Artist: Henri Matisse
Mini-Composition: Collage
Mini-Composition: Collage
Artist: Chuck Close
Self-Portraiture: Crayon, Water Color, Sharpie
Self-Portraiture: Crayon, Water Color, Sharpie
Artist: William Wegman
Artful Personification: Collage, Crayon, Colored Pencil
Artful Personification: Collage, Crayon, Colored Pencil
Reflection:
These three studio lessons greatly related to the big theme of identity for this first unit. The first of the personal collage allowed me to represent a part of my life through collage without having to right come out and show a direct picture of that part of my life. As stated by Eisner (2002), “The arts celebrate multiple perspectives” (p. 3). My collage represented a part of my life, my summers that I spent at church camp. The self-portraiture helped me think of myself in a different way, as a Disney princess. While looking up Aurora, or Sleeping Beauty, I discovered that I had quite a bit in common with her. Then the lastly, the artful personification had me think of a character identity, and portray that accurately by using an animal. I picked Belle, she was very bright and loved reading. So to portray her I picked a dog and had her in a library.
I think I would use my own studio pieces in my own classrooms. Showing the students that there are many different ways to represent themselves, or the identity of others too. Erickson and Young (1996) discuss, “Children’s abilities to create drawings and to understand art development in a parallel fashion to changes in their cognitive, emotional, social, and physical growth” (p. 41). I think that these are great outlets for students to be able express who they think they are while further developing in their own abilities. This is why the arts are a vital resource in our schools.
References:
Eisner, E. W. (2002). The arts and the creation of mind. New Haven: Yale University.
Erickson, M., & Young, B. (1996). What every educator should (but maybe doesn’t) know. School Arts, 96(2), 40-42.
These three studio lessons greatly related to the big theme of identity for this first unit. The first of the personal collage allowed me to represent a part of my life through collage without having to right come out and show a direct picture of that part of my life. As stated by Eisner (2002), “The arts celebrate multiple perspectives” (p. 3). My collage represented a part of my life, my summers that I spent at church camp. The self-portraiture helped me think of myself in a different way, as a Disney princess. While looking up Aurora, or Sleeping Beauty, I discovered that I had quite a bit in common with her. Then the lastly, the artful personification had me think of a character identity, and portray that accurately by using an animal. I picked Belle, she was very bright and loved reading. So to portray her I picked a dog and had her in a library.
I think I would use my own studio pieces in my own classrooms. Showing the students that there are many different ways to represent themselves, or the identity of others too. Erickson and Young (1996) discuss, “Children’s abilities to create drawings and to understand art development in a parallel fashion to changes in their cognitive, emotional, social, and physical growth” (p. 41). I think that these are great outlets for students to be able express who they think they are while further developing in their own abilities. This is why the arts are a vital resource in our schools.
References:
Eisner, E. W. (2002). The arts and the creation of mind. New Haven: Yale University.
Erickson, M., & Young, B. (1996). What every educator should (but maybe doesn’t) know. School Arts, 96(2), 40-42.