Student Responsibilities - Grade 8
Follow classroom and school rules.
Demonstrate an attentiveness and willingness to learn.
Attend class regularly.
Take responsibility for lessons missed due to absence.
Use tools and materials appropriately and safely.
Assist in the distribution and clean-up of tools and materials.
Participate in all aspects of the Art class (introductions, demonstrations, studio work, written work, and critiques).
Demonstrate an attentiveness and willingness to learn.
Attend class regularly.
Take responsibility for lessons missed due to absence.
Use tools and materials appropriately and safely.
Assist in the distribution and clean-up of tools and materials.
Participate in all aspects of the Art class (introductions, demonstrations, studio work, written work, and critiques).
Supplies for Art Class:
Please bring a pencil and folder to every class!
Please bring a pencil and folder to every class!
Minor & Major Courses in Art - Grade 9
8th Grade Art Recommendation for High School at CHSW & CHSE
Minor courses
All year, 3 days a week
No Teacher Recommendation Needed
· 703 Basic Art - 0.5 credits
This course is for the student who wants to take art to fulfill the graduation requirement, and most likely will not pursue art studies in future years. This class has more of a focus on 2D media.
Basic Art and Design is an exploratory art course, which provides students with an exposure to the design arts. Students explore a variety of media in two and three dimensional design, fine crafts, their media and the cultures they represent. Emphasis on Studio production, assignments in this course are designed to promote student’s higher level thinking appropriate to art, art related technology skills, art appreciation, art criticism, and aesthetics. Upon successful completion of this course, students will gain general knowledge and skill to create, appreciate, and assess multicultural and applied arts. The use of a sketchbook is required for this course.
· 713s Basic Sculpture and Ceramics – 0.5 credits
This course is for the student who wants to fulfill the graduation requirement. This course has a 3D focus and is the first course in a 4 year program.
This course provided students with an exploratory experience in three-dimensional design. Students will be introduced to a variety of techniques in both clay and mixed media. Vocabularies, tools, and concepts associated with the various media will also be examined. Upon successful completion of this course, students gain a general knowledge of creating, appreciating, assessing, and valuing three-dimensional art. The use of a sketchbook is required for this course.
Major courses
All year, 6 days a week,
1st course in a 4 year, 2-D program
Teacher Recommendation Needed
· 701 Foundations of Art 1.0
This course is for students who are seriously interested in pursuing art every year in high school and possibly into college. This is the first course in a 4-year, 2-D program.
This course is intended for academically and creatively motivated students who are seriously interested in pursuing further studies in the visual arts. This entry-level course for the High school Visual arts curriculum is designed to provide an overview of the Visual Arts while allowing students to apply a broad variety of art media, materials, and techniques. With an emphasis on studio production, students explore in depth, drawing, painting, graphic design, printmaking, architecture/environmental design, and sculpture. Students develop higher-level thinking appropriate to the study of visual arts, art-related technology skills, art appreciation, art criticism, and aesthetics. Additionally, there is a greater emphasis on research, art history, and independent study. The use of a sketchbook to demonstrate a process portfolio is required. Upon successful completion of this course, students have proficient knowledge and skills to create, appreciate, assess and relate art to their everyday lives. This course of study is proving valuable to all students applying to major colleges as part of a well-rounded education. The Foundations in Art course is a prerequisites for Advance Art 1, Advanced Art 2, and Studio Art.
· 700 Foundations of Art, HONORS 1.0
This course is for students who are seriously interested in pursuing art every year in high school and possibly into college at HONORS level. This is the first course in a 4-year, 2-D program.
This is an entry-level course for students wishing to pursue further studies in the Visual Arts. This course is designed to provide an overview of the Visual Arts while allowing students to develop an experience with a broad variety of art media, materials, and tools. With an emphasis on studio production, the students explore and develop an experience with a broad variety of art media, materials, and tools. With an emphasis on studio production, the students explore and develop skills in drawing; painting, graphic design, printmaking, architectural/environmental design, and sculpture. Students learn art production with emphasis on development of higher-level thinking appropriate to art-related technology skills, art appreciation, art criticism and aesthetics. Students use a sketchbook to demonstrate a process portfolio which is required. Upon successful completion, students will have proficient knowledge and skills to create, appreciate, assess and relate art to their everyday lives. This course of study is proving valuable to all students applying to major colleges as part of a well-rounded education.
For more information and additional course listings, click on the COURSE LISTINGS button. At the CPS web-site, click on STUDENT and scroll down to HIGHSCHOOL PROGRAM OF STUDIES.
Minor courses
All year, 3 days a week
No Teacher Recommendation Needed
· 703 Basic Art - 0.5 credits
This course is for the student who wants to take art to fulfill the graduation requirement, and most likely will not pursue art studies in future years. This class has more of a focus on 2D media.
Basic Art and Design is an exploratory art course, which provides students with an exposure to the design arts. Students explore a variety of media in two and three dimensional design, fine crafts, their media and the cultures they represent. Emphasis on Studio production, assignments in this course are designed to promote student’s higher level thinking appropriate to art, art related technology skills, art appreciation, art criticism, and aesthetics. Upon successful completion of this course, students will gain general knowledge and skill to create, appreciate, and assess multicultural and applied arts. The use of a sketchbook is required for this course.
· 713s Basic Sculpture and Ceramics – 0.5 credits
This course is for the student who wants to fulfill the graduation requirement. This course has a 3D focus and is the first course in a 4 year program.
This course provided students with an exploratory experience in three-dimensional design. Students will be introduced to a variety of techniques in both clay and mixed media. Vocabularies, tools, and concepts associated with the various media will also be examined. Upon successful completion of this course, students gain a general knowledge of creating, appreciating, assessing, and valuing three-dimensional art. The use of a sketchbook is required for this course.
Major courses
All year, 6 days a week,
1st course in a 4 year, 2-D program
Teacher Recommendation Needed
· 701 Foundations of Art 1.0
This course is for students who are seriously interested in pursuing art every year in high school and possibly into college. This is the first course in a 4-year, 2-D program.
This course is intended for academically and creatively motivated students who are seriously interested in pursuing further studies in the visual arts. This entry-level course for the High school Visual arts curriculum is designed to provide an overview of the Visual Arts while allowing students to apply a broad variety of art media, materials, and techniques. With an emphasis on studio production, students explore in depth, drawing, painting, graphic design, printmaking, architecture/environmental design, and sculpture. Students develop higher-level thinking appropriate to the study of visual arts, art-related technology skills, art appreciation, art criticism, and aesthetics. Additionally, there is a greater emphasis on research, art history, and independent study. The use of a sketchbook to demonstrate a process portfolio is required. Upon successful completion of this course, students have proficient knowledge and skills to create, appreciate, assess and relate art to their everyday lives. This course of study is proving valuable to all students applying to major colleges as part of a well-rounded education. The Foundations in Art course is a prerequisites for Advance Art 1, Advanced Art 2, and Studio Art.
· 700 Foundations of Art, HONORS 1.0
This course is for students who are seriously interested in pursuing art every year in high school and possibly into college at HONORS level. This is the first course in a 4-year, 2-D program.
This is an entry-level course for students wishing to pursue further studies in the Visual Arts. This course is designed to provide an overview of the Visual Arts while allowing students to develop an experience with a broad variety of art media, materials, and tools. With an emphasis on studio production, the students explore and develop an experience with a broad variety of art media, materials, and tools. With an emphasis on studio production, the students explore and develop skills in drawing; painting, graphic design, printmaking, architectural/environmental design, and sculpture. Students learn art production with emphasis on development of higher-level thinking appropriate to art-related technology skills, art appreciation, art criticism and aesthetics. Students use a sketchbook to demonstrate a process portfolio which is required. Upon successful completion, students will have proficient knowledge and skills to create, appreciate, assess and relate art to their everyday lives. This course of study is proving valuable to all students applying to major colleges as part of a well-rounded education.
For more information and additional course listings, click on the COURSE LISTINGS button. At the CPS web-site, click on STUDENT and scroll down to HIGHSCHOOL PROGRAM OF STUDIES.
Color Vocabulary:
· Spectral Colors—the arrangement of colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet.
· Hue—the name of a spectral color (can be interchanged with the word color).
· Primary Colors—colors that can’t be made by mixing. Red, blue and yellow are primary.
· Secondary Colors—colors that are made by mixing two primaries together. Red and yellow make orange. Blue and yellow make green. Red and blue make violet.
· Intermediate Colors—colors that are made by mixing a primary color and its adjacent secondary color. Red and orange make Red-orange. Yellow and orange make yellow-orange. Yellow and green make yellow-green. Blue and green make blue-green. Blue and violet make blue-violet. Red and violet make red-violet.
· Color Wheel—a tool for organizing color, or a spectrum bent into a circle.
· Value—refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
· Tint—refers to a light value of a color, or a color plus white.
· Shade—refers to a dark value of a color, or a color plus black.
· Tone—refers to a value of a color made by mixing the color with gray.
·Color Scheme—a plan for organizing color.
· Complementary Colors—colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel. Red and green, blue and orange, or yellow and violet are complements.
· Intensity—the brightness or dullness of a color. You can change a color’s intensity by adding its complement to dull it.
· Analogous Colors—colors that sit side by side on the color wheel. For example, blue, blue-green, green and yellow-green are analogous.
· Warm Colors—colors that are associated with heat, warmth, the sun, etc. Red, orange and yellow are warm colors.
· Cool Colors—colors that are associated with cold, snow, grass, etc. Blue, green and violet are cool colors.
· Monochromatic Colors--one color and the tints, shades and tones of that color; or a color plus white and black.
· Neutral Colors—a color not associated with a hue, such as black, white, gray and brown.
· Hue—the name of a spectral color (can be interchanged with the word color).
· Primary Colors—colors that can’t be made by mixing. Red, blue and yellow are primary.
· Secondary Colors—colors that are made by mixing two primaries together. Red and yellow make orange. Blue and yellow make green. Red and blue make violet.
· Intermediate Colors—colors that are made by mixing a primary color and its adjacent secondary color. Red and orange make Red-orange. Yellow and orange make yellow-orange. Yellow and green make yellow-green. Blue and green make blue-green. Blue and violet make blue-violet. Red and violet make red-violet.
· Color Wheel—a tool for organizing color, or a spectrum bent into a circle.
· Value—refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
· Tint—refers to a light value of a color, or a color plus white.
· Shade—refers to a dark value of a color, or a color plus black.
· Tone—refers to a value of a color made by mixing the color with gray.
·Color Scheme—a plan for organizing color.
· Complementary Colors—colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel. Red and green, blue and orange, or yellow and violet are complements.
· Intensity—the brightness or dullness of a color. You can change a color’s intensity by adding its complement to dull it.
· Analogous Colors—colors that sit side by side on the color wheel. For example, blue, blue-green, green and yellow-green are analogous.
· Warm Colors—colors that are associated with heat, warmth, the sun, etc. Red, orange and yellow are warm colors.
· Cool Colors—colors that are associated with cold, snow, grass, etc. Blue, green and violet are cool colors.
· Monochromatic Colors--one color and the tints, shades and tones of that color; or a color plus white and black.
· Neutral Colors—a color not associated with a hue, such as black, white, gray and brown.