Unit 2: Relationships
Artist: Mary Cassatt
Portraiture: Printmaking
Artist: Rene Magritte
Surreal Journey Postcards: Collage
Surreal Journey Postcards: Collage
Artist: Do Ho Suh
Pop-Up Homes and Habitats:
Mixed Media
Unit 2: Relationships Reflection
Relationships are the way that two or more people are connected to one another. The relationships students build with peers and adults are generally developed during the primary school years, which has the potential to have a major impact on students learning. Empathy is something we are able to understand and develop as we grow relationships. According to Pink (2005), “It [empathy] is feeling with someone else, sensing what it would be like to be that person” (pg. 159). Without developing relationships, we are unable to have empathy and see others point of views, which is an important trait to develop at a younger age. These 3 studios were great ways to represent different types of relationships. For the printmaking studio, I was able to express my relationship with my boyfriend. In the surreal journey postcard I was able to represent my relationship with my imagination and reality. My pop-up home and habitat allowed me to show the relationship that I have with the word home.
According to Bang (2000), “…working with cut paper encourages experimentation. Every piece of paper can be recut, repositioned, or replaced with a different piece or pieces (p. 92). In the printmaking studio, I was able to cut paper not only has a background, but for the words I placed on my picture. For the surreal journey postcards, we were able to use cut paper to create a collage. For my pop-up home and habitat, I used cut paper to represent my home and cut paper to represent the surroundings. Using cut paper and collage are two techniques I want to use in my future classroom. Cut paper allows students to easily change their work so it is exactly how they want it, it allows pure creativity, and it is something that students of any age and learning ability can participate in. In relation to these specific studios relating to relationships, I hope to one day have students create a writing piece or story about someone who they feel they have a great relationship with. I would then have students create a visual art piece of that person or something that they believe symbolizes their relationship with that person using cut paper and collage.
References:
Bang, M. (2000). Picture this: How pictures work. New York, NY: SeaStar Books. (92).
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York, NY: Riverhead. (159).
Relationships are the way that two or more people are connected to one another. The relationships students build with peers and adults are generally developed during the primary school years, which has the potential to have a major impact on students learning. Empathy is something we are able to understand and develop as we grow relationships. According to Pink (2005), “It [empathy] is feeling with someone else, sensing what it would be like to be that person” (pg. 159). Without developing relationships, we are unable to have empathy and see others point of views, which is an important trait to develop at a younger age. These 3 studios were great ways to represent different types of relationships. For the printmaking studio, I was able to express my relationship with my boyfriend. In the surreal journey postcard I was able to represent my relationship with my imagination and reality. My pop-up home and habitat allowed me to show the relationship that I have with the word home.
According to Bang (2000), “…working with cut paper encourages experimentation. Every piece of paper can be recut, repositioned, or replaced with a different piece or pieces (p. 92). In the printmaking studio, I was able to cut paper not only has a background, but for the words I placed on my picture. For the surreal journey postcards, we were able to use cut paper to create a collage. For my pop-up home and habitat, I used cut paper to represent my home and cut paper to represent the surroundings. Using cut paper and collage are two techniques I want to use in my future classroom. Cut paper allows students to easily change their work so it is exactly how they want it, it allows pure creativity, and it is something that students of any age and learning ability can participate in. In relation to these specific studios relating to relationships, I hope to one day have students create a writing piece or story about someone who they feel they have a great relationship with. I would then have students create a visual art piece of that person or something that they believe symbolizes their relationship with that person using cut paper and collage.
References:
Bang, M. (2000). Picture this: How pictures work. New York, NY: SeaStar Books. (92).
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York, NY: Riverhead. (159).