Art & Design May 2016 Welcome to the Art & Design's May Curriculum Guide Curriculum Content for May This month it’s all about Pop Art, celebrating our diverse cultures and everyday life
routines, we’re going to create paintings and sculptures of mass culture objects.
Grade 5: Topics Success Criteria ● Students will create visual artworks that
Images in the style
address personal interests through acquired
of Andy Warhol knowledge of pop art movement and the style
of artist Andy Warhol. Elements Covered: Shapes, lines and
● Students will design and paint pop art images
colour that develop around the elements of design,
focusing on repetition of shape and colour. Principles Covered: Repetition ● Understand the principle of repetition and
New Principle:
how to recognise and achieve it in artworks. Repetition ● Students
will design and paint pop art images
that develop around the elements of design,
focusing on repetition of shape and colour. Artist: Andy Warhol ● Students will learn about the artist Andy
Warhol and about the Pop Art movement. Key Words
Pop Art Symmetry Balance Limited colour palette Tint Straight edge Complementary
colours. Mediums
● Acrylic paint. ● Ink
outliners and
markers. ● Colored
paper. ● Scissors
● Repetition ● Symmetrical. ● Asymmetrical. ● Radial. ● Warhol
● Pop Art
● Fauvism
Motivational Links: http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/marilyns.html (A fun game that helps students experiment with different colour
schemes on Marilyn Monroe’s portrait) Grade 6 Topics Pop Art Sculpture Elements Covered: Form, shape and
texture. Success Criteria ● Students will create works of art
demonstrating their understanding of pop
art and colour mixing. ● Each students’ group will design and
sculpt a realistic representation of
common food items. Key words
● Pop art
● Monumental
● Realism
● Paper mache
● Primer
● armature
Mediums
● Acrylic paint
● Newspapers ● Masking tape ● Paper-mache
mix. ● Colour Markers
New Principle: Emphasis ● Understand the principle of Emphasis and
how to recognise it and achieve it in art
works. ● Center of interest ● Composition ● Dominance Artist:
Claes Oldenburg ● To look at the history and the artworks of
the artist Claes Oldenburg and his giant
food sculptures. ●
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Pop Art
Sculptor
Plaster
Ironic
Motivational Links: http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tate-kids-presents-pop-art Video explaining the Pop Art movement in
a simple and fun way Grade 7: Topics Giant Junk Food
Sculpture Elements Covered: Shape and form Success Criteria ● Students will create over-sized sculptures
that are a reflection of one form of
popular culture - junk food. New Principle: Emphasis ● Understand what emphasis is and how to
achieve it in art works. Artist:
Andy Warhol Claes Oldenburg ● To look at the history and the artworks of
the artists Andy Warhol and Claes
Oldenburg. Key words
● Pop art
● Paper mache
● Armature
● Primer
● Sculpture
● Center of interest ● Composition ● Dominance Mediums
Acrylic paint
Newspapers Masking tape Paper-mache mix. Colour Markers ● Pop Art
● Sculptor
● Plaster
● Ironic
Motivational Links: http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Andy_Warhol/Biography/ Warhol’s Biography and art works. Grade 8: Topics Paper Mache Haring
Sculpture Elements Covered: Shape and form New Principle: Pattern Success Criteria ● Students will design a simplified figure
in Keith Haring style that represents
themselves. ● Apply the principle of pattern in a
sculpture. Key words
● Pop art
● Paper mache
● Armature
● Primer
● Sculpture
● Emphasis
● Rhythm
● Unity
● Variety
● Focal point
Mediums
Acrylic paint
Newspapers Masking tape Paper-mache mix. Colour Markers Card board Artist: Keith Haring Roy Lichtenstein ● To look at the works of Keith Haring
and Roy Lichtenstein and combine both
styles in an artwork that reflects their
personality. Paper cups
Motivational Links: http://www.haring.com/ Keith Haring Official Website. Thank you for your ongoing support and always providing the necessary equipment for the students to access the curriculum. Ms Maie