Lesson Plan:Value Explorations

Lesson Title: Value Explorations
Topic/Focus Area: The Element of Value

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Subject(s): Visual Arts

Grade Level(s): 6-12, HigherEd

Name: Christi (Jennifer) Fennell
Taught: Art 1,2,3 Design and Publications
Phone:
E-mail: cfennell1@yahoo.com

School: Calipatria High

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Lesson Overview

Standards

Subject : Visual Arts
Grade : Nine thru Twelve (proficient)
Strand : Artistic Perception
Substrand 1.0 : Processing, Analyzing, and Responding to Sensory Information Through the Language and Skills Unique to the Visual Arts

Students perceive and respond to works of art, objects in nature, events, and the environment. They use the vocabulary of the visual arts to express their observations.

Concept : Develop Perceptual Skills and Visual Arts Vocabulary

Standard:

1.2

Describe the principles of design as used in works of art, focusing on dominance and subordination .

Strand : Creative Expression
Substrand 2.0 : Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Visual Arts

Students apply artistic processes and skills, using a variety of media to communicate meaning and intent in original artworks.

Concept : Skills, Processes, Materials, and Tools

Standard:

2.1

Solve a visual arts problem that involves the effective use of the elements of art and principles of design.

Standard:

2.3

Develop and refine skill in the manipulation of digital imagery (either still or video).

Standard:

2.4

Review and refine observational drawing skills.

Strand : Aesthetic Valuing
Substrand 4.0 : Responding to, Analyzing, and Making Judgments About Works in the Visual Arts

Students analyze, assess, and derive meaning from works of art, including their own, according to the elements of art, principles of design, and aesthetic qualities.

Concept : Make Informed Judgments

Standard:

4.4

Articulate the process and rationale for refining and reworking one of their own artworks.

Student Learning Objectives

Students will learn the importance of one of the Elements of Design - Value. Students will become familiar with the Value Scale and how to create it using different media. Students will explore works of art including pieces of photography, painting, sculpture and drawing that incorporate the use of value. Students will learn how to use and take care of watercolor paint, tempera paint and the paintbrushes involved. Students will also learn how to use a scanner, digital camera and Adobe Photoshop 6.0.

Activities

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Resources

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Web Resources
We will be using Adobe Photoshop 6.0 to manipulate their photographs.
For examples of Student Work go to:
http://www.taospaint.com/CutPaperPortraits.html
http://www.ecsdallas.com/art/cutpaper.htm

For examples from a professional artist go to:
http://www.taospaint.com/CutPaperPortraits.html

Hardware/Software Resources (computers, CD-ROMs, TV, VCR, etc.)
We will be using a computer, a scanner, a digital camera and a laser printer.

File Attachments

KWL Worksheet for Value
— KWL Sheet For Christi Fennell.htm (3.75 KB)

Rubric for Value Self Portraits
— Value Self Portraits.htm (8.83 KB)

Pretest given before we started the lesson
— Pretest.doc (10.0 KB)

Instruction sheet given to students before they scanned.
— Scanning.doc (22.0 KB)

Value scales I gave them use for painting.
— Value Scale.p65 (144 KB)

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