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Aboiut the Instructor:
Martha Anne Kuntz has been teaching art and art hisotry for 15 years - the past 6 at Bowie High School.. Her interest in teaching began with her own experience as an artist; showing and selling her work through galleries from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Jackson Hole Wyoming. Her work is presently at the Henley Gallery in Gualala, California.
Mrs. Kuntz' works with oil and soft pastel and has a strong background in graphic design, having worked in in the advertising industry prior to becoming certified as an art instructor. Mrs. Kuntz is a National Board Certified Teacher in Art.
Courses Mrs. Kuntz Teaches:
Art 1 Advanced, Art 2 Drawing and Painting,
Art 3 Drawing and Painting, Art 4 Drawing and Painting,
AP Studio Art -Drawing and 2-D Design, AP Art History
Objectives: Students will work collaboratively both in and out of class. They will be required to read and write about art, sketch, examine the meanings, aesthetics and intent of art and learn how to critique their own and others work. This study will include world art as well as local through various units and activities such as research, demonstrations, group work and media shows. Art from various cultural and geographical viewpoints will be discussed and observed in many of the assignments.
Areas of Study:
• Drawing How to see and how to draw. Beginning with a series of one or two day assignments designed to develop drawing skills students will start the process of learning to draw. Techniques will include analog drawing, illustrating feelings (ideas and thoughts rather than things), upside-down drawing, positive/negative space, contour drawing, shading, enlarging using grids and perspective. Study of the Elements of Art is the basis of this unit.
• Painting and Color Theory This is the culminating assignment in which students choose a Masterpiece and using their learned skills, emulating their chosen artists style. Color match and problem-solving techniques are used. Students learn under-painting and graduated color. Basic color theory, including color relationships, value, color mixing and matching and various painting techniques will be taught. Media technology and color experiments will be integrated into the unit.
• Design This is an introduction to the Principles of Design. Students are given several short assignments dealing with classic design concepts. Use of a viewfinder, cropping, division of space and placement of elements are the main concepts. Projects include designing from life, collaging and working with foreground/background and positive/negative space.
•Printmaking Students will design block illustrations with awareness to strong foreground/background. Images will be carved into linoleum blocks and various printing techniques used to create a final piece. Problem solving through mixed media is encouraged.
•Ceramic Sculpture An introduction to clay with hand-building techniques will be studied. Technology works together with research of art movements for the creation of a final ceramic cake sculpture.
•Art History Every week throughout the year a famous artist or movement will be studied, beginning with the Prehistoric time period and culminating in Modern Art present day. Students learn to understand art through the history of artists and the society they lived in. Emphasis is on critiquing art through a historians eyes. Quarterly exams will be given.
• Journals and Sketchbooks will be kept both daily and weekly. Student response and insight to artistic problems is discussed for a more in-depth look at art.
GRADES:
Grades will be based on the following:
•Quality, quantity and creativity of projects as well as process and progress: 60%
•Art history notes and daily journal and sketchbooks: 15%
•Quizzes, tests and final exams: 25%. Failed tests may be retaken within 5 consecutive days after the failed test. Students are responsible for requesting retakes.
•Extra Credit is not offered. Students may redo work, dependent on circumstances (work was completed in a timely manner and effort put in) for a better grade on anything other than tests and quizzes.
• Late work:
oExcused absence 3 days for completion, no point loss
oUnexcused absence 1 day for completion with point reduction equal to 20% of grade
Many of the projects are given process credit awarded points based on correct technique and progress, giving students a chance to learn use of the materials before creating a final, graded project.
Sketchbooks & Homework:
Sketchbooks are required and are a major portion of student grades. This is an advanced class and there is a higher expectation of the quality and creativity of work. Students must acquire, create or purchase a sketchbook as a record of REGULAR creative thinking outside the classroom. Sketchbook homework will be assigned every week.
Sketchbook Assignments:
•Students will be given 30 assignments on a sticker sheet that may be done in any order. Each sticker used must be attached to the back of the sketchbook page(s) used.
•Date your entries.
•Subject matter is your choice based on each assignment selected.
•Quality work is expected. The amount of effort you display is very obvious.
•Sketchbook work is to be done outside of class.
Shows: Artwork is displayed in every available venue: the school library, district office and an end of the year show through AISD. Students are required to keep a portfolio of their completed work.
The art fee for 2011 2012 is $30.00 made payable to the Bowie Art Department, due September 2nd.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Youre taking Art 2 because:
a. You like art.
c. You survived Art 1 and still like art.
b. Youre good at art.
d. You're serious about art.
How you create depends on your individual response to the world around you.
Course of Study:
Perspective, Line, Value: Students will unlock the basis of all drawing and the understanding of what we truly see and how to capture it on a 2 dimensional surface. Work will be from life and study of the masters. Materials will be charcoal, pencil, ink. Contour/Cross-Contour: Everything in nature starts with something very simple called turning of the form. From human anatomy to trees to sea shells students will learn to draw 3 dimensional life by seeing through touch as well as sight. Work will be from observation using charcoal and conte with wash.
Landscape: This often maligned subject is not just what is seen from outside a window. It is both a response to the environment and what you see internally. Students will study landscape from both a traditional and conceptual perspective. Exploration of the subject will be a study of pastel instruction.
Still Life Instruction: Students will compose and create images through direct observation. This is the beginning of life drawing and will incorporate composition, design, value and color.
Design: An all-encompassing topic, the design component in Drawing 2 will cover the gamut from embossing and composition to poster design and illustration. Students will learn the technique of embossing, and design through graphics and typography in poster creation along with the art of illustration in advertising.
Portraiture: Each year advanced students are required to use themselves as models in the study of portraiture. Self portraits begin the student on the path to understanding how to work from live models, required in Art 3 and Advanced Placement. Materials vary year to year, along with techniques taught.
Watercolor: Painting is an important field of study and watercolor, with its infinite possibilities, is the final assignment. The emphasis will be on technique, exploration of personal style and painting from observation.
Art History:
Every 12 weeks throughout the year we will be studying a movement, time period or famous artist beginning with the Prehistoric period and culminating in present day Modern Art. Emphasis is on critiquing art through an historians eyes. Creative assignments to demonstrate understanding will be given.
Sketchbook:
Sketchbooks are required and are a major portion of student grades. The time spent on projects is significantly more than what was expected in Art 1. Students must acquire, create or purchase a sketchbook as a record of REGULAR creative thinking outside the classroom. Sketchbook work is assigned every week.
The Assignments:
Students will be given 30 assignments. Each entry used must labeled and dated on the back of the sketchbook page. Subject matter is your choice based on each assignment selected. Quality work is expected. The amount of effort you display is very obvious. Sketchbook work is to be done outside of class.
Grades:
Grades will be based on the following criteria:
•Quality, quantity and creativity of projects as well as process and progress: 65%
•Sketchbooks: 20%
•Critiques/Art History: 15%
•Late work:
Shows:
Artwork is displayed in every available venue: the school library, district office and an end of the year show through AISD. Students are required to keep a portfolio of their completed work.
Expectations & Fees:
Respect, respect, respect - for yourself, your instructors and the materials. All advanced art students are responsible for the care and acquisition of their own materials. The art fee requested is a donation that makes the buying of professional materials possible. If you choose to not make the donation, you will be responsible for supplying your own materials throughout the year.
The art fee for 2010 2011 is $40.00 made payable to Bowie Art Department and is due by September 2nd.
ART 3 DRAWING & PAINTING:
Course Objectives:
Every student in this class has the desire to create. If you did not, you wouldn’t be here. You are here to study art, both what it is and why you have the need to create it. How you do that will depend on your individual response to the world around you. Drawing/Painting 3 is also the year to begin developing an AP Portfolio and every assignment is geared towards that goal. We learn from what came before us, therefore the history of art will be incorporated into this course of study. Student and professional art will be critiqued on a regular basis with an emphasis on the elements of art and principles of design – the guiding force behind every piece of art.
Life Drawing/Painting:
Students will investigate life through drawing – the art of observation. Activities will include perspective review through observation of one and two point, self-portraits, working from live models, still life plein aire and the study of masters. Materials will be any drawing medium including but not exclusive to charcoal, conte, pastel, pencil and ink with wash.
Environment and Landscape:
This often maligned subject is not just what is seen from outside a window. It is both a response to the environment and what you see internally. Students will study landscape from both a traditional and conceptual perspective and drawing on site. Exploration of the subject will be a study of pastel instruction.
Art Symbols, Advertising and Graphics:
Symbols play an important role in society. We will be exploring the meaning, function, nature and power of them and discovering the difference between art and advertising. Assignments will demonstrate the persuasiveness of illustration and the business side of art in the world of advertising. Development of campaigns and products in use today will be the final assignment.
Painting:
Students will begin the study of paint through use of tempera and acrylic. Work will be based on observation and still life setups. Live models will be incorporated with a final project of painting from the human body. Emphasis will be on color theory, technique, surface treatment, painting with and without a brush and developing an individual style.
Art history is as important to what you know as it is to what you create. Every six weeks we will be studying a major component in the history of art through slides and lectures. You will be asked to create a presentation of one art movement or artist you find particularly compelling and put together a visual presentation including not only a sampling of the movement/artist’s work but how it influenced the direction of art today.
Sketchbooks:
Sketchbooks are required and are a major portion of student grades. This is an advanced class and there is a higher expectation of the quality and creativity of work. The time spent on projects is significantly more than what was expected in Art 1 or 2. Students must acquire, create or purchase a sketchbook as a record of REGULAR creative thinking outside the classroom. Students will also be expected to visit an art museum, gallery, art opening or art lecture of their choice every quarter. The visit must be summarized in-depth with specific work sketched and discussed. Sketchbook homework may be assigned from time to time.
Quality, quantity and creativity of projects as well as process and progress: 70%
Sketchbooks: 15%
Critiques/Art History: 15%
Extra Credit is not offered. Students may redo work, dependent on circumstances (work was completed in a timely manner and effort put in) for a better grade on anything other than tests and quizzes.
Late work: Excused absence 2 days for completion, no point loss
Unexcused absence 1 day for completion with point
reduction equal to 20% of grade
Art Shows and Student Art Displays:
Student work will be displayed in the community, Bowie walls, and District Office during the summer months. Students will be given the opportunity to compete in competitions including VASE and Scholastic Art.
Expectations and Fees:
The art fee for 2011 - 2012 is $45.00, due September 2nd, made payable to the Bowie Art Department.
FIRST SEMESTER DRAWING AND PAINTING FROM OBSERVATION:
As Art 4 students, you are no longer beginning artists. You have shown a dedication to art that goes beyond being told what to do. Now it is up to you to prove to yourself that you have the capability to work within your own structure and create a professional portfolio of work. The first semester of study will culminate in producing top-level work with drawing as the basis.
There are only three requirements for this class:
1.Complete all the assignments by the deadlines.
2.Continue with your sketchbook as a REGULAR record of creative thinking outside the class. Your sketchbook should be going with you everywhere. Evidence of outside work is vital in Art 4.
3.One gallery/museum visit documented PER semester with written observations and visuals.
SECOND SEMESTER BRING A PORTFOLIO TO REALITY:
Second semester you will bring together a completed portfolio of finished work, ready for a final class presentation. Emphasis will be on student individuality and style. All work will be discussed prior to starting, with the understanding that grades will be based on work completed and presented. Work must be matted mounted and/or framed for presentation.
ASSIGNMENTS:
A selection of assignments will be discussed the first week of each semester with a brief review at the semester. Students will be expected to choose/create and complete 3 (three) finished pieces by the end of the quarter. If the piece is very involved, deadlines will be taken into consideration with prior approval. At least one of your pieces must be a self portrait from observation.
ART HISTORY:
Art history will be self-selected. You will be required to put together a presentation based on an artist or artistic movement for each semester. Your work should include samples of the artist/movements work and a discussion on the nature of the work, time period and connections you feel strongly about in todays society. I am expecting you to think creatively in terms of how you would like to pull the project together.
The New Sketchbook:
Each Art 4 student will acquire a sketchbook. You will maintain this book with inspirational artists, drawings, thumbnails, critiques and research. You will have 12 chapters in your sketchbook tabbed by assignments/artwork you are working on. Within each chapter you will have the following:
1.Critiques
2.Self Evaluation
3.Color Studies
4.Artists of Inspiration
5.Reference Photos
6.Thumbnails
7.Additional Prep Materials (as needed)
Sketchbooks will be turned in on the day your artwork is completed and graded then. Your sketchbook will be a total of 12 grades worth 100 points each.
Critiques Each critique we have should be placed inside your sketchbook and are due the day the piece is turned in. Critiques will contain the following:
1.Description
2.Analysis
3.Interpretation
4.Judgment
Your 12 Artworks are expected to show growth and development. Each assignment/piece must begin with a series of thumbnails or preparation sketches, vital to creating a successful work of art. Sketches should show the following:
1.Composition
2.Size
3.Color
4.Media
•Portfolio work: 70%
•Sketchbooks: 15%
•Critiques 15%
EXPECTATIONS & FEES:
Respect, respect, respect for yourself, your instructor and the materials. All advanced students are responsible for the care and acquisition of their own materials. The art fee requested is a donation that makes the buying of professional materials possible. If you choose not to make the donation, you will be responsible for supplying your own materials throughout the year. The art fee for 2011 2012 is $50.00 made payable to Bowie Art Department.
Lab Fee: $75.00 due September 2nd
Overview: Advanced Placement Drawing is a college level course in the visual arts. Students who successfully complete the requirements can request credit from the college or university they will attend. Credit will be awarded once the AP Portfolio has been submitted and reviewed by the AP College Board.
Expectations: Students will be expected to produce a minimum of 24 works of art in a variety of media, techniques, and subject matter. Emphasis is placed on drawing from observation; the application of color and design principles (Breadth section); the development of a body of work of the students choice; (Concentration section); recognition of the history of art and its role in the development of visual ideas; and the application of the critique process, both written and oral. This course begins with a MANDATORY summer assignment of three (3) specific compositions for assessment due the first day of class. During the first semester, students will be given required assignments specific to the portfolio due at the end of each quarter.
Prerequisites: Instructor approval, portfolio review, Art 3 or Art 4 Drawing/Painting. Suggested Reading Materials: Books:
The Natural Way to Draw, Kimon Nicolaides, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941, 1969 Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters, Robert Beverly Hale, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1964
Required Summer Work: As the focus on all drawing portfolios is drawing, the summer assignment is a series of assessment drawings in which students must generate a solution to an open-ended problem. This helps to determine a level of skill as well as thought process. The assignments can be done in any medium with the size not larger than 18 x 24. Assignments are required for the first day of class, no exceptions. Students will select from the following list: Fast food ,Crumpled, crushed, folded Sink, emerge, float Unusual perspective Reflections Cultural Diversity
Evaluation: Critiquing is the foundation for establishing an understanding of art. Critiques will take place once a week, set day to be determined. Students must also self-evaluate. Portfolios are reviewed every quarter with a final portfolio review conducted as a mock AP reading, using College Board criteria. Grades for AP will be based on:
Portfolio review - 15%
Studio work - 65%
Critiques - 20%
Each AP Studio student will acquire a sketchbook. You will maintain this book with inspirational artists, drawings, thumbnails, critiques and research. You will have 12 chapters in your sketchbook tabbed by concentration piece. Within each chapter you will have the following:
Sketchbooks will be turned in on the day your Masterwork is completed and graded then. Your sketchbook will be a total of 12 grades worth 100 points each.
Critiques Each critique we have should be placed inside your sketchbook and are due the day the Masterwork is turned in. Critiques will contain the following: 1.Description 2.Analysis 3.Interpretation
A Masterwork is the completed concentration piece. You will have 12 total Masterworks that are expected to show growth and development. Each Masterwork must begin with a series of thumbnails or preparation sketches, vital to creating a successful work of art. Sketches should show the following: 1.Composition 2.Size 3.Color 4.Media
Further Requirements: Students must be committed to working on drawing/painting/other media both inside and outside of class. Out of class assignments will be handed out every 6 weeks with requirements and date work is due.
Units of Study:
Semester One - September, October, November, December
Assignments will be given with the purpose of introducing students to a range of experiences involving mark-making, drawing issues, art history and artists issues of their time, techniques and a mastery of a variety of materials. Students will achieve meaningful and personal responses to the assignments leading to the development of their own personal style and direction. By the end of term students will have completed portfolio-quality work for the Breadth section of the AP portfolio. Students will, at the same time, be defining their Concentration concepts and begin to develop specific imagery for that section of their portfolio. Assignments included are:
Gesture drawing
Contour/cross contour drawing
Monumental still life with cropping tool
Wayne Thiebaud shoes
Chiaroscuro a la Caravaggio
Perspective study
Reflective Identity self portrait
Charcoal/conte
Connection to the Game of Life
Semester Two - January, February, March, April, May
Assignments for t
Art 1 Advanced is a class designed for students truly interested in art and being with others who feel the same way. With the completion of this course, students will have the beginnings of a strong portfolio that will take them into and through the advanced levels of art at Bowie High School, including AP Studio Art. Samples of student work, assignments and insights in art in the world will be posted throughout the year. I encourage you to visit this site often!
Deconstruction 101.docx
Art 1 Semester Final Review 2011.docx
Sketchbook Assignments 2011-12.docx
The magazine/ figure gridding assignment is designed to show your knowledge and ability to resize any image accurately. Interesting contours that touch at least three sides of your final work will then be embellished using newspaper and value - either radial or linear.
How to Grid an Image.pdf
How to Grid an Image BACK.pdf
What, exactly, is deconstruction ? How will you use it used in your sketchbook?
Art 2 Sketchbook Assignments.docx
Students learn to use value in a unique way through the study of the artist Chuck Close. Working with thier own images, students size their portraits, create a grid pattern and with s selection of colors, complete their portrait using abstration of shape.
Personal sketchbooks are one of the most important keys to yourself. Sketchbooks are due weekly with prompts and instructive, interesting ways to use deconstruction to alter the surface of the page.
The Sketchbook Assignments.docx
About the Locker Project:
At the end of the Studio Art year, after portfolios have been submitted, AP students finally get to do what THEY want and show off their hard work and beautiful piieces. Each student chooses a locker from an old cabinet and completely designs the interior, creating a gallery space that shows off not only their wrok but their personality as well. Students design announcements and the last day of class have an opening, inviting guests to view their "one-man shows". Above are the incredible lockers from this past year's work.
How to Determine Context Function Content and Style.docx
How to Guide to Chronology Dates.docx
The Gothic through Early Renaissance essay will be one of the following. Review the questions below and be prepared for one of them to be on the test. Think CONTEXTUALLY and be specific with examples and deep-thinking, please.
73.Describe the stylistic elements introduced by Giotto. Why was his work so important for the development of Renaissance painting? Use examples to support your essay.
74.Compare the style and subject matter of Ambrogio Lorenzetti with the Arena Chapel of Giotto. What are the differences and how does each artist reflect his environment? Use examples to support your essay.
75.Evaluate the architectural differences between French Gothic cathedrals and English Gothic cathedrals. Include specific examples to support your essay.
Caravaggio ad.pdf
