ABOUT THE LESSON:
For this lesson, we sought to encourage students to question the material they consider a "canvas". With this lesson we decided it was fine to move away from the hanging theme and focus more on the material we were using. The use of rocks encourages students to think outside of the norm of what we consider a canvas or how we use paint on a surface. This lesson seeks to expand the creative process to stretch and explore what you can create using an “abstract” material as a canvas for paiting and design. We sought to encourage artistic expression using traditional art material on a natural yet unusual canvas. Students are encouraged to express themselves through an unusual medium like rock. We pass by rocks every day and walk over them as they are just a natural part of our landscapes. The purpose of the rocks as canvas is to stretch the idea of what can be used for expression as an artistic medium. Painting the rocks allows for a full transformation of what the rock is while giving students a fun new tactile way of designing their pieces that we haven’t yet explored in our techniques.
WHAT WENT WELL:
Students were very engaging with this lesson and had fun designing their rocks. At the beginning of the lesson, I encouraged the students to think about the natural shape of the rock and how it can allude to look like something else. It was interesting to see how different everyone created their pieces with different painting styles and applied materials. One student, Angie immediately knew what she wanted to make. Angie made two a caterpillar and a lady bug inspried by the ovular shape of the rocks she chose. I thought this was a great way of understanding how the "canvas" affects what and how we draw on it. This really was an essential part of the lesson to transform the rock canvas into something different while considering how the canvas affected the design.
WHAT WE LEARNED:
In this lesson we learned how to adapt and differentiate when we can in a lesson. During the lesson, Mr. Cornwall and Alena both took a try at wrapping techniques in an attempt to allow the students to take home their rock paintings in fiber wraps that they could hand.
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