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What Parents Want to Know Book Content and Scheduling
To learn to draw artists have always focused on two groups of topics known as the elements of art and principles of design (composition). Each unit in this book introduces one of these topics over four lessons. Each topic is explored in unique ways, giving students enough experience with the topic that they naturally incorporate it into the way that they draw. It becomes part of their thinking as they draw any kind of subject matter. This kind of focus, paired with many opportunities to practice is how students learn to draw.
First Lesson of Each Unit
Building a Visual Vocabulary Here students are given a topic to focus on explained in words and pictures. The creative exploration assignment guides students to observe the topic in their own environment. They make connections to real-world experiences and create a work of art from their observations and ideas. The assignment for this lesson is colored gold.
Second Lesson of Each Unit
Art Appreciation and Art History Students see how the masters use the topic in a work of art and apply their new observations to a work of art that they create. Students gain knowledge of artists and art history. The assignment for this lesson is colored gold. Third Lesson of Each Unit Techniques Students learn how to use the materials and tools while applying that knowledge to make an original work of art. The assignment for this lesson is colored gold.
Fourth Lesson of Each Unit
Application Students do a final project incorporating the new techniques and topic while using a variety of references such as still life objects, landscapes, portraiture, photographs and more! The assignment for this lesson is colored gold.
Scheduling Art Class
CLASSES PER WEEK: TWO
TIME PER CLASS: ABOUT ONE HOUR
PERIOD: 36 WEEKS OR FULL SCHOOL YEAR This schedule can be modified to fit yours. Keep in mind that students can work independently so it is their time you are scheduling, not your own. Schedule art class at a time when they can complete the art assignment, even if it runs over an hour. Once interrupted, students can rarely return to an activity with as much enthusiasm as they first had. Time for completing each activity will vary greatly depending on students’ approaches, however, you should see that as they learn to use more of the elements within their pictures that they are taking more time on each piece.
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