Curriculum Sketch I: Figure

T H E E X P E R I E N C E O F B O D Y :
S E N S E S

E N D U R I N G   I D E A

P e r s p e c t i v e

Q U E S T I O N S

• How does our body influence how we experience things?
• How do our senses influence our experience?
• Disabilities: Do they really "handicap" people as much as we might think?
• Sense: How does what we see influence what we expect?
• connects with observational drawing, drawing what we see as opposed to what is.

R A T I O N A L E

Perspective influences interpretation.

When we recognize our perspective we can better understand our interpretation.

L E A R N I N G   G O A L S

• Students will recognize how their perspective (i.e. physical experience: height, weight, ability, smell, touch, etc.) influences their experience (i.e. memories).

• VA:Cr1.2.Ia: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present day life using a contemporary practice of art
• VA:Cr1.2.IIa: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art
• VA:Cr2.1.IIIa: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.

K N O W L E D G E

• Art about the figure: figure drawing, painting, sculpture, anatomy illustration
• Art that includes the figure: Fashion illustration, graphic novels, animation, illustration
• Art using the body to be made  

  
How does watching an artwork be made change your opinion of it?

• Art that uses other senses
• http://katiepaterson.org/candle/

How could smelling what it would be like to go through space change what you think about space travel?

• Interdisciplinary:  
• Social: The idea of the single story
• Psychological ideas/concepts: Synesthesia

A C T I V I T I E S

• Figure drawing from unusual perspectives. How does your angle change the object?
• Figure drawing with unusual materials (sticks and ink, dirt, food, etc.)
• Figure sculpture with found objects.
• Seeing figure and face everywhere: Pareidolia. Look around. What faces do you see? Draw them and write short story about who they are.

• Jogging memories: take a walk outside focusing on what we smell and what we are reminded of. Write it down. The Power of Smell
• At an art museum: what memories do you experience at the museum? Write/sketch down.
• Are there certain songs that remind you of certain things/events/people?

B I G   P R O J E C T

Create a figural work (Drawing, sculpture/installation, painting) that incorporates another sense (sound, smell, touch) for the viewer to experience the work.