Drawing and Painting syllabus
Mr. Gianulis Room 230 Drawing and painting Spring Semester 2015
Second semester you will focus on the topic or story telling ability of your artwork.
Creating art involves purposeful decision making about how to use the elements and principles of art in a creative way. Creating your portfolio, you must master a clear story, by telling your story through your visual imagery. The principles of design (unity/variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm, repetition, proportion/scale, figure/ground relationships) can articulate your story through the visual elements (line, shape, color, value, texture, space). They will help guide you in making decisions about the story, and how to organize an image on a picture plane in order to communicate content. Effective design is possible whether one uses representational or abstract approaches to art.
For your final portfolio, you must demonstrate mastery of your personal topics, (your story). The process, including, but not limited to, drawing and painting, graphic design, digital imaging, photography, collage, fabric design, illustration, and printmaking is the method that you create the artwork.
You must pay your $20.00 fee per semester; the fees go directly to materials costs. Pay the school treasure and show me the receipt. If you do not pay the fee, your school account will still be charged Please have your parents or guardian read this as an awareness of the fee. You will be checked in the grade book when you or your parents pay, make sure you show me the receipt.
First six-week projects, all these projects will value 20% of your total grade.
For the first six weeks you will complete two or three pieces projects that may include the watercolor process. The pieces must describe a metamorphosis of an animal to human, machine or both. If you have a different “morph” idea, show me in a sketch.The focus of these first six weeks will concentrate on the your ability to stay on a theme using a focused visual image.
Second six weeks, all these projects will value 30% of your total grade.
Second six week you will choose your own globally themed topic, and create two to three pieces that represent that single theme. Each piece must be related to the topic but presented in a different way.
Final year ending six weeks, all these projects will value 50% of your final total grade.
You will create a minimum of two pieces that you feel demonstrate complete understandings of you’re learning and skills from this year. You may use your choice of media and topic, (suggestions at the bottom of this page). The final exam is the third six-week projects.
All of your projects during this semester will be graded and evaluated according to the rubric below.
The final exam is the third six-week projects.
How to use the rubric:
Scores vary from 1-5; based on how prepared you appear to be for presentation. Assess your selected work and score it on the following criteria: this process will be reflected in classroom critiques and grading according the rubric.
Poor Moderate Good Strong Excellent
Materials well used; 1 2 3 4 5
Technique is excellent: 1 2 3 4 5
Inventive/Imaginative: 1 2 3 4 5
Evidence of thinking; 1 2 3 4 5
Clear visual intent: 1 2 3 4 5
Purposeful composition: 1 2 3 4 5
Awareness of style/format 1 2 3 4 5
Sensitive evocative: 1 2 3 4 5
Suggested topic if you struggle finding your own.
Nature, consider plants animals etc.
Collage from your own photographs and drawings.
Drawings and collage pieces that demonstrate positive and negative space.
Divide the pages into sections and break down real objects into the sections, look at Cubism as a reference.
Create a Self-portrait, or a portrait of someone that you know or want to know.
Work that has writing incorporated into the art.
An Animal or a metamorphosis of animals, or into something mechanical or fantastic
Human imagery from real life/
You are not limited to the examples above.
Second semester you will focus on the topic or story telling ability of your artwork.
Creating art involves purposeful decision making about how to use the elements and principles of art in a creative way. Creating your portfolio, you must master a clear story, by telling your story through your visual imagery. The principles of design (unity/variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm, repetition, proportion/scale, figure/ground relationships) can articulate your story through the visual elements (line, shape, color, value, texture, space). They will help guide you in making decisions about the story, and how to organize an image on a picture plane in order to communicate content. Effective design is possible whether one uses representational or abstract approaches to art.
For your final portfolio, you must demonstrate mastery of your personal topics, (your story). The process, including, but not limited to, drawing and painting, graphic design, digital imaging, photography, collage, fabric design, illustration, and printmaking is the method that you create the artwork.
You must pay your $20.00 fee per semester; the fees go directly to materials costs. Pay the school treasure and show me the receipt. If you do not pay the fee, your school account will still be charged Please have your parents or guardian read this as an awareness of the fee. You will be checked in the grade book when you or your parents pay, make sure you show me the receipt.
First six-week projects, all these projects will value 20% of your total grade.
For the first six weeks you will complete two or three pieces projects that may include the watercolor process. The pieces must describe a metamorphosis of an animal to human, machine or both. If you have a different “morph” idea, show me in a sketch.The focus of these first six weeks will concentrate on the your ability to stay on a theme using a focused visual image.
Second six weeks, all these projects will value 30% of your total grade.
Second six week you will choose your own globally themed topic, and create two to three pieces that represent that single theme. Each piece must be related to the topic but presented in a different way.
Final year ending six weeks, all these projects will value 50% of your final total grade.
You will create a minimum of two pieces that you feel demonstrate complete understandings of you’re learning and skills from this year. You may use your choice of media and topic, (suggestions at the bottom of this page). The final exam is the third six-week projects.
All of your projects during this semester will be graded and evaluated according to the rubric below.
The final exam is the third six-week projects.
How to use the rubric:
Scores vary from 1-5; based on how prepared you appear to be for presentation. Assess your selected work and score it on the following criteria: this process will be reflected in classroom critiques and grading according the rubric.
Poor Moderate Good Strong Excellent
Materials well used; 1 2 3 4 5
Technique is excellent: 1 2 3 4 5
Inventive/Imaginative: 1 2 3 4 5
Evidence of thinking; 1 2 3 4 5
Clear visual intent: 1 2 3 4 5
Purposeful composition: 1 2 3 4 5
Awareness of style/format 1 2 3 4 5
Sensitive evocative: 1 2 3 4 5
Suggested topic if you struggle finding your own.
Nature, consider plants animals etc.
Collage from your own photographs and drawings.
Drawings and collage pieces that demonstrate positive and negative space.
Divide the pages into sections and break down real objects into the sections, look at Cubism as a reference.
Create a Self-portrait, or a portrait of someone that you know or want to know.
Work that has writing incorporated into the art.
An Animal or a metamorphosis of animals, or into something mechanical or fantastic
Human imagery from real life/
You are not limited to the examples above.