A unit about the art of animals as metaphors for ourselves

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Altered book assignment Check list

• Week of 030810• Altered books continued:• A to Z should be finished! (two weeks ago)• Anatomy should be finished (Last week)• Bust of animal (Due this week) Thursday, March 11, BOC • PPT artist assigned (Tuesday, March 9th)• PPT presentation due Thursday, March 25th

• Scratch art of your animal due Tuesday after Spring Break (March 23)EOC

• Collage featuring Personal Commentary due: Thursday April 1st

• Completed, Decorated, Embellished altered book for display April 8th

Unit ObjectivesTLW:

• Draw parallels between humans and animals by writing in first-person narrative

• Become familiar with animal anatomy physical presence through observational and written documentation

• Create a scratch art product with correct technique• Create of Marquette of an animal using correct

technique• Demonstrate understanding of how and whay

humans use constructivist animal sculpture

Content

• Criticism: Critique of drawings, scratch art and final sculpture

• History: Minimalism, Constructivism,

• Aesthetics: Examine the qualities of selected art works and their meanings

• Production: Drawings, Scratch art, sculpture

Vocabulary• Armature• Assemblage• Bronze• Cast• Construction• Elements and Principles of design• Drawing• Installation• Metaphore• Minimalism• Mold• Narrative• Self-portrait• Scale• Sculpture (additive and subtractive)• Two-dimensional• Three-dimensional

What is our goal?

• Our goal is to create 3 separate pieces of quality art.– 1. Drawing of the anatomy of an animal from

various sides– 2. Line art (scratch art) of an animal– 3. Maquette of an animal in sculpture form

– Time frame: 3 weeks (approximately)

What is your job?

• Be on Time, in class• Be on Task• Be productive during and after class• Be an art role model• Be a researcher of animals and anatomy• Be an observer of animal behaviors• Be creative • Be the best you can be and better still

Checklist “To Do”Create a skeleton“Book” to house the following(Example: Altered Book, Pop-up Book, Fold out,

Accordian) Due Friday BOC

1.• Animals A to Z Page (not just a list!) This is an artistic

rendering of animals A to Z. (1 – 2 page layout)

2.• Collage of animals: I Like/Dislike----- Accept/Reject(This is a social commentary also…

complete with words and images)• (2 Page layout)3.• Research and present a PPT of an

artist who portrays animals (Outline pasted in book)

4.• Artistic creation of the

characteristics that tell about “YOU” (2 page layout)

Drawing of Anatomy (3 Page layout)– 5. Bones– 6. Muscles– 7. Hide/skin/fur8,9,10,11 Drawings of 4 views of chosen animal; (4 Page

Layout)Examples:Side-------Front-------Birds eye-Ant’s Eye-----Bust----Face12. (1 – 2 Page layout)Portrait of chosen animal in choice of media13. Photograph of and 4 sketches of sculpture)14Scratchboard depiction of animal

15. Wire depiction of chosen animal (minimum of 6 inches) mounted on base

Photograph and sketches of sculpture)16.Subtractive model of animal (ex. Soap/ foam/ balsa

wood)Photo and sketches of sculpture)17. Papier-mâché version of chosen animal

18. Cover for book19. Back Cover for Book20. Table of Contents and paragraph about

artist/author

Animal as Self Unit

1.Animales A a Z     (no sólo una lista!) Esta es una interpretación artística de los animales de la A a la Z. (1 - 2 de diseño de página)

2.Collage de los animales:       I Like/Dislike----- Aceptar / Rechazar(Este es un comentario social también ... completa con palabras e imágenes)(2 de diseño de página)3.Investigación y presentar un PPT de un artista que interpreta a los animales (Esquema pegada en el libro)4.La creación artística de las características que hablan de "vosotros“ (2 de diseño de página)

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Week of 020810Week of 021510: Draw Animals A to Z

Week of 022110: A to Z due Tuesday BOC (6th, 8th) Wednesday BOX (1st)

Placed in Book: Layout completed due Friday BOC

Housekeeping stuff:

Surrealist painting was due 020110

1 or 2 pt perspective in color on 12 X 12” paper with 1” border is due Monday 020810

Animal as Self: Expressing Human Qualities through Metaphor in Art:

Questions: How do Humans use animals as metaphor to evoke meaning and expressIdeas about themselves?Why do humans wish to humanize animals, or do we aspire to attain their qualities?Why is there a universal need for humans to use animals as metaphors for themselves?

Create a two to 4 page layout of animals A to Z. These can be drawn, paintedOr in color pencil. The size is relative to your page layout. Contour lines are Not acceptable (cartoons are not acceptable) This is a STUDY of animal Structure:Due : EOC Tuesday: See example on next page: 0222

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Create a PPT of a famous artist. Check out this website to get an idea of an interesting

and innovative way of presenting your artist to the class.This assignment is due to me on Thursday, 0325 in hard

copy form.

Your PPT needs to be dumped to the P drive so I can access it.

This needs to be ready to present by Friday, 032610

Name of Artist: (picture included)Known for what?

Year and place of birth:Family information:

Who or what inspired the artist to do what he/she did? What media did this artist prefer that helped to make him/her famous?

Which art movement or period was this artist known to have been famous? Who were other artists in

this movement? Name at least 3. 2. Find a minimum of 5 artworks (preferably displaying animals)

that are appropriate to investigate and present in your PPT;

complete the following with each one:Title:

Description of the painting or sculpture or art piece.What is happening?

Where is it happening?When is it happening?

Time of dayTime of year?

What is the meaning behind each painting? Did the artist portray animals in any of his/her work/ What symbolism did the

presence or non presence have on

the artist and the artwork?

This is an optional pageassignment

• Students will create a texture collage of the animal of their choice using torn paper.

• Use torn pieces of paper and a contour line drawing of your animal to produce a

• Collage of the texture of your animal.

• View is of your choice

• 1 page layout

Animals and me: Collage:What do you feel strongly about in your life? Create a personal social CommentaryMedia: Mixed Media, Words, cutouts, drawingsEX: as shown

Create a two to four page layout:

Four Views of your chosen animal:One of each that you choose:Examples are:SideBirds eyeAnt’s EyeFrontBust

Research yourchosen animal.

Create a one ortwo page layout of thebone structure completeWith a background.Media: Your choice

George Stubbs

Deborah Butterfield

"Untitled (Bird)," by Jean-Michel Basquiat,

oil, pastel and graphite on paper, 24 by 17 inches, 1981By Carter B. Horsley

This art piece is a simple but stunning untitled work depicting a bird with spread wings by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988).

An oil, pastel and graphite on paper, it measures 24 by 17 inches. It was executed in 1981.

The catalogue entry remarks that "the winged animal is a recurring Theme throughout his career,

occurring as a proud symbol of freedom and artistic independence." It has a modest estimate of $100,000 to $150,000.

“Horses” by Deborah Butterfield

Sandy Skoglund

Sandy Skoglund

Durer

Picasso

Blue Book Assignment: Inside ART02/18-19/2010 AssignmentAnimals A to ZREAD: Chapter 13; Page 143 to page 151•1. Complete drawings of animals used in this chapter as examples.•2. Label each animal. •3. Draw with graphite pencil•4. Color with color pencil.•5. Label the title and artist with each picture.•DUE: Monday EOC •You may check out a book to take home one day at a time.

Libro Azul de asignación: Inside Art

02/18-19/2010 Asignación

Animales A a la ZLEA: Capítulo 13, página 143 a la página 1511. Planos completos de los animales utilizadosen este capítulo, como ejemplos.2. Marca cada uno de los animales.3. Dibujo con lápiz de grafito4. De color con un lápiz de color.5. La etiqueta del título y el artista en cada fotografía.DUE: Lunes EOCUd. podrá sacar un libro para llevar a casa un día a la vez.

There are tons of things you can do to prepare your pages for work on top of them.

Some people leave them entirely as-is, and use the words as a background in itself, or highlight certain words so that the artwork and the original book form are

fused together in a way. Alternately, you can paint over part

or the whole of the page, so that you can do other types of artwork on top.

(Collage being the most popular in the ones I've seen of other artists –

though there's nothing stopping you from doing original paintings or drawings on them, as well.)

Paint the page with gesso and let dry.

It's okay if there's brush marks -- you WANT brushstrokes to show.

2. Heat it with a heat gun or let it dry naturally.

3. With Portfolio water-soluble oil pastels, scribble on the page.

When you're satisfied with the color combination, heat them again slightly with the heat gun.

4. Working quickly, rub your fingers in a circular motion around the page to work the colors together.

Keep "buffing“with your fingertips until the gesso's texture shows through the layer of pastel.

(I find it works best to gradually go with lighter and lighter pressure with your fingers, which makes the oil pastel pull away from only the raised areas.)

Keep prepping your pages however you'd like, and we'll move on to adding stuff to the backgrounds next.