Instruction and management
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In this lesson, the students will begin to use their sketchbook as a place to develop ideas with pencil, marker, and watercolor. After they develop their idea for the design of a stamp, they will create a rubber stamp with that design. This will allow students to explore the creation of an idea and its refinement using reflection. Using that stamp, they will mark their sketchbook and be given the chance to mark their classmates sketchbooks. This communal action will begin bridging us into more community based art.
Stamp Lesson Blog Pages
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In this lesson, students will create stylized and thematic self portraits and attach them into a cohesive piece. This will allow students to explore their personal interests, observe their classmates interests, and see how they fit together as a group. Using pen, watercolor, their personal stamp, and scissors, they will create images of things they like, attach them together by theme, and work together to finish a single artwork. This will allow them to develop craft with basic tools, reflect on the intent and purpose in the design in others work, and envision how community effort can create a greater artwork than individual effort.
Portrait Quilt Blog Pages
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In this project, the students will use pipecleaners to make animals for a “zoo”. These stylized animals will be an attempt to take a two dimensional design from their sketchbooks and create a three dimensional sculpture. This will cause them to think about the way that lines work in space, how three dimensional artworks require a different planning processes than two dimensional artworks, and how abstract representation can be identified.
Pipe Cleaner Zoo Blog Page
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Polaris Blog Link
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