 Design Studio- This class in the Sayre High
School art course of study is a pre-requisite to all other art studios offered at
the high school. The class centers on the application of skills learned in the
junior high and their applications to fine art applications in a studio
setting. Students learn problem solving skills and begin to develop
independent, creative working skills. Selection of media is also stressed with
each student having the opportunity to develop their own technique in the
process of creating art. All work is both graded by the instructor and
self-evaluated by the students. This course begins the students art history
course which exposes the students to the art from earliest times to the
present.(Full Year) |
| Semester
1 |
During this term, the students are exposed to a variety of
projects that teach artistic styles, teach composition and the elements of
design. Projects are planned to result in quality work that is suitable for
portfolio selection. ( Report: Birth of Art)
Lesson Plans:Keeping Art in Style
Lesson Plans:Conquer
the Grid |
| Semester
2 |
This marking period deals with the understanding of
value within art media and it's application both in mono-chromatic and
color situations. Concentrated examination of this concept is used to complete
the project given. The semester also includes the skills involved in lettering
both formal and informal. This includes an opportunity to demonstrate the
understanding of those concepts combined with the skills acquired in the
drawing unit.(Report: The Ancient Near East)
Lesson Plans:The
Art of Lettering
Lesson Plans:Portrait Collage |
| Semester
3 |
This unit deals with the skills needed to develop in the
area of drawing. After review of drawing skills given earlier in the junior
high offerings, the students complete a series of 5 drawings selected from a
set of ten drawing problems that are designed to expose students to a variety
of drawing options that broaden the students understanding of the drawing
medium. ( Report:Art of Egypt)
Lesson Plans:MacroAbstract
Lesson Plans:StrangeGrid
Lesson Plans:Abstracting Lines
Lesson Plans:Time
for Transfer
Lesson Plans:HiddenMorph |
| Semester
4 |
This semester is devoted to the rendering of the human
form. Understanding and demonstrations of different approaches are stressed in
the unit to allow the students to develop strategies for their own solution to
the design problem. The studio offering concludes with a critique of the
students 4 best works of the year shown in portfolio style for final
evaluation.(Report: Art of the Aegean)
Lesson Plans:Figure Squares
Lesson Plans:Free
Form Figures
Lesson Plans:Tech-Portfolio |
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