This project intended to help students to use visual art as social and cultural commentary from a Christian worldview. It could easily be adapted to not take the perspective of a Christian worldview. It used foam printing plates and (very) low relief carving into the plates. Each student created a set of limited edition prints (four total) because they destroyed their printing matrices after their prints were made. I did it like this to help to feel a little more like fine artists. Studies of masterworks by Oldenburg and Warhol were done in order to inform this lesson.
Not my original project idea, originated from an artist whose work I found by way of etsy. Utilizes solvent-based ink, drawing tools in order to allow for a study of all of the elements of art and principles of design. Works very well as a final project for the 2D Design class in order to assess how well and how much of the course study they retained and are able to apply.
Not my original project idea, originated from one of my favorite Visual Art instructional books and utilizes watercolor, ink, charcoal, graphite, and wax/crayon. Works very well as a 1st project for the 2D Design class!
The original idea for this project originated from a favorite Visual Art instructional book (Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists). This project utilizes continuous line drawing, creating mastercopies, and allows for mixed-media use as dictated by the individual artists.
This was a very long term project for the 2D Design student artists and took a month+ in order to be able to complete. They did underpainting in oil pastels, worked carefully to create appropriate and effective visual armatures in order to have strong visual composition, and their final painting for done in Reeves brand water-mixable oils. HERE is one way I helped them to understand and identify the visual composition of a visual work of art by way of bringing the social media of Pinterest into the classroom!
This project was meant to be something light-hearted and fun as well as something where the students could really use their imaginations in order to be as literal and colorful with visual communication as possible. In employed the use of silly prayers (said by children) where each student artist picked one randomly and then they had to illustrate as literally as possible. This could be flexed for secular school by simply using silly things that little kids say. The students used tubed watercolor and ultra-fine Sharpie pens on aquabord.
[ Faux Stained glass, Scripture in Pictures ]
Did this one around the winter holidays in order to help the gallery hallway (lined with windows) feel more like a church/chapel. Uses black hot glue to imitate the leading, solvent-based markers, and dollar store frames with the back removed and leaving the glass front to do the design work on. Student WiPs can be found here to see more details of the creative process.
Not my original idea, can also be done in pen & ink on posterboard
Not my original idea, adapted from a work seen originally via Pinterest and uses scripture instead of an autobiographical narrative
Color study and silhouette painting using liquid/paste watercolor on Aquabord
Not my original idea, adapted from a fellow art blogger who teaches elementary school art education. I used this project for a final assessment piece for my 2D Design students but could be appropriate for any course that focuses on beginning drawing.
Not entirely original as it originated from two different ideas/examples of artwork I have seen on other websites. (websites are cited and linked)
Cubist and non-objective approach to acrylic painting
Way back when I first started in art education, I always used scratch art as the first project for 2D Design class. I did this mostly because the previous art teachers did it like this and doing it again (and again, and again) seemed like the right thing to do. Fall of 2012 was the first year that I finally did not do a scratch art project and it felt good to finally take a break from it! Don't get me wrong, scratch art is a lot of fun but after doing it three different ways, you just need to walk away from it and give it a rest for a while. If you want to do something to focus on/instruct upon contrast relationships, visual texture, or a different kind of medium for portrait work, scratch-art is a budget-friendly way to try out!
All lessons listed have been tried at least once in my classroom. Some I have originated but ones that were derived from inspiration elsewhere are noted with links and source information as best as I was able to compile for the purposes of giving credit where credit is due.
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