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Submitted by: Tim Hunt
AP Lesson Plans
Assemblage Sculpture - Plexiglas Engraving – Watercolor - Drawing (3)
Assemblage Sculpture
3D AP Art, Tim Hunt
Objective:
To create an assemblage sculptures that is a reflection of you.
Procedure:
Collect things that create a theme that create a reflection of you and your personality. Sort through your found objects to gain an idea for your creation then build upon. (see examples).
Assemblage is an untraditional sculpture usually with an attitude that makes it contemporary. An assemblage sculpture is the bringing together of matters (assembling) rather than the making (creating) of the work. The sculpture will be a sculpture in the round.
This is an outside assignment: Due date: ______________________________________
Supplies:
Found objects
Hot Glue Gun
and Hot Glue Sticks
– "Goop Glue
" (or E6000 Adhesive
) - Epoxy
Any items that will embellish a reflection of you and your personality
Vocabulary:
Assemblage
Sculpture in the round
Artists:
Marisol "Women and Dog"
Brian Yale "The Dungeness Drifter"
Assemblage Artists:
David Gilhooly assemblages:
http://www.davidgilhooly.com/
Ron Smith may inspire some found object sculpture:
http://www.degraaffineart.com/degraaf3/smith.html [Archive]
Wendy Heers- found form sculpture:
http://www.degraaffineart.com/degraaf3/heers.html [Archive]
Dewey Blocksma
http://www.degraaffineart.com/degraaf3/blocksma.html [Archive]
Evaluation:
Did you use the 4 C’s (good Composition, good Craftsmanship, extreme Concept, Catch the Viewer’s Eye)? Does your sculpture show movement, create an emphasis, depict a concept about you, use pattern, repetition but have a variety of interest (the use of the elements and principles of design). Is your sculpture innovative? The sculpture must be self-supporting, stable and at least 3 feet tall.
Dry Point Etching
Tim Hunt - AP Drawing
Objective:
Students will gain an understanding of the intaglio process of printmaking.
Procedure:
Student will be given a Plexiglas plate (printing plate). They will need to do a drawing
Using hatching, cross-hatching technique to create the imagery. The drawing needs to be at least one inch smaller than the plate. If it is a small plate ½ from the edge. After completing the drawing they need to tape it to the back of the plate. Follow procedures on attached sheet.
Materials:
Etching tool
Non-lint rags
Wool Blanket
Vocabulary:
Etching Plexiglas
Intaglio Press
Etching needle Tarlaton cloth
Plate Edition
Etching paper
Evaluation:
Did you use the 4 C’s (good Composition, Good Craftsmanship as in a good clean print, Extreme Contrast such as showing extreme hatching and cross hatching technique, and Catch the viewer’s eye.)
Drawing
Watercolor/ Prismacolor Drawing by Tim Hunt
Unit Title:
Mixed Media drawing using Watercolors and Prismacolor pencils and Prismacolor art stixs
Objective for this lesson:
Students will gain an understanding of how to create a mixed media drawing through the use of Prismacolor pencils, art stixs and watercolor.
Procedures:
Students will take two sheets of white watercolor paper and brush watercolors in two different interesting color schemes such as complementary, warm, cool, analogous, etc. on them. Then, while the watercolor is wet, they crinkle plastic bags on top of the watercolor paper, and leave it on until the watercolor paint dries. After the watercolor dries, students should look at their papers and try to find some hidden image, such as a person, shape, or animal in each watercolor design. Choose the watercolor design with the best hidden image. Expanding on what they see, draw enhancements using Prismacolor art stixs and Prismacolor pencils on the chosen design so that they have a finished composition that enhances the hidden watercolor image. Use a Prismacolor blending stick to blend with. The watercolor design does not have to be the dominating factor in the composition. (If the watercolor paper is too wrinkled to easily draw on, the student may smooth the paper out and mount it on mat board.)
Supplies:
White Watercolor Paper
Watercolor Paint
Plastic dry cleaner bags Drawing Pencils
Prismacolor Colored Pencils / Stixs Watercolor Sable Brushes
Spray Mount Adhesive
Kneaded Rubber Erasers
Vocabulary words:
Composition Color schemes Mixed Media
Evaluation:
Does artwork show good compositional skills? Does artwork show good craftsmanship (no torn or folded paper, mastery of blending with their Prismacolors using both the pencils, sticks and blending stick)? Does artwork show mastery of Prismacolor technique? Did student take advantage of the watercolor effect?
Realistic Still life Drawing – Cone cups & foam worms by Tim Hunt
Objective:
Students will create a realistic drawing using graphite pencils and still life material provided by teacher.
Procedure:
Student will take paper drinking cone/cups and foam worms and arrange them into an interesting three-dimensional composition (you may cut the cups and foam worms and/or glue them to the poster board). On a sheet of Cold Press Illustration Board
Materials Needed:
Variety of Drawing Pencils
Paper cone cups
Foam worms
Rubber Cement
or hot melt glue
White Poster Board
Evaluation:
Do you have an interesting composition? Do you have good craftsmanship? Is your composition realistic? Did you use the full range of the value scale? Does your composition catch the viewer’s eye?
Corrugated Paper Composition –Value Drawing by Tim Hunt
Objective:
To show the entire value gradation range using various graphite pencils.
Procedure:
Students will take white corrugated paper or light bulb boxes with white corrugated interiors and arrange them into an interesting sculptural composition. To create the composition, students may fold, cut or tear the paper. After designing the composition, they will glue the corrugated paper to white poster board with rubber cement to create a permanent still life arrangement. Arrange a one directional light source. Students then should lightly block in a drawing of the entire corrugated sculptural composition or use a viewfinder to focus on a particularly good composition part of the corrugated sculpture. Use a soft pencil on illustration board. Using the full range of drawing pencils, draw and shade a drawing of their chosen subject using at least six value gradations. Show extreme contrast in drawing, using the entire value gradation scale – show highlights, cast shadows, core shadows, and reflected light. Drawing must touch all four sides of the illustration board. Highlights will be the only white showing in the drawing.
Supplies:
Corrugated paper or light bulb containers that have a corrugated interior
Full range of Drawing Pencils
Illustration Board
White Poster Board
Evaluation:
Did you use the four C’s in your drawing (good Craftsmanship, good Composition, extreme Contrast, Catch the viewer’s eye)? Did you use at least six value gradations? Does the drawing touch all four sides of the illustration board? Are highlights the only white showing in the drawing?
Does the drawing show shadows from only one light source?
AP Drawing
Realistic Still life Drawing - Tootsie Roll Pops® by Tim Hunt
Objective:
Students will create a realistic drawing using graphite pencils, Prismacolors, and still life material provided by teacher.
Procedure:
Student will take the Tootsie Roll Pops and Lifesavers and arrange them into an interesting three-dimensional composition (You may not remove the wrappers from the pops. Do remove the Lifesavers from their cellophane wrapper).Glue items on to a white poster board. On a sheet of Cold Press Illustration Board
Materials Needed:
Variety of Graphite Sticks
Rubber Cement
White Poster Board
Evaluation:
Do you have an interesting composition? Do you have good craftsmanship? Is your composition realistic? Did you use the full range of the value scale? Does your composition catch the viewer’s eye?
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