Teaching and Learning Music and the Plastic and Visual Arts 2
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Other languages of instruction: Spanish
Head instructor
Dra. Carmen CARRILLO - ccarrillo@uic.es
Dr. Joan CAMPAMÀ - jcampama@uic.es
Dr. Tomas Joaquin CARR - tcarr@uic.es
Office hours
If a meeting is needed, the professor or student can use the 15 to 30 minutes either before or after the class- depending on class schedule, following prior notification. Email is the preferred medium to set appointments.
Not required
The class will consist of the student putting into practice a wide range of artistic techniques while they are exposed to and experience diverse teaching strategies. Daily exercises will be facilitated by materials which introduce, describe, and motivate both process and outcome. Student participation in constructive critique and debate will be integral. Regular homework, critical to the learning process, will be compulsory. Students will work alone and in groups.
The class aims to increase confidence and provides a solid technical and pedagogical base. Emphasis is given to flexibility in the face of varied situations and needs and the ability to explore new techniques and continue to develop the ones we know. My approach further aims to identify the individuality of each student so they can use their own perspective to teach art with enthusiasm.
The class will consist of a:
- Brief explanation and exhibit of examples related with the day’s subject.
- Group critique of the recent work done by the student (individual work and comments by the students).
- Work session.
- Students’ brief presentation of a known artist and his work.
- Follow up complementary homework.
Subjects, classes and timing:
1. Drawing: basics, paper, graphite, composition
· Drawing introduction – grey scale, textures, etc.
· A sphere and boxes – basics on perspective and shadows
· Drawing what’s in front of me – create a personal still life and composition and then draw it
2. Volume: clay and similar
· My clay surface – introduction to clay and making a personal composition
· My homemade clay forms – experiment with new materials and forms
· My clay forms – practice in controlling the outcomes with clay
3. Digital photography
· Photo booth – learn how to take good pictures of the work we make
· An original group shot – discover what makes a difference in taking good photographs of groups
· My still life – work on developing artistic personality and creating a unique still life
· Walkabout – a personal random exploration
4. Color
· What colors? – color wheel and personal color choices
· Watercolor – create a composition
· Tempera – create a composition
· Pastel – create a composition
5. Prints: monotype and linoleum
· Now, underwater – compose an underwater scene with the monotype technique
· Sky, moon or sun – make a linoleum print
· What can I print from nature? – another monotype, but in this case from what can be found in nature
6. Space and 3D objects: paper, cardboard and wire.
· Pop up – learn how to make a pop up
· Fish, head or spider? - A three-dimensional line drawing with wire
March 18, 2019 – Presentation of and turn in the material completed up to the moment. Each exercise, period work and homework, will be presented on a Din A3 paper in one folder. In the case of photographs, they are to be pasted on a DIN A3 paper.
7. Light
· fish, head, spider or? on the wall – projection with light and color
· circus – projected circus themes
8. Large scale projects: decorations, stage scenery
· Large scale project – will be created and made in groups
9. Mixed techniques: 2D
· a penny for your thoughts – collage based on the cartoons by Saul Steinberg
10. Mixed techniques: 3D
· Another head – large three-dimensional caricatures of heads and faces
· Counterbalance – how to make a mobile that works well
· What size? – a collage that considers scale and its relativity
11. Structures
· Book support – make a book support that is practical
· Flying things – propellers and similar that fly
· A paper tower – understand the basics of structure and make a paper tower
12. Public exhibit/presentation
· Put a show up with all the necessary requisites so it’s efficient in all stages
May 23, 2019 – Final presentation of and turn in projects. With a few exceptions, each exercise, period work and homework, will be presented on a Din A3 paper in one folder. In the case of photographs, they are to be pasted on a DIN A3 paper.
COMPETENCES | METHODOLOGY | TRAINING ACTIVITY |
---|---|---|
CEM-54 CEM-55 CEM-56 CEM-57 CET-2 CET-3 CET-4 CET-5 CET-6 CG-01 CG-02 CG-03 CG-04 CG-09 CG-10 CG-11 | case study method expository method / master class problem-solving method | practical classes theory classes group study and work individual / independent study and work. seminar-workshops tutorials |
CEM-57 | problem-based learning expository method / master class problem-solving method | practical classes theory classes seminar-workshops tutorials |
The students’ presence and participation in class is compulsory throughout the semester. A passing grade in each section of the course is required for an overall pass.
An understanding of and knowing how to efficiently execute the exercises given will also be required to pass.
The final evaluation will take into account the acquired capabilities by assessing the student’s contributions, i.e., individual and group work, homework, presentations and class participation. Grading will be continuous and the student will be periodically informed on the evaluation of their progress. The qualifications used will be the ones of the Facultad de Educación: Excellent, Notable, Pass, Inadequate, Deficient. The final grade will be numerical and will take all of the sections into account.
The content of the subjects will be 80% and English language 20% of the evaluation.
Beal, Nancy The Art of Teatching Art to Children Farra, Straus and Giroux, New York. 2001 ISBN-13: 978-0374-52770-9 and ISBN-10:0-374-52770-9 (pb: alk.paper)
Corfee, Stephanie Paint Lab for Kids 52 Creative Adventures in Painting and Mixed Media for Budding Artists of All Ages (Lab Series) Quary Publishing Group, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-63159-078-8 and digital edition ISBN: 978-1-63159-798-4
Hume, Helen D. The Art Teacher's Book of Lists 2ndedition,Jossey Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0470482087and ISBN-10: 0470482087
Hume, Helen D. TheArt Teacher’s Survival Guide for Elementary Schools 2ndedition,Jossey Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-4701-8302-1
Prince, Eille S. Art is Fundamental Teaching the Elements and Principles of Art in Elementary School Zephyr Press, Chicago Illinois, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-1569762165 ISBN-10: 1569762163
Russi, Barbara Art Workshop for Children The Quarto Group, Beverly, MA, USA, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-63159-143-3
Aronson, Marc Art Attack Clarion Books, NY, NY 1998 ISBN: 0-395-79729-2
Digital bibliography:
Artcyclopedia (browse artists alphabetically by name) www.artcyclopedia.com
Artnet (Auction and gallery information) www.artnet.com
Bartel, Marvin Planning Art Lessons & Units Goshen College, Goshen, IN, USA, 2010 https://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/artlsn.html
Creativity and the Arts in the Primary School Irish National Teachers’ Organisation, Dublin 2009 https://www.into.ie/ROI/Publications/CreativityArtsinthePS.pdf
National Art Education Association Alexandria, VA, USA 2018 www.naea-reston.organd www.arteducators.org