1. Drawing 1 Is open to all students grades 9- 12. The course is a possible pre- requisite for many other art classes. A materials fee is required. In Drawing 1 Students explore:

2. Black & White Pencil Shading while working from life

3. Mastery of Observational Drawing & Pencil Shading

4. Color Pencil Drawing and or >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

5. Color Pencils Mixed with Markers

6. Contour Line Drawing

7. Ink Hatching

8. Mastery of Ink Hatching

9. Portrait Drawing Working from a photographic source students draw themselves, friends, or famous people.

10. Assignments are introduced that teach the student how to effectively or expressively draw letters. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

11. Comic Book Cover Design In this project students learn to precisely draw fonts while further mastering the skill of color pencil drawing.

12. In this assignment the ancient art of Illuminated Letters is used as inspiration for initials that represent the student and / or their family in a personal way.

13. Charcoal Drawing and or ……………......

14. ……..Pastels

15. Watercolor techniques that relate to drawing.

16. Drawing assignments may also require the response to a theme or famous artist>>>>>

17. These drawings are responses to PTSA reflections themes introduced in various classes.

18. While studying Surrealism these students created dream-like images in the style of artists like Salvador Dali. Grant Wood’s American Gothic recently celebrated it’s 75 th birthday and was used by students as inspiration for colored pencil “spoofs” on his painting.

19. Upon successful completion of Drawing 1 students may sign up for the following Art Classes: Painting 1 Photography as Art Lettering & Commercial Art Advanced Drawing & Illustration