Lesson #7
Studio Activity: Artists’ Choices
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Objectives
Students will:
• Understand how their choices convey meaning in their work.
• Write a descriptive artist’s statement.

Descriptions/questions/activity: The students should benearly
finished with their portraiture project. We will revisit the idea of
artist choices discussed in both the pre-visit and museum visit.
The students will reflect on their choices and then give feedback
to each other. The purpose of the following activity is for students
to reflect on their artistic process and to be conscious of the choices
they have when creating their work. The students will present their
portraits in pairs and discuss the artistic choices they made.

Activity: Students will present their portraits and discuss their
artistic choices with each other. On the grading rubric the students
will write down feedback.

Assessment

See Worksheet #2 and Grading Rubric # 4

Conclusion: Students write an artist’s statement.
How has what we talked about as a group contributed to their
understanding of what portraits are or can be?
What elements have they incorporated into their own work?