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Grade

Medium

Discoveries in Paint

— 6 Lessons


Painting with Lines
Mixing Colors
Depicting a Place in the Community
Layering Shapes - Big and Small
Adding Details
Preparing Work for an Exhibition

Grade 2

Painting

Discoveries in Clay

— 5 Lessons


Learning about Clay
Making a Pinch Pot
Adding Pattern
Creating an Animal Head Lid
Creating an Exhibit

Grade 2

Sculpture

Creating Accordion Books

— 4 Lessons


How do illustrators use letters in pictures?
Changing and cutting letters
Making a cover
Assembling the accordion book and mounting the collages inside

Grade 2

Two-Dimensional Applied Design

Drawing a Family Portrait

— 5 Lessons


Exploring line and color
Planning the Family Portrait
Placing Figures in a Context
Adding the Finishing Touches
Creating a Portrait Gallery

Grade 2

Drawing

Making Collographic Prints of the Community

— 5 Lessons


Drawing buildings in the neighborhood
Introduction to the collograph plate
Finishing the Collographic Plate
Creating rubbings
Printing!

Grade 2

Printmaking

Discoveries in Collage

— 5 Lessons


Experimenting with Composition
Using Color and Shape to Depict a Familiar Place: The first of three linked lessons
Using Different Kinds of Paper to Define a Figure: The second linked lesson
Adding Details: The third linked lesson
Displaying Artwork

Grade 2

Collage

Painting a Neighborhood Scene

— 6 Lessons


Creating a Sense of Place
Observing Details
Tints and Shades
Mixing Secondary Colors
Balancing Color
Rethinking a Painting

Grade 5

Painting

Nature Inspired Collage Compositions

— 5 Lessons


Drawing Organic Shapes
Experimenting with collage
Selecting colors
Exploring Positive and Negative Space
Adding Textured Papers

Grade 5

Collage

Designing Environmental Awareness Posters

— 7 Lessons


Introducing posters and the project
Conceptual design: brainstorming with word webs and thumbnails
Design symbols and pictographs
Selecting Lettering
Creating Thumbnail Compositions
Production: creating posters
Production: creating posters 2

Grade 5

Two-Dimensional Applied Design

The Figure at Rest and at Play

— 6 Lessons


Gesture Drawing
Looking at Proportion
Drawing the Figure in Action
Developing a Sustained Investigation of an Action Figure
Creating the Illusion of Volume
Light and Shadow

Grade 5

Drawing

Creating an Animal Print

— 5 Lessons


Creating Texture with Lines
Adding Visual Texture
Transferring our Drawings to the Styrofoam Plate
Making a Print
Creating an Edition of Prints

Grade 5

Printmaking

Digital Narratives

— 6 Lessons


Exploring Drawing and Painting Tools on a Computer
Sketching and Storyboarding
Saving and Organizing Images on a Computer
Assembling the Composition
Creating the Second Digital Collage of a Sequence
Creating the Third Digital Collage in a Series

Grade 5

Media Technology

Creating a Standing Mobile

— 8 Lessons


Creating a paper sculpture inspired by natural forms
Creating an Asymmetrical Stabile Based on Natural Forms
Planning the standing mobile
Creating the mobile
Adding color to create balance, dominance, and unity
Painting our Standing Mobiles
Exploring Sculpture in the Community
Placing a Standing Mobile in a New York City public site

Grade 8

Sculpture

Creating an Abstract Still-Life Collage

— 10 Lessons


Understanding how "found objects" found a place in art
From Realism to Abstraction
Enlarging the Sketch
Adding value to enhance a composition
Creating a unified color palette
Beginning the Collage
Assembling the Collage
Adding details and accents to your collage
Knowing when an artwork is finished
Using Self and Peer Assessment

Grade 8

Collage

Painting a Cityscape

— 10 Lessons


Depicting the Illusion of Depth
Using Reference Materials
Exploring Cityscapes
Creating Tints and Shades
Blocking in Color
Creating Mood in a Cityscape
Rendering Three-Dimensional Forms
Telling Details
Evaluating Works-in-Progress
Finishing Touches

Grade 8

Painting

Creating a Public Service Announcement

— 10 Lessons


How does a public service ad differ from other advertisements?
What are the components of an effective advertisement?
What are the criteria for a successful public service ad?
What makes an image powerful?
What makes a slogan memorable?
How can you combine your image and text using the computer?
How can you use your program's tools to enhance and improve the design of your ad?
How can you further enhance your ad by using the program's tools.
How can you determine which ad is the most successful?
What are some strategies that will allow your ad to reach the appropriate audience?

Grade 8

Media Technology

Drawing a Figure in a Setting

— 7 Lessons


Placing the human figure in a setting
From photograph to a sketch
Creating values
Adding value to your sketch
Using value to create a mood
Using value to create depth
Assessing our drawings

Grade 8

Drawing

Two-Dimensional Furniture Design

— 7 Lessons


Investigating an object through drawing
What is design?
How do designers develop their ideas?
Transforming sketches into a proposal-part 1
Transforming sketches into a proposal-part 2
Transforming sketches into a proposal-part 3
What makes a good design?

Grade 8

Two-Dimensional Applied Design

Creating a Portrait Print

— 12 Lessons


Re-interpreting a Photograph
Choosing Color for Effect
Transfering the Sketch to the Printing Block
Cutting the First Layer
Printing the First Layer
Adding Texture to the Printing Block
Printing the second layer of color
Cutting the Third Layer
Printing the third layer of Color
Cutting the Fourth Layer
Creating a Limited Edition
Critiquing the Reduction Prints

Grade 8

Printmaking