Unit 1: IdentityChuck Close:
- Self-Portraiture: Crayon
- Created with water color pencils, a sharpie marker, mod podge, and tow printed out pictures of Wreck-it-Ralph and Vanellope.
Wegman:
- I created this using magazine pictures, scissors, water color pencils, and a paintbrush.
Unit 1 Reflection:
The studio lessons related to the Big Idea of “Identity” by really portraying our personality traits, for example the Chuck Close art that we did was centered on what characters from movies we are similar to and that hints at our identity. As Pink (2005) wrote in his book “A Whole New Mind” there are people that lean towards being more left-sided and other people who are more right-sided. The two sides of the brain are different in that the left side makes us human, but the right side expands human thought and sparks creativity (p. 13). And this activity showcased which side of the brain we were based on the characteristics of our characters.
I would utilize this art lesson into my future classroom. One way in which I would do this would be to have my students take part in this activity so I can begin to learn what type of person they are and who they relate with. Another reason why I would implement this into my classroom would be to help my students progress towards being more artistically literate, as Erickson (1996) wrote in her article students nowadays are not required to be taught art past middle school and this is leading to artistic illiteracy (p.42). I will make it a priority to allow my students to learn and be exposed to art.
The studio lessons related to the Big Idea of “Identity” by really portraying our personality traits, for example the Chuck Close art that we did was centered on what characters from movies we are similar to and that hints at our identity. As Pink (2005) wrote in his book “A Whole New Mind” there are people that lean towards being more left-sided and other people who are more right-sided. The two sides of the brain are different in that the left side makes us human, but the right side expands human thought and sparks creativity (p. 13). And this activity showcased which side of the brain we were based on the characteristics of our characters.
I would utilize this art lesson into my future classroom. One way in which I would do this would be to have my students take part in this activity so I can begin to learn what type of person they are and who they relate with. Another reason why I would implement this into my classroom would be to help my students progress towards being more artistically literate, as Erickson (1996) wrote in her article students nowadays are not required to be taught art past middle school and this is leading to artistic illiteracy (p.42). I will make it a priority to allow my students to learn and be exposed to art.