Found Object Landscapes

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will curate various found objects and papers to create faux landscape collages. They will document their artwork using available technology.

Level

Beginner

Areas of Study

Landscape Collage Texture

Collections

Creating with Everyday Objects

Lesson Objectives

Students will identify available resources (found objects) to create art.

Students will brainstorm ways they can utilize their found objects to create landscape features.

Students will explore and invent ways of arranging their found objects and paper to create a landscape collage.

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Teaching Strategies

Introduce the concept of found objects and give examples of how they can be used to create art.
Facilitate brainstorming of different categories/types of found objects.
Demonstrate how to create a torn paper background.
Model how to arrange found objects to create landscape features without glue.

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National Standards

Create

Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem.

VA:Cr1.1.4a

Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches.

VA:Cr2.1.4a

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

10 minutes

Demonstration Time

10 minutes

Student Studio Time

1 hour

Supplies and Materials

Scrap paper (colored paper, magazines, junk mail, etc.)
Found objects
Available technology (camera, phone, tablet, laptop, etc.)

National Standards

Create

Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem.

VA:Cr1.1.4a

Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches.

VA:Cr2.1.4a

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Steps

Brainstorm & Locate Found Objects

Brainstorm different categories of found objects that could be utilized (hardware, pasta, toys, textiles, etc.). Find and collect objects of various sizes and shapes to use for the collage. Plan out ways that found objects can be arranged to create the parts of a landscape.

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