Middle School Art Curriculum

2-D

Drawing

  One and Two-Point Perspective, Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci

  Blind Contour Line

  Modified Contour Line

  Gesture Line

  Sketch Line

  Value

Pen & Ink

Value Scales

   Line Exercises

Painting

   Op Art – Bridget Riley

   Painting a Story – Jacob Lawrence

   Hudson River School of Art – Frederick Church, Thomas Cole

   Fauvism – Henri Matisse

Oil Pastels

  Graffiti Names – Keith Haring

Markers

   Tessellations- M.C. Escher

Printmaking

   Pop Art- Andy Warhol

Collage

   Surreal Photo-Collage – Salvador Dali

   Dada Photo-Collage – Dada artists

3-D

   Clay Coil Pots, Pinch Pots, Tiles

   Wood Assemblage – Louise Nevelson

   Papier-Mache Masks

   Plaster Sculpture

   Nature Sculpture – Andy Goldsworthy