Lesson
plan by: Judy Decker
Unit: Pre-Columbian Art - Inca
Project: Abstract painting - Inspired by Textiles
(Interdisciplinary with Social Studies)
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Original print with foil frame
Digitally altered print |
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Lesson
Objectives:
1.
Abstract
art: Compare and contrast various forms of artistic
expression associated with specific groups of
people, geographic regions, or time periods- art of
Andean cultures
2.
Investigate
processes and beliefs used by various cultures and
institutions, past and present, to create works of
art.
3.
Discover
common subjects, ideas, and themes in art forms from
different cultures.
4.
Speculate
about a work of art, i.e. who made it; what
materials, techniques and skills were used; its
intended purpose/audience; and how it was used.
5.
Produce/explore
works of art based on their environment
6.
Study a
variety of cultures and times to discover how arts
forms have been transmitted from one generation to
another.
7.
Control a
variety of materials, tools techniques and processes
while creating works of art. Create a reduction
print and digitally manipulate the colors. Combine
digital image with original print to make a larger
composition. Learn how to register colors.
8.
Recognize
how technical elements affect works of art.
9.
Connect
ides, materials, processes and techniques while
creating works of art.
10.
Create art works using
procedures borrowed from other cultures.
11.
Explain why people create
art forms.
12.
Discuss and analyze criteria
that determine value.
13.
Utilize elements and
principles of design to create an abstract
composition inspired by nature
14.
Presentation- Design a foil
tooled frame to enhance pattern in painting
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Materials:
Scanner- digital images from
to Weave
to the Sun: Andean Textiles
1/4
" graph paper - 6" x 9"
Rulers
-- Pencils/erasers
6" x 9" scratch foam plates
ball point pens - soft lead pencils
masking tape
assorted colors of paper
assorted colors of printing ink
brayers -- ink plates
For technology:
Scanner -- PC - PhotoDeluxe software
printer.
Scissors,
rubber cement , poster board for collage print
For Frames:
Corrugated cardboard - cut
to 10" x 13" (this is for frame - cut
7" x 10" openings for print)
Tooling foil cut to 10 1/2 x 13 1/2
7" x 10" cardboard
for marking opening in foil
Modeling tools - pads of newspapers
Resources:
Peruvian art prints: National Geographic,
Digital photographs (from book), Internet images
Internet sites: Andean art, Inca cultures (see
Art Web page) Additional
Internet sources
Evaluation:
Web page Evaluation forms
K.W.L. charts-- video worksheets
Student Self-Evaluation forms
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Instruction:
1.
View/discuss
video: Introduction to pre-Columbian art (survey) Compare
and contrast styles and materials used. Discuss cultures
at the time works were created
2.
Discuss
video: "Inca: Secrets of the Ancestors"-
how have we learned from science about these people (new
technologies in archeology and analysis of mummy remains,
etc.)
3.
Discuss
abstraction of natural forms and necessity of abstraction
due to weaving process
4.
Present
Web sites- direct student exploration (student
hand-out/study guide)
5.
Demonstrate
designing animal using graph paper
6.
Demonstrate
painting technique - review color planning
7.
Demonstrate
foil tooling frame
Procedures:
1.
View/discuss
videos. Fill
out K.W.L chart- complete chart after Internet lesson
(what new information was gained?)
2.
Create
an abstract composition inspired by nature. See birds,
fish, cats etc. of Andean textiles.
Use graph paper to aid in geometric design.
Add designs to negative space (see textile border
designs). Use rulersfor border designs.
3.
Transfer
to printing plate - tape with masking tape - go over lines
with ball point pen. TAke drawing off and press lines down
harder with soft lead pencils (Ebony).
4.
Place
on newspaper to print. Ink with a light color of ink -
roll out ink on plexi-glass inking plate till tacky. Build
up thin layers of in on plate. Move to clean area of
newspaper to pull print. Lay paper over plate and rub back
with flat side of wooden spoon (be careful not to dent
plate with spoon edge). Print a minimum of three prints
5.
Select
color plan for prints - Reduce plate by pressing down more
areas - lines and patterns - Print with a darker color.
Register plate over first color. Print over all prints.
You may use a different plan for individual prints -- or
print with all the same colors.
6.
Reduce
plate more and print a third color (suggest to cut out
animal completely with X-acto knife)
Scan
print into computer to make digital print (this can be
done after second color printing or after third color)
7.
Make
foil frame (this is for best print) - Trace 7" x
10" cardboard in center of foil to mark where print
goes - score line on back side of foil. Use ruler and
pointed tool to score an edge all around back side
1/4" from outside edge - this is for folding over to
back side of corrugated cardboard. Tool frame with
patterns/motives inspired by nature or Andean textiles.
Cut inside of frame out - cut opening 6 1/2" x 9
1/2" - clip corner to original 7 x 10 lines, fold 1/4
to back side for a neat finished edge from front. Inside
pieces of foil are saved for future projects.
8.
Students created a collage print with their digital image
and one original print. Some cut into squares and
alternated (quilt- like) - some cut into strips. Some
students cut the animal out of both prints and switched -
while others cut one print and made raised up areas (and
put in a shadow box). Weaving was also presented as and
option.
9.
Critique-
evaluate work.
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