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Sample Tailored Program Outline
Jane Dee - age 9
Student shows interest in exploration and hands on processes. Drawn to tactile engagements, Jane would benefit from working with mixed mediums which would strengthen her already keen eye towards creating/using found objects. A project will be created to strengthen her knowledge of various materials, their uses and processes.
Interests include:
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Woodland creatures
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Forests
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Gardens
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Ninjas
Project Proposal - 5 Week Semester
Fairy Stump Lamp
Week 1 - Goal setting
Studio welcome and tour
Seeing art around you.
Sketching/Drafting
Composition
Staying on task
Week 2 - Foundations
Gathering materials
A thing is a thing
Structural Integrity
Building Safety
Foresight and Flowstate
Week 3 - Top Layer
Mixing ingredients
Ratios
Going by feel
Resurfacing
Building a world
Week 4 - Outer Surfaces
Painting
Shades and highlights
Colorizing
Texturing
Week 5 - Final Touches
Bottoms up
Additional bits
Transferable skills
Acknowledgment of achievements
Show and Tell
Example Project Proposal - 16 Week Semester
Fairy Stump Lamp (see 5 week example)
Woodland Secret Garden (see 10 week example)
Self Directed Project
Week 11 - Project Creation
Oh the possibilities
Research
Sketching
Finding your creative process
Project projection
Week 12 - Next Step
Moving forward
Gathering materials
Foundations
Week 13 - Building A Vision
Top layer
Textures
Additional bits
Week 14 - Final Touches
Painting
Color theory
Adding Texture
Week 15 - Detailing
Putting it all together
Additional Add-ons
Hindsight
Timing
Week 16 - Wrapping up
Acknowledgment of achievements
Show and Tell
Forward to the future
Example Project Proposal - 10 Week Semester
Fairy Stump Lamp (see 5 week example)
Woodland Secret Garden
Week 6 - New Project Start
Research and Development
Site specific
Thinking like a woodland creature
Sketching a design
Week 7 - Its a Small World
Forging for materials
Creating a narrative
Making stuff out of stuff
Week 8 - Creation Time
Building small
Getting serious with glue
Working with what you've got
Week 9 - Fine Tuning
Painting surfaces
Decorating
Less is sometimes more
Final touches
Week 10 - Putting it in perspective
Finding its home
Documenting work
The art of detachment
Acknowledgment of achievements