Grade 7 Art Curriculum: Key Concepts
Clay: Slab construction
Depth: Atmospheric perspective (bird's eye view)
Portraiture: Universal human facial proportions, facial expressions
Color Theory: value chart, mixing realistic skin tone with paint
Printmaking: Reduction printmaking (linoleum cut)
Sculpture: mixed media
Art As Communication: Identity
Art History & Curricular Connections: weather, world geography
Other art skills: drawing texture, gesture drawing
Other Concepts: mood
Grade 8 Art Curriculum: Key Concepts
Clay: Review and synthesis of 5th – 7th grade skills
Depth: Two-point perspective (interiors, exteriors)
Portraiture: Figure proportions, drawing from live models, gesture drawing, silhouette
Color Theory: monochromatic and analogous colors
Printmaking: Screen print, stencils, experimental techniques
Sculpture: mixed media
Art As Communication: Current social issues (raising awareness, making a personal statement)
Art History & Curricular Connections: Harlem Renaissance
Other Art Skills: Personal style development
Other Concepts: Alternative approaches to portraiture (beyond realism), using realistic images to represent abstract ideas
Grade 8 Printmaking Elective Curriculum
Techniques: Stamping, Relief Printing with Styrofoam, White Line Printmaking, Reduction printing with linoleum block, Collograph, Embossing, Screen print, Etching
Concepts: Printmaking in historical contexts, advertisement and communication, creating multiples/edition/series, contemporary and traditional methods
Grade 8 Drawing and Painting Elective Curriculum
Concepts: Humor, Product design, Expression, Architecture, Protest, Advertising, Symbolic imagery, Invention, Storytelling, Illustration, Education, Traditions, Recording history
Grade 8 Sculpture Elective Curriculum
Concepts: Storytelling, Installation, Abstract Art