Day 8
In the unit plan Let’s Get Steampunk’d, the students will be doing 3 lessons which investigate drawing, planning, collage, 2D and 3D projects. It will expose them to the work of some assemblage and collage artists. The unit is focused on the idea of transformation, found object work and deconstruction/reconstruction in making art. The students will experience how to uses mechanical tools to disassemble everyday objects and reform them into a creature which means something to them. Through this process over 4 or 5 class periods, they will learn the importance of planning and contemplate the reasons artists use found objects in relationships of artistic inspiration and cultural significance.
In today’s learning experience students… accessed/built on prior knowledge about drawing by reviewing drawing using multiple techniques.
Essential Understanding
Artists categorize ideas for inspiration to create art
Inquiry/Learning Target
Students will be able to draw an image of their 3D creature using form and shape identification.
Key Concepts
Blueprint, perspective, drawing from life, shape identification, value, deconstruction.
Skills
Explaining choices; Working in collaboration and in a group setting;Learning and using drawing techniques of identifying forms and shapes to draw an image of their sculpture. Drawing from life.
Art Focus
Planning, Assemblage, Found Objects, drawing and identifying shapes and forms in imagery.
Literacy Focus
Students will use their sketchbooks to recreate forms and shapes found in their 3D sculptures.
They will also list and map out the names of each piece they used on their blueprint. They will write down new terms or ideas in their sketchbooks to remind them later.
Documentation:
In today’s learning experience students… accessed/built on prior knowledge about drawing by reviewing drawing using multiple techniques.
Essential Understanding
Artists categorize ideas for inspiration to create art
- Artists deconstruct then reconstruct ideas and materials to create something new that allows for interpretation
Inquiry/Learning Target
Students will be able to draw an image of their 3D creature using form and shape identification.
Key Concepts
Blueprint, perspective, drawing from life, shape identification, value, deconstruction.
Skills
Explaining choices; Working in collaboration and in a group setting;Learning and using drawing techniques of identifying forms and shapes to draw an image of their sculpture. Drawing from life.
Art Focus
Planning, Assemblage, Found Objects, drawing and identifying shapes and forms in imagery.
Literacy Focus
Students will use their sketchbooks to recreate forms and shapes found in their 3D sculptures.
They will also list and map out the names of each piece they used on their blueprint. They will write down new terms or ideas in their sketchbooks to remind them later.
Documentation:
Today both classes delved into how to draw, not from our imaginations, but from life. Students went through several activities to begin to recognize and identify shapes they see in order to deconstruct an image and understand perspective.
Students began to identify simple shapes that make up the larger picture by drawing the simple shapes over a photo on the SmartBoard. This helped students learn how to identify those shapes in their own images, which will help them identify shapes when drawing the blueprints for their creatures.
After identifying shapes up on the board as a group, it was time to start learning on an individual basis. Students received a sheet with a configuration of shapes on them, and they had to draw the organic form that these simple shapes represented. L said his shapes would turn into a mountain lion and a pterodactyl, his reasoning being that the triangular wings reminded him of a dinosaur.
Some students began to try new ways of drawing the outline. D chose to put her paper underneath another paper so that she could still see the shapes, but she was able to draw the organic form on the top sheet.
After learning how to identify shapes, students went on to learn about drawing shapes IN PERSPECTIVE. Students had to choose an object to study and draw in their textbook. Many students made some new discoveries and breakthroughs with their drawing at this point.
Students learned how to develop a value scale on black paper with a white colored pencil. They used several different techniques to show the value change.
After practicing with perspective, students began to draw their creature in the form of a blueprint. Students needed to look, really look, at their creature before beginning to draw it from a certain angle. Here you can see A drawing his Dalek creature by looking head on to it, so he is using foreshortening to draw the nose.
Reflection
Students built and developed basic drawing skills in order to be able to draw their creature. Students were able to Deconstruct images by identifying simple forms in photos on the smartboard. They then reconstructed creatures using those simple shapes by drawing on the handout. They then applied their new knowledge of perspective to draw a small object on their desk. Students learned more about value by exploring a value scale using black paper and white pencils. After all of that, students finally were able to begin making their creature in 2D.
Students developed many skills through today's lesson. Disagreements had to be dealt with over how to draw their creature, and students struggled with the concept of being able to draw what they saw as opposed to the shapes that they know. But through it all, there was growth and quite a few aha moments. These skills were pertinent to their needs, developed the persistence of practice, and were made personal because the object they must draw is one that they created.
Students built and developed basic drawing skills in order to be able to draw their creature. Students were able to Deconstruct images by identifying simple forms in photos on the smartboard. They then reconstructed creatures using those simple shapes by drawing on the handout. They then applied their new knowledge of perspective to draw a small object on their desk. Students learned more about value by exploring a value scale using black paper and white pencils. After all of that, students finally were able to begin making their creature in 2D.
Students developed many skills through today's lesson. Disagreements had to be dealt with over how to draw their creature, and students struggled with the concept of being able to draw what they saw as opposed to the shapes that they know. But through it all, there was growth and quite a few aha moments. These skills were pertinent to their needs, developed the persistence of practice, and were made personal because the object they must draw is one that they created.