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Drawing Curriculum Map

 

August/September  
  SBS Still Life
Media graphite
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill cast shadow, light source, highlight, tint, overlapping, placement, kneaded eraser, graphite, medium
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1,2.1
   
  Albrecht Durer Inspired Rhino Artwork
Media choice of drawing medium (colored pencil, graphite, crayon, ink)
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill observative v. imaginative drawing, texture, variety
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2
   
  Weekly Journals (beginning in September, ending in May)
Media medium of choice
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill background, originality 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
   
  Zentangle Squares Artwork
Media ink
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill texture, repetition, pattern, actual texture, simulated texture, invented texture, variety
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 2.1, ARCM 1.2
   
  Word Art Portfolio (Lichtenstein)
Media marker, colored pencil
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill word art
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, P 1.1, 3.1, ARCM 1.1, 1.3, 1.5
   
  Face Artwork
Media choice of drawing medium
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill proportion, color shading
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, CHP 1.1, 1.2, ARCM 1.1, 1.5
   
October  
  Figure Drawing (Degas)
Media charcoal
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill gesture, proportion
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 3.1, P 2.1, CHP 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
   
  Gray Paper Drawing
Media charcoal pencil
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill value, value scale
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, P 3.1, CHP 1.3, ARCM 1.4, 1.5
   
  Continuous Line Drawing
Media graphite crayon, ink
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill line quality, craftsmanship
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 2.1
   
November  
  Hatching/Crosshatching
Media graphite, charcoal
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill hatching, crosshatching
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 2.1
   
  Shattered Color Splash Artwork
Media colored pencil
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill contrast
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, P 1.1, ARCM 1.5
   
  White Chalk Drawing (Rubens)
Media white charcoal
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill Students will practice modeling using white pencils to add light instead of shade.
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, CHP 1.3, ARCM 1.5
   
December  
  Pastel Artwork (Van Gogh)
Media pastels
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill pastel, layering, color mixing, complementary colors, cool, warm colors
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, CHP 1.3, ARCM 1.5
   
January  
  Trash Poster Contest
Media colored pencil, marker, ink
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill narrative art, word art
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 3.1, CHP 1.1, 1.2, ARCM 1.2
   
  Color Blend (Chagall)
Media colored pencil
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill

color blend, complementary color, color mixing

OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 2.1
   
  Abstract (Kandinsky)
Media mixed media
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill abstract
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, P 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, CHP 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, ARCM 1.4
   
February  
  Cross Contour (Leonardo)
Media graphite crayon
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill

cross-contour, line quality

OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 2.1, P 3.1
   
  Birdhouse
Media colored pencil, conte
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill foreshortening, eye level, placement, elipse, cross contour lines, layered lines
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, P 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, ARCM 1.1, 1.5
   
March   
  Cross Contour Still Life (perspective)
Media graphite crayon
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill perspective
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, P 2.1, 3.1, ARCM 1.5, 1.6
   
  Biomorphic Form
Media graphite crayon
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill biomorphic form, 3-dimensional rendering
OK Standards (OAS) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, P 1.1, 3.1, ARCM 1.1, 1.5
   
April-May  
  Parts of a Landscape Drawing (Rembrandt)
Media graphite, pastel

Vocabulary/Artist/Skill

landscape, background, middle ground, foreground, texture
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 2.1, P 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, CHP 1.1, 1.3, ARCM 1.1
   
  Shiny Still Life
Media graphite, graphite crayon
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill highlight, cast shadow, tone, light source, midtone, value
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, P 3.1
   
  Imaginative Drawing
Media media of choice
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill observation vs. imagination in art
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, P 1.1, 4.1, ARCM 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
   
  Ink Drawing

Media

ink
Vocabulary/Artist/Skill Students will create an artwork using a new type of medium in the process of drawing.
OK Standards (VA) CP 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, CHP 1.1, 1.2