Week of November 10^th and 12^th: how to critique art and working on our lesson plans

In class on November 10^th, we looked at a PowerPoint about the various ways to critique art, and the different techniques that artists can apply in their pieces. In terms of technique, we talked about how shape, light, use of lines, and symmetry can all be used in positive ways in art. With such techniques, you can sharpen or heighten the detail of your piece, along with drawing the viewer’s eye to a certain aspect of the piece. I thought it was coo how symmetry and light can play such a huge rule in how the piece is perceived, and the way that so many people can either see or not see the same thing in a piece.

We then moved onto the ways that people can critique art. There are three ways to critique art:

1.)    Realism: does the painting look like similar to something we would see in real life (like does the horse drawing have the features and look of a horse)

2.)    Emotion: does the image convey the contents emotion

3.)    Does the piece conform and use the principles of art.

We also discussed how art critique does not have to mean something negative, and that it is okay to incorporate these rules into our classroom as long as we set the precedence of politeness.

In class on the 12^th, we were given the class period to get with our groups to work on our lesson plan projects. We were all assigned a group to work with, and within that group we had to create 4 lesson plans that were similar in subject, and that all tied in the TEKS and other requirements for a lesson plan. My group decided on teaching about Winter Holiday celebrations and traditions around the world. I chose the celebration of Diwali, and tied that into the subject of culture and world history.