6th Grade Art Curriculum
1. Syllabus, Class Procedures, Introductions, Expectations, Creativity Usage
a. Warm up Art Project/Activity – Bookmark Creation
2. Personal Artist Theme Based Portfolios (2-3 days w/ assessment)
3. Elements of Art
a. Element Video & Overview of Elements
4. Drawing Skills Unit
5. Cultural Coil Pottery Unit
6. Painting Skills Unit
7. Remainder of 9 Week/Alternate Lessons:
a. Van Gogh’s Room
b. Scratch Art
c. Gyotaku Fish Prints
d. Watercolor Black Paper Silhouettes
e. Lascaux Cave Painting
f. Warm/Cool Stencil Repetition Drawing
g. Paper Mache Greek Vases (on Coke Bottles)
h. African Tapestry Paper Weaving
i. Pastel Night Scenes (black paper)
j. Fall Leaf Tempera & Ink Painting
k. Paper Mache Food Art
l. Rain Sticks
m. Paint plants using complimentary colors
n. Paper molas
o. Milk carton totem poles
p. Tissue paper rose windows (or mandalas)
q. Folk art snakes (bring in smooth sticks)
r. Computer graphics – CD covers
7th Grade Art Curriculum
1. Syllabus, Class Procedures, Introductions, Expectations, Creativity Usage
2. Personal Artist Theme Portfolios (2-3 days w/ assessment)
3. Elements of Art
a. Video, Overview
4. Drawing Unit
5. Painting Unit
6. Clay Slab Sculpture Unit
7. Remainder of 9 Week/Alternate Lessons:
a. Printmaking
b. Watercolor Techniques (Trees)
c. Line Bug Watercolor Resist
d. Black Glue Self Portraits
e. Stencil Repetition Drawings (Rhythm)
f. Computer Graphics – Product Design
g. Paper Mache Animals
h. Three Media Masterpiece Study
i. Japanese Calligraphic Scrolls
j. Torn Paper Collages (famous art or portraits)
k. Fish or Bug Mobiles
l. Clay birdhouses
m. Fabric batik
8th Grade Art Curriculum Map
1. Syllabus, Class Procedures, Introductions, Expectations, Creativity Usage
2. Personal Artist Theme Portfolios (2-3 days w/ assessment)
3. Elements of Art
a. Video & Overview
4. Drawing Skills Unit
5. Additive/Subtractive Clay Character Unit
6. Painting Skills Unit
Remainder of 9 Week/Alternate Lessons:
a. DuraLar Chiluly Bowls
b. Cultural Weaving Project (Navajo, Persia)
c. Pop Art Painting (Warhol)
d. Architectural Drawing
e. Common Object Drawing
f. Free Choice Acrylic Painting
g. Monochromatic or Complimentary Animal Painting
h. Plaster Sculptures
i. Mona Lisa Morph
j. Computer Graphics – Magazine Covers
k. Georgia O’Keeffe Pastel Flowers/Shells
l. Tesselations
m. Paper Mache Masks
n. Black & White Broken Abstract Still Life
o. Papercut Contrast Designs (Schnerinschnitte)
p. Louise Nevelson Wood/Found Object Sculpture
q. Cardboard Guitars
r. Gourd Bowls
s. Two-artist style combination painting
t. Fabric Printmaking
1. Syllabus, Class Procedures, Introductions, Expectations, Creativity Usage
a. Warm up Art Project/Activity – Bookmark Creation
2. Personal Artist Theme Based Portfolios (2-3 days w/ assessment)
3. Elements of Art
a. Element Video & Overview of Elements
4. Drawing Skills Unit
5. Cultural Coil Pottery Unit
6. Painting Skills Unit
7. Remainder of 9 Week/Alternate Lessons:
a. Van Gogh’s Room
b. Scratch Art
c. Gyotaku Fish Prints
d. Watercolor Black Paper Silhouettes
e. Lascaux Cave Painting
f. Warm/Cool Stencil Repetition Drawing
g. Paper Mache Greek Vases (on Coke Bottles)
h. African Tapestry Paper Weaving
i. Pastel Night Scenes (black paper)
j. Fall Leaf Tempera & Ink Painting
k. Paper Mache Food Art
l. Rain Sticks
m. Paint plants using complimentary colors
n. Paper molas
o. Milk carton totem poles
p. Tissue paper rose windows (or mandalas)
q. Folk art snakes (bring in smooth sticks)
r. Computer graphics – CD covers
7th Grade Art Curriculum
1. Syllabus, Class Procedures, Introductions, Expectations, Creativity Usage
2. Personal Artist Theme Portfolios (2-3 days w/ assessment)
3. Elements of Art
a. Video, Overview
4. Drawing Unit
5. Painting Unit
6. Clay Slab Sculpture Unit
7. Remainder of 9 Week/Alternate Lessons:
a. Printmaking
b. Watercolor Techniques (Trees)
c. Line Bug Watercolor Resist
d. Black Glue Self Portraits
e. Stencil Repetition Drawings (Rhythm)
f. Computer Graphics – Product Design
g. Paper Mache Animals
h. Three Media Masterpiece Study
i. Japanese Calligraphic Scrolls
j. Torn Paper Collages (famous art or portraits)
k. Fish or Bug Mobiles
l. Clay birdhouses
m. Fabric batik
8th Grade Art Curriculum Map
1. Syllabus, Class Procedures, Introductions, Expectations, Creativity Usage
2. Personal Artist Theme Portfolios (2-3 days w/ assessment)
3. Elements of Art
a. Video & Overview
4. Drawing Skills Unit
5. Additive/Subtractive Clay Character Unit
6. Painting Skills Unit
Remainder of 9 Week/Alternate Lessons:
a. DuraLar Chiluly Bowls
b. Cultural Weaving Project (Navajo, Persia)
c. Pop Art Painting (Warhol)
d. Architectural Drawing
e. Common Object Drawing
f. Free Choice Acrylic Painting
g. Monochromatic or Complimentary Animal Painting
h. Plaster Sculptures
i. Mona Lisa Morph
j. Computer Graphics – Magazine Covers
k. Georgia O’Keeffe Pastel Flowers/Shells
l. Tesselations
m. Paper Mache Masks
n. Black & White Broken Abstract Still Life
o. Papercut Contrast Designs (Schnerinschnitte)
p. Louise Nevelson Wood/Found Object Sculpture
q. Cardboard Guitars
r. Gourd Bowls
s. Two-artist style combination painting
t. Fabric Printmaking