Lucky You! You’re in Advanced Painting and Drawing and it will be your favorite class of the day! Why? Because the art problems are challenging but engaging enough that you will really get into them, losing track of time and everything else as you start thinking like a real artist. WELCOME BACK!

As an 11 th grade, Advanced Art student, you are on track to take AP Studio Art next year. This is a chance for the artistic student to excel and receive recognition on a national level. It helps you prepare an excellent portfolio for college applications. If you score a 4 or 5 on your portfolio you may receive college credit. In addition, students applying to competitive private colleges but NOT majoring What’s in it for you?? in art are showing their AP portfolios as part of their interview process. Your portfolio demonstrates a dedicated exploration of a subject at the high school level. Colleges are very interested in seeing this level of discipline.

But the AP Portfolio is a lot of work – very cool to do – but a lot of work. It’s too much to complete all the requirements in one year. That’s where this advanced class comes in! The work you do this year will also be part of your senior portfolio so make it good! Intro to P & D was a building year working with a variety of media, developing drawing skills and working with the elements and principles of design. This year, you should be ready for a more in depth art challenge. Pre AP?

We will explore three important categories of art in history: Still Life Portraits and Figure Studies Landscape. We will look at each category in terms of its development through art history, especially art from the 1800’s through the contemporary periods. We will use both traditional and contemporary media to produce works of art in each category Each category will have a series of projects, papers and sketchbook assignments allowing you to thoroughly explore the theme so as to develop a mini- concentration similar to what you will be expected to do independently next year in AP Studio. Three Big Units….

Unit 1: Color and the Principles of Design

Unit 2: The Still Life….

Unit 3: The Portrait and Figure…

Unit 4: The Landscape….

SKETCH BOOK FRIDAYS!!!!! EVERY Friday we will put our current project aside and work in our sketch books. These Friday experiences will be graded and will be a combination of teacher driven and individually driven ideas.

You can’t create in a vacuum. You need to know something about the world of art in order to make good decisions about your own art. Therefore there will be some lessons and assignments about art and art history. You are expected to take notes on lectures and demonstrations in your sketch book You will have written assignments You will have drawing assignments as homework You will be required to participate in and attend the High School Art Show in May. This is part of your final exam grade Requirements

Sketchbooks, drawing and painting media and a portfolio will be provided. If you have trouble meeting your due dates for projects you may come in after school on Studio Hour nights or any other night with special arrangements. You may also come in during any study hall. Other Items of Interest…

You will, of course, be expected to follow the MHS expectations of : Be Responsible (for your work, your materials and the art room), Be Respectful (to each other, to me and to the art room environment) and Be Proud of all you do in here! Behavior….

Procedures 1.Please come to class on time and put your belongings on the shelves provided. 2.Get your portfolio, your project and your supplies and sit in your assigned seat. 3.Listen carefully whenever directions, demonstrations or teacher comments occur. Please do not speak to someone else while I am speaking to the class. 4.Ask permission to use the lavatory and sign out and in on the sheet provided. 5.Clean up when given the signal to do so. Clean your desk and your equipment. Store your work carefully. 6.Stay in your seat until I dismiss you. Knowing what to do and when to do it!

Grades???? 20 Things That Can Ruin Your Art Grade! 1.Be afraid of new things. 2. Be late to class. 3. Blame it on a lack of talent. 4. Do as little as you can. 5. Don’t ask questions. 6. Don’t even try. 7. Have someone else do your work. 8. Ignore instructions. 9. Ignore people who know more than you 10. Imagine that you will get better WITHOUT practice 11. Keep your ideas to yourself. 12. Let other students tell you what’s good. 13. Make excuses. 14. Make no mistakes. 15. Miss class and don’t make up the work. 16. Never fail 17. Keep starting over 18. Sit perfectly still and never make a sound. 19. Spend as much time as possible talking to your friends. 20. Stick to only what you are good at

How ARE you graded?? Advanced Painting and Drawing Scoring Rubric NAME:____________________________ Project ObjectivesPPSPEP  10    Total for Meeting Project Objectives40 Thinking Like an Artist  individualizes work, develops own ideas 10  thoroughly answers journal questions below 10 Total for Artistic Thinking20 Craftsmanship and Work Habits  work is carefully crafted and complete 10  work area and tools are cleaned and put away 10  work is completed on time (1day late = 8pts, 2 days late = 6pts, 3 days late = 4pts, 4 days late = 2 pts, after 4 days = 0) 10  maintains a respectful attitude towards teacher, classmates and artwork 10 Total for Craftsmanship and Work Habits40 FINAL GRADE100

PP = possible points SP = student points EP = earned points 10 = Wow! You thoroughly met this requirement! One of the best! 8 = You met this requirement. Good job! 6 = There’s something lacking here. So-so effort 4 = I have to really hunt to find evidence of this requirement. 2 = You missed the point of this requirement. Little effort made to show me you are interested. 0 = missed this one completely! What do your points mean???

Self Reflection…. It’s REQUIRED!! Talk to me! Answer the following questions on the back of this paper. Write in full sentences. 1.Describe your thought process for this project. What ideas did you consider? Why did you solve the problem in this way? 2.What did you find challenging or interesting about the media you used? 3.Discuss how you planned your composition in terms of the elements and principles of design. (Elements: line, shape, form, color, value, texture, and space; Principles: balance, emphasis, rhythm, movement, unity/variety or proportion)?

Like most of life you will only get as much out of this course as you are willing to put into it. Setting goals about what you want to learn, how you want your art to improve, where you’d like to see yourself as an artist, the grade you hope to get in this course, etc. will help you focus and get the most you can out of this year. After some beginning activities I will be asking you to set some art goals for yourself….. Setting Goals… Art Goal: Art Grade: Behaviors:

I’m happy you are here!! Let’s Make Art!