- Visual Vocabulary
Conceptual approach to design where students use imagery to visually illustrate a written word.
- Verbal Landscape
Students practice describing an image to their peers who then recreates that image through drawing.
- Unity
Students explore unity through chaos and copying machines.
- The Frame
Using their smartphones students explore composition.
- Scale and Proportion
An exercise in understanding how proportion and scale can be used to inform a work of art through found imagery and drawing.
- Pseudo Landscape
Students explore color theory through copying works of historically significant painters.
- Propaganda
Students research the history of propaganda posters and then create their own poster using colored pencils / paint.
- Product Design Challenge
Group project where students research functional design and implement a fix for an a design challenge they face.
- Printmaking Propaganda
Students research the history of propaganda posters and then create their own poster using linoleum block printing.
- Powerline Paintings
Exploration of negative / positive space and color theory through painting.
- Photofragment Drawing
Students camouflage their chosen photographs through the use of accurate value drawing.
- Pattern and Texture
Exploration of pattern and texture as primary elements of a work of art.
- Modules and Pattern
Students use a variety of materials to explore pattern and texture as a primary method of art making.
- Mark Making and Lines
Students explore mark making through a variety of materials.
- Line and Shape Inventory
Students use Richard Serra’s verb list to create line and shape compositions.
- Letterform Abstraction
Through the use of letters and sharpie markers students create works that explore positive and negative space.
- Grids, Scale and Proportion
Exploration of scale and proportion through the use of grids and images.
- Figure / Ground
Students use lamps and a partner to explore positive / negative spaces and figure / ground relationships.
- Elements and Principles Posters
First week assignment where students create posters for the Elements and Principles of Design.
- Elements and Principles
Overview of the Elements and Principles of Design.
- Composition
First week assignment where students explore composition using their smartphones.
- Colored Pencil Designs
Introduction to color theory using found objects and colored pencils.
- Collage
Understanding composition and the elements and principles of design through collage.
- Close Portraits
Optical and physical color mixing is used to create student self-portraits.
- 10,000 Lines
A first week exercise in creativity designed to challenge the way students think about art making.
Conceptual approach to design where students use imagery to visually illustrate a written word.
Students practice describing an image to their peers who then recreates that image through drawing.
Students explore unity through chaos and copying machines.
Using their smartphones students explore composition.
An exercise in understanding how proportion and scale can be used to inform a work of art through found imagery and drawing.
Students explore color theory through copying works of historically significant painters.
Students research the history of propaganda posters and then create their own poster using colored pencils / paint.
Group project where students research functional design and implement a fix for an a design challenge they face.
Students research the history of propaganda posters and then create their own poster using linoleum block printing.
Exploration of negative / positive space and color theory through painting.
Students camouflage their chosen photographs through the use of accurate value drawing.
Exploration of pattern and texture as primary elements of a work of art.
Students use a variety of materials to explore pattern and texture as a primary method of art making.
Students explore mark making through a variety of materials.
Students use Richard Serra’s verb list to create line and shape compositions.
Through the use of letters and sharpie markers students create works that explore positive and negative space.
Exploration of scale and proportion through the use of grids and images.
Students use lamps and a partner to explore positive / negative spaces and figure / ground relationships.
First week assignment where students create posters for the Elements and Principles of Design.
Overview of the Elements and Principles of Design.
First week assignment where students explore composition using their smartphones.
Introduction to color theory using found objects and colored pencils.
Understanding composition and the elements and principles of design through collage.
Optical and physical color mixing is used to create student self-portraits.
A first week exercise in creativity designed to challenge the way students think about art making.