Welcome to Art 2.

Class description:

This is an art survey class. The purpose is to expose students to a variety of media as well as what it takes to skillfully use that media and to discover who they are as artists. This class is also designed to help students attain an understanding of the artwork, reasoning, and materials involved in creating art so they may gain a greater appreciation for what it is that shapes and records the history of cultures.

Thank you,

Mrs. Christine Hallett
challett@gvusd.k12.ca.us

LHS Art Department

		*Art 2: Second Semester Course Assignments*
Week 18 Jan. 14-18	Wrapped Animal Project continued…Students will draw an animal wrapped in fabric using pencil and ink. Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Design Your Own Superhero: Create your very own superhero using color and the entire page.
Week 19 Jan. 21-25	Wrapped Animal Project continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- What’s In Your Head?: Draw the inside of your own head based on what type of person you are.
Week 20 Jan. 28-Feb. 1	A Study in Form Sculpture Project: Students will prepare PVC pipes for creating a large sculpture. Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- A-maz(e)ing: Construct a complete maze where the design is interesting and balanced on the page.
Week 21 Feb. 4-8	Acrylic Landscape Painting Project: Students will paint an acrylic landscape on canvas paper. Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Magazine Reflection: Cut up a magazine picture into pieces and reconstruct it on the page using line and shading.
Week 22 Feb. 11-15	Acrylic Landscape Project continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Free Draw: Spend at least one hour to create an interesting design of your own choosing.
Week 23 Feb. 18-22	Acrylic Landscape Project continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Free Draw: Spend at least one hour to create an interesting design of your own choosing.
Week 24 Feb. 25-March 1	Acrylic Landscape Project continued… Firebrick Carving Project: Students will carve a 3D object on firebrick using various carving tools. Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Spiraling Spheres: Create a design using only overlapping circles of graduated sizes. Draw the circles moving from smallest to largest in order to create an illusion of movement toward you from the surface of the page.
Week 25 March 4-8	Firebrick Carving Project continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Free Draw: Spend at least one hour to create an interesting design of your own choosing.
Week 26 March 11-15	Firebrick Carving Project continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Doodle and Noodling: Do four take a “line for a walk” doodles, making sure that the pencil winds up at a different starting place. Then decorate each doodle with a different type of noodle.
Week 27 March 18-22	Handscape Project: Students will create a surreal drawing or painting using hands. Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Free Draw: Spend at least one hour to create an interesting design of your own choosing.
Week 28 April 1-5	Handscape Project Continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Building Blocks: On half of your page, choose three different types of strokes to create an interesting shape.
Week 29 April 8-12	Handscape Project Continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Silhouetting: On half of your page, do two different types of shape cluster doodles that do not touch, but are separated slightly.
Week 30 April 15-19	Handscape Project Continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Mixing It Up: On half of your page, trace multiple copies of a previous drawing and arrange them into a radial or otherwise symmetrical pattern.
Week 31 April 22-26	Newspaper Self-Portraits: Students will create a self-portrait using paint and newspaper. Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Mixing and Matching: Use the entire page to create a unique combination of previous designs. Pick any two of your doodles and trace or redraw to combine them.
Week 32 April 29-May 3	Newspaper Self-Portraits continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Free Draw: Spend at least one hour to create an interesting design of your own choosing.
Week 33 May 6-10	Newspaper Self-Portraits continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Crumpled Drawing: Spend at least one hour to create an interesting design of your own choosing.
Week 34 May 13-17	Open Project: Students will create a unique art project in the medium of their own choosing. Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Macro Drawing: Using the entire page, make an enlarged image of a very small object or creature. Use a magnifying glass and strong light if possible to see the close-up detail of your subject.
Week 35 May 20-24	Open Project continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Mirror Image: On the upper half of one side of your paper, make a contour line drawing and outline it in pen. Take another paper and trace your design. Flip the new drawing over and place it underneath your sketchbook paper. Using a window for light, trace it onto the page in your sketchbook. Make sure that the new drawing touches the first drawing. You will create a symmetrical design.
Week 36 May 27-31	Open Project continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- Free Draw: Spend at least one hour to create an interesting design of your own choosing.
Week 37 June 3-7	Open Project continued… Sketchbook Drawing Prompt- no assignment

Course Syllabus