Teacher: Jamie Giorla

Grade: 9^th -12^th

Lesson: Shaping Meaning

 

 

Background:

            Digital art is being taken much more seriously as a respected art form within the last ten years. It is being scene in more galleries, museums, and is featured on the internet. There are galleries that show only digital art (http://www.lacda.com/index.htm).

            One resource artists use to create digital works of art is Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Photoshop was originally developed in 1987, by Thomas Knoll, as an image-editing program. The program was later bought by Adobe, which is a company owned by Apple Computer INC. Now, Adobe Photoshop is one of the most used programs in creating digital using photography.

 

 

Goal: To create a digital piece of art, which depicts a silhouette, by using collected photos.

 

 

Objectives:

·      The students will learn how to create a piece of art based on Photoshop art work, but not using any digital technology.

·      The students will develop a better understanding for creating a piece for art that is inspired by digital art.

·      The students will analyze the different effects and techniques when working with photos and markers.

·      The students will produce a piece using photos and markers by superimposing multiple images from the Internet, magazines, and personal photos.

·      The students will apply their knowledge of silhouettes and collage in their final piece.

 

 

Standards:

9.1.8.A. Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities.

9.1.8.B. Visual Arts: • paint • draw • craft • sculpt • print • design for environment, communication, multi-media.

9.1.8.H.   Demonstrate and maintain materials, equipment and tools safely at work and performance spaces.

·      Analyze the use of materials. 

·      Explain issues of cleanliness related to the arts.

·       Explain the use of mechanical/electrical equipment.

·       Demonstrate how to work in selected physical space/environment. .

·       Demonstrate methods for storing materials in the arts.

9.2.8. K. Identify, explain and analyze traditions as they relate to works in the arts (e.g., story telling – plays, oral histories- poetry, work songs- blue grass).

 

 

9.3.8.A. Know and use the critical process of the examination of works in the arts

and humanities.

·      Compare and contrast

·      Analyze

·      Interpret

·      Form and test hypotheses

·      Evaluate/form judgments

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Students:

1. Creativity and Innovation

   Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using  technology.   

     Students:

A.  Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

B.  Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

C.  Use modelsand simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

D.  Identify trends and forecast possibilities..

           

 

 

Materials:

·      Internet access

·      Printer

·      Camera

·      Digital Photos

·      Magazines

·      Sharpie Markers

·      Papers

·      Scissors

·      Glue

·      paint

 

 

 

 

Teacher Preparation:

·      Prepare demonstration

·      Create a direction sheet handout

·      Create a vocabulary handout

·      Create sample project

·      Gather materials

 

 

 

 

Resource Materials/Visual Aids:

·      PowerPoint

·      Exemplars

·      Internet 

·      Magazines

 

 

 

 

Introduction:

            This project is intended to introduce students to digital art and Adobe Photoshop without actually using digital technologies. The class will begin by giving a brief introduction to Photoshop.  The students will learn about Photoshop’s history, background, and will be shown examples of artist that utilize Photoshop with their work.

 

 

Introduction Questions

Where is your sense of place?

How does it make you feel?

What mood comes to mind when you think of your sense of place?  

The students will then be shown the example project.

How does this project shape meaning?

What mood does using a silhouette in this work create?

What is the sense of place depicted?

 

 

Directions:

1.     Students will gather photos from magazines, home and/or digital images.

2.     They will cut out images they plan to incorporate into their piece.

3.     They will create a plan of their background scene by combining multiple images together.  

4.     Once plan is created they will glue images onto a sheet of plan paper.

5.     Next, the students will find an image of a person, object, or animal they wish to become the silhouette in their piece.

6.     They will cut the image out so it is just the shape of person, object, or animal.

7.     Once object is cut out, they will choose a single color and transform the picture into a silhouette.

8.     They will then place the picture into the background collage were it fits properly in proportion to the rest of the background.

9.      Once everything is glued down they students may draw or paint into the picture to create different effects. 

10. When everything is finished students will place project wall or racks and clean up their materials. 

 

Closure:  

Begin your self-reflection

 

 

Time Budget: One Week

Day One: Introduction

Day Two: Search for images

Day Three and Four: Production of piece

Day Five: 15 minutes- finishing touches

                      30 minutes- Class critique

 

 

Vocabulary:

Superimpose: place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still evident.

 

 

Composition: Is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art. It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art.

 

 

Symmetry: Is what occurs when one side of something balances out or mirrors the other. If you were to draw a midline from the top of your forehead, down the middle of your nose, over your lips and to the bottom of your chin, you could see that your eyes, ears, nostrils, and teeth all mirror each other on either side of the line.

 

 

Color Scheme: an arrangement or combination of colors used in a design.

 

 

Silhouette: A representation of someone or something showing the shape an outline only.

 

 

Critique/Evaluation/Assessment:

When all projects are completed there will be a class critique, and all students will present their projects to the class. They will also have to write a one page reflection on their work.

 

Questions:

What are you depicting in this piece?

What is your sense of place?

What meaning are you shaping?

What mood did you create within your piece?

Do you think you successfully complete the project?

 

Safety Concerns: N/A

 

 

Resources:

-----Delicious Website------

------Digital Art Website--------

----Photography Examples------

----Uarts Student's Delicious Website------