Unit 1: Identity
Artist: Henri Matisse
- Studio
Artist: Chuck Close
- Studio
Artist: William Wegman
- Studio
Unit 1: Identity Reflections
I really enjoyed this unit and being able to express myself in my own way to show my identity! These art projects were very fun (and stress-relieving!) to create and show off some of our favorite things!
Pink (2005) stated “The left hemisphere analyzes the details; the right hemisphere synthesizes the big picture” (p.22). From viewing my artwork, you may be able to tell some of the things I enjoy. In the first studio, we got to put a collage together of memories we had. From the collage, I have included many different things. I added suitcases, a tree, and water on the bottom because I love to travel and these are some of my favorite things. Balloons and dandelions were added as a touch for fun to describe me. The letters MU cut out from a magazine show my school spirit for the University of Missouri and a cut out of a dog and paw print to represent my love for animals and my own dog. Finally, the background of purple and gold to represent my high school colors from my school back home in St. Louis. For the second studio, we got to choose which Disney character we thought would best fit with ourselves. I chose Belle from Beauty and the Beast because I felt she represented myself the best. She has long brown hair, a nice personality, and can get lost in a book easily. I added a tree in the background since that is one place I can familiarize myself with Belle and she would always be sitting. In Studio 3, I chose to portray the fairy tale Jack and the Bean Stock and using real people but with an animal as part of the body, like William Wegman does. I added a forest and a small cottage house in the woods and drew a tall bean stock with a cutout of a boy from a magazine. I chose to put Thumper from the movie Bambi on the boys’ head because it reminded me of the funny and silly character that Thumper was and can relate to myself as well. I painted the background blue to show the daytime and to not make the picture look so bare. The boy is facing the bean stock to show that he is climbing up.
In my own classroom, I plan on utilizing visual art integration by showing them some of the artists that we learned about. I would like to do studios like the ones we performed in class as well, but maybe not as challenging and easier for elementary students to pursue. Also, making a collage out of some of their favorite things from home or around the house would be a great introduction activity for the students to get to know each other and it would be a project they would really enjoy. Eisner (2009) stated, “it is imagination, not necessity, that is the mother of invention” (p. 7). By students creating their own artwork, they are able to use their own imagination and create whatever they like, showing their own identity and finding out who they really are.
Resources
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York: Riverhead Books.
I really enjoyed this unit and being able to express myself in my own way to show my identity! These art projects were very fun (and stress-relieving!) to create and show off some of our favorite things!
Pink (2005) stated “The left hemisphere analyzes the details; the right hemisphere synthesizes the big picture” (p.22). From viewing my artwork, you may be able to tell some of the things I enjoy. In the first studio, we got to put a collage together of memories we had. From the collage, I have included many different things. I added suitcases, a tree, and water on the bottom because I love to travel and these are some of my favorite things. Balloons and dandelions were added as a touch for fun to describe me. The letters MU cut out from a magazine show my school spirit for the University of Missouri and a cut out of a dog and paw print to represent my love for animals and my own dog. Finally, the background of purple and gold to represent my high school colors from my school back home in St. Louis. For the second studio, we got to choose which Disney character we thought would best fit with ourselves. I chose Belle from Beauty and the Beast because I felt she represented myself the best. She has long brown hair, a nice personality, and can get lost in a book easily. I added a tree in the background since that is one place I can familiarize myself with Belle and she would always be sitting. In Studio 3, I chose to portray the fairy tale Jack and the Bean Stock and using real people but with an animal as part of the body, like William Wegman does. I added a forest and a small cottage house in the woods and drew a tall bean stock with a cutout of a boy from a magazine. I chose to put Thumper from the movie Bambi on the boys’ head because it reminded me of the funny and silly character that Thumper was and can relate to myself as well. I painted the background blue to show the daytime and to not make the picture look so bare. The boy is facing the bean stock to show that he is climbing up.
In my own classroom, I plan on utilizing visual art integration by showing them some of the artists that we learned about. I would like to do studios like the ones we performed in class as well, but maybe not as challenging and easier for elementary students to pursue. Also, making a collage out of some of their favorite things from home or around the house would be a great introduction activity for the students to get to know each other and it would be a project they would really enjoy. Eisner (2009) stated, “it is imagination, not necessity, that is the mother of invention” (p. 7). By students creating their own artwork, they are able to use their own imagination and create whatever they like, showing their own identity and finding out who they really are.
Resources
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York: Riverhead Books.