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Monday, 10 February 2014

Google Doodle Week 7

LESSON 1

STARTER- 10mins
Introduction to the 15 artists allocated to the macs in the resource area. For the next part of this project you must design a doodle for one of these artists.

Group Discussion- How many do you know? What are they know for creating? Describe their work!
  1. Blake (can be Quentin or Peter!)
  2. Chanel
  3. Delaunay
  4. Emin
  5. Gaudi
  6. Hadid
  7. Kahlo
  8. Kusama
  9. Miyake
  10. Moriyama
  11. Ofili
  12. Picasso
  13. Rego
  14. Tillmans
  15. Weiwei
TASK- Pinterest 40mins
Create a new Pinterest board called 'Visual Arts Doodle'. The above artists must be researched and 5 images pinned for each with a note added including the following information-
  • Name of the artist
  • Title of the work
  • Short reason why you chose it- ie colour, composition, content, shape etc
You will need this research next lesson to help you to make an informed choice for which artist you'll design for.

PLENARY- 5mins
Do you have a top 3? Quick overview of the images you've found. How do you narrow your choice down to 3?


LESSON 2

STARTER- 10mins
Choosing your artist! Write your top 3 choices on a post-it note. We'll compile a list on the board and note everyone's 1st choices. If more than one person choose the same artist we'll consider 2nd and 3rd choices.

TASK 1- Word Clouds 20mins
Compile a word cloud for your chosen artist using this link-http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm
Print out your cloud and present it in your book. Whilst researching for your word cloud you should consider collecting images for your moodboard (see below).

TASK 2- Moodboard 20mins
Present a select of images to represent your artist. You can include images of their work but also put it into context with images of their home country, news stories etc.

PLENARY- 5mins
Are you happy with your chosen artist? 


LESSON 3&4

STARTER- 10mins

TASK 1- Mindmaps

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