The student will be able to explain collage. They will study shape and contrast.
The student will create a paper that explains things about the animal they have chosen for their subject.

Magazines
Glue
Scissors
Acrylic Paint
NO SCISSORS (torn paper only)

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Discuss art elements that will be used in this art. Especially go over contrast and why it is important to the overall design. Talk about torn paper collage and demo the procedures. Students will then...
1. Choose an animal design to create.
2. Begin collecting magazine pages to create animal while finding contrasting pages for background and details.
3. Research the animal and create an essay to accompany the art.
4. Design the collage layout.
5. Assemble torn paper into design.
6. Use acrylic paint to touch up and add details to the torn paper.
7. Display design along with essay.

Each student will turn in their essay to be graded separate from the collage.
Neatness, contrast and a full design are all the requirements.
The student will be able to answer 5 short answer questions about their animal and creating a collage.

Romare Bearden is an artist you can discuss and show the collages he created.
We also use Eric Carle by looking at his animal designs.

[9-12 Proficient] Students conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of their ideas relates to the media, techniques, and processes they use

[9-12 Proficient] Students demonstrate the ability to form and defend judgments about the characteristics and structures to accomplish commercial, personal, communal, or other purposes of art

[9-12 Advanced] Students create multiple solutions to specific visual arts problems that demonstrate competence in producing effective relationships between structural choices and artistic functions

[9-12 Proficient] Students compare the materials, technologies, media, and processes of the visual arts with those of other arts disciplines as they are used in creation and types of analysis

Romare Bearden

Abstract Art

Balance, Color/Value, Contrast, Shape, Texture, Variety

Acrylic, Collage

English/Language Arts