1. Art Foundations (Grade 7)
The Future
Art Foundations (Grade 7)

2. Session 1: Challenge
Create a work of art that shows an imagined version of a place in the future that has changed over time.
This can be a literal place (such as New York City, your school, or your bedroom) or a metaphorical place (such as your state of mind or emotions).

3. What was the world like in the past? How is it different today?
Past Vs Future
What was the world like in the past?
How is it different today?
What has changed?

4. What is a Utopia? A Dystopia?
Utopia Vs Dystopia
What is a Utopia? A Dystopia?
Video (1:53):

5. Claude Manet, Summer Poppy Field, 1875

6. Robert McCall, The Prologue and the Promise, 1993

7. Goya, Disasters of War: And There is Nothing To Be Done, 1810-20

8. Tom Hornung, Mind Control, 2014

9. Challenge: Create a work of art that shows an imagined version of a place in the future that has changed over time.

10. Agenda
Sketch, at minimum, 7 different versions of a place in the future. REMEMBER, this can be a literal place (such as New York City, your school, or your bedroom) or a metaphorical place (such as your state of mind or emotions).
After sketching 7, select the one you think is best.
Write out in your sketchbook, in at least 3 sentences, why you want to choose that particular sketch to use for your final artwork. (Note if you chose to do a utopia, dystopia, or merely an imagined place.)

11. Reflection
Have you completed your sketching ideas and selected the one you’d like to create?
Did your group activity help you to develop ideas?

12. NEXT CLASS
Watercolor begins!!!

13. Session 2: Challenge
Create a work of art that shows an imagined version of a place in the future that has changed over time.

14. What do you remember? Utopia VS Dystopia
Video (3:00):

15. Agenda Watercolor demonstration.
Practice the techniques in your sketchbook for 5 minutes.
Begin your watercolor. REMEMBER, begin light. You only get one sheet of paper, so make it count.

16. Watercolor Techniques
Wet brush
Dry brush
Loose wash
Layering
Splattering
Salt bursts
Dripping
Paper towel subtraction

17. Reflection What were some of the challenges you faced with watercolor?
What would some resolutions for those challenges be?
Did anyone develop a unique technique they’d like to share?
What are some vocab terms that were learned?

18. Finish Watercolor and begin using Sharpie!!!
NEXT CLASS
Finish Watercolor and begin using Sharpie!!!

19. Session 3: Watercolor
What do you remember?

21. Agenda Sharpie Demonstration.
Practice the techniques in your sketchbook for 5 minutes.
If you finished your watercolor last class: Begin to add sharpie.
If you have NOT finished your watercolor, finish it. Dry your paint with a hairdryer and once it’s completely dry, then begin to add sharpie.

22. Sharpie Drawing Techniques
Outline
Stippling
Hatching
Cross-hatching
Scumbling

23. Reflection What were some of the challenges you faced with sharpie?
What would some resolutions for those challenges be?
Did anyone develop a unique technique they’d like to share?
What are some vocab terms that were learned?
How far along is your work? What will need to be done next class to complete this assignment?

24. NEXT CLASS
Finish projects, gallery walk activity, group critiques, and written reflections!!!

25. Session 4: Agenda
Watercolor and sharpie should both be complete TODAY!
Written reflections
Gallery walk and group critique

26. Written Reflection Expectations
IN YOUR SKETCHBOOKS, write a description of your imagined future:
What is happening in your future?
How did this future come to be?
Is it utopian, dystopian, or just a general future?
Answer the following questions about the assignment:
Were you challenged by the materials? How so?
Did you like or dislike the subject? Why?
What are 3 new vocabulary terms that you learned?

27. Use learned vocabulary and you can use your written reflections
Group Critique
1 thing you found difficult about the project
1 thing you believe you successfully achieved
1 thing you think is successful about another students work
Use learned vocabulary and you can use your written reflections