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

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

Life:
Communicating Visually

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
Homework:
      Article Response- 5 points

Reflections:
      Peer- 5 points
       Self- 5 points

Total Points: 75

PREP

Art History and Vocabulary

Art Analysis- Kathe Kollwitz

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.

FORMING

SURFACE

HOMEWORK

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