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Art Year 1

Art Year 1 Units

Content and Skills

Print Making~ Prints on a scratchboard
Zen Design~ Using geometric shapes
Ancient Egypt~ Hieroglyphics/Sarcophagus
Roy Lichtenstein~ Painting
  • Researching symbols and their meanings
  • Use of Cartouche
  • Use of expression, painting with tempera paint
  • Composition techniques
  • Use of contrast with Geometric Shapes
  • Understanding Elements of Art, line, color and shape
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Art Year 2

Art Year 2 Units

Content and Skills

Tessellations~ Tile design
Mandala~ Using symmetry and concentric circles
One Point Perspective~ Multimedia drawing
Art Link~ Themed Environment and Culture drawing to be exchanged Internationally
  • Using Geometric figures
  • High Contrast patterns, symmetry, and concentric circles
  • Horizon lines, letters & shapes in perspective, creative impressions, shading
  • Identify natural surrounding and reflecting on cultures
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Art Year 3

Art Year 3 Units

Yearbook Design~ drawing of what represents Kinzie to be the cover
Memory Project~ realistic portrait to be exchanged internationally
2 Point Perspective~ drawing a fantasy city
Day of the Dead Mask~ Plaster mask with Acrylic pain

Content and Skills

  • Typography, Design and Imagery
  • Color Pencil shading
  • Perspective and Horizon Lines
  • Studying rituals
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John H. Kinzie Elementary School

5625 S. Mobile Ave. 
Chicago, IL 60638
Ph: 773 - 535 - 2425 | Fax: 773 - 535 - 2086

Principal: Dawn Caetta
Assistant Principal: Rosa Hernandez​                   
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