“Gettin’ Sketchy”
Lesson Description:
Brainstorming, sketching, planning, symbolism, and elements of art are all key concepts/terms that we will be introducing in this first lesson. Students will experiment and explore with the processes of sketching and planning an artwork. They will further explore the term symbolism by investigating symbolic imagery that represents them. The symbolic imagery will then (hopefully) be incorporated into their next projects, “Mix it up” and “Building Me.” This will be an exploration for students that involve using various art materials that they will potentially incorporate in their future projects throughout the unit of Unique “Self Portraits.” Students will be exposed to the process of planning an artwork (Lesson 2/3) by referencing photographs from different referential resources (such as magazines, the internet, life around them, etc), finding symbolic imagery, and translating what they have found into drawings. Towards the end of the lesson students will have collected a variety of drawings that will then formulate portions of “their stories” (personal narrative).
Discover yourself! 