PED 2140 DJanuary 27th 2012

Visual Arts

Placemat:Reflect on your own experiences and attitudes, adult and child, in the world of visual art.

Visual art means to me ...

So, what is visual art? Which media are we talking about?

BRAINSTORM with your neighbours

What does the document say?

With a partner explore the Visual Art section for each grade(hint: check out D 1.4)

http://resources.curriculum.org/arts/multimedia.shtml

Grade 5 classroom

Elements and Principles of Design

Elements

Elements

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Line

Toulouse-Lautrec

Mondrian

Edward Hopper

Can you use line to express peace, sorrow, joy?

Try

Check out someone else’s work. Did they achieve their goal?

Shape & Form

Picasso

Space

Moore

Colour

Kandinsky

Texture

Van Gough

Value

Harris

Andrew Wyeth

Wasastjerna

Principles

Variety

Miro

Emphasis

Hopper

Proportion

Mueck

Balance

Gaugain

Unity & Harmony

Wood

Movement

Van Gough

The Story of An Art Work

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How do these images make you feel?

What shape, colour, form do your feelings have?

What words describe your feelings?

Create a visual image that illuminates your response to the images and issue of bullying. You may take any position you want. You may choose to create an abstract, realistic or mixed image. Your message should be clear to any viewer – no words though!

When you are finished write a short artists statement explaining your message and how you tried to convey it through your image.

Criteria:We are going to assume we are in gr. 6

We are going to focus on these elements:•line•shape and form •colour

And this principle of design:•balance

We are going to assess your work against these expectations:

Overall expectation D1

Specific expectation D1.1 , D1.3 & D2.4

Consider how the materials you choose will impact the effectiveness of your message.

CrayonsMarkersCharcoalPencilsCollageetc

Create a visual image that illuminates your response to the images and issue of bullying. You may take any position you want. You may choose to create an abstract, realistic or mixed image. Your message should be clear to any viewer – no words though!

When you are finished write a short artists statement explaining your message and how you tried to convey it through your image.

Choose one image to assess.

You need to consider how effective the artist was at using the required elements and principle of design.Then consider the stated expectations – reference the Achievement Chart.

What level would you assign? Can you justify your decision?

Take a look at the grade 6 curriculum.

Which other expectations have we explored today?

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