Westinghouse High School



Westinghouse College Prep Drawing & Painting 1 Syllabus

Teacher: Ms. Coffee, amcoffee@cps.edu Room: 159

Open Studio Hours: Thursdays until 5pm, or by appointment

Course Description - Drawing and Painting I (1.0 credit)

Welcome to Drawing & Painting 1! In this intermediate level studio course, students explore the creative possibilities of drawing and painting. Students work in a variety of media and techniques including pencil, charcoal, pastel, oil pastel, conté, ink, watercolor, acrylic paint as well as other alternative materials. This course will engage students in the various ways one can express ideas through art production, art appreciation, and art criticism. The course will have three major components: (1) demonstrating understanding of various skills and techniques used for drawing & painting (both modern and postmodern methods/means) through practice with various media, (2) creating drawing & painting projects that demonstrate explorations in various content & concepts as well as originality/innovation, and (3) general knowledge of how drawing & painting function in society throughout history and in contemporary society. You will be assessed through class art projects, sketchbooks, homework, writing projects and final portfolios at the end of each semester.

Required Materials – Due by Friday, September 7th

• Pencil, eraser, sharpener, and pen

• 8 ½” x 11” sketchbook with plain, white drawing paper (sold in class for $3.00)

• Personal art supplies (extra credit/optional, but highly recommended) – colored pencils, markers, ruler

Course Objectives (National Standards for the Arts)

Students will be able to:

1. Understand, identify and incorporate (modern & postmodern) Elements of Art & Principles of Design in drawings & paintings - NSA 1-3,5-6

2. Observe, discuss, and interpret a variety of visual art, specifically drawings & painting - NSA 8

3. Apply skills and knowledge to create drawings & paintings through planning, research, and problem solving - NSA 1-6

4. Make meaningful connections between art and society both through art production & critiquing art - NSA 4

Classroom Expectations

1. PARTICIPATION:

• Students are expected to give maximum effort EVERY DAY in class.

• Organize and use time wisely, both inside and outside of the classroom.

• Be Curious - ask MANY questions and experiment frequently.

2. RESPONSIBILITY:

• Bring appropriate materials to class (see above).

• Turn in all assignments on time – if you are absent it is your responsibility to approach me for missed assignments/work.

• Maintain and clean up workspace daily

• Do your OWN work – there are no right/wrong answers in art! Originality is GOLD!

3. TEAMWORK:

• The work we do in the art room will be both an individual and a collaborative effort – RESPECT your own and your classmates’ artistic expressions, projects, environment and supplies.

4. BEHAVIOR:

• Always have a positive attitude with regards to your abilities, your class and your work.

• Demonstrate respect for yourself, fellow classmates, teachers and staff at ALL TIMES.

• Abide by school rules as well as the rules for the art room.

Consequences for Failing to Meet Expectations:

• Verbal warning & Student/teacher conference

• Parent/Guardian Conference

• Detention(s)

• Referral to administration for disciplinary action (CPS Uniform Discipline Code and GWCP policies will be strictly enforced).

Please Note: Inappropriate materials (MP3 players/cell phones/recording devices) taken out in class without permission will be taken away and turned into the office.

Classroom Assignments, Grading and Homework Policies

• Any late work will only be worth 1/2 credit.

• Sketchbooks will be used daily for bell ringers, lecture notes, brainstorming ideas, and sketching and graded twice per week.

• For each quarter there will be 2 written assignments due in Criterion.

• Grading Scale: 100-90%=A, 89-80%=B, 79-70%=C, 69-60%=D, 59-0%=F

• Any student receiving a D or F (69% or below) at the 3rd week and/or 7th week will be required to conference with teacher and complete a Student Improvement Plan (SIP).

• The final quarter & semester grades will be based on the following:

Categories of Assignments % of Grade Types of Assessments

Class art projects (Form/Summ) 35% Classwork & participation

Sketchbook (Form) 25% Class notes, bell ringers, journaling, sketches

Homework (Form) 10% Sketches, readings, worksheets

Writing Projects (Summ) 10% Extended Written Assignments

Quizzes & Tests 10% Reading quizzes (2 per unit) & unit tests (1 per unit)

Final Portfolio Exam (Summ) 10% Portfolios compiled at the end of semester 1 & 2

Scope & Sequence

|Dates |Topic |Objectives |Major Assignments |Assessments |

|UNIT 1: 9/4-10/5|On Your Marks: Drawing Intro |SWBAT… | *Elements & Principles |*Class art project: Kitchen Sink |

| |-Variety & purposes of |-redefine their ideas about the purposes |”Kitchen Sink” reference |drawing (form/sum) |

| |drawing |of drawing & mark-making |drawing – oil pastels |*Sketchbook: class notes, bell |

| |-sketchbook uses |-utilize their sketchbook in a variety of |(decomposition drawings from |ringers, sketches (every Friday) |

| |-Tools & tricks |ways |Spiral WS) |*Homework: sketchbooks & readings |

| |-Modern /postmodern elements |-demonstrate drawing skills using a | |(Quiz) |

| |& principles of drawing |variety of materials | |*Writing Project: N/A |

| |(composition) |- incorporating elements / principles | | |

| | |(review) | | |

|UNIT 2: |Space is the Place: Drawing |SWBAT… |*Still-life drawing |*Class art projects: Still-life & |

|10/8-11/2 |from Observation |-create compositions which indicate an |*gestural drawing |Gestural Drawings (form/summ) |

| |-Proportion & Observational |awareness of chiaroscuro, figure-ground |*reflection essay |*Sketchbook: class notes, bell |

| |drawing |and spatial relationships | |ringers, sketches (every Friday) |

| |-Space, Line & Still life |-use a variety of drawing techniques & | |*Homework: sketchbooks & readings |

| |drawing |line types | |(Quiz) |

| |-Value & Chiaroscuro |-participate in an informal peer critique | |* Writing Project: Unit 1 & 2 |

| |-Space & figure-ground |-write a unit reflection | |reflection essay |

| |relationships (juxtaposition | | | |

| |& layering) | | | |

|UNIT 3: |Neither Here Nor There: The |SWBAT… |*Landscape drawing |*Class art projects: Landscape & |

|11/5-12/21 |Surreal & Natural Landscapes |- identify 1,2, & 3-point perspective in |*cityscape drawing |Cityscape Drawings (form/summ) |

| |-the illusion of depth & |art |*short story |*Sketchbook: class notes, bell |

| |viewpoint |-create drawings that use perspective to | |ringers, sketches (every Friday) |

| |-drawing ‘scapes & 1, 2, or |give illusion of depth | |*Homework: sketchbooks & readings |

| |3-point perspective |-create landscape and cityscape drawings | |(Quiz) |

| |-the natural landscape & |that utilize viewpoint, emphasis, and | |* Writing Project: Short Story |

| |texture (re-contextualiztion)|texture | | |

| | |-write a short story about either | | |

| | |city/landscape drawing | | |

|UNIT 4: |Drawing Conclusions: Final |SWBAT… |*Portrait drawing |*Class art projects: portrait drawing|

|1/7-1/25 |Drawing “Portrait” Project & |-create an expressive portrait that |*Final Exam project, |(form/summ) |

| |Portfolio |indicates an understanding of human facial|portfolio & presentation |*Sketchbook: class notes, bell |

| |-Personal, technical & |proportions |* identity poem |ringers, sketches (every Friday) |

| |content decisions |-appropriate personal &/or cultural | |*Homework: sketchbooks & readings |

| |-Synthesizing & evaluating |symbols or metaphor as sources for ideas &| |(Quiz) |

| |aesthetics |hybridization | |* Writing Project: Identity Poem |

| |-Metaphor, symbolism & |- develop self-directed decision making | |*FINAL EXAM PORTOLIO & PRESENTATION |

| |hybridity |abilities to better solve creative | | |

| | |problems | | |

| | |- compose an identity poem interpreting | | |

| | |expressive portrait | | |

|UNIT 5: |Color Outside the Lines: |SWBAT… |* figure drawing |*Class art projects: figure drawing &|

|1/28-3/1 |Painting Intro |- analyze connections between drawing & |* watercolor painting |watercolor painting (form/summ) |

| |- Drawing v. painting |painting |* Museum / Gallery artist |*Sketchbook: class notes, bell |

| |- varieties of paints |- Identify & apply various paints & |research report |ringers, sketches (every Friday) |

| |- techniques & styles |corresponding techniques | |*Homework: sketchbooks & readings |

| |- Watercolor exquisite figure|- synthesize drawing techniques learned in| |(Quiz) |

| |paintings |semester 1 with new watercolor skills in | |* Writing Project: Museum / Gallery |

| | |order to create a ‘exquisite’ figure | |Artist report |

| | |painting | | |

| | |- attend an exhibit & write a research | | |

| | |report on an artist viewed | | |

|UNIT 6: 3/4-3/29|The Shadow of the Object Fell|SWBAT… |* Abstract/ Realistic |*Class art projects: Symbolic Self |

| |Upon the Ego: Abstract |- distinguish the style categories of |painting |Painting (form/summ) |

| |Reality |abstract & realistic in painting |* Artist’s statement |*Sketchbook: class notes, bell |

| |- Abstraction as background |- connect identity to a variety of color &| |ringers, sketches (every Friday) |

| |- Color & symbolizing the |object symbology | |*Homework: sketchbooks & readings |

| |idiosyncratic |- integrate abstract & realistic | |(Quiz) |

| |- Representation with acrylic|components into one picture plane | |* Writing Project: Artist’s |

| |paint |- compose an artist’s statement draft | |statement draft |

|UNIT 7: |Out of the Darkness: Painting|SWBAT… |* Glass & fabric still-life |*Class art projects: still-life |

|4/8-5/3 |Apparitions |- examine ghost culture, past & present |paintings |paintings & apparition painting |

| |-Culture of ghosts & our |- demonstrate ability to paint translucent|* Apparition gouache painting|(form/summ) |

| |relationship with the past |objects & folds |* Ghost story |*Sketchbook: class notes, bell |

| |-Painting transparent objects|- formulate apparition portraits through | |ringers, sketches (every Friday) |

| |& folds |photo-transparency drawings | |*Homework: sketchbooks & readings |

| |- Apparitions inside & out |- combine apparition explorations to | |(Quiz) |

| |- Painting with gouache |create a gouache painting | |* Writing Project: ghost story |

| | |- Invent a ghost story | | |

|UNIT 8: |My Amer-icon: Mixed- Media |SWBAT… |* Nature & Culture – layer 1 |*Class art projects: 3-layers & final|

|5/6-5/31 |Maps & Messages |- distinguish various art periods/icons of|* Map of the mind – layer 2 |mixed media piece (form/summ) |

| |- Imagining America: past & |the 20th century |* Media is the Message – |*Sketchbook: class notes, bell |

| |present icons of art |- apply skills & techniques learned |layer 3 |ringers, sketches (every Friday) |

| |- Mixed media & layering |throughout the year to create a mixed |* Mixed Media art piece |*Homework: sketchbooks & readings |

| |- Icons & Imagination |media art piece |* Reflection essay |(Quiz) |

| |- Media & messages |- plan a complex layered image based on | |* Writing Project: Final Artist’s |

| | |world, self, and media | |statement essay |

| | |- Artist’s statement Final Essay | | |

|UNIT 9 |Unit(ed) We Stand: Portfolios|SWBAT… |* portfolio |*Class art projects: portfolio |

|(mini-unit): |& the Dreaded Critique! |- select works & prepare a final portfolio|* critique |(form/summ) |

|PORTFOLIO |- Compiling portfolios |- summarize & judge their work and the |* final artist’s statement |*Sketchbook: class notes, bell |

|& Final |- Final Critique |work of their peers in a formal critique |essay |ringers, sketches (every Friday) |

|6/3-6/14 |- Presentations of work & | | |*Homework: sketchbooks & readings |

| |reflections | | |(Quiz) |

Writing Assignment Guidelines

Students will be required to write 2 written assignments for quarter 2-4 in Criterion, an online writing portfolio program. A cover sheet with a rubric and guidelines will be handed out for each assignment. These assignments will either be based on class projects, museum/gallery visits, and/or student reflections & short stories.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Remember, plagiarism is a serious offense. Students caught using others’ work or ideas (copying off other students, internet sites, published writings, etc.) will receive a zero for the assignment and will face disciplinary action by the administration.

SYLLABUS RETURN RECEIPT Ms. Coffee, Drawing & Painting 1, 2012-2013

Dear Parent(s) / Guardian(s): September 4th, 2012

Welcome to our new year at the George Westinghouse College Prep. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with you and your child throughout the upcoming school year.

Attached is the syllabus for Drawing & Painting 1, which I have reviewed thoroughly in class with your child. It outlines the course and gives students and parents all the necessary information students will need to be successful in my class: required supplies, a course description, objectives, grading information, scope & sequence, assessments, assignments, and classroom policies. Please take the time to read over this syllabus thoroughly as it will benefit you and your student if we are on the same page.

This course offers students the opportunity to explore our visual world through both observation and creative production. Class art projects, written assignments, keeping sketchbooks, visiting museums / galleries and reflecting during class critiques are just some of the activities your child will participate in throughout the year. Upon completion of this course, each student will have developed a broader understanding of our visual culture, expanded on drawing & painting skills for self-expression, and how creativity is an important part of our democracy, community and culture.

Throughout the year there will be many opportunities for you to visit the school and view your child’s work, including but not limited to exhibits and student work fundraiser auctions. You will receive information regarding these events as they occur. Please do not hesitate to contact me at any time throughout the year through the school at (773)534-6400, ext. 18686 or via email amcoffee@cps.edu. Also, please visit regularly to keep up to date on events throughout the school.

Sincerely,

Ms. Coffee, NBCT

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Parent/Student Acknowledgement of Receipt of Syllabus

Please complete this section, detach this page and return it by Friday, September 7 for 10 pts.

As a student in this class, I promise to work every day to the best of my ability. I will be on time every day and complete my assignments. I will do everything I can to be successful in this class.

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As a parent or guardian of a student in this class, I promise to support my child to the best of my ability. I will make sure that my child is on time every day and completes his or her homework. I will do everything I can to ensure that my child is successful in this class.

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