This semester long art class is great for middle school artists of all levels, no experience is needed. I teach via "tell, show, do and feedback" which is very similar to the "gradual release" model used in schools. Each month there will be a theme or central focus for the projects that the students create, all tied together using National Standards for Visual Arts. Feedback is crucial to the learners experience both in the receiving of praise and criticism from me and their peers; what they did well and how they can improve. Art will be shown in class by each student via a gallery walk where they can show their art (they may even post to our message board). 


August: New School year wow!!  Elements and Principles of Art
Week 1 Line art
Week 2 Color Theory (pencil, colored pencil, ruler, eraser)
Week 3 Shapes
Week 4 Value 
Week 5 Composition

September: Still life
Week 6 Still life drawing (sketch and compositions)
Week 7 Still life using color (water color paint, paintbrush, water and paper towel )
Week 8: 1 point perspective (pencil, eraser, ruler)
Week 9: 2 point perspective (pencil, eraser, ruler)

October:
Week 10: Pointillism  (q-tips, paper/canvas, pencil/eraser/ruler, acrylic paint/paintbrush, water and a paper towel)
Week 11: Surrealism (we will make a dream diary in order to create from, they do not have to be shared with the class, but I would like to see the finished pieces)
Week 12: Surrealism (we will make a dream diary in order to create from, they do not have to be shared with the class, but I would like to see the finished pieces)
Week 13:  Cubism landscapes (ruler, pencil/eraser, canvas or paper)

November:
Week 14: Eyes/Noses/Mouths (pencil, eraser, ruler)
Week 15: Portraits (pencil, eraser, ruler)
Week 16: Hands (pencil, eraser, ruler)



Students don't need any experience in the arts, just a willingness to learn and create.  
I am open to requests from students, if they want a different set of lessons: papier mache, fiber arts or clay projects.