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Students will learn about the Dada Art Movement by watching a video called:
Student will also look at artwork from the Dada Period and then focus on the work of the modern powerful artist Deborah Roberts
Students will choose a social cause to exemplify in their mixed media collage work using Roberts as inspiration.
Students can use their character's clothing or body language as their vehicle to promote their social cause.
Body Language:
Facial expressions. The human face is extremely expressive, able to convey countless emotions without saying a word. ...
Body movement and posture. ...
Gestures. ...
Eye contact. ...
Touch. ...
Space. ...
Voice. ...
Pay attention to inconsistencies.
Students will begin to gather the parts of their collage:
Body Parts from Magazines
Fabric swatches or construction paper for their clothing
Students will choose 50% of the body parts they collected to be actual collage pieces that are glued into place and the other 50% will be value drawings.
Students may begin composing their figures. It will be necessary to trace their designs onto their paper; omitting some areas so that they may be drawn in.
Students will use exacto blades or scissors to cut their clothing from their fabric or construction paper.
Students will use a wide range of values to achieve high quality drawings that match the values seen in their magazine cutouts so that they seem to be a unified piece.
After students have finished drawing and collaging magazine parts they may now paste their clothing and add any details that convey their social cause theme.
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