Right Hemispheric Mode of Instruction
Students enter the art room and are given several large sheets of manila paper and a graphite stick. | (Experimental art materials activity suggested without predetermined outcome defined.) |
Class is taken outdoor to an area of old cracked concrete sidewalk or playground and told to make texture rubbings of interesting. | (Configurational hunting without naming activity)
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Upon returning to classroom students are to shown examples of the Frottage rubbings of artist Max Ernst and the drawings and paintings he developed from them. | Visual, historical role modeling with authentic graphic ideation
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Students are asked to select a sheet of rubbings with the most interesting shapes and lines and shape into a composition that has meaning to them. | Visual problem solving and decision making with discovery of new, original personal visual meaning.
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Students examining cracks for lead rubbing | Drawing developed by 3rd grader from rubbing |
Principles
1. Metacontol
Visual Instructions
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