STUDIO
PROCEDURE:
Day
1
1.
Show
Durer self portrait on overhead-lights off.
2.
Read
the Story Behind Praying Hands.
3.
Group
read About the Artist handout.
4.
Class
discussion on his trip to Italy and ideas he brought back, his new
ideas.
5.
Information
under self-portrait and Rhino – title, dates, museum, etc.
6.
Look
at rhino- overhead. One volunteer from each table to copy on the
board/roll paper.
7.
Turn
off overhead- show the students that they didn’t even make a dent into
all the textures.
8.
On
paper, have the students brainstorm by table, on how many texture names
they can come up with.
Day 2
1.
Have
Rhino transparency on.
2.
On
Grid Paper- make 20 squares 4x4, with a pencil create 20 textures- they
need to vary in visual values.
3.
On
a Value Scale Sheet, choose the darkest value. Redraw with a thin black
marker in the top square. Work down going lighter and lighter.
Day 3
1.
Continue
the textures and value scale.
2.
Find
and animal photo.
3.
On
9x12 white drawing paper, draw a border, LIGHTLY, the width of a ruler.
4.
Draw
the chosen animal and its’ habitat, LIGHTLY, within that border.
Day 4
1.
Continue
drawing the animal.
Day 5
Begin
Watercolor- demo on 2 techniques, Wet on Wet and Wet on Dry. Leave the
Border white, students must be careful to keep the border line sharp.
Day 6
Continue
Watercolor
Day 7
Continue
Watercolor
Day 8
1.
Textures-
Begin by looking at the Texture Value Chart , choose the darkest value
to overlay the darkest color on the painting.
2.
Proceed
from dark textures to light textures.
Students can break the animal up into sections like Durer did on
the Rhino.
Day 9
Continue
Textures
Day 10
1.
Continue
Textures and Begin Erase Stamp – Choose a texture that was used in the
Painting.
2.
Find
this texture on the Grid Paper- go over it again with pencil.
3.
Put
an eraser onto the square and flip it over so that the student can rub
the paper. This will leave a graphite impression onto the eraser.
4.
Go
over the design with a pen.
5.
Fill
in all positive space with the pen. (While the student has that pen,
they are to put their name on the eraser).
6.
Begin
cutting the Negative Space out with an X-acto knife. Make sure that the
table is covered with a piece of cardboard. Cut enough to just break the
surface. Too deep and the design will break off.
Day 11
1.
Continue
Cutting, when this is done, wash the pen off the eraser, dry completely.
2.
Use
a water based marker to print- test print on scrap paper. The chosen
color should be somewhere within the painting but not as a dominant
color.
3.
When
print is ok, stamp around the Border of the Painting. Print the top row
across, then the bottom row across, fill in the sides – the sides can
change directions or stay the same as the top and bottom. Corners can
vary for interest, as well as alternating the direction of the stamp
while printing (on any of the top/bottom/sides)
Day 12
Continue
stamping border.
Day 13
1.
Design
Initials onto the Grid Paper- design the “correct way”
(readable).
2.
Transfer
this to another side of the eraser- like transferring the texture.
3.
Cut
out the Negative Space with an X-acto knife.
Day 14
Using
a water based marker, print the initial stamp with the painting. Look at
Durer’s work to get an idea for the placement. The chosen marker color
can blend in to the space chosen or be of contrasting color.
ASSESSMENT:
Within
the structure of the lesson, were you able to explore your creativity?
Explain
Did
you use your art materials in a new or different way?
Explain
Did
you show enough details to express what you had in mind?
Explain
Could
you have some part more interesting?
If yes, explain how you would do it.
If
no, what is your most interesting part and how did you create it?
How
does your animal compare with Dürer’s Rhinoceros?
Is
there anything you would change about this unit?
If yes, please explain.
