Curriculum Plan – Visual Arts

1. Student Competencies

1.1. General Competencies

• Explains the origins and evolution of artistic drawing, highlighting major artists and their contributions.

• Recognizes visual perception and its relationship to drawing.

• Identifies materials, tools, and supports used in artistic drawing.

• Constructs two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms using line and perspective concepts.

• Performs blocking-in techniques and reproduces accurate proportions in geometric shapes and natural or everyday objects.

• Applies drawing techniques using charcoal, graphite, sanguine, and ink.

• Draws natural objects and geometric figures representing light, shadow, texture, and background.

• Composes symmetrical and asymmetrical artworks using geometric, everyday, and imaginary forms integrating light, shadow, texture, background, and mixed techniques.

• Designs decorative motifs using geometric and organic forms.

• Identifies painting tools and materials, understanding their use and care.

• Applies color theory in exercises on various supports.

• Uses pastel, ink, tempera, and watercolor techniques in pictorial projects.

• Constructs compositions from images and natural models in monochromatic and polychromatic schemes.

• Applies tonal gradations and combines values on different supports.

• Uses color theory creatively.

• Develops pictorial compositions applying color theory and traditional techniques.

• Paints compositions using pastel, ink, tempera, and watercolor.

• Applies shadow-perspective theory in pictorial work.

• Produces a portfolio integrating light, shadow, reflections, and figure-ground relationships.

2. Course Content

2.1. Drawing

• Concept and types of drawing.

• Artistic drawing: origins, evolution, and major representatives.

• Visual perception and its connection to graphic representation.

• Materials, tools, and supports for artistic drawing.

• Line, trace, and precision.

• Form: subjective approximation and perspective.

• Techniques: charcoal, graphite, sanguine, ink.

• Blocking-in techniques.

• Figure-ground relationship.

• Tonal value.

• Light and shadow.

• Texture.

• Composition: symmetry and asymmetry.

• Still life: characteristics and compositional elements.

2.2. Painting

• Painting materials: uses and characteristics.

• Color theory: color wheel, color psychology, temperatures, analogies, and simultaneous contrasts.

• Theories of pictorial composition.

• Monochromy and polychromy.

• Shadow perspective and its representation with color.

• Supports and priming techniques.

• Introduction and practice with acrylic painting: techniques, mixing, gradations, and expressive possibilities.

3. Knowledge Areas

3.1. Conceptual Knowledge

• Principles of artistic drawing.

• History and evolution of drawing and painting.

• Visual perception theory.

• Color theory.

• Perspective, light, and shadow.

• Visual composition.

• Traditional drawing and painting techniques.

3.2. Procedural Knowledge

• Proper handling of drawing and painting materials.

• Selection of supports according to technique.

• Mastery of line, precision, and hand fluidity.

• Construction of figures and still life compositions.

• Application of drawing methods: planar, three-dimensional, geometric shapes, and real or imaginary objects.

• Application of linear and shadow perspective.

• Execution of tonal gradations.

• Use of graphite, charcoal, sanguine, ink, pastel, tempera, and watercolor.

• Development of monochromatic and polychromatic compositions.

• Creation of an artistic portfolio.

3.3. Attitudinal Knowledge

• Appreciation of drawing as an early form of human communication.

• Positive attitude toward observation and analysis of forms and proportions.

• Perceptual sensitivity, introspection, and concentration.

• Valuing chiaroscuro for volume representation.

• Respect for creative processes.

• Creativity, originality, and discipline.

• Commitment to personal artistic production.

• Ability for self-assessment and visual analysis.

4. Application Scope

• Creation of simple and complex drawings and paintings integrating figure, ground, color, texture, tonal scale, light, and shadow.

• Development of portfolios, process notebooks, and theoretical-practical exercises.

• Paintings produced on multiple supports.

• Participation in internal and academic exhibitions.

• Observational practice from images, natural models, and museum visits.