Cubist Portrait: Two Composition Sketches (5 Days)
1. Review Assignment Goals
SWBAT:
1. Choose personal objects to include in project.
2. Create 2 Composition sketches for a the cubist portrait project.
2. Review Final Project Goals That we will do later
SWBAT
1...use a gradation of values to create the ILLUSION of 3D Form & SPACE
2...practice close looking and careful drawing of their own faces and personal objects from observation
3...understand the basic ideas behind Cubism and how this art movement of the early 20th century resonates for art making today.
4...create their own Cubist Style Self Portraits
3. Two Composition Sketches: Start with Shapes (April 6 & 7)
4. Add 8 Objects/Facial Details, Textures, & Patterns (April 8, 12 & 13)
5. Extension
Do more than 2 composition sketches!
6. Assessment
20 points towards weekly participation in class grade
Portrait d'Ambroise Vollard, by Pablo Picasso, 1910, Oil on canvas
• Cubism was an early 20th century art movement pioneered (started) by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.
• Cubism was the first abstract art style.
• Cubist painting abandoned (let go of) the tradition of perspective drawing and displayed many views of a subject at one time in fractured planes.
NYC Visual Arts Benchmarks
• Art Making
• Developing Art Literacy
• Making Connections Through Visual Arts
• Community and Cultural Resources
• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning
Differentiation / Lesson Extension
...Students with different abilities can seek assistance from teacher, paraprofessional, or another student
...The students who finish early can ask a classmate if they need help or review
NYC VISUAL ARTS BENCHMARKS
• Developing Art Literacy
• Community and Cultural Resources
• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning
• Cubism was an early 20th century art movement pioneered (started) by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.
• Cubist artists represented their subjects with multiple views and fractured planes
• Cubism was the first abstract art style.
• Cubist painting abandoned (let go of) the tradition of perspective drawing and displayed many views of a subject at one time.