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Re: [teacherartexchange] Backgrounds

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From: Judy Decker (judy.decker_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Fri Apr 20 2007 - 11:35:10 PDT

Hi Terri,

See what Marvin Bartel wrotte about Backgrounds in March:
http://www.getty.edu/education/teacherartexchange/archive/Mar07/0127.html

What if they did texture backgrounds (following the grid) in pen and ink?
See this Chuck close lesson plan:
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/larry-valuegrid.htm

What if they did patterns in values - white to black (see "Janet")
http://www.albrightknox.org/ArtStart/lessonplans.html

More Close lessons can be found on line....
http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/learning/ProjectsAndActivities1.html
some of these links are borken.
See Teacher's Packet:
http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/learning/index.html

Regards,

Judy Decker

On 4/19/07, Terri wrote:
> Hi everyone, my 8th Graders and special ed have just studied Chuck close and
> they were doing the gridding system for their portraits. They are painting
> them using warm and cool as an underpainting in watercolor and now are using
> tempera to put a layer over it with tints and shades. I am stuck with what I
> want them to do for their backgrounds. Any original suggestions?
> I was thinking just to have them paint it black, to have the portraits stand
> out but it seems a little boring. 

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