Art Is Fundamental by Prince, Eileen S. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Getting Started

Classroom Strategies

Practical Considerations

Room Arrangement Water and Cleanup Visual Aids Materials

Rules Demonstrations

Describing Folds

Class Review Collecting and Passing Back Projects Dealing with Mistakes in Art Touching Student Work Slower/Faster Students General Drawing Suggestions Integrating Subjects across the Curriculum

Displaying Student Work General Guidelines for Judging Student Work

First Year

Lesson 1: Creating a Portfolio Lesson 2: Each Artist Is Unique Lesson 3: Introducing the Elements of Art Unit One: Color

Lesson 4: Magic Colors Lesson 5: Bernard the Butterfly—Mixing Colors and Symmetry Lesson 6: Using a Paintbrush Lesson 7: Watercolor Painting Lesson 8: Drawing with “Chunk-o-Crayon” Lesson 9: Fall Pictures—Creating Tertiaries Lesson 10: Introducing Complementary Colors Lesson 11: Red Grass and Orange Sky—An Opposites Picture Lesson 12: Cut-Paper Complementary Color Project Lesson 13: File and Free

Unit Two: Value

Lesson 14: Introducing Value Lesson 15: Black Crayon on White Paper Lesson 16: Using Black and White on Colored Paper—Introducing Tint and Shade Lesson 17: Watercolor Fingerprints—Value as a Property of Color Lesson 18: Value Collage Lesson 19: Winter Picture Lesson 20: File and Free

Unit Three: Texture

Lesson 21: Introducing Texture Lesson 22: Texture Illusion Draw and Fill Lesson 23: Real Textures—Paper Fold and Crumble Montage Lesson 24: Paper Weaving—How Texture Relates to Pattern Lesson 25: A Texture Has a Special Look Lesson 26: File and Free

Unit Four: Shape

Lesson 27: Introducing Shape Lesson 28: Geometric Shape Lesson 29: Irregular and Organic Shape Lesson 30: Related Shapes Lesson 31: Cloud Shapes—Using Imagination Lesson 32: File and Free Lesson 33: Spring Picture

Unit Five: Line

Lesson 34: Introduction to Line Lesson 35: Line as Direction Lesson 36: A Class Coloring Book Lesson 37: Calligraphic Lines and Symmetry Lesson 38: Still Life Lesson 39: File and Free

Unit Six: Form

Lesson 40: Introduction to Form Lesson 41: The Captain’s Shirt Lesson 42: The Story of “Paper Flower” Lesson 43: Working with Clay Lesson 44: Paper Bag Puppets Lesson 45: Contrast and Compare Two Artworks

Second Year

Lesson 1: Creating a Portfolio Unit One: Color

Lesson 2: Reviewing Color Theory Lesson 3: Mixing Primaries Lesson 4: Color Mixing with Watercolors—Intermediates and Tertiaries Lesson 5: File and Free Lesson 6: Introduction to Color Schemes Lesson 7: Monochromatic Color Schemes Lesson 8: Complementary Color Schemes Lesson 9: Triadic Color Schemes Lesson 10: Analogous Color Schemes Lesson 11: File and Free

Unit Two: Value

Lesson 12: Reviewing Value Lesson 13: Charcoal Value 3-D Effects Lesson 14: Value as Tint and Shade Lesson 15: File and Free

Unit Three: Texture

Lesson 16: Review of Texture and Watercolor Resist Crumble Lesson 17: Relation of Texture to Pattern Lesson 18: File and Free

Unit Four: Shape

Lesson 19: Review of Shape—Focus on Positive and Negative Lesson 20: Distortion Lesson 21: Tessellations Lesson 22: File and Free

Unit Five: Line

Lesson 23: Review of Line—Using Line to Create the Illusion of Form Lesson 24: Calligraphic Lines Lesson 25: File and Free

Unit Six: Form

Lesson 26: Review of Form and Paper Houses Lesson 27: Organic Form Sculpture Lesson 28: Contrast and Compare

Third Year

Lesson 1: Creating a Portfolio Lesson 2: Review of Color and Value Vocabulary Lesson 3: Introducing Balance, Formal Balance, and Symmetry Lesson 4: Radial Balance Lesson 5: Informal Balance Lesson 6: Emphasis through Distortion and Contrast Lesson 7: Contrast Lesson 8: Unity Lesson 9: Movement and Rhythm Lesson 10: Comparing and Contrasting Artworks

Bibliography Resources

Materials and Visual Aids Magazines

Index