Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and artmaking approaches.
EQ: How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from trial and error?
EQ: How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from trial and error?
Skills Examples
- Use drawing skills and techniques as well as a variety of media to create a series of artworks based upon one's personal narrative.
- Use perceptual skills (to create imagery from observation), imagination, and forming skills to achieve specific purposes in drawing and painting.
- Use a variety of photographic and digital media techniques to develop compositions for the purposes of expression.
- Select materials and processes and apply techniques and attributes of other artists and cultures to create original works of art.
- Create and interpret an artwork that reflects the influences of a particular artist style, culture, or time.
- Use a wide variety of found objects to create a work of art around a personal theme in the manner of artist Thornton Dial.
- Create a series of artworks (sculptures, paintings) based upon the human figure.
- Discuss the differences between art as practice (copying a masterwork, comic art, etc.) and art as a personal original creation.
- Understand the importance of signing and dating original artwork.
- Create a drawing or photograph that reflects the traditions and ideals of one's school.
- Create and install an original work of art for a public space that reflects a social or cultural issue.
- Redesign a public space (playground) that includes special needs children.
- Create a sketch book that reflects ideas, themes, experimentation and growth.
Vocabulary
- Portraiture
- Figures
- Landscapes
- Cityscapes
- Everyday Life
- Social Issues
- Personal History
- Conceptual/ Text-based Art
- Image Appropriation
- Conceptual Art
- Reflection
- Innovative thing are essential life skills.
- Understanding contexts, histories and traditions that lead artists to break established traditions.
- Experimentation of various art forms to express visual communication.
- Responsible and ethical use of resources is essential when creating works of art.
- People interact and perceive various art works in many different ways.
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
