PAUSE TO REMEMBER...
Essential Questions:
How have people throughout time told stories?
Can you conjure an entire memory in one single frame?
What imagery is necessary to tell stories?
How are images researched/curated to get to the HEART of what an artist wants to say?
What resources/tools can be used to help develop imagery that DOES NOT come from pre-existing schema?
How can size and scale be used for emphasis?
What part can placement/composition play in creating meaning?
During this unit, we'll look at how lots of different artists have used storytelling techniques in their art and then find our own voice in creating a unique design to serve as the framework for a cut paper artwork.
How have people throughout time told stories?
Can you conjure an entire memory in one single frame?
What imagery is necessary to tell stories?
How are images researched/curated to get to the HEART of what an artist wants to say?
What resources/tools can be used to help develop imagery that DOES NOT come from pre-existing schema?
How can size and scale be used for emphasis?
What part can placement/composition play in creating meaning?
During this unit, we'll look at how lots of different artists have used storytelling techniques in their art and then find our own voice in creating a unique design to serve as the framework for a cut paper artwork.
Problem Statement: Students will learn about and use positive/negative space, visual balance, and stylization to create a cut paper composition that skillfully combines elements of a memory about home.
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MEMORY Mind MapAfter you've come up with a map of all the stuff you can recall from your memory, begin to compile a visual inventory of what these things look like. You should have at least 7-10 images to start with.
After you've decided WHAT you're going to put into your artwork, the next step is to figure out HOW to put everything together in a visually appealing way that TELLS A STORY. Where will you place each thing? Will some images overlap or be inside another? Consider varying size - Did something have a big impact? Make it LARGE. Small? Scale down... make INTENTIONAL decisions. |
Final Criteria
Idea Generation - complete guided visualization brainstorming activity in sketchbook about a memory of home, develop a mind map about your specific memory - You should have AT LEAST 7 different things/images in your final composition.
Design/Organization - plan out an effective composition in a series of thumbnail sketches based upon guidelines shared in class.
Make sure images/scenes touch so that your entire piece is interconnected – avoid overlapping.
VARY SCALE – make some things BIG and others small to add visual interest and focal points.
Keep REVERSAL in mind – if it’s important that something be legible (like writing!), make sure it’s reversed in your final.
Personal Choice-making and meaning - choose images and placement that best tells the story of your personal memory about home.
Craftsmanship - plan and use proper cutting techniques according to the demonstrations to create a clean and connected paper cut.
Studio Skills & Practices - use reference visuals (that means look up pictures) so you know what things look like rather than working from your schema. Also, take inspiration from master artists to help guide a mature artwork.
Reflection/Responding - participate in the in-progress and final critiques and write a reflection about your final Memory artwork.
Design/Organization - plan out an effective composition in a series of thumbnail sketches based upon guidelines shared in class.
Make sure images/scenes touch so that your entire piece is interconnected – avoid overlapping.
VARY SCALE – make some things BIG and others small to add visual interest and focal points.
Keep REVERSAL in mind – if it’s important that something be legible (like writing!), make sure it’s reversed in your final.
Personal Choice-making and meaning - choose images and placement that best tells the story of your personal memory about home.
Craftsmanship - plan and use proper cutting techniques according to the demonstrations to create a clean and connected paper cut.
Studio Skills & Practices - use reference visuals (that means look up pictures) so you know what things look like rather than working from your schema. Also, take inspiration from master artists to help guide a mature artwork.
Reflection/Responding - participate in the in-progress and final critiques and write a reflection about your final Memory artwork.
Artists:Myriam Dion, Nohoko Kojima, Karen O'Leary, Kris Trappeniers, Annie Vought, Beatrice Coron, Parth Kothekar, Karen Bit Vejle, Annie Howe - Baltimore artist, Bovey Lee, Shu Kubo, Kyoko Imazu, Amy Williams
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