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Drawing I

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"Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility.  In the final analysis, the one quality all successful people have is the ability to take responsibility."

Michael Korda

Drawing syllabus

Student examples

I. Course Content                                      

  1. The language of Art

    1. Elements of Design

    2. Principles of design

    3. Understanding symbolism                      

    4. Composition                                    

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B. Drawing materials and skills                   

    1. Materials

    a. pencil

    b. charcoal                                                                    

    c. pastel

    d. ink

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.    2.  Skills                                                                           

    a. observation

    b. communication

    c. realism and symbolism

    d. use of value

    e. craftsmanship

    f. compositional organization

    g. Sense of shape and form

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 C. Creative thinking

    1. Flexibility

    2. Fluency                                                                       

    3. Elaboration

    4. Originality

    5. Self-motivation

    6. Strategies

 D. Written work

    1. Self-evaluations

    2. Analysis

    3. Art history

    4. Art criticism

    5. Poetr

Cinquain about drawing outside

Dead wood, live breathing

Minds wandering with breeze

Spring is such a tease

Rachel Trudel

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II. Grading

  1. Effort 10%

        B.     Portfolio Assessment 70%

    1. Assignments  not graded individually

    2. Students write evaluations of each assignment

    3. Sections of work  are graded

    4. All portfolios must be self-evaluated

 

C.     Homework 10%

    1. Weeky drawings

    2. Short articles to read

    3. Bring objects and supplies

 

Art Department Offerings   Examples of My Art  Field Trips    Methuen Public Schools Arts Festival

 Drawing I   Portfolio   Visual Arts    National Art Honor Society

  Some of My Favorite LInks  The Vocabulary of Art    Edible Art Night