PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• YOU WILL:

• CREATE A DRAFT & MAKE & EXPLAIN REVISIONS IN YOUR DRAWING SO THAT YOU CREATE THE

BEST POSSIBLE ARTWORK.

• APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF SIMPLIFIED SHAPES IN AN ARTWORK THAT CONVEYS A MESSAGE.

• USE MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES APPROPRIATELY IN YOUR CHALK PASTEL DRAWING.

• UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT ART PLAYS IN CULTURE AND HOW IT REFLECTS, RECORDS, AND

INTERACTS WITH HISTORY IN VARIOUS TIMES, PLACES, AND TRADITIONS

Next

Time

SHAPE!

Do: Read, annotate, & highlight

the shape side of your

handout

Time: 6

minutes

When Done: Read

the back side &

think of a cause that

you are passionate

about

Put: keep it

KEITH HARING• ARTIST, ACTIVIST (1958–1990)

• AMERICAN ARTIST KEITH HARING WAS BEST

KNOWN FOR HIS GRAFFITI-INSPIRED DRAWINGS,

WHICH HE FIRST MADE IN SUBWAY STATIONS AND

LATER EXHIBITED IN MUSEUMS.

• HTTP://WWW.BIOGRAPHY.COM/PEOPLE/KEITH-

HARING-246006/VIDEOS/KEITH-HARING-

GRAFFITI-AND-POP-ART-50013251908

• BOXER (1987), LOCATED NEAR POTSDAMER

PLATZ, BERLIN

• “THREE DANCING FIGURES” SCULPTURE IN SAN

FRANCISCO

HE SUPPORTED CAUSES & HELPED CONVEY A MESSAGE WITH HIS WORK

WHAT TO DO

•YOU WILL USE CHALK PASTELS TO CREATE YOUR OWN ARTWORK THAT CONVEYS

A MESSAGE TO THE VIEWER.

•YOU WILL SHADE IN AT LEAST 50% OF THE PAPER.

•YOU WILL ADD BOLD OUTLINES TO YOUR WORK AFTER SHADING THE AREAS IN.

•YOU WILL ADD LIMITED TEXT TO YOUR WORK.

STEP 1:

• SELECT A PERSONAL CAUSE

• ANIMALS

• ILLNESSES

• THINGS WE WANT PEOPLE TO DO

• THINGS WE DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO

DO

• USE A RACHEL’S CHALLENGE THEME

• KINDNESS

• THANKFULNESS

• I WILL SHOW YOU 2 EXAMPLES– ONE IS

FOR ANIMAL ABUSE & ONE IS FOR

KINDNESS.

STEP 2:

•YOU WILL SELECT AN IMAGE TO

USE FOR THE ARTWORK.

STEP 3:

•YOU WILL THEN SIMPLIFY THE

IMAGE.

STEP 4:

•YOU WILL ADD LIMITED TEXT TO

YOUR IMAGE.

STEP 5:

•COLOR!

•YOU WILL SHADE IN AT LEAST

50% OF YOUR DESIGN.

•YOU WILL THEN ADD BOLD

OUTLINES TO YOUR WORK.

EXAMPLES: COLOR & ADD BOLD OUTLINES

GRADING• YOUR ARTWORK CONVEYS A MESSAGE 20

• YOU SHADED IN AT LEAST 50% OF THE PAPER. 10

• YOU ADDED BOLD OUTLINES TO YOUR WORK. 10

• YOU ADDED LIMITED TEXT TO YOUR WORK. 10

• YOUR WORK IS ORIGINAL. 20

• YOUR WORK IS NEAT AND MISTAKES ARE HIDDEN. 20

• BONUS: YOUR WORK CONVEYS A RACHEL’S CHALLENGE THEME. +10

• TOTAL POINTS: 100 OR 110 WITH EXTRA CREDIT

Do: Create a draft of your

artwork that conveys a

message. Revise it.

Show it to Ms. Jones to

get your final paper.

Lightly sketch it on your

final paper.

Time: end of

class

Put: in the

tray on the

counter

When Done: Work

on your

sketchbook

assignment.