Introduction
During the fall semester of 2014 I am enrolled in a class that provides me the opportunity to gain experience working with a small selection of students. Once a week I visit the Lyman Learning Center and get to teach an art class to a small selection of students. Art is not a part of the regular curriculum and the students are carefully selected to participate in this program. Over the duration of my time, I create lessons, teach them to my students and record information in a S.T.E.P plan. This experience is designed to prepare me for my last semester of students teaching and to give insight to the many objectives that are included into the S.T.E.P. which is required to gain licensure in the state of Kansas.
Project one: Internal/ External Self reflective Collage
Objectives
This lesson is designed to help students step back and analyze ones self. By way of this reflective lesson students will being to think about how they view themselves internally, and then how they believe they are viewed by others. Students are to create a two part self portrait collage. One part with focus on internal and the other part external.
Students are to be able to successfully express and interpret how they physically and emotionally feel about themselves internally, and then how they feel they are seen externally. These juxtaposing images can be placed either vertically or horizontally and mounted on card stock or mat board.
Materials
Stacks of Magazines, Matt Board, Glue, Scissors, Colored Pencils, Black ink pens, and colored ink pens or markers.
Project Two: Abstract Cubism Self Portrait
Objectives
This assignment has a focus on the introduction to the elements of the arts. We will discuss line, shape, and color theory. I chose oil pastel because I wanted to give my students’ the opportunity to work with this medium.
Our focus is to be aware of the expressive qualities with each individual portrait, gain an aware of Picasso's artwork and incorporate his style into their own portrait.
Secondly, become aware of the difference in Realism vs. Abstract artwork and finally, develop an understanding for how lines, shapes, and color create a visual rhythm.
Vocabulary: Cubism, Line, shape, Color, background
Our focus is to be aware of the expressive qualities with each individual portrait, gain an aware of Picasso's artwork and incorporate his style into their own portrait.
Secondly, become aware of the difference in Realism vs. Abstract artwork and finally, develop an understanding for how lines, shapes, and color create a visual rhythm.
Vocabulary: Cubism, Line, shape, Color, background
Materials
Pencils, erasers, White drawing paper or Bristol paper 11 x 17 or larger, oil pastels, black pens or markers that are thin.
Project Three: Perspective Drawing
Project 3: One-Point and Two-Point Perspective
Objectives:
The objectives of this project are to understand what one-point and two-point perspectives are, utilize the elements of art and the principles of design, and use line to create a one-point and/or two-point perspective.
This lesson is designed to integrate technology is a web quest assignment. Please follow the link to look at the assignment.
Link: ttp://ashaslack.weebly.com/
Vocabulary:
One-Point Perspective: A way to show 3-D objects on a 2-D surface, lines appear to go away from the viewer meet at a single point on the horizon known as the vanishing point.
Two-Point Perspective: A visual system of representation designed to show 3-D objects on a 2-D surface. This illusion of space and volume utilizes two vanishing points on the horizon line.
Vanishing Points: In perspective drawing, a point at which receding lines seem to converge.
Horizon Line: Located at eye level, it is the axis around which a perspective drawing is constructed.
Depth: The extent, measurement, or distance downwards, backwards, or inwards.
Height: Extent or distance upward.
Length: The longest extent of anything as measured from end to end.
Width: Extent from side to side.
Line: A narrow continuous mark, as one made by a pencil, pen, or brush across a surface.
Elements of Art: Elements of art: Sensory components used to create and talks about works of art; line, color, shape/form, texture, value, space.
Principles of Design: A design concept describing the ways in which the elements of an image are arranged (i.e. balance, contrast, dominance, emphasis, movement, repetition, rhythm, variation, unity).
Materials
Paper, rulers, pencils, hand outs for discussion, grid paper when needed
Objectives:
The objectives of this project are to understand what one-point and two-point perspectives are, utilize the elements of art and the principles of design, and use line to create a one-point and/or two-point perspective.
This lesson is designed to integrate technology is a web quest assignment. Please follow the link to look at the assignment.
Link: ttp://ashaslack.weebly.com/
Vocabulary:
One-Point Perspective: A way to show 3-D objects on a 2-D surface, lines appear to go away from the viewer meet at a single point on the horizon known as the vanishing point.
Two-Point Perspective: A visual system of representation designed to show 3-D objects on a 2-D surface. This illusion of space and volume utilizes two vanishing points on the horizon line.
Vanishing Points: In perspective drawing, a point at which receding lines seem to converge.
Horizon Line: Located at eye level, it is the axis around which a perspective drawing is constructed.
Depth: The extent, measurement, or distance downwards, backwards, or inwards.
Height: Extent or distance upward.
Length: The longest extent of anything as measured from end to end.
Width: Extent from side to side.
Line: A narrow continuous mark, as one made by a pencil, pen, or brush across a surface.
Elements of Art: Elements of art: Sensory components used to create and talks about works of art; line, color, shape/form, texture, value, space.
Principles of Design: A design concept describing the ways in which the elements of an image are arranged (i.e. balance, contrast, dominance, emphasis, movement, repetition, rhythm, variation, unity).
Materials
Paper, rulers, pencils, hand outs for discussion, grid paper when needed