Artist: Nick Cave
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Artist Norman Rockwell
- Studio
Artist: Miriam Schapiro
- Studio
Unit 4: Celebrations Reflection
The celebrations unit was a fun and light-hearted unit to end the semester with. I really enjoyed the Nick Cave presentation. Growing up a dancer, a lot of his costumes resembled similar costumes that I had have worn and watched others dance in and it brought back a lot of fond memories. I had an AMAZING costume designer at my dance studio that reminded me a lot of Nick Cave and his creativity. For the Nick Cave unit, I chose to create an elephant because I think it somewhat celebrates my personality and who I am as a person.Just as Pink (2005) says, "People who hope to thrive in the Conceptual Age must understand the connections between diverse, and seemingly separate, disciplines" and although elephants don't logically connect to my identity and celebrating "me," my love for elephants is definitely something I love to celebrate. I have loved elephants for so long and it was something that I decided to celebrate about myself. When I find something I love and I have a good idea in mind of what I would like to create in class, it makes the process of creating the piece that much more fun!!
I also really enjoyed the graphic design lesson because there are so many messages that I love to look at on pinterest that convey strong messages to the public and I also enjoy inspiring others and this was a perfect lesson to include both of those things. Service is an important part of me as well and each and every person has the power to change the world with the right determination. This is definitely one message that I want to bring into my own classroom in the future and so creating this graphic design was also important to me as a person.As Bang (1991) explains, "Our feelings arise because we see pictures as extensions of the real world" (p. 41). Because the pictures I put into this page are realistic and really happened, they really are extensions of the real world and hopefully those who look at this piece can see that service and volunteering is something everyone can do and there are so many ways to go about it.
The last lesson, is a piece that imitates the illustrations by Eric Carle. In my lesson plan, I ask the students to create a piece using finger painting and mixing colors to develop texture in their art work. The students are supposed to pick one living organism and research about that organism. After the research and writing process is over, the students will create an finger-painted piece of that living organism. This is the example I would use for my students to show texture, physical characteristics of the living organism and the habitat of that organism.
I will definitely use the piece I created in this class for the lesson plan in my own classroom because it can be adapted to fit several different big ideas such as transformation, seasons and life cycles. I also will probably use Nick Cave as inspiration but instead of doing finger puppets I would probably have the students create a small article of clothing/accessory that makes a sound. The students could then wear the piece of clothing and we could create choreography for the whole class to do so that we could hear all the possible sounds that the class artwork creates.
References
Bang, M. (1991). Picture This: How Pictures Work. Boston: Bullfinch Press/Little, Brown and
Company.
Pink, H. D. (2005). A Whole New Mind. New York, New York: The Penguin Group Inc.
I also really enjoyed the graphic design lesson because there are so many messages that I love to look at on pinterest that convey strong messages to the public and I also enjoy inspiring others and this was a perfect lesson to include both of those things. Service is an important part of me as well and each and every person has the power to change the world with the right determination. This is definitely one message that I want to bring into my own classroom in the future and so creating this graphic design was also important to me as a person.As Bang (1991) explains, "Our feelings arise because we see pictures as extensions of the real world" (p. 41). Because the pictures I put into this page are realistic and really happened, they really are extensions of the real world and hopefully those who look at this piece can see that service and volunteering is something everyone can do and there are so many ways to go about it.
The last lesson, is a piece that imitates the illustrations by Eric Carle. In my lesson plan, I ask the students to create a piece using finger painting and mixing colors to develop texture in their art work. The students are supposed to pick one living organism and research about that organism. After the research and writing process is over, the students will create an finger-painted piece of that living organism. This is the example I would use for my students to show texture, physical characteristics of the living organism and the habitat of that organism.
I will definitely use the piece I created in this class for the lesson plan in my own classroom because it can be adapted to fit several different big ideas such as transformation, seasons and life cycles. I also will probably use Nick Cave as inspiration but instead of doing finger puppets I would probably have the students create a small article of clothing/accessory that makes a sound. The students could then wear the piece of clothing and we could create choreography for the whole class to do so that we could hear all the possible sounds that the class artwork creates.
References
Bang, M. (1991). Picture This: How Pictures Work. Boston: Bullfinch Press/Little, Brown and
Company.
Pink, H. D. (2005). A Whole New Mind. New York, New York: The Penguin Group Inc.