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Art 3&4 Curriculum Map

August/September  
  Mandala Portfolio
Media markers, colored pencils
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill mandala, symbol, pattern, texture, radial Students will create an artwork using line and pattern in a radial design.
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, P 1.1, 3.1, ARCM 1.1, 1.3, 1.5
   
  Bookmaking
Media mixed media
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill keeper, bone folder, binding, signatures, accordion fold, book block Students will make a book that will be used for weekly journal drawings.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:6,3:1-5,4:2,3
   
  Weekly Journals (beginning in September, ending in May)
Media medium of choice
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill background Students will practice the exercise of drawing and creative self-exploration in a low-stakes format.
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, P 1.1
   
  Calligraphy
Media ink
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill calligraphy, pen and nib, ink well Students will practice calligraphic lettering using a pen and nib dipped in india ink.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:1,3,4,2:6,3:1-5,4:2,3
   
  Checklist Items for Art 4 (begins in September, ends in May)
Media media of choice
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill tone, shade, tint, intensity, hue Students will create independent artworks based on a checklist of prompts in order to explore personal style.
OK Standards (OAS) 1-1:2,3,3:1,2,5,4:3
   
  Pomegranate Still Life
Media graphite or colored pencil
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill still life, background, cast shadow, highlight, light source, overlapping
OK Standards (OAS) 1:2-6,3:3,4,5,4:3
   
October  
  Still Life w/Candle
Media graphite or colored pencil
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill Students will practice work on observation and graphite shading skills.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:2-4,3:1,2,4:2,3
   
  Chapter 13: Non-Western Art History I The Visual Experience
Media worksheet
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill non-western, porcelain, dynasty, shogunate, samurai, India, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Hiroshige, Ambreen Butt
OK Standards (OAS) 1:3,4,2:2-5
   
  Self Portrait
Media sepia/sanguine pencils on toned paper
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill proportion Students will create a self portrait in thier choice of style/media.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:1-3,3:1-4,4:2,3
   
November  
  Color Mixing Chart
Media acrylic paint
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill tone, shade, tint, intensity, hue Students will explore color mixing with multiple tones of colors in order to create a chart to use later for reference.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:3,4,3:3
   
  Chapter 14: Non-Western Art History II The Visual Experience
Media worksheet
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill mosque, monotheism, arabesque, totems, Islam, Africa, Pre-Columbian Central & South America, Native North America, Maria Martinez, Erasmus
OK Standards (OAS) 1:3,4,2:2-5
   
  Bicycle Artwork
Media media of choice
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill Students create a drawing of a bicycle at an interesting angle in order to gain skill in observational rendering.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:1,-5,3:1,2,4:3,5
   
December  
  Holiday Painting
Media acylic paint
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill layering, blending, gradient, texture Students will create a painting, learning how to paint using layering beginning with the background.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:2-4,3:3,4:2,3
   
January  
  Small Painting (Still Life)
Media acrylic paint
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill Students will create a paintng using techniques such as: underpainting, painting objects in without pencil line, and layering colors to build interest.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:2-4,3:3,4:3
   
  Chapter 15: Western Art History I The Visual Experience
Media worksheet
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill

humanism, idealism, The Middle Ages, pilgrimages, relics, manuscript illumination, weight shift, Ice Age, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Medieval, Gothic, Renaissance, High Renaissance, Da Vinci, Mariani

OK Standards (OAS) 1:3,4,2:2-5
   
  Monochrome Painting
Media acrylic paint
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill monochrome, color value scale, gradient, tone, shade Students will create a monochrome painting using only black and white.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:2,3,4,3:1,2,3,5,4:2,3
   
February-March  
  Chapter 16: Western Art History II The Visual Experience
Media worksheet
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill

Baroque, Reformation, Enlightenment, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Post-Impressionism, Realist, Impressionism, modernism, Art Nouveau, Expressionist, Cubism, Picasso, Surrealism, Regionalism, Assemblage, Collage, Pop Art, Conceptual, Postmodern, Stanley

OK Standards (OAS) 1:3,4,2:2-5
   
  Painting Build
Media mixed media
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill gesso Students will learn how to build a painting using stretcher bars and raw canvas, which will allow them to build large paintings on a budget.
OK Standards (OAS) 3:1,3,5,4:3
   
  Large Painting
Media acrylic paint
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill Students will create a larger-sized painting utilizing previous painting skill and modeling thoughtfulness and care in completion of artworks.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:2,3,3:1,2,3,4,5,4:2,3
   
April-May  
  Narrative Art
Media worksheet
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill narrative, visual storytelling, symbol, setting, subject, foreground, middle ground, background
OK Standards (OAS) 1:2-5,2:2-5,7,3:1,2,4,6,4:2,3,4
   
  Choice Artwork
Media media of choice
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill Students will create an artwork and explore personal style/favorite media.
OK Standards (OAS) 1:2,3,3:1-6,4:2,3