Art 1 · Week 20 · Principles of Design and Critique
Emphasis and Being Seen
Students create a composition with a clear focal point and reflect on when they want to be the focal point and when they prefer the background.
- Students will
- Students create two thumbnail compositions that use different approaches to make a clear focal point, and explain what the viewer sees first.
- SEL skill
- Name a preference about being noticed and link it to a creative choice
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-awareness by reflecting on when they want to be the center of attention and when they prefer the background.
- Content focus
- Emphasis and being seen
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means recognizing your own feelings, preferences, and strengths and how they affect your choices. More self-awareness activities
What you get
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Standards
- VA:Cr1.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Creating, Anchor Standard 1 (Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-awareness activities for Art 1
- I Am an Artist Self-awarenessStudents sketch a visual map of the places, people, and images that shape them and name the artist identity they bring into Art 1.
- Line and Mood Self-awarenessStudents draw lines that express calm, anger, and joy and connect how the body feels each emotion to the marks they make.
- Color and Feeling Self-awarenessStudents test how color palettes shift mood and question whether color meanings are universal or cultural.
- Symbols of Who We Are Self-awarenessStudents design a personal symbol drawn from family, language, or place and explain the feelings it holds.
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