Lesson/Project Description
In this final day of exploring pottery, students will use a variety of paints, inks, and resist methods to finish their fired functional and non functional pieces. Students will have to consider the purpose and meaning of their pieces to choose colors, patterns, and techniques that best finish their pieces.
Essential Understandings
Inquiry/Learning Targets
Inspiration, Techniques, Transformation, Function, Non-function
Skills
Painting, Connecting, Ink & Crayon Resist, Discussing
Art Focus
Finishing work with paint, pattern, and color
Literary Focus
New Vocab: Resist, Gallery Walk, Layering, functional, nonfunctional
Literacy will be integrated with: discussion about clay and clay techniques, Gallery Walk & reflective discusiion written discovery for the discovery board.
Documentation
With all the clay pieces fired from the past couple of weeks, it was time to give each piece a final finish and surface design. Part of what makes the art convey meaning, when working in pottery, is how you finish it. Unfortunately we did not have the ability to let students use glaze to make all of their pieces glossy and food safe, however, we were able to finish the pieces with paint, crayon, watercolor, and resist techniques.
Just as with any other class day, it is important to always introduce students to new techniques so that they may use them to be successful in their art making. With that being said, the class began with a demo. During the demo the students met the teachers' enthusiasm with "ooo's" and "ahh's" as they witnessed all the new possibilities of how to finish their clay.
The biggest hit though was the crayon and ink resist technique. To do this technique, it is incredibly simple. All you need is a mixture of 1 part speedball ink and 3 parts water, a brush, and crayons. You color over the surface with crayon lightly giving color to the piece and then you brush the ink mixture over the surface. The crayon wax works as a resist and therefore does not allow the ink to stain where the crayon covers the surface. Where the crayon doesn't cover the surface, however, the ink will settle and color it black which creates a large contrast between the ink and the crayon. Just as well, it provides a textured look to the clay piece.
In this final day of exploring pottery, students will use a variety of paints, inks, and resist methods to finish their fired functional and non functional pieces. Students will have to consider the purpose and meaning of their pieces to choose colors, patterns, and techniques that best finish their pieces.
Essential Understandings
- Artists use their inspiration and art techniques to transform materials
- I can use my inspirations and art techniques to change materials
- Artists transform materials to explore functional and nonfunctional art
- I can use materials to explore functional and nonfunctional art
Inquiry/Learning Targets
- After being shown examples. SWBAT identify different art works and their artists, with accuracy (Blooms: Remembering, Standard: Transfer, GLE:Historical and cultural ideas are evident in works of art, Art Learning: Art History/Culture, Literacy)
- I can identify famous artists and their art
- Given art materials, such as paint, crayon, colored pencils, etc., SWBAT use finishing techniques to decorate their fired clay pieces, with proficiency (Blooms: Applying, Standard: Create, GLE: Use familiar symbols and basic media to identify and demonstrate characteristics and expressive ideas of art and design, Art Learning: Materials/Techniques)
- I can use art materials and techniques to decorate my clay pieces
- After a gallery walk, SWBAT discuss their own, and other students art, constructively with art language ( Blooms: Evaluating, Standard: Reflect, GLE: Artists, viewers, and patrons use the language of art to respond to their own art and the art of others, Art Learning: Critical Reflection/Aesthetics, Transfer, Literacy)
- I can talk about my art and other students’ art using art words
Inspiration, Techniques, Transformation, Function, Non-function
Skills
Painting, Connecting, Ink & Crayon Resist, Discussing
Art Focus
Finishing work with paint, pattern, and color
Literary Focus
New Vocab: Resist, Gallery Walk, Layering, functional, nonfunctional
Literacy will be integrated with: discussion about clay and clay techniques, Gallery Walk & reflective discusiion written discovery for the discovery board.
Documentation
With all the clay pieces fired from the past couple of weeks, it was time to give each piece a final finish and surface design. Part of what makes the art convey meaning, when working in pottery, is how you finish it. Unfortunately we did not have the ability to let students use glaze to make all of their pieces glossy and food safe, however, we were able to finish the pieces with paint, crayon, watercolor, and resist techniques.
Just as with any other class day, it is important to always introduce students to new techniques so that they may use them to be successful in their art making. With that being said, the class began with a demo. During the demo the students met the teachers' enthusiasm with "ooo's" and "ahh's" as they witnessed all the new possibilities of how to finish their clay.
The biggest hit though was the crayon and ink resist technique. To do this technique, it is incredibly simple. All you need is a mixture of 1 part speedball ink and 3 parts water, a brush, and crayons. You color over the surface with crayon lightly giving color to the piece and then you brush the ink mixture over the surface. The crayon wax works as a resist and therefore does not allow the ink to stain where the crayon covers the surface. Where the crayon doesn't cover the surface, however, the ink will settle and color it black which creates a large contrast between the ink and the crayon. Just as well, it provides a textured look to the clay piece.
Once the students had an understanding of all the available materials and techniques to work with, they were free to work on their pieces. We were expecting the students to gravitate towards the ink and crayon resist technique, which a lot of them did, but suprisingly a huge portion of the class was open to experimenting with many different techniques. Some students really liked the way watercolor looked like and fluffy on the work and opted to go that route, while other students used a whole multitude of different techniques and materials to finish their pieces.