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Jasmine Carroll
artist & educator
1st year mixed media still life
Aim:
To explore shape, scale, value and form to create a mixed media still life based on the theme 'Good Health and Wellbeing'
Lesson 1
Breaking down the theme by looking at Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing
Wellbeing activity: EASE Feelings Pot
Creating a zine to use as a mixed media artist research book
SS artist: Caroline Watson
Mind mapping the theme
Lesson 2
Wellbeing activity: Student Strengths
Continuing to mind map the theme, identifying possible primary source objects to bring in
Lesson 3
Learning the keywords and definitions of composition and compositional arrangements, how to take a good photo
Students curate and photograph their still life composition, working as a group and identifying which composition they have used
Lesson 4
Recap: compositions through a 'Guess the Composition' game
Wellbeing activity: EASE Body Map
SS artist: Michael Craig Martin
Contour line drawing of photographed still life composition, capturing shape and line
Lesson 5
Wellbeing activity: Slow Breathing
SS artist: Elizabeth French
Drawing out an 8cm x 8cm box, filling it with our first media: pointillism
Evaluating media by rating on a scale from 1-5, annotating why
Lesson 6
Drawing out an 8cm x 8cm box, filling it with our second media: 2B pencil
Recapping on how to use a 2B pencil, the value scale
Evaluating media by rating on a scale from 1-5, annotating why
Lesson 7
Wellbeing activity: EASE Maze Activity (understanding common problems)
Drawing out an 8cm x 8cm box, filling it with our third media: collage
Growth vs. fixed mindset: taking scrap paper and using it to create something new
Peer reviewing work
Lesson 8
Wellbeing activity: Grounding
Drawing out an 8cm x 8cm box, filling it with our forth media: colouring pencil
Creating a colour wheel, learning about and identifying complementary colours
Shading using complementary colours rather than using black
Lesson 9
Drawing out an 8cm x 8cm box, filling it with our fifth and final media: biro pen (hatching and cross-hatching)
Gallery Curation peer review: students to take on the role of a curator and evaluate the work of their peers
Wellbeing activity: Creating wellbeing goals for the New Year
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