Emotion in Art
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Students will investigate formal and conceptual uses of facial expressions to communicate emotion in portraiture.
Using graphite and an eraser, students will create a series of reductive cartoon portraits, displaying a variety of facial expressions to convey mood and emotion.
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Students will investigate formal and conceptual uses of facial expressions to communicate emotion in portraiture.
Students will explore reductive drawing, using graphite and an eraser.
Students will create a reductive cartoon portraits, showing a variety of facial expressions to convey mood and emotion.
Teaching Strategies
- Introduce formal and conceptual uses of facial expressions to communicate emotion in portraiture.
- Demonstrate how to create a reductive drawing using graphite and an eraser.
- Share strategies for creating a series of reductive cartoon portraits.
- Facilitate a formative critique, helping students analyze one another’s artworks, identifying the mood and emotions being depicted.
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Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.
VA:Cr3.1.8aDemonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design.
VA:Cr2.1.7aTime Requirements
Teacher Prep Time
10 minutes
Demonstration Time
15 minutes
Student Studio Time
30 minutes
Supplies and Materials
- White paper (9 X 12 or similar)
- Sketchbook or scrap paper
- Graphite pencil
- Erasers (of various sizes and shapes)
National Standards
Create
Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.
VA:Cr3.1.8aDemonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design.
VA:Cr2.1.7a
Steps
Research Facial Expressions
Review and discuss how artists use facial expressions to convey mood and emotion.
Compare how line, shape, and color in a portrait (the formal qualities) are used together to show mood or emotion (the conceptual qualities).
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- Drawing I - Sample Class (Copy)
- Still Life
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- Abstraction
- Architecture
- Beginning Exercises
- Community
- Identity
- Test Unit
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Facial Expression Guide
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Showing Emotion a Formative Tool
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