Art 1 · Week 3 · Artist Identity and Studio Habits
Blind Contour and Letting Go
Drawing a blind contour of a partner's hand without looking, students notice the urge to control the result and practice breathing through frustration.
- Students will
- Students experiment with blind contour drawing of a partner's hand, work without a fixed plan, and notice how the urge to control affects their marks.
- SEL skill
- Use a slow breath to keep working when frustrated
- What it looks like
- Students practice calming their body with slow breaths when frustration rises, and carry on with the work.
- Content focus
- Blind Contour and Letting Go
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management is guiding your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors so you can handle stress and reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
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Standards
- VA:Cr2.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Creating, Anchor Standard 2 (Organize and develop artistic ideas and work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-management activities for Art 1
- Beautiful Mistakes Self-managementStudents turn an ink blot or torn paper scrap into a finished image and reflect on how mistakes can open new directions.
- Value and Slowing Down Self-managementCreating a slow value scale from light to dark, students use steady shading as a calming practice and notice its effect on stress.
- Balance in Art and Life Self-managementAnalyzing symmetrical and asymmetrical balance, students map the balance of their own week and adjust one area that feels heavy.
- Hearing Hard Feedback Self-managementStudents receive cool feedback on a work in progress, name their first emotional reaction, and choose one revision to try.
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