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Check out a preview of this drawing and painting curriculum here: Drawing and painting Curriculum Preview Pack

This high school art curriculum is everything you need to teach a year of drawing and painting. With this project, lesson plan bundle, you won’t have to plan a single day of a full year in your drawing and painting class. Shading basics, charcoal, scratchboard, color theory painting, watercolor, mixed media, and more are covered. Designed to be taught after an Introduction to Art or Art I course, this is perfect for 10th and 11th graders (but can be adapted to lower and higher levels).

 

Each lesson includes a lesson plan, supply list, vocabulary, step by step instructions, PowerPoints, rubrics, critique sheets, handouts, and anything else needed to complete the project. This art curriculum was created for 9th-12th grade high school art students.

 

This drawing and painting curriculum focuses on the basics of drawing and painting techniques but also goes beyond traditional materials such as pencil, tempera paint, and charcoal. In addition to the basics, still life, and charcoal drapery drawings, students also learn about mixed media, scratchboard, printmaking, colored pencil, bookbinding techniques, and much more.

 

All in all this curriculum includes:

First day of school handouts

➢Timeline

➢Supply list

➢Syllabus

➢Tell me about you worksheet

 

Visual Journal Lesson

➢Lesson plan  (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step by step instructions on implementing the project)

➢PowerPoint with examples

➢Rubric

 

Belgian Bookbinding Sketchbook

➢Belgain bookbinding PowerPoint

➢Lesson plan, including big idea, goals, objectives, supply list, and step by step instructions.

➢Belgian bookbinding how to handout

➢Belgian bookbinding how to video

➢Rubric

 

Personalized Still Life

➢A lesson plan (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step-by-step instructions on implementing the project)

➢Viewfinder template

➢Still Life PowerPoint

➢Critique sheet

➢Rubric

 

Shading Review

➢A lesson plan (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step-by-step instructions on implementing the project)

➢Graphite pencils worksheet

➢Shading general worksheet

➢Hatching worksheet

➢Cross-hatching worksheet

➢Stippling worksheet

➢Scribbling worksheet

➢Grading checklist

 

A Day in the Life of… Scratchboard

➢A lesson plan (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step-by-step instructions on implementing the project)

➢PowerPoint to introduce the assignment with project examples

➢Project homework assignment handout

➢In-progress critique sheet

➢Rubric

 

Introduction to Charcoal Drawing

➢A lesson plan (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step-by-step instructions on implementing the project)

➢PowerPoint, to introduce the assignment

➢Sketchbook assignment handout

➢Critique sheet

➢Display signs

➢Rubric

 

Metaphorical Self Portrait

➢A lesson plan (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step-by-step instructions on implementing the project)

➢PowerPoint, to introduce the assignment with project examples

➢Project instructions handout

➢Critique sheet

➢Rubric

 

Color mixing and color theory

Color mixing and color theory sketchbook project

➣Color Mixing Lesson plan (including big idea, essential questions, objectives, national standards, supply list, and day-to-day how to)

➢PowerPoint, also in a PDF format

➢iPad apps list and instructions handout

➢Color Mixing Instructions Handout

➢Grading Checklist

 

Abstract Landscape Painting

Abstract acrylic project

➢Lesson plan (including big idea, essential questions, objectives, national standards, supply list, and day to day how to)

➢PowerPoint or PDf presentation

➢Abstract Acrylic Landscape Photoshop Tips and How-To worksheet

➢Critique sheet

➢Rubric

 

Unexpected Beauty Colored Pencil Drawing

➢A lesson plan (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step-by-step instructions on implementing the project)

➢PowerPoint to introduce the assignment with project examples

➢Artist research worksheet

➢Critique sheet

➢Comment sheet

➢Rubric

 

Watercolor Introduction

Introduction to watercolor sketchbook lesson

➢Introduction to Watercolor lesson plan (including big idea, essential questions, objectives, national standards, supply list, and day to day how to)

➢Introduction to Watercolor PowerPoint

➢Watercolor testers handout and instructions

➢Watercolors techniques video

➢Watercolor testers checklist

➢Introduction to Watercolor Landscapes PowerPoint

➢Watercolor landscapes handout and instructions

➢Watercolor landscapes checklist

➢Plein Air Painting PowerPoint

➢Plein air painting handout and instructions

➢Plein air painting checklist

 

Watercolor and White Space

Watercolors and white space project

➢Lesson plan: including big idea, essential questions, national standards, supply list, and step-by-step instructions.

➢PowerPoint presentation with visual examples of the steps

➢Critique sheet

➢Set of critique squares (to go along with critique assignment)

➢Rubric

 

Printmkaing and Portraits

➢A lesson plan (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step-by-step instructions on implementing the project)

➢2 PowerPoints to introduce the assignments with project examples

➢Photo Editing How To Handout

➢Creating a Registration How To Handout

➢Relief Printmaking How To Handout

➢Creating Skin Tone with Colored Pencils Worksheets

➢Critique sheet

➢Rubric

 

Oil Paint Introduction

Introduction to oil paint sketchbook and project

➢Introduction to oil paint lesson plan (including big idea, essential questions, objectives, national standards, supply list, vocabulary and day to day how to)

➢Introduction to oil paint PowerPoint

➢Still life painting PowerPoint

➢Oil paint testers handout and instructions

➢Oil painting checklist rubric

➢Oil painting critique worksheet and instructions

 

Artist Inspiration Painting

Artist inspiration project

➢Artist inspiration oil paint lesson plan (including big idea, essential questions, objectives, national standards, supply list, vocabulary and day-to-day how to)

➢Artist Inspiration oil paint PowerPoint

➢Artist inspiration rubric

➢Artist inspiration critique sheet

➢Critique labels for a fun, interactive, in-class critique

 

Self Portrait Scan, Social and Political Art

➢A lesson plan (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step-by-step instructions on implementing the project)

➢4 PowerPoints, to introduce the assignment with project examples, plus three PowerPoints that focus on different artist exemplars.

➢Project instructions handout

➢Pawel Kuczynski research worksheet

➢Artist research worksheet

➢Critique sheet

➢Rubric

 

✵Design Your Own Final Project

➢A lesson plan (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step-by-step instructions on implementing the project)

➢PowerPoint to introduce the assignment with project examples

➢Rubric

Each of my classes is designed to build on the last. This curriculum builds on the lessons and techniques taught in my Introduction to Art course. Check out my yearlong Introduction to Art curriculum bundled at a discount price here.  

This course is a compilation of my semester drawing course and semester painting course. If you want the mediums and techniques separated, check out these courses.

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