Past/Future

WI State Standards:

AA Cr11h
Plan: Formulate original concepts by practice, experimentation, and revision. (planning/experimentation)
AA Cr12h
Make: Create works of art that introduce students to media, care of tools, and basic craftsmanship skills.
(skills)
AA Pr10h
Develop meaning: Create s body of work incorporating personal, historical, and contemporary art to communicate one or morepoints of view.
(aesthetics / communication)

Learning objectives

visual communication
acrylic painting
using Contrast as a design principle
planning and sketching
working with diptych composition

(diptych = 2 pieces)

Diptych in art is a set of two panels (canvases, boards, etc) that create a single artwork and are viewed together. There should be something that unites the two pieces – style, shared shapes/lines, common horizon, etc

So the challenge is to create two pieces that have something in common, but are contrasting each other at the same time.

Create 2 pieces that depict:

Your personal past and the future as you see it
Your family/ancestors and your future family
Your town/city historic buildings and the future of it as you see it
Life cycle (life and death)
Country, world, etc

Use color schemes, types of light, shape or texture contrast, etc. to define past and future. Compare, contradict, or merge while telling your story.

media: your choice

examples:

STEPS

1. Start with a before-statement

What do you want to depict in your pieces?
What message each board should convey?
How are you going to show contrast (what elements are you contrasting)
How are you going to show that both panels belong together?
What media are you going to use? Why?

2. Use your sketchbook to draw a series of thumbnails/sketches to develop the concept of your piece.

3. Create your pieces.

4. Write an after-statement/reflection

Describe the pieces you have made. What is your story?
Did you modify your initial idea? If so, why?
What materials were you using and why in that application?
How does this artwork represent your skills as an artist?

Submit:

Shared document with before-and-after statements (2)
Sketches to show your thought process and project development
Final piece(s)