Studio Art is a full year course offering one full credit in art. Studio Art is a prerequisite for most other art classes and is a requirement for a 3 or 5 credit art sequence.
A written midterm will be given at the end of the first semester and a written final given at the end of the year. Various test will be given throughout each semester based primarily on in class reading assignments.
Attendance is very important in this class because many tools and materials cannot be sent home to make up when absent. Project and material storage in the art room is very limited so all projects need be completed by due dates. Supplies might not be available to complete late projects. If so, the student will be responsible for buying his or her own supplies. Students need to make an appointment with the teacher to catch up on work Tuesdays or Thursdays after school.
There is limited space to store the projects for the many students who will be taking art this year. Finished work might be displayed elsewhere in the school but once it is given back to the student it must soon to be removed from the art room. Artworks that have been given back to the student and are still in the room will be disposed of after a week to make room for additional projects.
Late projects will not be accepted after the five-week marking report or marking period ends. Folded or crumpled projects will have points deducted.
Class projects will count for the majority of each quarterly grade. Most projects will receive multiple grades. Typically a project will receive a grade for skill (has the students followed the procedures given so that finished artwork looks skillful rather than sloppy). Another grade is usually for creativity - originality and creative thinking is important in art, has the student taken the process that was taught and applied it creatively? Still another grade is for effort, has the student taken the time to think and plan, has the student carefully worked on the project or has he or she rushed to complete it.
Each month a participation grade is given. Use or misuse of class time, participation in class discussions and critiques, and conduct will count toward this monthly grade. Low grades in this area will not be able to be compensated. Participation in critiques of both students’ art and professional art will be an important part of the participation grade. Artist vocabulary learned in class is expected to be used during critiques.
The following is an example of class instructions and projects:
*For most projects Art History about various Artist, Art Movements, or Cultures that relate to the project will be given. *Drawing and Design exercises *Elements and Principles of design *Graphing, enlarging, transferring *Landscape drawing *Pastels and charcoal *Block Lettering *One and Two Point Perspective *More advanced Drawing and Design exercises *Oil Pastels *Watercolor and Mixed Media *Still-life drawings *Acrylic Painting *Ceramics project *Sculptures in the round using different media *Applying Elements and Principles of design to sculpture *Sculptures in the round using different media *Figure drawings *Portraits *Pop art project