Advanced Art 8 Lesson Plans

Chisholm Trail

Middle School

Lesson Plan

Tim Lowke / Visual Art

Title of Unit: Acrylic Self-Portraits

Length of Unit: 2 weeks (Nov. 16-27)

 

 

 

 

 

Date

Topic/Content/Skill

Homework

Assessment

TEKS

Monday

11/16/09

 

Objective: Students will create a new altered book entry based on the prompt presented.

WARM-UP: Art Criticism – Big Question.

1.      Altered book assignment ppt.

2.      Studio: Altered Book prep work.

3.      Pictures taken for acrylic painting project.

N/A

Progress grade.

 

Art 8.1 (A)

Art 8.1 (B)

Art 8.2 (A)

Art 8.2 (B)

Art 8.2 (C)

Art 8.3 (B)

Art 8.3 (C)

Art 8.4 (A)

Art 8.4 (B)

 

 

 

Tuesday

11/17/09

 

Objective: Students will explore and practice the element of color through replication of lights and darks while using acrylic painting techniques to produce an original image.

Generalizations: Students understand that....

Value is achieved through the manipulation of lights and darks within a two-dimensional format.
Realism is achieved by accurate observation and recording of objects on a two-dimensional surface.
Color is a facsimile of the refraction of light.

WARM-UP: Idiom Illustration.

  1. Acrylic portrait ppt. and demonstration.
  2. Studio: Students begin to grid photo and work towards Durer Technique on canvas board.

N/A

Informal assessment.

 

Art 8.1 (A)

Art 8.1 (B)

Art 8.2 (A)

Art 8.2 (B)

Art 8.2 (C)

Art 8.3 (B)

Art 8.3 (C)

Art 8.4 (A)

Art 8.4 (B)

 

Wednesday

11/18/09

Objective: Students will explore and practice the element of color through replication of lights and darks while using acrylic painting techniques to produce an original image.

Generalizations: Students understand that....

Value is achieved through the manipulation of lights and darks within a two-dimensional format.
Realism is achieved by accurate observation and recording of objects on a two-dimensional surface.
Color is a facsimile of the refraction of light.

 

WARM-UP: Observation: Canned Food.

1.      Studio: Students continue to grid photo and work towards Durer Technique on canvas board.

N/A

Teacher observation.

 

Art 8.1 (A)

Art 8.1 (B)

Art 8.2 (A)

Art 8.2 (B)

Art 8.2 (C)

Art 8.3 (B)

Art 8.3 (C)

Art 8.4 (A)

Art 8.4 (B)

 

Thursday

11/19/09

Objective: Students will explore and practice the element of color through replication of lights and darks while using acrylic painting techniques to produce an original image.

Generalizations: Students understand that....

Value is achieved through the manipulation of lights and darks within a two-dimensional format.
Realism is achieved by accurate observation and recording of objects on a two-dimensional surface.
Color is a facsimile of the refraction of light.

WARM-UP: Art Career – Reading & Response.

1.      Studio: Students begin Durer Technique on canvas board.

N/A

 

Progress grade.

 

Art 8.1 (A)

Art 8.1 (B)

Art 8.2 (A)

Art 8.2 (B)

Art 8.2 (C)

Art 8.3 (B)

Art 8.3 (C)

Art 8.4 (A)

Art 8.4 (B)

 

Friday

11/20/09

Objective: Students will explore and practice the element of color through replication of lights and darks while using acrylic painting techniques to produce an original image.

Generalizations: Students understand that....

Value is achieved through the manipulation of lights and darks within a two-dimensional format.
Realism is achieved by accurate observation and recording of objects on a two-dimensional surface.
Color is a facsimile of the refraction of light.

WARM-UP: Figure Friday: Draw the model in gesture format as provided.

1.      Studio: Students continue Durer Technique on canvas board.

N/A

Teacher observation

Assess warm-ups.

 

Art 8.1 (A)

Art 8.1 (B)

Art 8.2 (A)

Art 8.2 (B)

Art 8.2 (C)

Art 8.3 (B)

Art 8.3 (C)

Art 8.4 (A)

Art 8.4 (B)

 

Questions to consider: What is art? 
What media can be used to make art? 
Why do we create art?
What are the fundamentals of maintaining a shared studio space?
How do artists create the illusion of depth in a two-dimensional image?
How do artists manipulate color to using acrylic painting techniques to create original imagery?

 

Chisholm Trail

Middle School

Lesson Plan

Tim Lowke / Visual Art

Title of Unit: Acrylic Self-Portraits

Length of Unit: 2 weeks (Nov. 16-27)

 

 

 

 

 

Date

Topic/Content/Skill

Homework

Assessment

TEKS

Monday

11/23/09

 

Objective: Students will explore and practice the element of color through replication of lights and darks while using acrylic painting techniques to produce an original image.

Generalizations: Students understand that....

Value is achieved through the manipulation of lights and darks within a two-dimensional format.
Realism is achieved by accurate observation and recording of objects on a two-dimensional surface.
Color is a facsimile of the refraction of light.

WARM-UP: Observation: Decks of Cards.

1.      Studio: Students continue Durer Technique on canvas board.

N/A

Progress Grade.

 

Art 8.1 (A)

Art 8.1 (B)

Art 8.2 (A)

Art 8.2 (B)

Art 8.2 (C)

Art 8.3 (B)

Art 8.3 (C)

Art 8.4 (A)

Art 8.4 (B)

 

Tuesday

11/24/09

Objective: Students will explore and practice the element of color through replication of lights and darks while using acrylic painting techniques to produce an original image.

Generalizations: Students understand that....

Value is achieved through the manipulation of lights and darks within a two-dimensional format.
Realism is achieved by accurate observation and recording of objects on a two-dimensional surface.
Color is a facsimile of the refraction of light.

WARM-UP: Venn Diagram.

  1. Studio: Students continue Durer Technique on canvas board.

N/A

 

Teacher observation.

 

Art 8.1 (A)

Art 8.1 (B)

Art 8.2 (A)

Art 8.2 (B)

Art 8.2 (C)

Art 8.3 (B)

Art 8.3 (C)

Art 8.4 (A)

Art 8.4 (B)

 

Wednesday

11/25/09

Thanksgiving Holidays / No School

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

 

Thursday

11/26/09

Thanksgiving Holidays / No School

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

Friday

11/27/09

Thanksgiving Holidays / No School

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

Questions to consider: What is art? 
What media can be used to make art? 
Why do we create art?
What are the fundamentals of maintaining a shared studio space?
How do artists create the illusion of depth in a two-dimensional image?
How do artists manipulate color to using acrylic painting techniques to create original imagery?