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I. ELEMENT OF LINE
1. Vocabulary & types of lines
2. Contour drawing & blind contour drawing
3. PESTS' poster- what is Tokenism?
4. Reading: Creating and Understanding Drawings- p120
5. Line problem #5 pg.41 -thumb proportions
6. Linear expression of Ancient People- slides, reading, drawings
7. Cylinder study H/D pg.19
8. Hakuin & Kandinsky- compare line uses
9. Contour drawing H/D pg.47
10. Rhythm drawing H/D pg.33
11. Scholastic Art: Keith Haring, Van Gogh, Aboriginal Art
12. Keith Haring- video, reading from, posters
13. Defining Culture
Homework: contour drawing; blind contour, drawing with a variety of lines

II. SHAPE & FORM
1. Vocabulary
2. Reading: Creating and Understanding Drawings- p 121
3. Shapes expressing words and emotions
4. Pablo Picasso- video, reading, slides, drawing
5. Two Views, One Event- Guernica
6. The shape of things
7. Scholastic Art- Kandinsky, Nevelson, Vermeer, Cezanne, Matisse
8. Mel Chin
9. Geometric line drawing H/D pg. 36
10. Allison Saar
11. Elements of design vocabulary
12. Bessie Harvey
13. Non-objective drawing
Homework: turn a picture into shapes; design a CD cover of your favorite group

III. VALUE
1. Value vocabulary
2. Reading: Creating and Understanding Drawings- p 131, 150,183
3. Value scale in circles, hatching, cross-hatching, multi hatching, curved lines
4. Pat Ward Williams
5. Still life- cylinders, spheres, pyramids, bottles, toilet paper, paper bag
6. Carrie Mae Weems
7. Video- Discovering Drawing, Draw along with Video, the joy of drawing,
8. Origami boxes
9. Scholastic art- Caravagio
10. Still life- folded piece of paper, curled paper, wavy paper
11. Chuck Close squares
12. Drapery
Homework- 10 step gray scale, still life-bowl, cup, egg, plastic bag, favorite holiday food, favorite possession, unmade bed,

IV. PERSPECTIVE
1. Perspective vocabulary
2. Reading: Creating and Understanding Drawings- p122
3. Name in Lights
4. Bird's Eye View
5. Mario Torero
6. 2 pt perspective 3 boxes
7. Scholastic art- DaVinci, and Escher
8. 2 pt perspective H/D p128
9. Yolanda Lopez
10. Perspective video
11. Cesar Martinez- Mestizo
12. Exercises on perspective
13. Enrique Chagoya
Homework: 1pt. Perspective landscape, one object from 4 different perspectives

V. PORTRAITS
A. Self portraits
1. Facial features
2. Reading: Creating and Understanding Drawings- p133
3. Jesse Cooday- Pacific North West Mask Series
4. Skull
5. Margo Machida
6. Self portraits
7. Scholastic Art- Frida Kahlo, Durer
Homework- mouth and nose
B. Portraits
1. Proportions
2. Wooden Manakins
3. Gesture & contour
4. Scholastic art- Morisot, Michelangelo

GRADING
Class assignments- 25%
Graded assignments- 50%
Homework and Quizes- 25%