Adding Text to Transform

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will view artwork by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh and identify how text contributes to the message conveyed. Students will add text to the prints created during the “Transforming Drawing to Print” lesson. Students will write a reflection and select a method for display.

Level

Intermediate

Areas of Study

Identity Portrait Drawing Mixed Media Printmaking Color Form Line Balance Proportion Shape Space Contemporary Art

Collections

Transformation and Reflection

Lesson Objectives

Students will identify ways Tatyana Fazlalizadeh pairs text and images to convey ideas.

Students will create criteria to judge the success of their artwork.

Students will sketch ways to pair text with an image.

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Teaching Strategies

Introduce artwork by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, focusing on portraits paired with text.
Lead a discussion of the images’ successes, helping students identify criteria to use when judging their own work.
Direct students to select a social issue, choose text, and sketch ways to pair text with a reduction print.
Facilitate a midpoint critique.

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National Standards

Create

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

VA:Cr3.1.8a

Select, organize, and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.

VA:Cr2.3.8a

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

Visual Arts Grade.8.Number.6

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

8.VA:Cr3

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

45 minutes

Demonstration Time

45 minutes

Student Studio Time

3 hours and 35 minutes

Supplies and Materials

Reduction print portraits from the previous lesson
Pencils and erasers
Paper, paint, markers, etc.

National Standards

Create

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

VA:Cr3.1.8a

Select, organize, and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.

VA:Cr2.3.8a

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

Visual Arts Grade.8.Number.6

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

8.VA:Cr3

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Steps

Research

Discuss Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s paintings. Ask the question, "What would change about the images if she had chosen a different font, size, placement, or words?" Discuss how the text enhances the meaning of the image.

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