Unit 1 - Intro: "Personal Tales" Self Portrait
The Essential Questions
What is a "Personal Tale"?
What about yourself do you want to show others?
What experiences have you had? What do you believe in?
What is a "Personal Tale"?
What about yourself do you want to show others?
What experiences have you had? What do you believe in?
THE ART CHALLENGE
As an effort to get to know each other in class, for the first week of the trimester, you are challenged to create a self portrait that captures your essence or mood.
As an effort to get to know each other in class, for the first week of the trimester, you are challenged to create a self portrait that captures your essence or mood.
- How do you fit into society / school?
- How do you relate or react to your family / peers?
- Do you have any traditions your family follows? Do you come from another country or culture? Does religion play a part in your life?
- What passions do you have? What liberates you? What confines you?
- What best represents you: Body, Mind, Spirit, or Society?
How will the viewer react to this piece?
What do you want the viewer to feel when interacting with your work?
Do you want them to know it is about you specifically, or about your meaning in a more ambiguous way?
How can different materials convey different meanings and emotions?
Investigate the Project Criteria / Rubric
Formative / Sketchbook Investigation for Process Planning
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Creativity:
What is your intent? How will you create something that is original or made new? |
Quality:
How will you ensure your work looks clean and aesthetically pleasing? |
Techniques / Materials:
What materials will you use for your composition? What drawing techniques will you engage in? |
Design:
How will you use the principles of design to ensure your work is visually successful? What elements of art will you use to enhance the principles of design? |
Planning:
Using the Process & Planning: Creative Cycle file below, brainstorm your ideas by working through the steps of the creation process. Document your ideas and research in your sketchbook. Research master artists that inspire you for the project. Choose the material and practice with them to best suit your needs for the project. Plan your composition layout through thumbnail sketches.
Using the Process & Planning: Creative Cycle file below, brainstorm your ideas by working through the steps of the creation process. Document your ideas and research in your sketchbook. Research master artists that inspire you for the project. Choose the material and practice with them to best suit your needs for the project. Plan your composition layout through thumbnail sketches.
| Process & Planning: Creative Cycle.pdf |
Jim Dine' Symbolic Self Portraits
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Portraits can be abstract or non-representational
Creative Option & Appropriation:
Outline a silhouette of some part of yourself with the overhead projector onto your drawing paper. Then, fill in the outline with doodles and drawings that symbolize you in some way. The doodles or drawings should try to define contours and values.
Outline a silhouette of some part of yourself with the overhead projector onto your drawing paper. Then, fill in the outline with doodles and drawings that symbolize you in some way. The doodles or drawings should try to define contours and values.
Other Master Artists Portraits
Contemporary or Modern Portraits
Manders Portraits
Symbolic Portrait Examples
Investigate Together
With a partner, or in a small group, choose 2 of the portraits showcased here on this page. Answer the following prompts and analyze your chosen works:
- Describe each piece. What is being seen in each artwork?
- What is the most prominent art element found in the work? How is that art element organized to create a Principle of Design?
- Is the work finished? Is there a sense of Unity? How do you know?
- How are the two works similar? How are they different? Use specific examples from each.
- What emotion or message is being communicated through the portrait? What are the clues to inform you about the artist's intent?
- What influences or ideas can you take from these works into your own self portrait?
