This is always an award winning project for Joe. Shown are two Scholastic Gold Key Winners for 2005. (That shape is Cate's arm....better photo to come).

Objectives:     

The student will:

1).  Be able to identify Cubist works (namely the works of Picasso and the
      Cubist-inspired works of David Hockney).
2).  Develop compositional skills.
3).  Continue the development of their sense of composition.
4).  Learn to appreciate the visual aspects of one's surroundings.
5).  Express or create a work showing a time frame.
6).  Think of what the final composition will be while shooting.
7).  Continue the development of critical analysis in a positive manner.
8).  Respect the work done by others.

PhotoMontage by Keara Anderson                                           PhotoMontage by Katelyn Vershall

Materials: 

Slides and handouts (history); camera, film (one roll of 36 exposure color),

photos (double prints) to bring to following studio class, rubber cement, mounting board (14-ply).
Internet Resources  See Handout by Mike Sacco

Procedures:   

1). (History) Introduce the technique of Cubism-history of its
      beginnings, important artists who contributed to the birth of Cubism.
2). Show slides of Cubist works, discuss each one, ask students to
     identify the Cubist aspects/features.
3).  Introduce works by David Hockney with slides.  Discuss Cubist  
      features in his work.  Have students identify similarities-where/how
      he may have been influenced by Cubism.
4). Give students overview of unit.
5). Give students studio assignment.

"I've been doing this with students for years, it can be a lot of fun.  Most students aren't crazy about it at first, but after they have done it once they want to do it again. Here is a write-up of the lesson that one of my student teachers did for me once.  Here are the basics:  You could make cardboard viewfinders and have them practice standing in one place (it's very important that they don't move!)  and get a whole scene in 36 shots.  Have them overlap whatever they are shooting.  I always have my students try this with their cameras before they actually shoot the  scene.  They have to make sure that they can get everything they want into the amount of shots they take.  I suggest that they can have a person in it, and if they move the person around, they can be in the shot many times (as long as the person isn't overlapping where they were just standing)  One of the biggest problems, as with any photo, is that the students don't get close enough to what they are photographing.  I also have them make double 4x6 prints, matt surface if possible (glossy doesn't work as well, shows too many finger prints, rubber cement doesn't come off as easily, looks better, etc.) The double prints help for creativity (Walmart is cheap)  Oh, make sure that when they shoot the assignment that they don't just shoot a straight line.  They need to look up and down, if it's too long it won't fit on a board. I use 28x44 inch boards (they cut up perfectly for 11x14 which is what we mount most photos on.  I have them tape (cellophane) the prints down on the board before they rubber cement it. I hope this helps.  Let me know if you have any other questions - email Joe Applebaum"

Digital Photo Montage from Mark Anderson 8th grade lesson Students at Raymore-Peculiar Middle School in Missouri were inspired by the work of David Hockney in creating photocubism montage with digital images.  Multiple views were taken then combined into one composition. See more work on Mark's site - exhibit 14.

David Hockney Lesson Plan: Photomontage - Digital: Students will learn and use both digital cameras, computers, perspective, and planning techniques.  The final product will be a finished photographic piece that each student will create individually from photos taken with the digital cameras and printed from the computer on photo quality paper. http://www.concentric.net/~brn2bcas/eryerson/

Teaching Linear Perspective:  Many artists are very interested in making two-dimensional artworks look three-dimensional. During the Renaissance, artists used mathematics and close observation to invent "linear perspective"-a technique that helps artists make things look three dimensional. This lesson teaches the basics of drawing forms in two-point perspective http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/teach/lp_2pointperspect_complete.html

Resources:

Videos:
Behind the Scenes 1: David Hockney (1992))
Hosted by Penn and Teller, this video gives an entertaining and educational summary of depth techniques. Upper elementary and above. About 30 minutes. Unfortunately this is only available on VHS.

Masters of Illusion is an interesting introduction to perspective techniques of the Renaissance masters and how the same principles are used today in Hollywood's special effects. Using new technology, this video approaches old masters in an appealing way. 30 minutes. Available from Crystal Productions: 1-800-255-8629 for a catalog. Because copies of this video are rare, it is very expensive. Only available on VHS.

NOTE: These links were all active at time lesson was put online. Please report broken links and suggest alternatives.

Additional resources for teaching perspective:  http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/teach/lp_2pointperspect_support.html

Internet Resources for David Hockney:

Artcyclopedia: David Hockney on the Internet
http://artcyclopedia.com/artists/hockney_david.html

Mark Harden's Artchive - has nice biographical information and link to
images in chronological order
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hockney.html

WebMuseum Paris: David Hockney - has biography and some of my favorite
Hockney works - a must see for your research project
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hockney/  or
http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/wm/paint/auth/hockney/

WWW Pop Art - short Hockney biography - no images
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~toms/PopArt/Biographies/hockney.html

Hockney at Bella Gallery
Selected works and a short biography of David Hockney.
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Hockney.html

Art and Culture - a nice reading -get to know David Hockney (has a photo of
him) http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=262

Behind the Scenes Video - only $14.95
http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/vid/hock.html
"David Hockney, the world-famous artist whose work spans painting, drawing,
book illustrations, photo-collage and set design, shows how modern artists
play with the conventions of perspective, illusion of depth and the
vanishing point as he draws "a walk around a chair.""

David Hockney biography - chronology
http://www2.kah-bonn.de/ausstellungen/hockney/biog_e.htm
http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/david.htm (another biography)

THE BIG AMERICANS
The Art of Collaboration - High quality images with excellent discussion on
each work
http://www.nga.gov.au/BigAmericans/Theme/moving.htm
http://www.nga.gov.au/BigAmericans/Large/Hotel.htm I like this distorted
perspective.  

Interesting article - THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Further adventures in opticality
with David Hockney by Lawrence Weschler

Do a Google image search and you will
find some very nice photographs to go along with your research: http://makeashorterlink.com/?O2EF62F23