8 mins. To do Teacher & DAY 2 teacher students Teacher reviews about Africa and the traditional art demonstration form of mask making. how to begin Visual Art Teacher shares imagery of masks from the book, African drafting and Classroom Masks and begins a dialog with students about what they making the see, the materials they observe in the work, and what mask armature Book-African they think the artist was trying to convey. for the students Teacher and students discuss how the master carver/ and answers Masks, The artist select his materials and use their materials to depict any questions Barbier- emotion and symbolism within his artwork of the masks. that may come Mueller Students break into groups of 3-4 and discuss the sketch up about the Collection by, masks and key they created for their African Mask and begin Prestel construction. delegate roles within the group to recreate a large scale drawing on cardboard using sharpie. Next they cut out Art Materials- the armature using, scissors, glue, cardboard as the base 30 mins. for Large & small for the armature, and tape where necessary to add layers students to pieces of to their mask. create their cardboard, artwork sharpie, tape, scissors, glue, 7 mins. stapler, paint Set artwork out to dry, Cleanup Fabric and wash hands Raffia 45 minutes for Beads entire lesson Shells Tissue paper Fabric Feathers Fringe ribbon yarn
DAY 2 Teacher reviews about Africa and the traditional art form of mask making. Teacher shares imagery of masks from the book, African Masks and begins a dialog with students about what they see, the materials they observe in the work, and what they think the artist was trying to convey. Teacher and students discuss how the master carver/ artist select his materials and use their materials to depict emotion and symbolism within his artwork of the masks. Students break into groups of 3-4 and discuss the sketch and key they created for their African Mask and begin delegate roles within the group to recreate a large scale drawing on cardboard using sharpie. Next they cut out the armature using, scissors, glue, cardboard as the base for the armature, and tape where necessary to add layers to their mask. 8 mins. To do teacher demonstration how to begin drafting and making the mask armature for the students and answers any questions that may come up about the masks construction. 30 mins. for students to create their artwork 7 mins. Set artwork out to dry, Cleanup and wash hands 45 minutes for entire lesson Teacher & students Visual Art Classroom Book-African Masks, The Barbier- Mueller Collection by, Prestel Art Materials- Large & small pieces of cardboard, sharpie, tape, scissors, glue, stapler, paint Fabric Raffia Beads Shells Tissue paper Fabric Feathers Fringe ribbon yarn
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