Core Standards of the Course
Strand 1
Students will be able to understand commercial art job standards.
Standard 1
Demonstrate knowledge of commercial art careers, job standards, professional development, and explore higher education and career opportunities.
Standard 2
Demonstrate typical standards.
Standard 3
Understand the importance of portfolios, such as promoting your own work to a potential employer or client.
Performance Skills
Understand commercial art job standards.
Strand 2
Students will be able to understand brainstorming and its purpose in the creative process.
Standard 1
Understand how to research ideas and current trends (color, typography, graphics, etc.) using various resources such as:
Standard 2
Brainstorm ideas and explore composition through the use of thumbnail sketches.
Standard 3
Understand how to give and apply feedback.
Performance Skills
Understand brainstorming and its purpose in the creative process.
Strand 3
Students will be able to understand and demonstrate proper drawing techniques.
Standard 1
Use strategies to measure correct proportional relationships between paper and objects being drawn.
Standard 2
Demonstrate expertise in drawing objects from observation.
Performance Skills
Understand and demonstrate proper drawing techniques.
Strand 4
Students will be able to understand and demonstrate proper typography techniques.
Standard 1
Identify and correctly use type from the following type classifications.
Standard 2
Know and use typography vocabulary.
Performance Skills
Understand and demonstrate proper typography techniques.
Strand 5
Students will be able to understand and demonstrate proper color techniques.
Standard 1
Understand different color theories.
Standard 2
Understand color organization and the color modes.
Standard 3
Identify color schemes.
Standard 4
Understand values and how to use them in project work.
Standard 5
Understand the properties of color.
Performance Skills
Understand and demonstrate proper color techniques.
Strand 6
Students will be able to understand and demonstrate basic design principles.
Standard 1
Understand, recognize, utilize, and communicate with the elements of design.
Standard 2
Understand, recognize, utilize, and communicate with the principles of design.
Standard 3
Understand the elements of a composition.
Performance Skills
Understand and demonstrate basic design principles.
Strand 7
Students will be able to demonstrate safe practices.
Standard 1
Identify and use proper safety techniques
Standard 2
Avoid repetitive stress injuries.
Performance Skills
Demonstrate safe practices and how to avoid repetitive stress injuries.
Strand 8
Students will be able to understand and practice copyright laws, ethics and legal issues dealing with photography as identified in United States Code Title 17 Chapter 1 Section 101.
Standard 2
Understanding copyright law and practicing ethics.
Standard 3
Understanding copyright and trademark symbols.
Performance Skills
Create projects that align with the rules that govern intellectual property.
Strand 9
Students will understand the importance of career readiness skills as it relates to the workplace and outlined in the SkillsUSA Framework - Level 1.
Standard 1
Understand and demonstrate the attitude of cooperation.
Standard 2
Understand and demonstrate the ability of being resourceful and innovative.
Standard 3
Plan for your future career.
Standard 4
Understand and demonstrate the ability to manage a project.