Arts and Crafts - Ms. MannSelf Portrait – Magazine collage

Assignment: Create a self-portrait by using magazine collaging techniques, utilizing the elements and principles of design.

Objectives: After a presentation and about magazine collage, collaging techniques and mixed media, students will be able to:

Identify collage techniques Identify the Elements of Design and the Principles of Design Create an original self-portrait using collaging techniques Create emotion and expression in 2D works Create an artist statement focusing on personal values, critical thinking, and art-making

Procedure:

1. Have Ms. Mann take a picture of you digitally. Using Photoshop, Ms. Mann will alter your picture and print it out for you.2. In your sketchbook, answer these questions:

What colors would you like to use to represent your personality Will have a serious face or a silly face, or something different? What kinds of shapes will you use? Organic or Geometric? Why do you think people make self-portraits?

3. Gather your materials, pieces of cut magazine paper that are the color scheme you would like to use.4. Sketch (basic shapes) your face as best as possible onto the paper you will be collaging on. 5. Use entire paper

Criteria: Piece must be crafted on paper provided by Ms. Mann Must use at least 5 colors Must include your entire face, this is a head shot, not body. (shoulders are ok) Forms are pasted down, with little white showing Craftsmanship will be noted, please use scissors and glue slowly and thoughtfully. An artist statement worksheet will be expected

References:Abstract Art: uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. Both geometric abstraction and lyrical abstraction are often totally abstract. Among the very numerous art movements that embody partial abstraction would be for instance fauvism in which color is conspicuously and deliberately altered vis-a-vis reality, and cubism, which blatantly alters the forms of the real life entities depicted.

Découpage collage: Découpage is a French word that means "cut out" or "cut up." In English, découpage is a decorative form of collage, associated with craft more than with fine art. Découpage is usually composed of paper designs or images from magazines that are cut out and glued to any surface (a canvas, a cardboard box, a chair - anything). The images may overlap as they cover the entire surface, creating a very exciting array of colors and visual relationships.Collage: An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color.

http://mcoyle.com/galleries.htmlhttp://www.shapecollage.com/http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/collagemachine.htm

Due: Thursday, April 19 th , 2012 Final self-portrait collage Artist statement worksheetGrading Rubric