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Favorite Places (Acrylic Paint) - This lesson encouraged students to think about their favorite place. We introduced the idea that artists use inspiration from places that are personal to them. They closed their eyes and imagined the smells, sounds, and colors of their favorite place. To incorporate literacy and storytelling students pair-shared and told each other about their favorite place. Using listening skills their partner then sketched the favorite place being described. Students were introduced to new vocabulary including seascape, landscape, and cityscape with examples from Hokusai, Bierstadt, Eddy. This helped guide them into thinking about how to turn their favorite place into a painting. They then explored mixing acrylic paints to create desired colors for their favorite place, by mixing the primary colors. Once the paintings were completed, students created narratives around a chosen painting and acted them out with skits.
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Polaris Observation (Mixed Media) - In our next lesson, students were encouraged to think about their surroundings and the places around them. This helped us dive deeper into the idea of place being an influence in artwork. As a warm up for observation skills, students completed an activity out of “How to be an Explorer of the World” where they obsereved one spot in the room and found ten things they never noticed before. Once they were in that mindset, students went outside and documented the details of their surrounding that they may or may not have noticed before. Students then used these observations to explore mixed media materials by creating a 2D or 3D piece inspired by their surroundings.
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Anthropomorphic Object (Clay) - For this lesson, students were introduced to the idea of anthropomorphization. After observing how contemporary artists (Annie Montgomerie, Nemo Gould) are using this concept in their work, students created their own anthropomorphic object in the form of a clay sculpture. Students began their ideation by imagining what one of their favorite objects would do if it came to life. What would it look like? How would it move? What would it do? While working with clay, students were introduced to several building techniques, including pinch, slab, and coil building. After completing their sculptures, students were introduced to artist statements and wrote a basic version for their piece. The lesson concluded with a “gallery walk” so that students could observe the work of their peers.
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Environment for Objects (Mixed Media) - For our last lesson, students considered how a background, habitat, or environment could help emphasize the characteristics of an object in a piece of work. While considering the anthropomorphic objects they created in the last lesson, students created a personalized environment that enhanced the characteristics of their creature. This helped students demonstrate how added details and an environment can completely change our understanding of something. Students were shown a powerpoint that emphasized the idea of changing environment as motivation for their projects. Students then constructed (either individually or collaboratively) a 3D environment to place their creatures in. For materials, students used gessoed cardboard to construct the walls and a floor, and paint and mixed media to create the environment inside.
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