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Schedules
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All art classes meet NYS Standards for the Visual Arts.
Kindergarten
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• Beginning use art materials and their correct terms |
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• Introduction to line, shape, color |
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• 3-D construction of box, cone, cylinder, cube |
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• Seasonal and holiday to reinforce drawing, cutting, gluing, folding |
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• Crayon resist |
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• Murals |
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• Visually describe an idea or surroundings |
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• Respond to story or poem through original artwork |
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• Self portrait |
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• Projects centered around curriculum |
Grades 1
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• Texture |
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• 3-D pictures |
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• Concepts of overlap, placement, shading |
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• Still life paintings, study Van Gogh |
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• Interpretation of stories through drawing, painting and paper construction |
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• Landscapes: foreground, middle ground, background |
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• Cartooning, Murals |
Grades 2
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• Introduction to simple perspective |
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• Primary colors, study Mondrian |
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• Wet-on-wet painting |
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• Sandpaper prints |
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• Brush control |
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• Aborigine’s art |
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• Symmetry through drawing |
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• Communicate ideas visually from life and literature |
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• Portraits and 3-D construction |
Grades 3
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• Stencils, Patterns, Pastels |
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• Weaving, Origami, Puppets |
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• Figure proportions |
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• Styrofoam prints |
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• 1 pt Perspective / 2 pt Perspective |
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• Positive/Negative design |
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• Pointillism, study Seurat |
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• Color wheel, Study Fauves |
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• Landscapes, study Harrison |
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• Jungle painting, Rousseau |
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• Repeated pattern, study Irish design |
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• Vocabulary of artists, procedures, equipment |
Grades 4
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• Review perspective, study Grandma Moses |
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• Contour |
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• Still life |
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• Oil pastel |
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• Color theory, tints/shades |
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• Compass design |
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• Blueprints |
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• Origami |
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• Flip books, figures |
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• Religious art, study Hicks |
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• Painting landscapes, study Chagall |
Grades 5
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• Pen/Ink, study Audubon |
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• Art of 1960s, study Max |
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• Portraits of food, study Archomoboldo |
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• Haiku, illustrate in pastels |
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• Block printing |
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• Optical illusion grids |
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• Spirit masks |
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• Repeated ideas, study, Warhol |
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• Illustrate Spanish verbs in scene |
Grades 6
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• Medieval art, Chinese art, Egyptian art, Greek art |
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• 1 & 2 point perspective, study VanGogh |
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• Geometry as art |
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• Crop, enlarge, study O’Keefe |
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• Drawing using grids |
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• Portraits, study Da Vinci |
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• 3-D construction – foreground, middle ground, background |
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• Painting – warm/cool colors, study Close |
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• 3-D construction of circus, study Calder |
Grades 7
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• Optical illusion, study Vasarley |
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• Oaxxan sculpture |
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• Respond to art, compare/contrast artists, styles, techniques |
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• Collage, study Bearden |
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• Express ideas visually, torn paper |
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• Repeated design a 3-D kaleidocycles |
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• Manga, self-portrait |
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• Write original poetry to your portrait |
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• Calligraphy |
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• Design principles, study Escher |
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• Logo of initials |
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