Drawing/Painting
Ms. Teri Scott
Priory Art Department
Office: 650-851-6154
email: tscott@prioryca.com
Course Description:
We will study drawing through the graphic elements of line, plane, tone, shape, form, volume, rendering, and perspective. We will study light and shadow and the analysis of basic forms, structure, proportion, symmetry, balance, and rhythm. We will be studying color, light, paint, encaustic and learn how to stretch canvases. This class encourages self-expression in a wide variety of media. Technical information about materials and media and working in/maintaining a studio are part of many projects. Students will learn the vocabulary and processes to build a strong foundation in drawing and painting. Presentations on historical drawing/painting and contemporary drawing/painting artists will supplement the course. Students will be expected to keep a sketchbook and turn it in at the end of each quarter.
Course Requirements:
Actively participate in all class activities including critiques and field trips.
All-School Art Show
Help plan, set up and take down the all school art show in May 2009.
Critiques (discussions about the work) will be held after the completion of all major projects and will be held on announced dates. These group discussions are invaluable as a troubleshooting aid as well as an arena for expanding ideas. Attendance with completed work is mandatory. Participation during critiques is required, in this portion of the class you will begin to develop your critical thought process and gain the insight of your peers.
Maintain Studio We are a “community of artists and designers” using this space and we (all of us) are responsible for keeping it clean and organized—not the maintenance staff or the teacher or studio assistants. This means cleaning more than just your personal workspace. An organized studio promotes working and that is what we are here for. You will be required to keep up with studio maintenance.
Grading will be based on participation, effort and completion of project criteria. The willingness to learn and to improve is far more valuable than already-acquired skill. Taking pride in your work and doing the best job you can is what you should always strive for. Specific grading details (point values) will vary from project to project. Quality and timeliness of assigned projects: You are expected to complete all assigned work on time and to the best of your ability. Your ability will improve drastically over the course of the year as long as you continue to challenge yourself and work diligently. Late or poor-quality work will result in a lower grade. You can improve the quality portion of your grade by reworking or improving the quality of the project, this won’t affect the on-time portion of your grade.
Resources: You will be given ample resources throughout the year which may include handouts, slide presentations, guest lectures, field trips, videos, and anything else I find to help encourage, inspire, challenge, excite, or surprise you.
Materials Fee: Due to the high cost of consumable art materials each student’s bookstore account will be charged a materials fee.
Open Studio: The Fine Arts building is open every H block and after school most days until 4:00pm. If you need extra time feel free to arrange it.
Instructional Methods: Demonstrations, lectures, group projects, working critiques, videos, slides, books, guest artists, field trips.
Assessment Methods: Projects, participation, effort, quality of work, written assignments, exhibitions, critiques, sketchbook, final portfolio.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is defined as the act of representing the work on another as ones own regardless of how that work was obtained and submitting it to fulfill academic requirements. All work must be original. If students use someone else’s work or image as a basis for their own pieces, there must be SIGNIFICANT alteration to the piece for it to be considered original.
Sketchbooks
Please bring your sketchbook to class every day, we will work in our sketchbooks regularly on Mondays. I will glance over the sketchbook each Monday, the first class of the week and will collect them once each quarter for a larger grade. These should be private, personal creative spaces for ideas, thoughts and feelings.
Places to purchase materials:
Some students may wish to purchase additional materials for the class.
University Art Center 267 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto 650-328-3500
Accent Arts 392 S. California Ave, Palo Alto 650-424-1044
Course Outline:
Quarter 1
Explore line, value, perspective, color, space
Study elements and principles of design
Explore variety of styles and issues relevant to drawing and painting in the past and the present.
Working from observation will be emphasized.
Working from still-life in pencil
Hand studies and portraits
Project media may include graphite, charcoal, pastel, colored pencil, gouache, acrylic, and oil paint.
Self portrait in pencil from a mirror
Elements and Principles of Design montage
Weekly assignments include:
Sketchbook studies
Master Artist drawings
Applications of elements and principles of design
Drawing
-graphite
-charcoal
-pastel
-colored pencil
-conte crayon
-papers and varieties of surfaces
Painting
-gouache
-watercolor
-ink
-acrylic
-oil paint.
Working on various surfaces and with many techniques and styles
Quarter 2
Color Theory
Color studies
Monochromatic paintings
Complementary color paintings
Conceptual Painting of five assembled parts
Master Artist copy-painting or drawing
Shaded Value drawings in Charcoal, large assembled still life with controlled light source
Quarter 3
Mixed Media Painting
Still Life Painting
Self-portrait in charcoal
Skeleton drawings in pastel on tinted paper
1,2 and 3 point perspective drawings in pencil and pen and ink
Still life paintings in acrylic
Oil figure painting
Oil still life with perspective and interior space
Geometric Shapes/Forms
Still Life Drawing
Figure Drawing
Perspective Drawing
Quarter 4
Landscape drawings
Watercolor landscape painting in plein air
Drapery and cloth
Figure model paintings
Oil figure painting
Oil still life with perspective and interior space
Mural
Assemble, photograph, and mat artwork
Display work in art show
