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LESSON RATIONALE
Students will develop drawing skill by rendering an imaginary landscape or space
using pencils of varying hardness. The students will develop their understanding of
how the hardness of a pencil affects the ability to represent the entire range of
value in their artwork. The students will exercise their capacity for creative thinking
by creating an original drawing inspired by their imagination rather than exercising
their observational drawing skills.
Humans create imaginary worlds and spaces that depart from reality to convey
feelings, communicate ideas, illustrate the subconscious and to explore current
issues related to identity.
Artists invite viewers into their imaginary worlds by creating artworks, poetry, video,
music or a combination of mediums.
Artists convey personal aspects of their identity through their artworks.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How can artists improve their skills?
How do artists use mixed media?
How does culture influence the artists content within their works?
PA STATE AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
A. Pa Standards For Arts and Humanities
9.1.8.A: Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create
works in the arts
and humanities.
Elements: Color, form/shape, line, space, texture ,value
Principles: Balance, contrast, emphasis/focal point,
movement/rhythm
proportion/scale, repetition, unity/harmony
9.1.8.B: Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate art
elements and
principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.
Visual Arts: paint, draw, craft, sculpt, print, design for environment,
communication, multi-media
9.1.8.E: Communicate a unifying theme or point of view through the
production of works in the
arts.
B: National Standards for the Arts
VA:Cr1.1.8a: Document early stages of the creative process visually and/or
verbally in
traditional or new media
VA:Cr2.1.8a: Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate and take risks
to pursue ideas,
forms, and meanings that emerging in the process of art
making or designing.
Explore the use of technology as a medium for 2-D design by using their mobile
device camera or digital camera as a photographic tool and using photo editing
software or apps to create the photographic component of the artwork.
Illustrate an aspect of their identity by creating an imaginary space or landscape
that expresses a mood, feeling, activity or trait of the artist.
Skills:
Create a mixed media artwork by using photography, collage and accurately
illustrating an environment that relates to their pose using graphite pencil.
Demonstrate skills by practicing drawing skills by representing value and using
blending techniques with graphite pencils.
Dispositions:
Recognize that artists, writers, architects and interior designers create imaginary
spaces to create feelings, memories and experiences.
Reflect on the creative collage making process.
ASSESSMENT:
Pre Assessment:
Students will be assessed upon completion of their idea worksheet which will be
worth 10 points towards their final grade for the project.
Formative:
The students will be assessed upon the completion of their photography component
of the artwork. The student will show the teacher their printed image before being
able to progress to the drawing portion of the project. Also, the students will
create at least 2 thumbnail sketches of their concept. The assignments will be
recorded as part of their summative assessment.
Summative:
Students finished collage drawing will count as evidence of a completed work of art
and will be assessed by a rubric containing a rating system that evaluates the
quality of the photographic image, evidence that the image has been altered using
the smartphone photo editing software, or the app PicsArt, the originality of their
environment, how well the photographic image relates to the drawing, and the use
of value, shading, blending and illustration quality of the background. Students will
also be given a self-assessment grading sheet to reflect on their art making process.
SUPPLIES
12x16 paper
Drawing pencils of varying hardness
Smart phone camera or mobile device with a camera
PicsArt app downloaded to their device
Printer
Laptop or desktop computer
Ruler
Scissors
Xacto knife
Matt board
Rubber Cement
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