Artist: Mary Cassett
Portraiture: Printmaking
Portraiture: Printmaking
Artist: Rene Magritte
Surreal Journey Postcards: Collage
Surreal Journey Postcards: Collage
Artist: Do Ho Suh
Pop-Up Homes and Habitats: Mixed Media
Pop-Up Homes and Habitats: Mixed Media
Unit Two: Relationships Reflection
This unit was a lot of fun! I felt as though our studio assignments really related to the theme of relationships. The first studio, printmaking, really connected with me because I chose a relationship that is very important to me: my dad and I. Although I lost my dad when I was 17, I had a very strong relationship with him and this studio was a great way for me to portray that. The surreal journey postcards related to the theme of relationships because our peers had to choose images that related to the images we chose as our backdrop for the postcard. Furthermore, we made our postcards out to someone to talk about our journey. I wrote my postcards to both of my parents, two people I have very significant relationships with. My pop-up homes piece related to the theme of relationships because I created a pop-up image of my home in Rolla. In this piece I tried to incorporate all of the components that remind me of home including flowers, trees, and our red door. In the first unit I struggled with getting my creative juices flowing, however with this unit I felt much more comfortable with my ideas and pieces.
Doing studios like these in my future classroom will be a great way to help my students to better engage with the content. I think all of these studios will be extremely helpful in helping me to better understand my students and what they value. I think it is crucial to allow students the opportunity to express important relationships through their artwork. As Pink (2005) states, “design in its simplest form is the activity of creating solutions” (p. 75). This statement demonstrates that encouraging students to think about how to portray important relationships will help them to have an overall better understanding of certain relationships and why they are important. In addition, art is a great way to encourage critical thinking. There are so many components of artwork that can change the mood of a piece. According to Bang (2000)," we associate red with blood and fire, white with light, snow, and bones, black with darkness, yellow with the sun, blue with the sea and sky…” (p.74). Certain colors can change the entire feel of a piece, thus doing studios like the printmaking piece is a great way for students to analyze art and the meaning behind their peers artwork. I think it would be great for my students to be able to analyze each other’s artwork and better understand each other as individuals. This would help to create a sense of community within my classroom. My only change to the studios would be to incorporate a reflection with each of the pieces. Doing so will allow my students to delve deeper into the message they are trying to portray and also help me to better understand them as people. In addition, this is a great way to incorporate literacy within art lessons.
Bang, M (2000). Picture this: How pictures work. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
Pink, D. H. (2005). A Whole New Mind. New York, NY: Penguin Group.
This unit was a lot of fun! I felt as though our studio assignments really related to the theme of relationships. The first studio, printmaking, really connected with me because I chose a relationship that is very important to me: my dad and I. Although I lost my dad when I was 17, I had a very strong relationship with him and this studio was a great way for me to portray that. The surreal journey postcards related to the theme of relationships because our peers had to choose images that related to the images we chose as our backdrop for the postcard. Furthermore, we made our postcards out to someone to talk about our journey. I wrote my postcards to both of my parents, two people I have very significant relationships with. My pop-up homes piece related to the theme of relationships because I created a pop-up image of my home in Rolla. In this piece I tried to incorporate all of the components that remind me of home including flowers, trees, and our red door. In the first unit I struggled with getting my creative juices flowing, however with this unit I felt much more comfortable with my ideas and pieces.
Doing studios like these in my future classroom will be a great way to help my students to better engage with the content. I think all of these studios will be extremely helpful in helping me to better understand my students and what they value. I think it is crucial to allow students the opportunity to express important relationships through their artwork. As Pink (2005) states, “design in its simplest form is the activity of creating solutions” (p. 75). This statement demonstrates that encouraging students to think about how to portray important relationships will help them to have an overall better understanding of certain relationships and why they are important. In addition, art is a great way to encourage critical thinking. There are so many components of artwork that can change the mood of a piece. According to Bang (2000)," we associate red with blood and fire, white with light, snow, and bones, black with darkness, yellow with the sun, blue with the sea and sky…” (p.74). Certain colors can change the entire feel of a piece, thus doing studios like the printmaking piece is a great way for students to analyze art and the meaning behind their peers artwork. I think it would be great for my students to be able to analyze each other’s artwork and better understand each other as individuals. This would help to create a sense of community within my classroom. My only change to the studios would be to incorporate a reflection with each of the pieces. Doing so will allow my students to delve deeper into the message they are trying to portray and also help me to better understand them as people. In addition, this is a great way to incorporate literacy within art lessons.
Bang, M (2000). Picture this: How pictures work. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
Pink, D. H. (2005). A Whole New Mind. New York, NY: Penguin Group.