Visual Art Activity: Hummingbird and Haida Art

Elements of Design Line: Shape and Form: Colour curved, straight, jagged, horizontal, vertical… Thick, thin, dotted, hatchmarks Shape and Form: Outline of an image produced by lines Geometric / organic; positive;negative Colour Hue / value / intensity / temperature

Overall Expectations (Big Ideas) D1. Creating and Presenting … produce art works … to communicate feelings, ideas.. using elements, principles and techniques of visual arts D3. Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts … demonstrate an understanding of… art forms, styles and techniques…. and their sociocultural and historical contexts

Specific Expectations D1.3 Use elements of design to communicate ideas, messages and understandings D3.2 demonstrate awareness of ways in which arts reflect beliefs and traditions of a people

Reflect on the shapes/forms Identify “breaks” in the colours Notice the thin / thick lines

Haida Hummingbird Examine pictures of hummingbirds in nature Discuss: Lines and forms Identify shapes

Identify shapes and forms Determine where the colours will break Add lines/shapes/forms typical of Haida art

Culminating Tasks Create the fire on mural paper Draw a hummingbird Think about lines you use Think about shapes you use Relate them to lines/shapes in Haida art Draw a hummingbird Identify the shapes and forms Determine colour breaks Add Haida symbols Use thick and thin lines Cut out shapes and use as a template Printing options: air-brush, solid, pastel…

Anchor Chart Look at Haida art samples Forms Colours Lines Look for forms in the hummingbird picture Triangle / square / circle….. Draw forms to create your bird Determine colour breaks Add Haida symbols Adjust thickness / thinness of lines

Criterion-Based Assessment D1.3 Use elements of design to communicate ideas, messages and understandings D3.2 demonstrate awareness of ways in which arts reflect beliefs and traditions of a people The student will: Use form, line and colour to create a hummingbird in the Haida Gwaii style Identify similarities in use of line, form and colour in Haida art Identify the relationship of elements of art to Haida beliefs and traditions

Assessment as Learning Have I…. Need to modify I’m satisfied Used different forms to draw my bird Drawn my “colour breaks” and decided on colours Drawn my forms in the Haida style Used lines of different thickness

Assessment of Learning Criteria 1 2 3 4 Uses different forms in drawing a bird Uses “colour breaks” relating to the forms used Work reflects the Haida style Uses lines of different thickness

Extension Activity Watch the animé representation of the story on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi5u7A9DRAc Develop an animé presentation (this would be a lesson for another time!)