Sharon L. Mullen
Mapping Project
This art project is suitable for 7th12th grade students. The objective for this project is to have the student draw and map out an old historical city such as Rome, Greece or an Italian city, then to do a map of Wooster Square, and finally to draw out a map of their
own
city.
Step #1. Exhibit the three various drawings from this unit fig’s. #1, #2 and #4. Discuss the geometric design used in town planning.
Additional Questions for Discussion:
a.
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What is in the center of a city?
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b.
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What
surrounds
the city’s center?
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c.
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What buildings are important to the city?
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Step #2. Using the following materials:
a.
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12 x 18 white drawing paper
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b.
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drawing pencils
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c.
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rulers
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d.
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tracing paper
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e.
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colored pencils
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f.
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pen and ink
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Students will draw the three maps. The first and second map could be traced from one of the texts in bibliography. However, the third map, “
Their Own City
,” must have a center space, government building, school, church, or cathedral, outdoor sculpture, theatre, and auditorium.
Drawing and Painting Project
This project will enable the students to draw in perspective and design a mural for their art room in their own school. This project is suitable for 7th12th grade.
Step #1. Students will read the section on “‘
Perspective’ and Leon B. Alberti
.” Students will follow the guidelines as stated and use fig. #3 as an example.
Step #2. Students must have at least two people in their painting.
a.
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The set must include a symbol of their school, e.g., Conte students might draw people participating in an arts project or performance; someone dancing, playing a musical instrument, or painting a picture of the Conte courtyard.
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Optional ideas.
b.
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The background being an area of the school or New Haven skyline.
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c.
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The middleground or foreground will have the persons involved in the activity.
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Materials needed: graph paper, pencils, rulers, assorted brushes, acrylic paint, or tempera paint. Large cardboard 24 x 36 or bulletin board paper in rolls.
Some Sculptural Projects
This project would be appropriate for 6th12th grade students. The objective is that the students will draw and sculpt a clay monument for their school (or neighborhood).
Step #1. Students must have an idea of what symbols represent their school. Example: Conte School has two meanings, it is a community and an arts school. Symbols could be: art materials, different people, musical notes, books, or faces, etc.
Step #2. Students will sketch out their ideas on paper.
Step #3. Using modeling clay (plasticene)—the student will mold, cut and carve out the image. The sculpture must be at least 6” tall but no taller than 12”. It must be free standing; it can be abstract or realistic in design.
The materials needed are: 9 x 12 white drawing paper, pencils, rulers, assorted sticks of plasticene—(3 per project), plastic utensils, or (wood clay tools, optional).
An optional idea for the same clay project could be another sculpture for Wooster Square or any other neighborhood in New Haven.