Pioneer In A Western Landscape

Project Length of Time: 1-5 Art Sessions

Part I: Colored Pencil Pioneer (1-2 Sessions)
Part II: Photoshop Pioneer (2-5 Sessions)
Grade: Fifth
NYS Standards:
1. Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and
performance in the Arts and participate in various roles in the Arts.
Students:
a. experiment and create art works, in a variety of mediums (drawing,
painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, video, and computer
graphics) based on a range of individual and collective experiences.
b. develop their own ideas and images through the exploration and
creation of art works based on themes, symbols and events.
c. understand and use the elements and principles of art (line, color,
texture, shape) in order to communicate their ideas.
d. reveal through their own art work understanding of how art mediums
and techniques influence their creative decisions.
2. Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials,
techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and
opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community
(exhibitions libraries, museums, galleries) and use appropriate
materials (art reproductions, slides, print materials, electronic
media). Students will be aware of vocational options available in the
visual arts.
Students:
a. understand the characteristics of various mediums (2dimensional,
3dimensional, electronic images) in order to select those that are
appropriate for their purposes and intent.
b. develop skills with electronic media as a means of expressing visual
ideas.
d. Give examples of adults who make their livings in the arts professions.
3. Students will reflect on, interpret and evaluate works of art, using the
language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual
characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the
social, cultural, psychological, and environment dimensions of the
visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas,
themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the
ways they are expressed in other disciplines.
Students:

a. explain their reflections about the meanings, purposes, and sources of

works of art; describe their responses to the works and the reasons for
those responses.
b. explain the visual and other sensory qualities (surfaces, colors, textures,
shape, sizes, volumes) found in a wide variety of art works.

Learning Objectives to Part I (Colored Pencil Pioneer)

Students will be able to:
Draw a fullbodied representation of themselves as a Pioneer.
Use the space of the paper well.
Create elements in the foreground, middleground and background to define a
setting for their Pioneer Figure.
Experiment with the different effects created by using colored pencils.
Explore blending colors.
Explore shading.
Explore lightening tones.
Add detail to enhance the character of their Pioneer.
Part I:
Demonstration:
I will ask students to gather around the wood demonstration table.
I will show them examples of Colored Pencil work from selected images.
I will ask them to remember the name and appearance of their Pioneer
assigned to them in their classroom.
I will have on hand pictures of various Pioneer Figures from the 1800s.
I will demonstrate how to draw a pencil frame around and 8.5 X 11 paper.
I will show how they should Title their drawing, i.e Me as Sarah Jones.
I will show how they can start to draw their Pioneer using the whole space of
the paper.
I will show how they include foreground, middleground, and or background
elements in their picture, i.e. a covered wagon, a log cabin, a horse, hay balls,
etc.
I will show how they can start to use the color pencil.
I will show different ways to blend colors.
I will show different ways to shade.
I will show different ways to lighten tones.

Materials:
Pioneer Reference Pictures
Pencils
Colored Pencils
8.5 X 11 Paper
Activity:
Part I:
Students will begin to draw a pencil frame around and 8.5 X 11 paper.
From memory & Pioneer Reference Pictures, they will start a pencil drawing of
themselves as a Pioneer.
Students will draw their Pioneer using the whole space of the paper.
Students will Title their drawing to include their Pioneer Name.
Students will draw foreground, middleground, and or background elements
in their picture, i.e. a covered wagon, a log cabin, a horse, hay balls, etc.
Students will experiment with different ways to blend colors.
Students will experiment with different ways to shade.
Students will experiment with different ways to lighten tones.
Students will add detail to enhance the character of their Pioneer.

Learning Objectives to Part II (Wacky Photoshop Pioneer)

Students will be able to:
Select images from Google Images to start a Wacky Pioneer Figure.
Save elements separately of a Head, a Torso, Legs, Arms and Accessories.
Understand the concept of parts in a collage.
Become familiar with some of the basic cutting, pasting, editing tools in
Photoshop.
Become familiar with creating Layers.
Become familiar with some of the basic commands in Photoshop.
Become familiar with Selecting and Deselecting objects.
Become familiar with using the Eraser.
Become familiar with Grouping & Ungrouping objects.
Become familiar with Arranging objects. (Bringing objects from Front to Back
or
Back to Front)
Become familiar with moving objects around.
Grasp the concept of the Scale and the size relationship of the elements.
Orchestrate the Color and Pattern arrangements.
Consider creating elements in the foreground, middleground and or
background.
Add detail to their Wacky Pioneer, i.e. A Hat, A Holster, a Satchel Bag, a
Basket, etc.
Demonstration: (Might have to take place in Computer RoomSmartboard)
I will show students the Wacky Pioneer Figure I created in Photoshop.
Show famous illustrators , Stephen Kroningers wacky collage work.

 I will show how to select images from the Google Images to start their own
Wacky Pioneer Figure.
I will show how to save elements separately into different Layers.
i.e.Head, a Torso, Legs, Arms and Accessories.
I will show how to Select and Deselect objects.
I will show how to use the Eraser.
(At the next session)
I will show how to Group & Ungroup objects.
I will show how to Arrange objects.
I will show how to Move objects around.
I will show how to create elements in the foreground, middleground and or
background.
I will show how to add detail to the Wacky Pioneer Figure.
Materials:
Adobe Photoshop
Computers in Computer Room
Activity:
At their own computer, students will select images from the Google Images to
start a Wacky Pioneer Figure.
Students will save the elements they choose separately for a Head, a Torso,
Legs, Arms and Accessories.
Students will practice working with the basic cutting, pasting, editing tools in
Photoshop.
Students will create a new Layer for each element.
Students will practice using some of the basic commands in Photoshop.
Students will Select and Deselect objects.
Students will use the Eraser to get rid of unwanted areas.
Students will Group & Ungroup objects to design their Wacky Pioneer.
Students will use the Arrange command to bring objects either Front to Back
or
Back to Front as they see fit in designing their Wacky Pioneer.
Students will move objects as they see fit in designing their Wacky Pioneer.
Students will size up or size down objects to create a dynamic figure for their
Wacky Pioneer.
Students will work with the Color and Pattern in their objects to create a
dynamic figure for their Wacky Pioneer .
Students will create elements in the foreground, middleground and or
background to create a setting for their Wacky Pioneer.
Students will add detail to their Wacky Pioneer, i.e. A Hat, A Holster, a
Satchel Bag, a Basket, etc. to create a more descriptive Wacky Pioneer.

Assessment:
Print out the Wacky Photoshop Pioneer Figures and pin them up next to the
Colored Pencil Pioneer Figures.
The following is a list of possible questions intended for students to compare the
drawings they created by hand with that generated by technology.
In what way was working with the Colored Pencil Pioneer challenging?
In what ways was working with the Photoshop Wacky Pioneer challenging?
In what ways were you pleased with the way your Colored Pencil Pioneer
came out?
In what ways were you pleased with the way your Photoshop Pioneer came
out?
In what ways did you handle detail in your Colored Pencil Pioneer?
In what ways did you handle detail in your Wacky Photoshop Pioneer?
Describe the effects of color in your Colored Pencil Pioneer.
Describe the effects of color in your Wacky Photoshop Pioneer.
Describe the kind of elements you put into your foreground, middleground and
background in your Colored Pencil Pioneer.
Describe the kind of elements you put into your foreground, middleground and
background in your Wacky Photoshop Pioneer.
What is the overall feeling you get from the Colored Pencil Pioneer?
What is the overall feeling you get from the Wacky Photoshop Pioneer?