MINI LESSON: SUNSETS & SILHOUETTES

Sunsets & Silhouettes

Learning Objectives: 

• Create a photomontage (collage) of who you believe the model might be.
• DAY ONE: Create a Background (sky, mountain, forest)
• DAY TWO: Create a Silhouette Figure (place on top of background)

Day One: 

Art Start:

1. Retrieve Sketchbook
2. What do you think the word PHYSIOGNOMY means? Explain why. (5 mins)

Lesson Activities:

1. Group Discussion: Should we judge people by ones outer appearances? Is it ever appropriate to judge someone by their outer appearance? Yes OR No. (10 mins)

  Famous Surrealist Artists: Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, Rene Magritte

3. Demonstration: Creating a Surrealist Background (10 mins)

Step-By Step Pictures

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Day Two: 

Art Start:

1. Retrieve Sketchbook
2. Finish Background of Photomontage (Collage) (10 mins)

Lesson Activities:

1. Read Creating Surreal Figures pg 14-15 
2. Group Discussion: What similarities or differences do you notice between your work and the surrealists (artists) you learned about? (5 mins)              

      Current Local Artist: Erin Case Silhouette Artist

3. Demonstration: Cutting Out a Silhouette (5 mins)
    

    Step-By-Step Pictures: 

                                                         

                  Student Examples 

4. Clean Up (10 mins)

Lesson Expectations: 

Substitute Expectations:

-Remain in Seat
-Use "cafe" voice (quiet voice)
-Listen to Instructions
-Clean Up

Artwork Expectations:

Background (Day One): 

-Take your Time!
-Due End of Hour