Advanced Art 8 Lesson Plans

Chisholm Trail

Middle School

Lesson Plan

Tim Lowke / Visual Art

Title of Unit: Acrylic Self-Portraits

Length of Unit: 1 week (Dec.14 - Dec.18)

 

 

 

 

 

Date

Topic/Content/Skill

Homework

Assessment

TEKS

Monday

12/14/09

 

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.      Studio: Students continue Durer Technique on canvas board and continue adding color in acrylic through mixing.

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

12/15/09

 

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: Symmetry Exercise.

  1. Studio: Students continue Durer Technique on canvas board and continue adding color in acrylic through mixing.

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

12/16/09

Exam Day One
(First Period)

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.

Studio: Students continue Durer Technique on canvas board and continue adding color in acrylic through mixing.

 

N/A

Informal assessment.

Altered Book assignment due.

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

12/17/09

Exam Day Two
(Second Period)

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.

1.      Studio: Students continue Durer Technique on canvas board and continue adding color in acrylic through mixing.

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)

 

Friday

12/18/09

Exam Day Three

Power Art – No art students with Mr. Lowke.

N/A

N/A

 

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?