1. Read and discuss the first 3 articles in Scholastic Art magazine.
2. Have students design 3 options for a landscape in their sketchbook using fauvist qualities (paper divided in 1/2, simplified but interesting details both above and below horizon line).
3. After idea is approved, draw it onto canvas panel and outline in black acrylic paint.
4. Review basic color theory
5. Plan out colors in sketchbook
6. Paint landscape
7. Fill out assessment sheet
Assessment is attached.
Scholastic Art Magazine, "The Fauves," Sept/Oct 2006
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THE STANDARDS
Visual Arts Standard 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
[5-8] Students select media, techniques, and processes; analyze what makes them effective or not effective in communicating ideas; and reflect upon the effectiveness of their choices
Visual Arts Standard 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
[5-8] Students generalize about the effects of visual structures and functions and reflect upon these effects in their own work
[5-8] Students select and use the qualities of structures and functions of art to improve communication of their ideas
Visual Arts Standard 4: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
[5-8] Students know and compare the characteristics of artworks in various eras and cultures
Visual Arts Standard 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
[5-8] Students analyze contemporary and historic meanings in specific artworks through cultural and aesthetic inquiry
[5-8] Students compare multiple purposes for creating works of art
Visual Arts Standard 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
[5-8] Students compare the characteristics of works in two or more art forms that share similar subject matter, historical periods, or cultural context
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