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Art 305 Lesson Plan

Natalie Stepp, Felicia Cheng, Bethany King, Allison Peairs, Klara Terzic
You Are What You Eat
10th

Length of
6 days
Lesson:
Students will learn how to use Photoshop and select different images found online
and arrange them in a creative way to create a portrait.

Content Standard 1 1.1 Identify and use the principles of design to

discuss, analyze, and write about visual aspects in the environment and in
works of art, including their own.

Content Standard 2 2.3 Develop and refine skill in the manipulation of

digital imagery (either still or video).

Content Standard 3 3.3 Identify and describe trends in the visual arts
and discuss how the issues of time, place, and cultural influence are
reflected in selected works of art.

Content Standard 4 4.5 Employ the conventions of art criticism in

writing and speaking about works of art.

Content Standard 5 5.3 Compare and contrast the ways in which

different media (television, newspapers, magazines) cover the same art
exhibition.

Common Core
Standard:

Common Core Standard

Writing Standards Grade 9-10 6.Use technology, including the Internet, to
produce, publish, and update individual or shared images, taking advantage of
technologys capacity to link to other information and to display information
flexibly and dynamically.

Big Question:
Objectives

How can you arrange multiple images to create a portrait?

The student will solve the problem of combining multiple images in a creative
manner using Photoshop.

Art History:

Food as a Symbol
-Use of food in art can go far back in history
-Egyptian drawing of food were discovered by archaeologists
-It was believed that those drawings of food would be used to nourish those in the
afterlife
Food as a Metaphor
-Food often used in Renaissance paintings to depict Biblical stories and themes
-Metaphor of food (ie: the forbidden fruit in The Fall of Man, bread and wine in
The Last Supper)
-Food often a metaphor for celebration, life

Food in Culture
-Food, an ordinary substance, can be used to make powerful statements about our
culture
-Pop Artist Andy Warhols use of food in his art made a strong statement about
commercialism in the late 20th century
-Making something ordinary, extraordinary
Food Artists Today
-Carl Warner: surreal foodscapes
-Jim Victor: butter, chocolate, and cheese sculptures
Artist Focus: Giuseppe Arcimboldo
-https://youtu.be/dLqwBf_tzWk
-Renaissance artist born in Milan
-city known as the cradle of naturalism
-eventually became court painter to Emperor Maximilian II
Art Meets Science
-Emperor was extremely passionate about the studies of botany and zoology
-Brought scientists and philosophers from all over Europe to his court
-As result, Arcimboldo had access to all kinds of rare flora and fauna
-His work showed off his skill as a naturalist, his precision as an illustrator, and his
vivid imagination
To Learn More
http://www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org
http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/Education/learning-resources/an-eye-forart/AnEyeforArt-GiuseppeArcimboldo.pdf
http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/Education/learning-resources/an-eye-forart/AnEyeforArt-GiuseppeArcimboldo.pdf
Major Themes: Composition, Problem Solving
Elements/
Principles:

Shape, Color, Texture,

Scale
Vocabulary:

Materials
needed:
Anticipatory
Set

1. Polygonal Lasso Tool

2. Move Tool
4. PPI (Pixels Per Inch)
5. RGB vs. CMYK
6. Marching Ants
7. Selection
8. Layers
9. Constrain
10. Transform
11. Toolbox

Computer, Photoshop, colored printer, magazines, scissors, glue, post-its

Students will be given a worksheet where they will list foods that they feel
represent different facial features. Students will have a stack of food magazines at
each workstation. Students will cut out images of food and create a portrait.

Teaching Strategies
Day 1. Pass out worksheet for
brainstorming of food to create different
facial features. (15 minutes)
Pass out magazines, scissors, and glue to
each workstation and begin portraits
(25minutes)
Entrance ticket: What do you know about
how is food as a subject matter is being
portrayed in art history? (10 minutes)
Day 2 .Go over the art history PowerPoint
presentation. (30 minutes)
Set up and explain how to play the game of
Kahoot with questions from PowerPoint.
(20 minutes) link to game:

Student Activities
Day 1. Students will complete a brainstorming
worksheet of food. (15 minutes)
Students will cut out images of food for first portrait
collage. (25 minutes)
Have students fill out entrance ticket. (10 minutes)

Day 2. Students take notes during PowerPoint (30

minutes)
Students will follow up with a game of Kahoot with
questions from the PowerPoint. (20 minutes)

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/51b12458f7d7-4980-9453-dbf2e4bd31a9

Day 3. Introduce food portrait Photoshop

project to the students. (35 minutes)
Pass out FAQ sheet to students and have
the students start selecting images online.
(15 minutes)
Day 4 Begin working in Photoshop project.
Exit slip: Name 3 things you learned today
in using Photoshop, and how do you know
you have learned them? (10 minutes)
Day5. Continue working on Photoshop
project.
Day 6. Finish up and begin printing final
projects. (25 minutes)
Hang up projects and start post it critique.
(25 minutes)

Day 3. Students will learn how to use Photoshop for

the food portrait project. (35 minutes)
Students will need to have selected at least 12 images
before class is over. (15 minutes)
Day 4. Students should have all images selected.
Have students fill out exit slip. (10 minutes)
Day 5. Students should be finalizing their projects.
Day6. Students should finalize and print up projects.
(25 minutes)
Students will hang portraits and begin post it note
critique. (25 minutes)

Assessment
plan:

Closure:

Have students create an art gallery by hanging their projects and begin post it note
critique.