1. Develops ideas, plans,and produces originalpaintings from thesecontent areas:observation experiences,imagination, andemotions.
2. Develops ideas,plans, and producespaintings thatemphasize selectedelements of art andprinciples of design.
3. Demonstrates use ofcolor theory (hue, intensity,value, and color schemes)to create expressivequalities in paintings and toportray subjects in differentlighting conditions.
4. Experiments with tools,media (including computerpaint programs), andmethods of paintapplication to create avariety of painting effects.
5. Uses spatialconcepts tocreate the illusionof depth inpaintings.
6. Recognizes that painters usea problem-solving process (e.g.,conceiving an idea, elaboratingand refining it, giving form to theidea with paint media, evaluatingthe result, and then beginningthe process again) to create andapplies that process in ownartwork.
7. Demonstrates andapplies knowledge ofcomputer technology inpainting, such as paintprograms, importing andaltering own paintings, anduse of own digital art inmixed media paintings.
8. Relates colortheory to scienceand discussesdifference betweenpigment and lightcolor theories.
9. Applies conceptsand ideas fromother disciplines assources of ideas forown artworks.
10. Evaluates throughexpository or creativewriting the role of paintingsas a visual record ofhumankind’s cultural,political, scientific, andreligious history.
11. Recognizes the application ofhigher-order thinking skills (e.g.,tolerance of ambiguity, nuancesjudgment, complex thinking, andfinding structure in apparentdisorder) in the creation andproduction of paintings anddiscusses their transfer topractical and workforce situations.
12. Describes how theelements of art and theprinciples of designfunction to createselected expressiveand/or visual qualities.
13. Recognizes anddescribes the contentof objective, abstract,and nonobjectivepaintings.
14. Critically analyzespaintings using theprocess of description,analysis, interpretationand judgment based onevidence observed in thework.
15. Evaluates, basedon predeterminedcriteria, ownperformance andprogress on skills andwritten and visualproducts.
16. Compares andcontrasts paintingsthat are similar andthose that aredifferent in style.
17. Makes informedaesthetic responsesby relating his/herown paintings to workby major artists.
18. Recognizes anddiscusses selectedmajor paintings, artists,and styles from diversehistorical periods orworld cultures.
19. Determines theinfluences ofhistorical, social, andreligious factors onthe development ofpaintings.
20. Compares theroles of a painter incontemporary societywith the historicalroles of the painter inworld societies.
21. Researches andanalyzes diverse paintingsthrough Internetmuseums, exhibits,reviews and critiques,periodicals, texts, localmuseums, and galleries.