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Class lecture presentation:
Students will be learning about the artist Shepard Fairey during this unit. Shepard is a print maker and spray paint artist who has strong aesthetics in concern to contrast, shape and pattern. He also uses his work to communicate about the world and what is happening political in our country and others.
Many of you may have seen his work on clothing items or posters. His clothes line brand is known as Obey. We will be using his work as inspiration to create a final stenciled painting of our own communication fashioned after his style. Think about what you want to communicate about the world around you. What social issues do you feel most passionate about? What color scheme will you use to communicate emotion to the viewer? These are all areas I would like you to think about and incorporate into your final piece. Below you will find examples of his art work and resources I will use in class including my power point presentation. Feel free to refer back to any of these as you are planning your final.
Examples of his work:
Assignment:
Students will be creating a Shepard Fairey style portrait or image communicating a social issue or phobia. The image must have an emotional connection to you. The communication must be obvious to the viewer. The use of symbolism will be an important element to your final piece. The requirements for the final work are as follows:
17.5x 23 inches in size
Created in the style of Shepard Fairey: using textures, collage, overlapping and layering stencils, sprayed textures into the background, minimum of 4 and have strong communication based on a social issue, phobia or portrait.
Materials:
17.5 x 23 inch paper
spray paint
pencil
stencil paper
spray through textures
scissors or exacto knives
cutting mat board
tape
collage paper/textures
Photoshop
Vocabulary:
Texture printmaking Phobia
Collage Silk screen Negative space/Positive space
Mediums Color scheme
Spray paint Social Issue
Time Frame:
4-5 weeks
Resources:
Great tutorial for simplifying portraits in Shepard Fairey style. This will help you to create multilevel stencils.
https://www.pinterest.com/dollymix03/social-issue-graffiti-vs-urban-art/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-behind-banksy-4310304/?no-ist
Worksheets:
Assignment worksheet
Rubric Please print the rubric off when handing it in with your final project.
Learning Targets:
Students will learn how to use spray paint to create a work of art.
Students will learn how to create an image focused on strong communication dealing with a social issue or phobia.
Students will learn how to design patterns and stencils with collage techniques.
Students will learn how read art using visual literacy techniques.
How to use photoshop to turn a image into a stencil.
Student samples:
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