Da Vinci would create a chart of human characteristics and then choose randomly to create creatures. This type of box is often used in hollywood for coming up with animated characters. Look up on the internet articles about Da Vinci's idea box to see what it is.
20 Keeps,
4 Likes,
4 Comments
THE PLAN
5 sessions; 50 minutes per session
SWBAT define emphasis, form, proportion/size, shape, and textures as related to the human head and its features.
SWBAT create a realistic looking creature based on a chart created by the class as a whole.
SWBAT identify who Leanardo Da Vinci is and how he created his odd creature drawing.
Have students look up and read: http://creativethinking.net/DT08_DaVincisIdeabox.htm?Entry=Good
Show students the attached PP.
As a class decide what human facial features students want to be challenged by.
Create a chart as a class and all copy it down for later reference.
One student at a time will come to the board and with out looking will choose each feature for their character. Work in teams so one student writes while the other chooses.
With their characteristics written down students are to sketch out a practice line drawing to check that they understand the feature exaggerations.
Then students will create a charter drawing using those features in colored pencil. They are to be able to demonstrate creative use of color as well as proper shading techniques to give the creature a realistic look.
Students will be grade by neatness and execution as well as being compared to the chart they wrote out and features they chose. If they missed a feature 5 points are taken off for a 100 point project. Neatness and executions has to be elided by the teacher and their knowledge of that students abilities. You will have to build your own rubric if you choose to. Each rubric is relative to the amount of features students choose.
Students really were engaged with this one. Mostly because they as a class created the idea box and they all got to see different results in their illustrations.
They were able to relate to how movie characters are created and how artists can always come up with ideas.
It encouraged them in that they could figure out how to get out of a mental block and literally think outside the box.
THE STANDARDS
Visual Arts Standard 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
[9-12 Proficient] Students apply media, techniques, and processes with sufficient skill, confidence, and sensitivity that their intentions are carried out in their artworks
[9-12 Advanced] Students initiate, define, and solve challenging visual arts problems independently using intellectual skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
[9-12 Advanced] Students communicate ideas regularly at a high level of effectiveness in at least one visual arts medium
Visual Arts Standard 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
[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
Visual Arts Standard 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
[9-12 Proficient] Students describe meanings of artworks by analyzing how specific works are created and how they relate to historical and cultural contexts
bisbee07/23/2014 at 11:46am
I have tried this once and will keep using it. It is student driven for the most part and fun.
bisbee07/24/2014 at 01:38am
I do not know how the typos showed up 24 hours later, but please excuse them as they were not intended. Not sure how "chatter drawing" showed up. Was meant to be charted, and "elided" was meant to be decided. I hope this note does not change like my copy did.
KatieMorris08/20/2014 at 08:21am
That is so interesting! I never knew that about Da Vinci's process.
TooCoolStuff08/24/2015 at 07:28pm
I am going to try this with sculpting unit. I usually have Art Foundations students sculpt a human head, after unit on drawing. But, either they get too hung up on "pretty" or trying to sculpt a celebrity. This will avoid all those issues and make sculpture more personal and less stressful! Thanks!
You must be logged in to keep, like, or comment on this resource.
Share!
Comment!