GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Curriculum Guide
Course Title:
Creative Arts &
Technology I
Subject: Visual
Arts
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11 or 12
Department/School: Visual Arts/High School
Duration: Semester
Number of Credits: 2.5
Prerequisite: None
Elective or Required: Elective
Author: Nancy C. Coon
Date Submitted: Summer 2005
Course Description
The Creative Arts & Technology I course introduces the
student to the use of Adobe Illustrator to create artworks on the
computer. The program includes specific
skills in the editing of images, painting images, color correction of specific
colors or tones within an image and preparing images for print. The course will introduce students to the use
of a variety of tools and palettes for editing elements within an image as well
as creating original works of art. Art
concepts will be introduced throughout the course for those with little or no
background in the visual arts.
GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
VISUAL ARTS
An education in the arts is an essential part of the
academic curriculum for the achievement of human, social, and economic
growth. An arts education enables
personal, intellectual, and social development for each individual and strives
to enhance the student’s sense of confidence and self-esteem. The visual arts are uniquely qualified to
cultivate a variety of multiple intelligences with powerful ways of
communicating ideas, thoughts and feelings.
A well-rounded program for intellectual growth must support the
development of spatial, kinesthetic, interpersonal and intrapersonal
intelligences. Creativity in solving art-related problems provides students
with values that will prepare them for leadership positions in future endeavors
as well as an enriched quality of life.
Visual Arts
STANDARD 1.1 (AESTHETICS)
STANDARD 1.2 (CREATION
STANDARD 1.3 (ELEMENTS
STANDARD 1.4 (CRITIQUE)
STANDARD 1.5 (HISTORY/CULTURE)
Curriculum Description
CCCS: 1.1A1, 1.1A2,
1.1A3, 1.3D1, 1.4A1, 1.4A2, 1.4A3, 1.4B1, 1.4B2, 1.5A1, 1.5A2
Objectives:
The student will:
1.
Recognize that creative activity plays a vital
role in the development of a creative expression.
2.
Discover how to generate originality through
unusual responses, organizing in uncommon ways and using novel approaches in
the overall development of an idea.
3.
Experiment and explore solutions to specific
problems by using divergent thinking techniques.
4.
Organize and create a synthesis of findings
through convergent thinking methods.
5.
Apply flexibility, fluency and originality
skills to accomplish a final product.
Activity:
All projects are followed by the introduction of tools,
skills, and techniques that are learned in the training workbook of
"Classroom in a Book for Adobe Photoshop, CS".
Lesson I: Getting to Know the Work Area
Lesson II: The File Browser
The student will:
-
Use the marquee tool to select a shape to create
a composition using variations of that shape.
Use tools such as resizing, transforming, layers, filters, or painting
to design an asymmetrical image that relates to the principles of design.
-
Discuss the positive and negative aspects of the
designs. Explain the critique process on how to assess an image as an art form.
Discuss how convergent and divergent thinking affects the creative process. Using
the same shape, redesign the image.
-
Select the better image and use a rubric to
assess the final design.
Duration of Project: 1 week of class work
CCCS: 1.1.A1, 1.1.A2, 1.2.D1, 1.2.D2, 1.2.D3, 1.2.D4,
1.3.D1, 1.4A2, 1.4B1, 1.4B2, 1.5.A2
Objectives:
The student will:
1.
Effectively select, analyze and use a variety of
tools, equipment, media, and processes, which will promote a content that
expresses a communication and an understanding of an idea, mood, or feeling.
2.
Experience and create original art works of
varied media using traditional and contemporary methods and technologies.
3.
Demonstrate through the creative process an
understanding of the elements and principles of design and how they relate to
the impact of an expression of an idea, mood or feeling in two-dimensional art
forms.
4.
Demonstrate the appropriate use of time in the
completion of an assignment.
5.
Use the critique process to evaluate how to
improve the aesthetic values of an art form.
6.
Cultivate an awareness of art-related careers.
Activities:
Lesson
Lesson IV: Working With Selections
The student will:
-
Develop an awareness of the principles of design
and proportion related to graphic communication.
-
Become familiar with new art terms and concepts.
-
Apply specific skills to problem-solving
activity:
a.
retouching a photographic image.
b.
creating different image sizes.
c.
straightening and cropping an image.
d.
using automatic adjustments.
e.
adjusting tonal range of color.
f.
replacing colors in an image.
g.
adjusting lightness with the Dodge tool.
h.
adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool.
i.
applying the Unsharp Mask filter.
j.
comparing manual and automatic results.
k. saving the image for four-color
printing.
l. using selection tools.
m. using the Magic Wand.
n. working with oval and circular
selections.
o. selecting with lasso tools.
P. rotating a selection.
q. cropping an image and erasing
within a selection.
-
Create a rubric to assess the success of the
activity.
Project: Variations
of a shape.
Select a realistic shape to interpret in 10 different ways.
Create ten 2"x3" rectangles.
Within each rectangle change the color, texture, lines, shape or the space
your shape occupies by using various Photoshop tools. Emphasis should be
on original interpretations of a form. Background space is just as important as
the space that the shape occupies. Do
not place your shape in the middle of the rectangle. Create an asymmetrical composition within the
rectangle with your shape.
Duration of Project: 2
weeks of class work
Lesson V: Layer Basics
Lesson VI: Masks and Channels
Lesson
The student will:
-
Work with masks and channels.
-
Create and edit quick masks.
-
Save a selection as a mask.
-
Edit a mask.
-
Load a mask as a selection and apply an
adjustment.
-
Extract an image.
-
Apply a filter effect to a masked selection.
-
Create a gradient mask.
-
Apply effects using a gradient mask.
-
Repair areas with the Clone Stamp tool.
-
Use the Pattern Stamp tool, the Healing Brush
tool, and the Patch tools.
-
Retouch on a separate layer.
PROJECT:
Study the artworks of the Surrealists (Dali, Magritte,
Chagall, de Chirico, Tanguy, etc.) and note the techniques used to create
dreamlike or nightmarish images. Using
masks and channels and the tools for repairing and retouching images, create a
design that uses the approach of the Surrealist. Discuss the characteristics of the artworks
of the surrealists. Include at least
three of their techniques in the final design.
Duration of Project: 2
weeks of class work
VIII: Painting and Editing
The student will:
-
Develop artistic skills using the elements of
art and the principles of design.
-
Apply specific skills to a problem-solving
activity:
a. using and
rearranging layers.
b. editing text.
c. flattening
and saving files.
d. creating a
layer set and adding a layer.
e. using layer
comps.
f. blending an
image with the background.
g. changing images
with the history tools.
h. getting the
most from the Brush tool.
i. using the Pattern Maker to create a
picture frame.
-
Create a rubric to assess the success of the
activity.
Projects:
- Transfer the image of an artist at an easel from the zip disc to a blank document. Create a "new" artist by changing her clothes, position, and the artwork on the easel. Place the new image in an environment that makes a statement about the artist.
2. Select a photograph of a landscape and
translate the image into a painting using various computer tools. The composition may change slightly in the
process but should resemble the original image.
Save the original photograph.
Write a comparison of the qualities of the image as a painting and as a
photo-graph.
Duration of Projects: 3 weeks of class work
Lesson IX: Basic Pen Tool Techniques
The student will:
-
Learn to use the pen tool to draw precise
straight or curved lines called paths.
-
Use the pen tool as a drawing tool or as a
selection tool that draws smooth, anti-aliased outlines.
-
Combine curved and straight path segments.
-
Edit anchor points.
-
Use paths with artwork.
-
Add layers to complete the effect.
Project:
Select the 5 kinds of patterns within images on the
Internet. Copy the image, place it in a
3"x3" square and place a label next to each of the following
patterns:
a. regular patterns.
b. alternating patterns.
c. flowing patterns.
d. random patterns.
e. progressive patterns.
Create a motif that will be used for various patterns for the
design of gift wrap papers with the pen tool and enhance the shapes with the
addition of color, textures or lines.
Create an 8"x10" image of each of the 5 patterns using the
motif created with the pen tool.
Duration of Project: 3
weeks of class work
Lesson X: Vector Mask, Paths, and Shapes
The student will:
-
Differentiate between bitmap and vector
graphics.
-
Draw and edit layer shapes and layer paths.
-
Describe and use the thumbnails and link icon
for a shape layer.
-
Create complex layer shapes by combining or
subtracting different shapes.
-
Combine vector paths to create a shape.
-
Use edit mode to add and edit a text layer.
-
Use a text layer to create a work path.
-
Use a work path to create a vector mask.
-
Load and apply custom layer shapes.
-
Combine art images from classmates into a
program cover design.
PROJECT: Art Festival
Program Cover design
Select images from different art works created by students within the school year. Develop a collage using many layers that work together to illustrate the celebration of the art festival. Include text that identifies the title of the theme and the date of the event.
Duration of Project: 3
weeks of class work
CCCS: 1.1A1, 1.1A2, 1.1A3, 1.1B2, 1.2D1, 1.2D2,
1.2D3, 1.3D1, 1.4A1, 1.4A2, 1.4A3, 1.4B1, 1.4B2
Objectives:
The student will:
1.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of the elements
of art criticism.
2.
Apply criteria for observing, analyzing and
understanding visual expression to decode in order to share the meanings of art
works through art criticism.
3.
Establish a set of evaluative criteria to assess
personal artwork and the work of others.
4.
Articulate and support criticism based upon
aesthetic criteria.
Projects:
1.
Assess the characteristics and merits of
individual works by the identification of various techniques used in the
communication of ideas, attitudes, views, and intentions in the artwork. Use art criticism operations to be familiar
with the qualities of the work.
|
DESCRIPTION |
ANALYSIS |
INTERPRETATION |
JUDGMENT |
|
What is in the work discovered through an inventory of the subject matter and/
or the elements of art found in the work. |
How the work of art is organized or put together; con-cern
centers on how the principles of art have been used to arrange the elements
of art. |
Possible ideas, or moods, or feelings communicated by the
work of art. |
Facts relevant to making a decision about the degree of
artistic merit in the work of art. |
THEORIES OF
|
IMITATIONALISM |
FORMALISM |
EMOTIONALISM |
|
Literal Qualities The most important
thing about a work of art is the realistic presentation of subject
matter. A work is successful if it
looks like and reminds us of what we see in the real world. |
Visual
Qualities The most important
thing about a work of art is the effective organization of the elements of
art through the use of the principles. |
Expressive
Qualities The most important
thing about a work of art is the vivid communication of moods, feelings and
ideas to the viewer. |
2. Select 5 pieces of artwork from the
portfolio and assess your work relating to the criteria for critique.
a. Imitation
theory
b. Formalism
theory
c. Emotionalism
theory
3. Design a layout that
includes the projects that have been completed within the
a. The negative space between the projects and
the positive areas that the projects use.
b. The balance between the elements of line,
color, textures and shapes within the space.
Include your name in type within
the composition.
Duration of Project: 1
week of class work
CCCS: 1.1A1, 1.1A2, 1.1A3, 1.1B1, 1.1B2, 1.3D1,
1.3D2, 1.4A1, 1.4A2, 1.4A3, 1.4B1, 1.4B2, 1.5A1, 1.5A2, 1.5B1, 1.5B2
Objectives:
The student will:
1.
Identify and describe various visual art forms
from different historical and contemporary periods and cultures.
2.
Recognize various styles and trends in the
history of art through research.
3.
Recognize representative artists and their roles
in society.
4.
Develop an understanding of art history as a
reference tool for personal expression.
5.
Utilize a variety of sources which can be found
in museums, galleries, cultural institutions, and the community to identify the
different art forms used in business, industry and the professional fields.
6.
Recognize the different techniques used to
produce a work of art through an investigation of the works of various artists.
7.
Recognize the importance of preserving the
artistic heritage of various cultures as well as the art from American ethnic
backgrounds, which illustrate variations in style.
8.
Develop an understanding of recurrent social and
cultural themes and the subject matter in different cultures.
9.
Develop a comprehension of how the visual arts
interrelate with other forms of creativity through comparisons of contemporary
dance, music, drama, and literature with contemporary visual arts.
10.
Develop an understanding of the relationship
among works of art, individuals, and the societies in which they were created.
11.
Identify the general style and period of major
works of art and relate to the social, political and economic factors that
influenced the works.
PROJECT:
Research the works of Grant Wood. Use the characters in his painting of
"American Gothic". Place them
in a setting of today or in the future.
Their faces must have a likeness of the characters in the painting but
their body shape or position, clothing or body expression, etc. is up to you to
change to fit your statement. On the
back of the printed version, describe briefly what you intended to create.
Duration of Project: Final
exam project