Prescribed Learning Outcomes
(Perceiving/Responding)
It is expected that students will:
- describe various image-development and design strategies
- compare the relationship between form and purpose in a variety of images
- demonstrate an awareness of the ethical considerations involved in copying images
(Creating/Communicating)
It is expected that students will:
- draft ideas for images using feelings, observation, memory, and imagination
- make 2-D and 3-D images:
- using a variety of design strategies, including selection
- in various styles
- to communicate ideas
- that engage more than one of the senses
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Suggested Instructional Strategies
- Have students examine photos showing the development of a painting over time, or visit an artist's studio several times to view the progress of a single work. Help students identify and describe the design strategies observed.
- Ask students to develop realistic self-portraits using pastels. Then have each student create a second self-portrait, this time in abstract style, using collage. Facial features could be emphasized using magazine images of various sizes that are copied, cut, and reassembled. Discuss the ethical considerations involved in copying images for this purpose.
- Set up a bicycle still life in the classroom. Ask students to look closely at the still life, using viewfinders to select visually interesting aspects. Have each student fold drawing paper into four sections and use black lines to draw four magnified views, one for each section.
- Have students view and compare examples of advertising that appeal to taste, sound, or smell. Challenge them to design posters to advertise a specific event or product (e.g., musical event, food, perfume).
- Invite local artists or craftspeople to class to describe their creative processes and demonstrate the image-development strategies they use to produce and finish their works (e.g., sketches, watercolours, maquettes, models). Have students record what they observe in their visual journals and select one of the strategies to use in their own artwork.
- On a field trip or neighbourhood walk, have students observe architectural forms of buildings and record their observations, including special construction features and details, in thumbnail sketches. Discuss the forms of the buildings in relation to their intended function. Students' sketches can be used later to develop paintings, prints, and models.
Suggested Assessment Strategies
- Before students design advertising posters, discuss the features of an effective poster. Work with them to choose three to five specific features or criteria to focus on in this assignment. Criteria might include:
- bold, eye-catching appearance
- clear message that identifies the product
- appeals to the senses through colour, texture, shape
Draw up a feedback form or checklist students can use to respond to one another's posters.
- Students can develop their own feedback forms for work in progress. For example, they might include prompts such as:
- Ask me about what I'm trying to accomplish.
- Tell me about two things you like and think I should keep or highlight.
- Ask me about one thing you don't understand.
- Suggest or demonstrate one thing I might do to help accomplish my purpose.
- After students have had several opportunities to work with a variety of image-development strategies, ask them to review their portfolios and each select two pieces that illustrate different ways they have successfully used these strategies. Note the extent to which they are able to:
- effectively use image-development strategies
- distinguish between strategies
- choose appropriate examples
- tell about the purpose or ideas for each work
- explain the image-development strategies they used, including any problems or challenges they faced
Recommended Learning Resources
Print Materials
- Art First Nations
- Art From Many Hands
- Art Key Stage 2
- Cartooning for Kids
- Claywork
- Come Look With Me: Animals in Art
- Experimenting with Art
- Fun-Tastic Collages
- How to Plan Your Drawings
- A Painter's Palette
- The Young Artists Series
Video
- Animation for Kids
- By The Sea/Woodland
- Maskmaking with Paper with Peggy Flores
- Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase
- Multi-Arts Resource Guide
- Photography
Multimedia
