Drawing

  • Still Life Line Drawing
    Posted in: Art History, Drawing, Education

    Still Life Line Drawing structural, contour & gesture lines Big Idea: Line is everywhere we look. Art Begins with a line Description of Setting: High School Art Classroom, 30+ students, 9 tables, 35 chairs, 2 sinks, projector Public School, Fall Semester, 1st Quarter 45 minute class periods Art History: Examples of artists using different types […]

  • Insect Line Drawing
    Posted in: Art History, Drawing, Education

    Insect Line Drawing structural, contour & gesture lines Big Idea: Line is everywhere we look. Art Begins with a line. Use line to create a organic depiction of an insect. Description of Setting: High School Art Classroom, 30+ students, 9 tables, 35 chairs, 2 sinks, projector Public School, Fall Semester, 1st Quarter 45 minute class […]

  • Watercolor Wheel
    Posted in: Art History, Color Theory, Drawing, Education

    Watercolor Wheel Color theory (rethinking the wheel) Big Idea: Color creates emotion. Color is all around us. Description of Setting: High School Art Classroom, 30+ students, 9 tables, 35 chairs, 2 sinks, projector Public School, Fall Semester, 2nd Quarter 45 minute class periods Art History: Artists have been using the properties of color since the […]

  • Secondary / Complementary Color
    Posted in: Art History, Color Theory, Drawing, Education

    Secondary / Complementary Color Art from image Big Idea: Use of hue and tone to create art. Description of Setting: High School Art Classroom, 30+ students, 9 tables, 35 chairs, 2 sinks, projector Public School, Fall Semester, 2nd Quarter 45 minute class periods Art History: Artists have been using the properties of color since the […]

  • Still Life (shapes & fabrics)
    Posted in: Art History, Drawing, Education

    Still Life (shapes & fabrics) Learning the value of value Big Idea: Value brings emphasis and interest into light. Shading objects strengthening the 2-D structure. Description of Setting: High School Art Classroom, 30+ students, 9 tables, 35 chairs, 2 sinks, projector Public School, Fall Semester, 1st Quarter 45 minute class periods Art History: Artists telling […]

  • Contour Mapping
    Posted in: Art History, Drawing, Education

    Contour Mapping A perspective on line Big Idea: Using topographic mapping of a human body to create 2d form. Description of Setting: High School Art Classroom, 30+ students, 9 tables, 35 chairs, 2 sinks, projector Public School, Fall Semester, 1st Quarter 45 minute class periods Art History: Artists that use contour lines: Frank Stella, Richard […]

  • Typographic Lines
    Posted in: Art History, Drawing, Education

    Typographic Lines Textual basics in designing type Big Idea: Using contour line with a base understanding of typography and its use of line. Description of Setting: High School Art Classroom, 30+ students, 9 tables, 35 chairs, 2 sinks, projector Public School, Fall Semester, 1st Quarter 45 minute class periods Art History: Artists that helped create […]

  • Positive Negative Space
    Posted in: Art History, Drawing, Education

    Positive Negative Space creating Structure with space Big Idea: creating structure and interest with space. Description of Setting: High School Art Classroom, 30+ students, 9 tables, 35 chairs, 2 sinks, projector Public School, Fall Semester, 1st Quarter 45 minute class periods Art History: Artists telling a story using silhouette and positive and negative space. Kumi […]

  • Automatic Drawing
    Posted in: Art History, Drawing, Education

    Automatic Drawing (Group Project) Surrealist Movement Big Idea: Free Drawing (automatism):  a means of expressing the subconscious. This style of drawing was developed by the Surrealists. In applying chance and accident to mark making your subconscious reveals the psyche which would otherwise be repressed. Description of Setting: High School Art Classroom, 30+ students, 9 tables, 35 […]

  • The value of line in print making
    Posted in: Drawing

    The value of line in print making Creating form through texture and line Big Idea: Creating form through texture and line working on symmetry or asymmetry Description of Setting: High School Art Classroom, 30+ students, 9 tables, 35 chairs, 2 sinks, projector Public School, Fall Semester, 1st Quarter 45 minute class periods Art History: Artists […]