DISASTERS IN BLACK AND WHITE

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1 DISASTERS IN BLACK AND WHITE Name: Brittany Miller Class: Drawing Painting Printmaking Grade: 4-5 Lesson Components Content/subject Natural Disaster Drawings Materials/ Technology -Large, thick paper (at least 3 x2 ) -Vellum (4 x6 ) -Charcoal -White Conté -India Ink -Large brushes -Masking tape -Newspaper -Brown paper (15 x5 ) -Computer/ Speakers Techniques/Skills -Drawing with both liquid and dry media -Drawing with large and small motions Elements/ Principles -Value -Movement Motivation: Alexis Rockman: -Red Twister -Aral Sea -Extreme Climbing -Fire -Cataclysym -De Kooning -Antonius Hockelman -Karel Appel -Violet Hopkins Satellite Images of hurricanes and other storms Night of the Twisters (1996) -Sounds of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes

2 Goals: Students will use their knowledge and experience of the world in order to develop drawings that illustrate a specific mood. Learning Objectives: Students will use a variety of lines to illustration the motions involved with the natural disaster. Students will use tints and shades to define the setting of the painting. They will incorporate both wet and dry media into their works. They will learn how to use large motions with their arms and small motions with their hands while they draw and how these two techniques differ visually. New York State Standards for the Arts Standard 1: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts and participate in various roles in the arts. Standard 2: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles. Preparation Before Class: I will need to mix india ink with varied amounts of water. I will need to create a slideshow of the works. I will have to attach each student s paper to the wall and spread out the large brown paper on the floor. Lesson Development/Time line: 1. When they enter the room, students will see a large stretch of brown paper (15 x5 ) on the floor. The lights will be dimmed. Students will be instructed to make line drawings in charcoal based on the sounds that they hear in the room (rumbling, crashing, shaking, pounding). We will discuss some of the different storms that we have experienced, including the sounds we heard, how it made us feel, and how we reacted. 2. Students will pick a disaster to use as their inspiration. Each disaster will be written on a piece of paper and attached to the wall. -Tsunami -Tornado -Earthquake -Volcano

3 -Typhoon -Thunderstorm -Hurricane -Hailstorm -Dust Storm -Sand Storm -Forest Fire -Flooding -Drought -Locusts -Windstorm -Meteor -Ice Age -Nuclear Spill 3. Each student s paper will be attached to the wall (if possible) over newspaper with extra newspaper at the floor. The materials for each student (charcoal, india ink, erasers) will be next to the paper. Alien Invasion 4. Students will pick a space on the wall and use India Ink and brushes and will cover the paper with light and dark shapes and lines in order to convey both the setting and the natural disaster. They should draw with their arms, like they are in a sword fight. 5. Students will wait until the first layer of ink and dries. They will then go over it with more ink if they need to be more specific in some areas. 6. Students will use charcoal to add details to the storm. They can then use small motions, drawing with their wrists, to add to the drawing. 7. Students will use charcoal and white conté to create a specific landscape, using texture to define the space. Tornado

4 Instruction/ demonstration and work time: I will need to demonstrate the way that India Ink works on paper and some techniques for controlling it. I will also need to demonstrate different lines and different line weights. Drought Reflection and critique: What will I do or say to help the students reflect upon the lesson? -What kinds of emotions do these drawings bring up? -What names could you give to the paintings besides using the names of the natural disasters? -How does texture help clue the viewer in on the environment? Assessment 4: Student s drawing fills the entire page and utilizes at least 4 values. Both wet and dry media are incorporated into the drawing. The mood of the drawing in relation to the chosen natural disaster is clear. 3: Student s drawing fills the entire page and utilizes at least 3 values. Both wet and dry media are incorporated into the drawing. The natural disaster is explored, but the subject of the drawing is unclear. 2: Students drawing fills the entire page and utilizes at least 2 values. Either wet or dry media is incorporated into the drawing. The subject of the drawing is unclear. Thunderstorm 1: Student s drawing does not fill the entire page and the subject of the drawing is unclear.

5 Notes to Self: Literacy and vocabulary components: Mood- an overall feeling or emotion, often equated with expression. Line- an element of art which refers to the continuous mark made on some surface by a moving point. Types of line: vertical, horizontal, diagonal, straight, curved, bent, angular, thin, thick, interrupted, blurred, controlled, freehand, parallel, hatching, meandering, spiraling. It defines a space and may create an outline or contour, define a silhouette; create patterns or movement, and the illusion of mass or volume. Shape- an element of art that is an enclosed space determined by line, color, value, and texture. Shapes may take on the appearance of solid three-dimensional objects even though they are limited to two dimensions. Movement- the act of moving or implied motion. Implied motion is the arrangement of the parts of an image to create a sense of motion by using lines, shapes, forms and textures that cause the eye to move over the work. Additional related activities: Students that finish early will make charcoal drawings on long, thin brown paper that illustrate the aftermath of the natural disaster. They will use line and shape to illustrate the wreckage.

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