Landscape: Choices by Chance

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will experiment with chance operations through prompts to investigate a variety of materials in unconventional ways. Students will produce an expressive landscape artwork based on their findings using media of their choice, such as painting, drawing, or collage.

Level

Advanced

Areas of Study

Landscape Acrylic Chalk Pastels Collage Colored Pencils Drawing Watercolor Tempera Oil Pastel Space Color Texture Value Balance Contrast Movement Variety Contemporary Art

Collections

Investigations: Ways of Seeing

Lesson Objectives

Students will investigate chance operations and practice using media unconventionally.

Students will analyze various expressive landscapes.

Students will employ their chance operations findings to develop skills in a medium of their choice.

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Teaching Strategies

Design prompts for chance operations investigation.
Facilitate a discussion of expressive landscapes by various artists.
Support students as they develop skills in the media of their choice.
Guide students as they independently plan and make choices informed by other artists.

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National Standards

Create

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

1 hour and 30 minutes

Demonstration Time

1 hour and 30 minutes

Student Studio Time

6 hours

Supplies and Materials

Various wet media
Working with Collage Materials list
Various dry media
11" x 14" (140 lb) smooth grain, mixed-media paper
Graphite pencil and eraser

National Standards

Create

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Steps

Investigations through Chance

Investigate chance operations. Participate in a chance operation with prompts. Experiment with tools, techniques, and materials. Explore a variety of familiar materials in unconventional ways. Work from photographs, memory, imagination, or observation as desired.

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