Elementary Visual Arts Lesson Plan
Forest Park School
District #91
Author: Heather Kostal
Activity Title: Monochromatic Identity Grade
Level: Fifth Grade
Objectives:
Students will learn about the artist/designer Shepard
Fairey.
Students will understand the concept of identity in art.
Students will know how to create rhythmic patterns.
Students will know how to paint monochromatic color schemes.
Materials:
Mirrors
Pencils
Heavyweight tag board
Colored permanent markers
Digital Camera
Computer & Printer
PhotoShop or similar photo manipulation software
Tempera paint (Color spectrum colors and black & white)
Construction Paper
Brushes
Paint palettes
Procedure:
There are many parts to a students’ identity. Their physical
characteristics, their personality, and their environment are just a few.
Throughout history artists have brought forth their identity through vivid
self-portraits, collage, and photography.
There is no right or wrong way to show who you are through your art, but
how you show it can tell the viewer a lot about you.
For this project, students will focus on parts of their
identity and list what is important to them and what makes their identity
unique. Using mirrors, students
will practice how they can portray their identity physically.
The art teacher will take a photograph of the student in
their practiced pose. It can be of
their head neck and shoulders, just their face, or more. It depends on how the student wishes
their identity to be portrayed.
Next, the photographs will be digitally enhanced in
PhotoShop. Each photo can be
resized if necessary to fit to 8 ½ x 11.
The image will have the filter >artistic> cutout applied. One copy should be printed for each
student in black and white.
In recent art history the manipulation of photographic images
has become brought to the forefront of our visual culture. The street artist/graphic designer
Shepard Fairey gained notoriety during President Obama’s presidential campaign
for altering an Associated Press photograph for the now infamous Obama HOPE poster.
Students will enjoy hearing about the life and art of Shepard
Fairey. This poster had an impact
on the identity of then presidential hopeful Barack Obama and is now part of
the National Gallery. The rise of
a 21st century artist and the similarities in the artwork they will
be producing will give this project a connection to the outside world for the
students.
Students will next learn about monochromatic color schemes
and rhythmic patterns in art.
There are several different types of rhythm found in art like one-beat
patterns, flowing, jazzy patterns, just like in music! What kind of pattern matches their
identity? Students will come up
with a rhythmic pattern background for their photograph on a 9 x 12” piece of
tag board. The pattern will be
traced in their choice of colored permanent marker. This will be the color they paint it monochromatically.
Students will paint their portrait with a different
monochromatic color scheme from their background. If they would like to trace the shadowy shapes first that
were created by the computer manipulation, it might be helpful. The lightest gray tones will be their
lightest tints. Their darkest
blacks will be the darkest shades.
The painted photographs will be cut out and glued to
construction paper, then cut out again and glued to the painted backgrounds.
Assessment / Evaluation:
Students will fill out a self-assessment for this lesson.
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Did I show my PERSONALITY in this
portrait
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Do I know how to describe RHYTHM in
art? Do I know what RHYTHM I used
in the background of my portrait?
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Can I describe what a MONOCHROMATIC color
scheme is?
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Do I know who the artist Shepard Fairey
is? What is his contribution to
Art History?
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Does my final product look unique and original?
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Did I do QUALITY work?
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Congratulations to your former student, and to you for encouraging such wonderful creativity in your students!
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