Advanced Drawing and Painting
Ms Kate Giese
[email protected]
Silver Creek High School (720)494-3721
Course Objective:
This is a course for the advanced art student who wants to pursue individual interest in intensified studies in drawing and/or painting. Advanced techniques will be presented to give the student the opportunity to improve skills, explore various media combinations, and learn from peer critiques. Students will create original and high quality art. Students will be assessed on the originality, skills, and quality of their artwork.
State Standards: Colorado Visual Art Standards
1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend
1.1 Students recognize the elements of art and principles of design.
1.2 Students will connect art with historical periods and cultures
1.3 Students will understand reasons for making, using and the various functions of art and design
2. Envision and Critique to Reflect
2.1 Students will reflect to understand their own creative process
2.2 Students will use art vocabulary and their experiences with art processes to develop their opinion about a specific artwork.
2.3 Students will consider historical, contextual, expressive and material factors when determining the meaning of art
3. Invent to Discover and Create
3.1 Students will identify and apply traditional, new art medias and technology to express ideas
3.2. Students will asses and produce art with various materials and methods
3.3 Students will infer and make judgments from visual messages
4. Relate and Connect to Transfer
4.1 Students will recognize that historical and cultural viewpoints influence the way we understand works of art
4.2 Students will practice problem solving and critical thinking through planning designing and creating works of art
4.3 Students will recognize that art is a possible career path (awareness including fine art, commercial and art management)
Evaluation and Grading:
Grading scale for assignments:
LE&A Sketchbooks Assignments: 30% of overall grade
Assessments 70% of overall grade
9-10 (A)
8 (B)
7 (C)
6 (D)
5 (F)
Assessments: Students who miss an assessment deadline may have one week to turn in the assignment. Work turned in one week after the due date will not be accepted. Students may have the option of contracting for extra time, but it is the students responsibility to initiate the contract.
You must work the entire class period. This class has many project and if you choose to use your time poorly, you WILL fall behind. It is expected that you work up to 5 minutes before class lets out.
Classroom Behavior, Expectations and Policies:
All School rules will be enforced including but not limited to:
So, what happens when someone chooses to be disrespectful?
1st time: you will be asked to cease whatever you are doing.
2nd time: you will be moved to a different seat
3rd time: you will be moved outside the room
If you move from that spot….you will be sent to the office.
Don’t be the Example for the class!!!
Tardy Policy:
Policies for Absences and Make Up Work:
Students are strongly encouraged to see the teacher for make-up work or extra time.
Materials and Supplies Required for 2D Design:
There is a $25 required fee for most art classes at Silver Creek. Please return payment in the form of cash/check or electronic payment to the office. Silver Creek prefers payment using REVTRAK which can be found on the school website. Collection of all class fees will begin August 30th, 2014. Please make checks payable to Silver Creek High School. All supplies and materials become the property of that student. Each student is responsible to keep up and maintain his or her supplies. If a student has an underlying conflict with the cost of the materials, it is the students’ responsibility to see the teacher to work out alternative arrangements. Students are expected to have their fee paid by October 5th
Ms Kate Giese
[email protected]
Silver Creek High School (720)494-3721
Course Objective:
This is a course for the advanced art student who wants to pursue individual interest in intensified studies in drawing and/or painting. Advanced techniques will be presented to give the student the opportunity to improve skills, explore various media combinations, and learn from peer critiques. Students will create original and high quality art. Students will be assessed on the originality, skills, and quality of their artwork.
State Standards: Colorado Visual Art Standards
1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend
1.1 Students recognize the elements of art and principles of design.
1.2 Students will connect art with historical periods and cultures
1.3 Students will understand reasons for making, using and the various functions of art and design
2. Envision and Critique to Reflect
2.1 Students will reflect to understand their own creative process
2.2 Students will use art vocabulary and their experiences with art processes to develop their opinion about a specific artwork.
2.3 Students will consider historical, contextual, expressive and material factors when determining the meaning of art
3. Invent to Discover and Create
3.1 Students will identify and apply traditional, new art medias and technology to express ideas
3.2. Students will asses and produce art with various materials and methods
3.3 Students will infer and make judgments from visual messages
4. Relate and Connect to Transfer
4.1 Students will recognize that historical and cultural viewpoints influence the way we understand works of art
4.2 Students will practice problem solving and critical thinking through planning designing and creating works of art
4.3 Students will recognize that art is a possible career path (awareness including fine art, commercial and art management)
Evaluation and Grading:
Grading scale for assignments:
LE&A Sketchbooks Assignments: 30% of overall grade
Assessments 70% of overall grade
9-10 (A)
8 (B)
7 (C)
6 (D)
5 (F)
Assessments: Students who miss an assessment deadline may have one week to turn in the assignment. Work turned in one week after the due date will not be accepted. Students may have the option of contracting for extra time, but it is the students responsibility to initiate the contract.
You must work the entire class period. This class has many project and if you choose to use your time poorly, you WILL fall behind. It is expected that you work up to 5 minutes before class lets out.
Classroom Behavior, Expectations and Policies:
All School rules will be enforced including but not limited to:
- Appropriate and Respectful Behavior
- Dress Code
- No Food or Drink
- Visible phones will be confiscated, the use of texting in class unacceptable
- Appropriate safety measures while in class
- Proper use, storage and clean up of all equipment and materials
- Supply closets and computers are off limits unless other stated
So, what happens when someone chooses to be disrespectful?
1st time: you will be asked to cease whatever you are doing.
2nd time: you will be moved to a different seat
3rd time: you will be moved outside the room
If you move from that spot….you will be sent to the office.
Don’t be the Example for the class!!!
Tardy Policy:
- You are expected to be in the room when the bell rings, if you arrive after the bell rings you are tardy. No exceptions.
- The School handbook states that if you are more than 15 minutes late you are considered ABSENT. You must go to the attendance office and get a pass. I will not allow you back into the class without a pass.
- 3 unexcused tardies equal one unexcused absence, and a phone call will be made home.
- After 9 unexcused absences you can be dropped from the class.
Policies for Absences and Make Up Work:
Students are strongly encouraged to see the teacher for make-up work or extra time.
Materials and Supplies Required for 2D Design:
There is a $25 required fee for most art classes at Silver Creek. Please return payment in the form of cash/check or electronic payment to the office. Silver Creek prefers payment using REVTRAK which can be found on the school website. Collection of all class fees will begin August 30th, 2014. Please make checks payable to Silver Creek High School. All supplies and materials become the property of that student. Each student is responsible to keep up and maintain his or her supplies. If a student has an underlying conflict with the cost of the materials, it is the students’ responsibility to see the teacher to work out alternative arrangements. Students are expected to have their fee paid by October 5th