Introducing:(Assembly) | āLEARNING FROMā:(Learning Packet) | āWORKING WITHā:(Classroom Activity) |
Portfolio No Assembly (See Implementation Guide, Section 7) | Learning to Look Carefully Introduction to Learning Packets Visual exercises Line analysis | Portfolio Making All Levels: Introduction to classroom activities; portfolio is made to hold student artwork for the year (lamination is recommended) |
Rosa Bonheur French Line, Texture, Color | Realism Beg. Level: Animal realism, texture Int. Level: Realism, texture, symmetry Adv. Level: Realism, texture, symmetry | Bonheurās Realism Oil Pastels and Crayon Beg. Level: Cats Int. Level: Dogs Adv. Level: Big Cats |
Alexander Calder American Shape, Balance | Calderās Abstract Shapes All Levels: Abstract shapes; shapes for mobiles; the expressive quality of shape | Calderās Sculpture Beg. Level: Stabile, black paper base, colored paper, wire top Int./Adv. Levels: Mobiles, Calder style; wire, colored paper |
Mary Cassatt American Impressionism Color, Line | Portraits and Hats All Levels: Drawing hats, portraits, contrast | Cassattās Portraits All Levels – Pastel strokes Beg. Level: Hats (cut and mounted pastel) Int./Adv. Levels: Portrait with hat (cut and mounted pastel) |
Paul Cezanne French Shape | Shape All Levels: Using shape instead of pictures to show meaning Int./Adv. Levels: Cezanneās use of shape | Cezanneās Shapes All Levels: Still life tissue collage (cut shapes) using Cezanneās basic shapes |
Marc Chagall Russian Line, Color, Pattern | Patterns All Levels: Sketches for art activity; color value, pattern feeling | Chagallās Enchanted Village All Levels: Village outline on colored paper with oil pastel (Chagall style), shapes filled with pattern |
Leonardo da Vinci Italian Line, Value | Drawing Exercises: All Levels: Outline aided drawing, simple line copying, looking closely Adv. Level: Mirror image drawing | Da Vinciās Drawing All Levels: Botanical string print Int./Adv. Levels: Cut, fold, staple to add dimension |
Edgar Degas French Line | Drawing Secrets Beg. Level: Drawing practice Int./Adv. Levels: Showing depth using perspective, overlapping, location, line | Degasā Drawing Secrets Right Brain Drawing Beg. Level: Bow with colored chalk/pencil Int./Adv. Levels: Ballerina or horseman with colored chalk and pencil |
M. C. Escher Dutch Pattern, tessellation | Escherās Tessellations All Levels: Patterns and coloring shapes that become tessellations | Escherās Tessellations All Levels: Drawing a tessellation with abstract shapes, staining with dry tempera paint |
Paul Gauguin French Color | Color Moods All Levels: Colors, South Sea subject matter | Gauguinās Colors All Levels: Oil pastel on black background Beg./Int. Levels: Palm trees Adv. Level: Tahitian landscape |
Katsushika Hokusai & the Asian Brush Japanese Line, composition | Asian Composition All levels: Chinese writing, bamboo drawing, simple composition | The Asian Brush All Levels: Bamboo brush strokes (black tempera āinkā), bamboo composition on white paper |
Winslow Homer American Value | Value Beg. Level: Value scale, color value Int. Level: Line value, crosshatching Adv. Level: Inventing value with line | Homerās Values Beg./Int. Levels: Cut paper and crayon seascapes using black and white values Adv. Level: Value with drawing pencils from Homer small prints |
Edward Hopper American Line | Line Beg./Int. Levels: Directional Lines Adv. Level: Lines in composition, drawing boats | Hopperās Seascapes Paint and Paper Collage Beg./Int. Levels: Seascape with beach umbrellas Adv. Level: Seascape with sailboat |
Frida Kahlo Mexican Color, Texture | Composition All Levels: Drawing parrots, leaves and fruit with texture. Emphasis on composition. | Kahloās Compositions Oil Pastel on Colored Papers Beg. Level: Parrot and leaves Int./Adv. Levels: Parrot, fruit, leaves |
Paul Klee Swiss Line, Color, Texture | Abstraction All Levels: Movement of the eye through shape, line, color, texture, and pattern | Kleeās Abstraction Black Crayon Resist with Tempera Wash Beg. Level: Fish Int. Level: Neighborhoods Adv. Level: Tree houses |
Gustav Klimt Austrian Pattern | Abstract Design All Levels: Abstract patterns Beg. Level: Dot-to-dot | Klimtās Designs All Levels: Embossing foil paper with pencil Beg. Level: Kimono Int. Level: Tree of Life Adv. Level: Abstract |
Jacob Lawrence American Shape | Shapes Beg./Int. Levels: Tool shapes; flat and shaded shapes, overlapping, and depth Adv. Level: Composition; overlapping, color balance, and depth | Lawrenceās Shapes Beg./Int. Levels: Tool shape paper collage with marker Adv. Level: Cityscape collage using tissue and starch |
Maria Martinez Native American 3-Dimensional Shape | Symbols All Levels: Native American symbols and patterns and their meanings | Martinezās Pots All levels: Working with clay and paint Beg. Level: Plate Int. Level: Pinch pot Adv. Level: Coiled pot |
Henri Matisse French Shape, Color | Shapes Beg. Level: Abstract sea shapes Int./Adv. Levels: Positive and negative shapes, abstract shapes, creating sea shapes for art activity | Matisseās Abstract Shapes All Levels: Paper cutouts with sea life motif; drawing with scissors Int./Adv. Levels: Emphasizes positive and negative shapes |
Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian Form | Architecture All Levels: Renaissance detail, architectural form and elements | Michelangeloās Architecture Chalk and Paper All Levels: Marbleizing paper, composition of architectural model |
Joan Miro Spanish Shape, Line | Abstract Shapes & Drawings All Levels: Simplifying details, combining abstract shapes, drawing, and imagination | Miroās Surrealist Shapes All Levels: Abstract drawing (marker) with paper cutouts Int./Adv. Levels: Tempera powder background with abstract shapes |
Piet Mondrian Dutch Balance | Balance All Levels: Shape, color, and line combine to balance designs Adv. Level: Repeated texture added to create rhythm and movement | Mondrianās Balance Paper Collage All Levels: Primary colors and cut shapes combine with lines to form abstract compositions |
Claude Monet French Color | Color Beg. Level: Primary and secondary colors Int. Level: Color wheel, color feelings Adv. Level: Color wheel, color schemes, color vocabulary | Monetās Colors Tempera, paper plate palette, and Q-tips All Levels: Impressionistic color wheels and trees |
Georgia OāKeeffe American Color, Value | Color Value Beg. Level: Color value, hill drawing (practice for art activity) Int./Adv. Levels: Color value, scaling technique, shading | OāKeeffeās Color Values Beg. Level: New Mexico hills; black crayon, and paint crayons Int./Adv. Levels: Enlarged flower drawing in black crayon, paint crayon values |
Pablo Picasso Spanish Composition | Cubism All Levels: Use line, shape, color, and texture to create musical, cubist compositions | Picassoās Cubism Black Marker and Chalk Stain All Levels: Cubist composition of musical instrument right-brain drawing |
Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch Value, Space | Value and Basic Forms Beg. Level: Light and dark, shadows Int./Adv. Levels: Highlights, shading, and shadows on the basic forms | Rembrandtās Light All Levels: 17th Century Holland Landscape White chalk on black paper with oil pastel details |
Frederic Remington American Detail | Realism – Western Landscapes Beg. Level: Drawing desert plants Int./Adv. Levels: Backgrounds, foregrounds, drawing desert plants (preparatory for activity) | Remingtonās Realism Colored chalk and paper Beg. Level: Desert sky background with torn mountain silhouette, black crayon details Int./Adv. Levels: Desert plant from Learning Packet on chalk desert; black pencil details |
Pierre Auguste Renoir French Color | Color Beg./Int. Levels: Color contrast, landscape drawing, reflections Adv. Level: Color contrast, reflections Impressionist shading technique | Renoirās Colors All Levels: Impressionistic landscape with reflections in rainbow colors using paint crayons |
Faith Ringgold African-American Patterns | Design & Balance All Levels: Quilt designs inspire a geometrical look at symmetry and balance using color and shape. | Ringgoldās Quilt Designs Oil Pastel with Cut Paper Shapes All Levels: Visual story telling combined with cut-paper quilt design, and patterning |
Norman Rockwell American Detail | Illustration All Levels: Drawing on a grid, seasonal symbols, lettering, fonts, layouts | Rockwellās Magazine Covers Oil Pastel All Levels: Illustrations, lettering, layout |
Henri Rousseau French Shape, Value | Shapes All Levels: Drawing jungle foliage and animals | Rousseauās Shapes All Levels: Paint crayons on colored backgrounds Beg. Level: Snakes Int. Level: Lions Adv. Level: Tropical Birds |
Georges Seurat French Color | Color Beg. Level: Light and dark, warm and cool colors Int./Adv. Levels: Preparatory boat sketching for classroom activity | Seuratās Pointillism All Levels: Sandpaper & paper Beg. Level: Boat Int. Level: Boat/reflection Adv. Level: Landscape/seascape |
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French Line | Line Beg./Int. Levels: Horizontal and vertical line design; using line instead of pictures to show meaning Adv. Level: Lautrec character sketch | Lautrecās Lines All Levels: Lautrec-type character using water-color wash and crayon resist technique |
Vincent van Gogh Dutch Texture | Texture Beg. Level: Drawing with texture Int. Level: Drawing, inventing, and using texture Adv. Level: Drawing and creating movement with texture | Van Goghās Textures Oil Pastels Beg. Level: Textured spirals & foreground Int./Adv. Levels: Textured spirals, foreground, middle and background Adv. Level: Adds a village |
Andy Warhol American Color | Contrasting Colors All Levels: Explore āpopā art with repeating shapes and contrasting colors Int./Adv. Levels: Practice graphic art lettering | Warholās Colors Beg. Level: Tissue collage Int./Adv. Levels: Campbellās Soup Portrait with paper and pens |
Grant Wood American Perspective | Perspective All Levels: Agricultural patterns, texturing Int./Adv. Levels: Showing perspective with size, placement, and clarity. | Woodās Perspective All Levels: Agricultural landscapes, texture rubbings, patterning with crayon, tempera paint with round sponge brushes |