Self-Portrait Collage
Goals: To create expressive sketchbook covers that will be used in binding your class sketchbook. Students will experiment with and use mixed media in creating these covers. The finished covers will show evidence that the student incorporated required materials and that the covers are expressive of the student.
Procedure:
Each student will create a sketchbook for this class. It will be used to plan out ideas, do sketch assignments and develop artistic skills. The first Sketchbook assignment will be to plan the cover and make and bind the book. It will require that you first Brainstorm ideas, then pre-plan page layout in sketches, and then develop your best idea on paper that will become your sketchbook cover.
A self-portrait is a picture of you. It may be realistic (physically resembles you) in appearance, expressive (be made of elements of art/principles of arrangement) to represent you, or somewhere in between. You will create a cover that is both realistic and expressive.
Step 1:
you will need to BRAINSTORM ideas that tell something about yourself. One of the requirements of this assignment will be that you will tell us something interesting or important about you through the images/words on the paper. You will make a list of words that describe you, your likes or dislikes, your personality, or anything you can think of that you would like to share. Do not reject any ideas here. Brainstorming is creating a list you will refine later. Some things will be easier to portray then others but more choices will make the start of the assignment less scary. Each student will complete a Sketchbook Cover Brainstorm Worksheet.
Step 2:
You will involve planning out sketches of the three things you would like to share. A sketch is a small design that looks at how to place things on the page in an interesting way. It will involve deciding what images to include, where to place them on the page, what colors you will use, and what types of MEDIA you will use. You will also consider what Elements of Art and Principles of Design need to be used to make an interesting arrangement. It should be purposeful and will help portray your ideas to your audience. Most often the first idea is not the best idea, so numerous sketches help you get the best design when considering elements and principles of art. YOU MUST DO THREE FOR THE TOTAL POINTS for this part of the project! Every cover must also have your name incorporated into the layout.
The final requirement is that you must use the picture you take of yourself in class. It will be printed black/white, but you can add color to it using colored pencil, highlighter, and marker. This photo should be the main focus of the front cover of your sketchbook. It should be altered in some way and collaged into the cover with other collage materials.
Be creative! You may use any material you wish (i.e. paint, markers, colored pencils, computer images, etc). Craftsmanship is important because this is what you will look at many days in this class from now until the end of the year. Create something you will be proud of and want to share.
Rubric:
The following must be included on your sketchbook cover:
Black/White photo of you
Text/Descriptive words
Your name
1 or more of the following:
Colored paper/Collage materials
Newspaper
Magazine cutouts
Images/text from the Internet
Photographs
Notes
Cards
Tags
Wrappers
Labels
1 or more of the following:
Paint
Watercolors
Colored pencil
Markers/ sharpies
Pastel
You must choose two Elements of Art and two principles of Design on which you will focus when creating your sketchbook covers. You will write about how you used these at the end of the project.
Elements of Art
Principles of Design
You will be graded on the following:
1. Brainstorm Worksheet
2. 3 Planned Sketches
Final Covers:
3. You used all required materials and included all required information/images
4. Your covers are expressive of you/tell us something interesting or important about you
5. You focused on 2 Elements of Art and Principles of Design
6. Your covers are interesting and creative
7. covers are covered completely/no blank/negative areas
