Class 3
October 4, 2019
Exploration 2: Sketchbook Introduction
During this class we will be teaching students the importance of using a sketchbook to develop ideas, and think through their own creative process. This is important because keeping track of their ideas can help students grow as artists, it can help them understand where they started and where they are now. This is something that is important to start at a young age because that can help them grow throughout their artistic development.
Essential Understanding
Artists and designers use sketchbooks as part of their creative process to think through and develop their ideas.
Learning Targets
After beginning to develop their ideas in the last class, students will be able to further explore and explain their ideas and continue to work on their sketchbooks. After having some time to think through their ideas from their sketchbook, students will be able to engage and persist by making revisions and adding to their previous ideas successfully. After discussion, students will be able to explain why artists and designers use sketchbooks in their creative process, as measured through their contributions to the discussion.
Key Concepts:
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At their table students will go around and talk about what they have put on the cover of their sketchbook, and why they decided to do that for their cover
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Students will discuss what their ideas were last class, and what they changed during this class
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Students will write a sentence about why artists and designers use sketchbooks
Skills:
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Ideation
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Collaboration
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Imagination
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Reflection
Documentation
Studio Habit: Observation
The Wonderlab teachers will show the students the revisions they have made to their own sketchbooks, and stress the idea that it is ok to start with one idea and end up with another. There is always something we can add to our artwork, even when we think it is finished, to make it more interesting to viewers.
Studio Habits: Envision and Express
Tell me the story
“They are having a party, this is the DJ, This guy had his rocket shoes kick in at the wrong time, they malfunctioned”
What are these little creatures right here?
“Those are electric bugs and they are trying to stop the party with their man-eating fly trap”
“Your sketches are very detailed as well. Did it help to sketch the story before you drew it on the cover?”
“Yeah and I’m going to add color to the cover with colored pencil”
“Is this the Earth?”
“No its the Earth’s twin.”
“Oh! Where is colorado on the Earth’s twin?”
“Um, Its on the other side”
“Do you think we will ever move to the Earth’s twin?”
“No we can’t yet because they aren’t done with it yet”
“What holidays are your favorite?”
“Halloween and Valentines day.”
“For any specific reason?”
“Well Halloween is fun because we get free candy and Valentines day is my best friends birthday too”
“Is that why you put the two holidays on the top of the sketchbook?”
“Yes, but i still like the other holidays so i put them on here too”
Are you going to do dots in every section or just a few?
I’m doing dots because i don’t want to color it in all in because i want to see some of the white
Where did you get the idea to do these really broad strokes?
i just do sketches at my house of long lines in my own sketch book