Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Artists and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time.
EQ: What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work? How do artists grow and become accomplished in art forms? How does collaboratively reflecting on a work help us experience it more completely?
EQ: What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work? How do artists grow and become accomplished in art forms? How does collaboratively reflecting on a work help us experience it more completely?
Skills Examples
- Brainstorm: word association, thumbnail sketches, preliminary drawing, etc.
- Discuss traditional media: Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Ceramics, etc.
- Discuss contemporary media: Multi-media, Mixed Media, Digital Photography, etc.
- Implement the elements of art and principles of design when creating a graphite drawing.
- Use a variety of techniques to create textures in a slab constructed ceramic piece.
- Ensure that pencil lines, and fingerprints are erased, glued areas clean, with all media.
- Apply the elements of art and principles of design in the production of two - and three-dimensional artwork.
- Demonstrate the use of traditional, digital, and multimedia techniques to create a works of art such as comic strips, timelines, or the enhancement of images in imaging programs.
- Demonstrate the use of three -dimensional expression in masks, puppets, dioramas, mobiles, etc.
- Demonstrate safe and responsible handling of art materials, including cleanup, storage, and replenishment of supplies where applicable.
- Identify safety and environmental regulations.
- Collaboratively or independently review, based on stated criteria, one's portfolio of artwork for selected presentation for a school art exhibit.
- Create an artist statement based on their body of artwork that demonstrates growth and achievement in the artistic processes.
Vocabulary
- Artistic processes
- Traditional Media
- Contemporary Media
- Craftsmanship
- Experimentation
- Aesthetics
- Perception
- Scale
- Proportion
- Develop artistic ideas and work
- Build upon prior knowledge
- Explore creative art-making goals
- Communicate ideas
- Artists create works of art that implement the art elements and principles of design - regardless if the artwork is traditional or contemporary.
- Artists employ technical skills and craftsmanship when creating works of art.
- Artists act responsibly when handling of tools and materials, following safety guidelines and are conscious of the environment which they work.
- Artists reflect and revise upon their artwork throughout the creative process.
- Develop excellence through practice and constructive critique.
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
