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Artist and Art Educator
Integration of Technology in Art Education
Curriculum and Media
Mixed Media: 3D Paper Water Lilies
Lesson Plan
This mixed media project focuses on capturing the impressionistic style of Claude Monet's paintings through color and values to create movement. The lesson's traditional media will allow students to make artistic choices to capture the elements of Impressionism.
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Learning Outcomes
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- Students will recognize impressionist paintings through the work of Claude Monet.
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- Students will plan artistic choices to create light and shadow in their art.
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- Students will design their composition using mixed media materials.
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- Students will complete a mixed media 3D paper water lily sculpture.
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"Claude Monet 3D Water Lilies Lesson"
Digital Media: Surrealist Collage
Curriculum Unit Overview
This curriculum unit focuses on the concept of surreal collage art. Surrealist collage can be done traditionally through magazine cut outs or digitally through photo editing programs. This style of art can expand the imagination of students to essentially craft their own dream-like environment by analyzing surrealist art.
Learning Outcomes​​​
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- Students will analyze artworks from the focus artist, Irie Wata, and design their composition to mimic the artist's upside-down landscape theme.
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- Students will illustrate how to utilize the tools in Photoshop effectively.
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- Students will strategically create a collage composition to reflect surrealism.​
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"Creating a Digital Dreamscape" CU
Watercolor Techniques
This is an online lesson on watercolor techniques for students to build their skills with this specific medium. Creating different textures through material manipulation allows for students to play with how versatile watercolor is through these techniques.
Learning Outcomes
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-Students will create different textures with watercolor and household materials.
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-Students will learn to unify different textures of watercolor to produce a still life painting in an abstract form.
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-Students will develop an understanding of how watercolor is a versatile form of painting and how to work with it.
Instructional Video -
Watercolor Techniques
Lesson Overview
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"Watercolor Techniques"
