Beginning Drawing:      Learning Targets

Standards: Demonstrate the knowledge of the foundations of the visual arts. Demonstrate the knowledge and use of the technical skills of the visual arts; Artistic Process: Create or Make; Artistic Process: Perform or Present; Artistic Process: Respond or Critique.

Portfolios / Learning Targets

   Pre – Instruction Portfolio

• I can identify what I did well and what I would like to improve in my drawings        

Set-Up Process Portfolio

• I can use grids and other techniques to slow down the drawing process.
• I can observe the details of the subject to draw.
• I can duplicate the details to create the image.
• I can draw a symmetrical drawing using these new techniques.
• I can revise my work to learn more.
• I can reflect on the guiding question.

Contour Drawing Portfolio

• I can use the element of line to create contour drawings.
• I can connect my eye and hand to increase my observation skills.
• I can work slowly to connect my eye and hand to create a realistic drawing.
• I can revise my work.
• I can reflect on the guiding question.

Negative Space Portfolio       

• I can use the element of space in creating a realistic drawing.
• I can identify positive and negative spaces in an image or subject.
• I can draw the negative spaces to create the contour of the positive spaces.
• I can revise my work.
• I can reflect on the guiding question.

Perspective / Proportion / 3D Portfolio

• I can identify the techniques of perspective and proportion used in an image.
• I can identify the techniques of perspective to create the element of depth in an        interior or a landscape.          
• I can use “sighting” techniques to create a 3D drawing of a drawn

• I can use proportion techniques to create a realistic image.
• I can use the technique of foreshortening to create a 3D drawing
• I can use size relationship and overlapping to create the element of depth in a drawing.
• I can revise my work.
• I can reflect on the guiding question.

Portraits: Summative Assessment for Beginning

• I can identify and use the techniques learned in the first 5 portfolios.
• I can create realistic portraits that capture a likeness of a photograph or model
• I can revise my work.
• I can reflect on the guiding question.
• I can compare my pre -instruction portraits to the final portraits and identify which techniques helped to create the improvement in the final portraits.