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    • Non-Representational
    • Trompe L'oeil
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    • Curiosity
    • Inspiration
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      • Vase
      • Midterm
      • Lidded Container
    • Classroom Management >
      • Social Contract
    • Art Concepts >
      • Monday Inspiration
      • Craftsmanship, Creativity, Effort
      • Art Lesson: EOA & POD
      • Art Lesson: Artistic Process
      • Art Lesson: Principles of Design
      • Art Lesson: Elements of Art
      • Art Lesson: Studio Habits of Mind
      • Art Lesson: Art Analysis
      • Art Lesson: Importance of Art
    • Quick Builds >
      • Quick Build: Name Plate
      • Quick Build: Photo Holder
      • Quick Build: Bowl Mold
      • Quick Build: Mug
      • Quick Build: Eyes, Nose, Mouth,
      • Quick Build: Hand
      • Quick Build: Mini Sculptures
      • Quick Build: Stamps
      • Quick Build: Sgraffito Magnets
      • Quick Build: Wall Vase
    • Surface Design >
      • Surface Design
    • Coil >
      • Public art
    • Assessment >
      • Create a Glaze
    • Slab >
      • 3 MUGS
      • Slab Sculpture
      • Wall Piece
      • Darted Tumbler
      • Flower Pot
    • Sculpting >
      • Teapot
      • Mobile/Windchime
      • Surreal
      • Figurine
    • Themes >
      • Self Portrait
      • Home
      • Play
      • Prettiness & Hope
      • Struggle & Expression
      • Beauty
      • Food
      • Anthropomorphic
      • Extreme Emotion
      • Impressionism
      • Inspiration
      • Investigation
      • Holiday Sale
      • Slab Architecture
      • Expressionism
      • Mashup
      • Craftivisim
    • AP-3D >
      • Summer Prep
      • Choice
      • Breadth >
        • Review of the EOA & POD
        • Abstraction
        • Negative Space
        • Found Object
        • Container
        • Cardboard
        • Clay Composite
        • Wearable
      • Concentration >
        • Your voice
        • Project Proposal
        • Friday Critiques
        • Writing Your Statement
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EXPRESSIONISM

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is Expressionism?
How did Expressionism Start?
How can you create Expressionistic Art in Ceramics?

WHY?
Technical Skills:
Slab Plate
Sgraffito
​
Art Concept:
Expressionism

Life:
Communicating Visually


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ASSIGNMENT

Create a slump molded plate. Use sgraffito to create a self-portrait that tells more about you than just how you look.

Requirements:
Prep:
    Art History- 5 points
    Art Analysis - 5 points
    Charcoal Sketch- 5 points​    
  
Steps:
     In Kiln for Bisque- 5 points
     In Kiln for Glaze- 5 points
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Homework:
      Article Response- 5 points

Reflections:
      Peer- 5 points
       Self- 5 points

Total Points: 75
Grade Sheet

PREP

Art History and Vocabulary

Notes

Art Analysis- Kathe Kollwitz

Analysis Template
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Experimenting with Charcoal

Create a self-portrait that tells more about you than just how you look. Express your inner feelings.

What is the most important statement you want to make about yourself?

Step One:
​- Take a selfie showing the expression you want to convey... FORGET ABOUT LOOKING PRETTY

Step Two:
Draw areas and shadows, rather than lines.
Simplify the drawing.
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FORMING


SURFACE


HOMEWORK

Reading Prompt

Expressionism Movement, Artists and Major Works

Expressionists Van Gogh, Munch, Gauguin, Kirchner, Kandinsky++ distorted forms and deployed strong colors to convey a variety of modern anxieties and yearnings.


REFLECTION

Self Reflection
Peer Reflection

Unit Plan
Teacher reflection