Use color, scale, line, and composition to create a visual narrative demonstrating space.  This is a work that is done over the top of a created ground (collage or not just white/color paper like a map) with a surface that includes silhouettes and repeated patterns of shapes to create relationships between the silhouettes that seem more abstract (not just people in the same space with an implied narrative).   

Examples of Ways to Approach this idea: 

1. Consider the dynamics of a friend group at lunch or table group in a class.  Is there someone that speaks more or louder than others? Would you represent them as larger in scale or with a large shape? What would it look like if you drew a map of the figures and drew lines between them as they spoke to record the conversation?

2. Consider a narrative in a favorite book or movie. Who is the protagonist?  What struggles with the other characters do they face?  Who supports them?  What miscommunications cause strife? 

3. Consider yourself and your idea of self.  (lower image) What are your different sides?  Do you have strengths and weaknesses?  Do you change throughout the day?  Feel confidence more in one area than another?  Have to "switch hats" as you accomplish your day?  How have you evolved since 6th grade and where do you plan to evolve further?

Objectives

• Understand how scale, color, and line can reinforce the idea of abstract space representing relationships

• Understand how scale can be used to demonstrate relationships

• Demonstrate how complex narratives and/or ideas can be created with little detail

Resources

Rinat Goren Artist - Great Silhouettes & Line

Cristina Troufa Artist - Great Negative Space

Sarah Curry - Negative Space Cell Phones

Artwork & Process Examples

Bailey's Pinterest of Silhouettes