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Art Integrated Art Curriculum |
Homework Assignments |
The Integrated Arts Program begun at The Manor School
two years ago. The first year, we used funding from the Virgin Islands
Council on the Arts (VICA), the V.I. Lottery, and ITT in conjunction with
private donations to secure a Music and Performing Arts teacher and
purchase instruments. In 2010, we again used VICA funding to secure a phenomenal Music and Performing Arts educator, Linda Garvin, who will be staying with us this current school year.
Ms. Garvin’s experience allowed The Manor School to win first place in the performance aspect at the competitive “Reef Rap” during the St. Croix Reef Jam. Manor School students also competed in “Poetry Out Loud.” Our student’s excitement about their performances doubled the attendance of parents and students at our campus spring “Renaissance Fair.”
The 2010 grant also brought Manor alumna, Johanna Bermudez to campus during the Diaspora Unit of the Integrated Arts Program. It also took twenty-two students to Laurant Alfred and Padric Coursey’s recording studio in Christiansted to see and hear how music is transformed from live performance to master mixing board to CD output.
The efforts thus far have...
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helped to change attitudes and increase self-esteem on Manor’s campus.
Students have changed from not wanting to perform before an audience, to eager to express themselves.
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been successful in uniting visual art, poetry/prose, music, and the performing arts for more diversified expression and discipline.
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taken advantage of the cooperative attitude of the middle and upper school arts and liberal arts teachers
in order to foster the development of individual units towards a completely integrated curriculum.
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created a large, clean room for the music and performing arts program.
Our goals for 2011-12 include:
Continued classes everyday in music, performing art, or visual art.
The development of two new Integrated Arts units: Potentiality (9th) and Energy (8th) with continued cooperation and participation from our entire junior high and high school staff. Each year we will develop additional units, keeping the former in place, until every grade level has one unit. Diaspora was our first integrated curriculum unit, developed for the 10th grade.
Introduction of after school lessons in guitar, drums, and keyboard.
An Exhibit and Artist/Student Panel Discussion on Portraits of Our Future
(committed participating artists are John Jones, acrylic; Sue Snow,
oil; Mike Nissman, photography; Blair Coughlin, watercolor; Cindy
Male; mixed media; Elisa Mackay, collage; Doreen Walsh, fabric;
Therese Trudeau, marker).
The continued acquisition and expansion of instruments available for student use.
The further upgrades of the new music / performing arts room and renovation of an open outdoor building for educational / performance areas (Outdoor pavilion has been pressure washed and painted this summer).
We look forward to an even more productive year in 2011-12, as our program gains momentum and realization of the goals begin to be even more visible.
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Grade Level: 7 |
8 | 9 |
10 |
11 | 12
Sept. 19th
Draw something in your house that is a cylinder. A can is one object that is a cylinder. Draw it in detail showing the textures and colors and letters and pictures on the object. Draw something that is a cube on top of it. CYLINDER / CUBE / TEXTURE
October 3rd
Look up a flower in a book or on the Internet. Do not make up your flower. Draw and color that flower looking carefully at the dark parts. This assignment is about putting the darks into your drawing. Don’t forget to copy where the darks are in the picture. Look! DARKS / LIGHTS / SHADOWS
October 17th
Put two things on your kitchen table. Put one object behind the other so you cannot see all of it. The thing in the front should be drawn be bigger. Draw your objects showing overlapping shapes. This is how you create depth in your picture. DEPTH / OVERLAPPING SHAPES / SHADOWS
Nov 7th
Draw a picture of three lizards. They are great models and will hold very still and watch you draw them. Do all three lizards in one picture, like in a tree or on a wall, or in the grass. Color your picture. blend and gradate your colors! Don’t forget to put into your picture the shadows and dark colors that you see. BLEND / GRADATE / TEXTURE
Nov 21st
Draw a landscape with three hills. Place one hill in the foreground, one hill in the background, and one hill very, very far away. Make sure you overlap and remember that the farther away, the smaller the object will be. Put five trees in the drawing. Color using brighter, warmer colors in the foreground and neutral, cooler, lighter colors in the background. WARM COLORS / COOL COLORS / OVERLAPPING
Dec. 5th
Draw a picture of the sun above a hill. See how creative you can be without making a circle with rays coming out of it. See if you can find a better way to draw and color the sun in the sky. GRADATE / BLEND
Dec 19th
Draw three pyramids like the three pyramids in Egypt. Show one far away, one close up, and one in the middle. Color them like they are in the desert. Don’t forget the shadows! OVERLAPPING / BLEND / GRADATE
Jan 16th
Draw one smooth and one rough rock. Look closely and draw all the little lines and specks and details on it. Draw the surface the rocks are sitting on. TEXTURE / SHAPE / SHADOWS
Jan 30th
Draw something woven. Put in a background and use the whole space of your paper. TEXTURE / COMPOSITION
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Sept. 19th
Research fish. Copy a fish picture as if you are a biologist. Label the different parts. Shade it. Do not color it. TEXTURE / DARKS / LIGHTS
October 3rd
Draw three polyhedrons. Place one polyhedron in the background. Place one polyhedron in the foreground, and one in the middle ground. Don’t forget that things in the front are bigger and overlap the things that are in the back. Do not color. Draw in the SHADOWS / OVERLAPPING / SIZE / PLACEMENT
October 17th
Create a mandala about light and dark. Think of all the things that represent dark to you and all the things that represent light to you. Alternate drawing light and dark ideas in four of the five concentric circles. In the center, fifth circle, draw both light and dark. Divide the center circle anyway you want. Use some color and white and black. TINTS / SHADES / COMPOSITION
Nov 7th
Draw something from your kitchen that has strong positive and negative shapes. Make sure that you draw the shadows and cast shadows. NEGATIVE SHAPES / CAST SHADOWS / CORE OF THE SHADOW
Nov 21st
Open a cabinet in your kitchen or bathroom under the sink. Draw the pipes with their shadows and highlights. Place them interestingly on your paper and use the entire space of the paper. HIGHLIGHT / SHADOW / COMPOSITION
Dec. 5th
Draw your pet or your neighbor’s or friend’s pet. Do not use a picture. Draw carefully the TEXTURE and LIGHTS and DARKS on the body of the pet. Use your whole paper…as always!
Dec 19th
Your choice. Make it GOOD!
Use your whole piece of paper drawing a background and a
foreground. Use all of the ABOVE BOLD FACED WORDS!
Jan 16th
I will give you the name of a famous artist. Copy a picture by this artist as best as you can. Bring the picture that you copied and your picture to school.
Jan 30th
Write a short report on the artist above. List the places that you found your information about your artist at the end of your report. DO NOT COPY THE INFORMATION OUT of a BOOK OR OFF THE INTERNET. Read the information and write the short report in YOUR OWN WORDS.
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SepSept. 19th
Draw three polyhedrons. Place one polyhedron in the background. Place one polyhedron in the foreground, and one in the middle ground. Don’t forget that things in the front are bigger and overlap the things that are in the back.
Do Not Color. Shade. OVERLAPPING / CAST SHADOW /
CORE OF THE SHADOW / HIGHLIGHT / SIZE / PLACEMENT
October 3rd
Draw one building showing three sides. Add details to the drawing to show where the building is and what it is used for. Use your whole paper. Draw in black, white, and three greys. DETAIL / COMPOSITION / IMAGINATION
October 17th
Draw a chair from an unusual point of view. DRAW IT LARGE SCALE. SHADE it realistically
using GRADATION. Consider highlights, shadows, cast shadows, and core of the shadow. If you do not remember these from last year, ask!
Nov 7th
Draw something from your room that has good positive and negative space/shapes. Color the negative shapes/spaces orange and the positive shapes/spaces blue. Gradate all the shapes/spaces. Use your creativity. NEGATIVE SHAPES / GRADATION / TINTS / SHADES
Nov 21st
Draw a self-portrait. Look in the mirror. Do not draw it from a picture. Remember how to divide the shape of the face up from last year. If you do not, ask! Put in the shadows and cast shadows and core of the shadows. SHADE / PROPORTION / DETAIL
Dec. 5th
Draw something that reminds you of Christmas in a 5” X 7” rectangle. Color the entire space. OVERLAP / BLEND / GRADATE
Dec 19th
Draw a coconut tree. Draw and color it to seem joyful and peaceful.
Use an analogous color scheme. Add only one other thing in your picture to complete it. Think about what that one thing should be and how it should be placed in your picture. COLOR SCHEMES FOR EMOTION / SYMBOLISM
Jan 16th
TRACE the same coconut tree. Draw and color it to look lonely. Use a monochromatic color scheme. Add a different thing to complete it. COLOR SCHEMES FOR EMOTION / SYMBOLISM
Jan 30th
Your choice. Make it GOOD! Use your whole piece of paper drawing a background and a foreground. Use any medium you want. And make sure you USE ALL OF THE BOLD FACED WORDS ABOVE!
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Sept. 19th
Draw a 2½ inch border design. Show six textures in your overall design. Take your time and create details. Do not color or shade. You will be pen and inking your work in class. MEASUREMENT / TEXTURES / CREATIVITY
October 3rd
Design a CD cover. First decide a name for your artist or group. Then create a logo. Use an unusual font (letter) type to write the name of the CD. You will be graded on your font, how neat your design is done, and the creativity you have put into it. FONT / LOGO / DESIGN
October 17th
Draw a still life with something in it that represents or is from the Virgin Islands. Your still life needs to have three objects. Place the objects in an unusual setting. Place them someplace where they would not normally be found. CREATIVITY / COMPOSITION / CONTRAST
Nov 7th
Draw a table, figurine, chair, or something made out of wood. Show the wood grain and give it shadows to make it look three-dimensional. Put the darks in first, then color on top. TEXTURE / DARKS / LIGHTS / COMPOSITION
Nov 21st
Draw a self portrait. Look in the mirror. Do not draw it from a picture. If you do not remember how to divide the shape of the face up from last year, ask! Put in the shadows and cast shadows and core of the shadows. PROPORTION / COMPOSITION / SHADING
Dec. 5th
Draw a seven-frame comic. Show how each scene develops the story. Use a ruler and make each frame neat and finished. MEASUREMENT / TEXTURE / COMPOSITION / CREATIVITY / DARKS / LIGHTS
Dec 19th
Draw a Celtic symbol. Put the symbol in a picture someplace special. SYMBOL MEANING / COMPOSITION / CREATIVITY / COLOR THEORY
Jan 16th
Draw a glass or mug very, very close up. Draw your reflection in it and whatever else you can see behind you. Your reflection will be distorted depending upon the shape of your glass. COMPOSITION / DARKS / LIGHTS / CREATIVITY
Jan 30th
Your choice. Make it GOOD!
Use your whole piece of paper drawing a background and a foreground. Use any medium you want. USE ALUSE ALL OF THE ABOVE BOLD FACED WORDS ABOVE
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Sept. 19th
October 3rd
Set up a still life under a lamp or spotlight. Have at least three objects in your still life. Do a contour drawing of the still life and the shadows that you see. Do not color. Shade. You will be adding color in class. COMPOSITION / TEXTURE / DARK / LIGHT / CONTOUR
October 17th
Draw a shirt on a hook or hanger or on the back of a chair. Put the shirt someplace where light falls on it and casts shadows. Draw and shade realistically. Make sure you gradate gently the fabric tones as the light hits it. SHADING TECHNIQUES / DRAWING TECHNIQUES / HIGHLIGHTS
Nov 7th
Draw a figure in action. It could be a figure jumping from one roof to another. Use your imagination. I am looking for an accurate figure shape. Shade the whole figure shape black like a silhouette. Put in the background using contour lines only.
SILHOUETTE / SHAPE / MOVEMENT
Nov 21st
Draw a large detailed sketch of a shell and another natural object. Draw from life ! Make it so big that there is no room for anything else on your paper. Do not color add only shadows. SHAPE / TEXTURE / COMPOSITION
Dec. 5th
Your choice.
Make it GOOD! Use your whole piece of paper drawing a background and a foreground. Use any medium you want. Consider all the above
BOLD FACE WORDS ABOVE.
Dec 19th
Draw a lit candle in a dark space. Watch the shadows it creates and add them to your work. Draw the background.
DARKS, DARKS, MORE DARKS! LIGHTS FOR VARIETY / INTEREST / CONTRAST
Jan 16th
Draw a piece of jewelry lying on an ornate cloth on a table. Find a creative way to put these simple objects on the table. Make the jewelry shine using lights and darks. Watch the shadows and highlights when you are drawing in order to create a realistic piece. COMPOSITION / HIGHLIGHTS / PATTERN
Jan 30th
Draw an iPhone or iPad. Put apps on it that you make up. Use symbols that you make up to represent the apps. Draw the iPhone as big as your paper so that the app symbols can be clearly drawn. Consider the emotional and symbolic meanings of color.
CREATIVITY / COMPOSITION / SYMBOLISM / COLOR THEORY
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Sept 19th
Do a contour drawing of a still life with at least four objects. The lines should vary in value and weight to create depth of space.
CONTOUR / LINE WEIGHT / DEPTH OF SPACE
October 3rd
Take the above contour drawing and increase the scale to zero in and create a better composition. Find your favorite part. Make it bigger. Shade realistically. COMPOSITION / SHADOWS, CAST SHADOWS / CORE OF THE SHADOW / HIGHLIGHT / SCALE
October 17th
Redo the same still life. Add color using a color scheme. Use tints, shades, neutrals, brights, and all the color tricks to make your still life have depth of space through color. COLOR THEORY / CONTRAST / DIRECTIONAL FORCES
November 7th
Do a work around the following quote. “A dot is a line taking a walk”, by Paul Klee. Be creative in expressing your dot taking a walk ! Use color symbolically.
COMPOSITION / CREATIVITY / COLOR THEORY / SYMBOLISM
November 21st
Fold your paper in half. Draw a cloud composition on one half of the paper. Look at the clouds in the sky. Do not make them up. Watch how the color changes and gradates and the clouds overlap. Trace the same composition on the other side of the paper. Color one side using a complementary color scheme and the other side using analogous. BLENDING / GRADATION/ OVERLAPPING / COMPOSITION
December 5th
Your choice. Make it GOOD ! Use your whole piece of paper drawing a background and a foreground. Use any medium you want.
USE ALL THE ABOVE BOLD FACE WORDS.
January 16th
Draw an object from three different view points. Draw them realistically and shade. Put them into a composition, not just in three different places on your paper. Be compositionally creative. VIEW POINT / COMPOSITION / SHADING TECHNIQUES
January 30th
Do a drawing focusing on patterns in Caribbean architecture. It could be the windows or the doors or the Victorian carved wooden molding or the arches.
You could draw just a section of the house using large scale, or you could take an element from the architecture and put it into your own repetitive design. Use a color scheme
COMPOSITION / DESIGN / COLOR THEORY Draw it in detail showing the textures and colors and letters and pictures on the object. Draw something that is a cube on top of it.
CYLINDER / CUBE / TEXTURE
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Ms. Male and four members of the Class of 2010: Lorie
Jeffers (valedictorian); Niza Delerme (salutatorian); Calvin Richards, Jr.
(honor grad); and Kenrick Duinkerk were featured in the June 17, 2010
cover article in the St. Croix Avis about the volunteer program at the
Herbert Grigg Home for the Aged. The students completed twenty-two hours
of work resulting a beautifully multi-hue mural of a sunset scene. Click
here to view a PDF
of the article, which will open in a new window.
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