Evolution and Layers

UNIT TITLE – Layers and Layers and Layers... ENDURING IDEAS – Evolution/Change over time/Progression Everyone and everything changes over time. Sometimes the change is very apparent, sometimes you have to look very hard. Layers of earth are built up over time embedding objects, placing them in time. Layers are also eroded away from rocks revealing the imperfections inside. What layers can you find in your life? COURSE – Advanced Placement Art ELO:

• Demonstrate fluency using multiple processes to show the exploration of a variety of two dimensional media, techniques, and tools.

• Use standards and Criteria to self-evaluate and to determine when artwork is finished and successful.

• Demonstrate an understanding of ways to assess development and to defend one's personal aesthetic.

• Understand, apply, experiment, and develop fluency with different media

• Demonstrate creative problem solving skills through art production, analysis, and discussion.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do people and things change over time? How can change be positive? How can change be negative? EXEMPLAR ARTISTS Phil Hansen http://philinthecircle.com/ Mona Lisa X-rays http://www.two-views.com/X-RAY/mona_lisa.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10670133 Maya Brym http://www.mayabrym.com/compound-2012-/1 Picasso OBJECTIVES Artists will be able to... Document their art-making process Use layering of various media create a 2D composition MATERIALS Heavy weight paper Graphite Erasers Any other painting drawing media the student wants to explore (including but not limited to):

Oil paint Acrylics Water color Oil pastels Chalk pastels Pastel pencils Colored pencils Gouache Charcoal Markers PROCEDURES Introduction and presentation of example artists Show exemplar Students make a list of 15 ideas Start work on base graphite drawing Days of play with various media and Demonstrations Meet with students, discuss plan for layering ( at least 5 layers on top of graphite) Make sure students are documenting their progress before, during, and after each layer Assessment activity (see below) ASSESSMENT/CULMINATING ACTIVITY Students will assess each others work in a collaborative way. Each student will place images of their documented progress in a pile. The class will work together and discuss to put drawings in order from strongest to weakest composition. Students will discuss final compositions in groups. Students will then have the option to take their weakest composition and manipulate it on the computer to make it stronger. EVIDENCE OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE This lesson helps students take risks with their work while creating a highly conceptual and technical piece. TETAC Key Art Understandings: Change is fundamental to art Art attains value, purpose, and meaning from the personal, social, and cultural, dimensions of life Art raises philosophical issues and questions Principles of possibility by Olivia Gude: Playing Not Knowing From Eisner’s 10 Things the Arts Teach: The arts teach people to make good judgments about qualitative relationships. The arts teach students that small differences can have large effects. The arts teach students to think through and within a material.