Artists have the entire day to finish.
Monitor your class. Some classes will need two days to complete their project. You can use the second day by making sure each student artist fills out an artists statement and share the projects class-wide
Students will be working individually, so have materials prepared to go out to tables/desks depending on how your class is set up.
Drawings from Lesson 4, washable markers
Artist Statement (1 per student)
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INSTRUCTIONS: CAREFULLY COMPLETE ARTWORK, & ADD AN ARTIST STATEMENT
Tell the students that they will have the entire day to color and finish their work.
Explain to them that when they are finished, they can begin working on an artist statement. An artist statement is something that an artist writes that can tell his or her viewer important information about his or her artwork if he or she is not there to explain it in person. Show them the artist statement sheet and give them an example.
Check for understanding by asking, “Who was listening closely that can sum up what we are doing today?” Make sure that student artists can list all the steps and clarify anything that needs clarifying.
The students work independently on their work as the teacher circulates. Foster strong work habits by commenting on student artists who are focused on their work as well as student artist who seems be pushing themselves to try new things.
Encourage them to cover up all the white areas before moving on to details. Ask them about the decisions that they are making to make them aware of focused artistic decisions; i.e, “Why did you decide to use a short, diagonal line pattern?” or “I’m noticing your color choices! How did you decide on them?” Keep the observations neutral and let the artists take it from there.
STUDENTS SHARE THE WORK OF THE ARTIST THEY INTERVIEWED.
Depending on the teacher’s style of classroom management, it might be helpful to only choose and train a few kids to clean. Make sure to train these helpers well in advance so that you aren’t left with a messy room.
Clean-up times will vary with materials; get to know your class and allow 5-10 minutes depending on how efficient they are and whether or not the material was messy.
Have the rest of the class gather close, choose a partner, and interview them about the artistic decisions that they made.
Have students come up and present the work of the person they interviewed. The artist is not allowed to say anything until the end.
It might be worth setting aside some time to look at all the work their fellow classmates made; whether through a presentation in the hall or setting them out on a table and having a walk through.
Try to remind students to start with the lightest color—if they start too dark they won’t be able to add on top of it. If this happens and they are upset, discuss if there is some way that they can turn their ‘mistake’ into something else. What does it look like? Enlist the imaginations of the other students to see if there is some workable solution. Alternatively, they can turn their color into a wash using water and a brush and minimize the effect a little bit.
If a student wants to outline in black, that is best to do last so that the colors don’t smear. If they smear and the student artist is upset, the only solution is to add a darker color to hide it.
As students finish, tell them that artists often have to write an artist’s statement that tells their viewers what they made and why. Ask them to write an artist statement using the Upper Academy Artist Statement Handout and attach it to the back of their work.
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