Day 1 Skill Builder: Collage Evaluation
Students will watch a short video of a Canadian Collage artist, Jacob Intile', to see his process. Then they will use magazines, scissors, glue, and construction paper to create their own collage using the steps from the video.
Day 2-3 Skill Builder: "You Are What You Eat"
Students will learn about the famous Italian painter, Giuseppe Arcimboldo and his imaginative portrait paintings. Students will use the first day to find and cut images of food, plants and animals. The next day, they will take their time to arrange, stack, cut and glue their images together to form a self portrait.
Day 4-8 Main Project: Visual Representation
Day 4: Students will brainstorm and create a list of things that make them who they are.
Day 5-6: Students will spend the next 2 days finding images from their list in magazines or images from home.
Day 7-8: Students will use their images to create a collage that best represents them as a person.
