Name: Brittany Barlag
School: Walker Creek Elementary, North Richland
Hills, TX
Lesson/Unit
Title: Mixed Media Non-Traditional
Portraits
Lesson/Unit
Overview: Students will create mixed media non-traditional
self-portraits. Each student will be
given a sheet of 5 wall, double layer cardboard. Students will use a variety of media and
technique to create a work that represents them, their history, their home,
their family, their culture and/or their society. This is meant to teach children to invest
themselves in their artwork and the things that are important to them.
Grade Level: Intermediate Elementary (3-5)
Media Type: All types
Duration: 3 weeks with three 50 minute classes per week.
Entry Point
For Generating Lesson/Unit Ideas:
Instill in the students the
ideas of self-worth, self-respect, the importance of individuality and
creativity.
Artwork/Artists:
Kate
Borcherding
Rhea
Carmi
Jason
Mecier
Brian
Murphy
Media: Photographs,
watercolor, acrylic/tempera, paper, pencil, colored pencil, charcoal, ink,
marker, cardboard
Subject
Matter: Landscape, portrait, and abstract
Concepts: Art concepts,
process concepts, historical/cultural concepts.
Examples of Art Concepts:
- Unity and balance
- Variations of line
- Change in tone and value to create shading
Examples of Process Concepts:
- Using representational objects or descriptive
words in place of figures
- Playing with focal points and lengths
- Choosing colors
Examples of
Historical/Cultural Concepts:
- Practice observational drawing to see and
understand how people and objects look and work in real life
- Experimenting with mediums that represent the
object/figure
- Artwork that reflects the artist
Enduring
Ideas: A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to
canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is,
in itself, a living thing. – William Dobell
It is not the
language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the
feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the
feeling for pictures. – Vincent van Gogh
Never let anyone
define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to
you. – Chuck Close
Examples of Enduring Ideas:
·
Art is never loved by everyone
·
Art is expression
Theme: Our project
will represent the student and their life; interests, culture, society, etc.
Examples of Themes in Art:
- Artists as Storytellers
- Art and Nature
- Art and Identity: the Individual and Society
- Art and Similarities and Differences: Environments,
Cultures and Adaptations
- Art and the Search for Truth and Meaning
Rationale: How will our children know their value if we don’t
tell them? We need to teach our kids they are worth something; not entitled to
things but that their thoughts and beliefs and culture are important and that
their dreams and abilities have value. By
learning to value themselves and their opinions early on, children will be
better equipped to handle hardships in the future. The way to really accept one’s self worth is
to first understand themselves and this lesson is created to explore that.
Objectives: Basic
understanding of collage and a variety of other media. How different media can be used to convey
different objects and meanings.
Objective(s)
for Planning: Does the student understand the concept? Is the child using or thinking about creative
art processes?
Example of Objectives for Planning:
- Students will participate in discussion of
different media uses and photographic examples of the media as well as
completed mixed media artworks.
- Students will participate in class critique.
- Demonstrate knowledge of individuality and
creativity
Objective(s)
for the Product(s): The students will create a work that is
meaningful to them while exploring the things that interest and are important
to them.
Examples of Objectives for the Product(s):
- Students will choose details from four or more
architectural styles to create a new façade of a building that when
repeated will create a continuous pattern.
- Students will review color theory and choose
one style that will create emphasis on the part of their pattern that they
wish to emphasize.
Objective(s)
for Student Reflection: The students
will be asked to describe why they chose to represent what they did and why it
is meaningful to them.
Examples of Objective(s) for Student Reflection:
- Students will be given the chance to talk about
their piece before critique. After
critique they will be given an opportunity to share the beneficial aspects
of the critique.
Assessment:
·
Plan/idea:
5%
·
In
class progress: 50%
·
Self-Assessment:
5%
·
Participation
in in-class critique and discussions: 20%
·
Final
Assessment: 20%
Assessing
student planning: Sketchbook pages or planning sheets
depicting original plan/ideas to go along with the self-assessment that will be
compared with the final product to see changes in the art making process.
Examples of Assessing Student Planning:
- The final product should convey an
understanding of basic art making principles, thought placed into making
the artwork and the presentation, understanding of the theme, and
craftsmanship.
Assessing
student products: Craftsmanship, thought and completion will
be taken into account.
Assessing
student reflections: Students will talk about what the artwork
means to them and what is represented and why those things are important as
well as what they were trying to achieve.
Examples of Assessing Student Reflections:
- Oral explanation during critique
Content and
Achievement Standards: Standards:
1 – Understanding and applying media, techniques and processes
3 – Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and
ideas
4 – Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
5 – Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of
their work and the work of others
Materials: Cardboard,
paper, scissors, paintbrushes, paint (watercolor and tempera/acrylic),
magazines, books, glue, markers, crayons, pencils, charcoal, colored pencils,
ink,
Procedure:
Lesson 1: Introduce the projects to students. Go over materials available to use, discuss
ideas and show examples of mixed media collages. Give the students an
opportunity to ask questions and make sure that everyone is on the same page.
Lesson 2: Give the students paper and have them begin sketching or
writing down ideas for their projects.
Begin gathering materials if students are ready.
Lesson 3: Have all students begin working on projects
Lesson 4: Work day
Lesson 5: Work day and class assessment. Let students show their works to others to
get halfway critique.
Lesson 6: Work day.
Lesson 7: Work day for students.
Lesson 8: Begin critique with students.
Lesson 9: Finish critique and turn in projects to teacher.
Resources:
Cross
Curriculum Integration: Art History, Multicultural, Social Studies
Differentiated
Instruction: I will modify according to the different levels of each student
I see unable to complete the lesson at standard level.
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