Project Description:

Students will create a digital landscape using Photoshop. After viewing, studying, and discussing American Artists from the Hudson River School-Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, Frederic Church, Albert Bierstadt, and other American landscape artists-Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper, and Winslow Homer, students will ask themselves the following questions:

Do I want a landscape, skyscape, or seascape?
What kind of mood do I want to convey?
What will the focal point be?
What part of a famous painting can I include and change in my image?
What kind of images do I need to find on the web?
How must I change the images so that I am not plagiarizing?

As students begin to paint, manipulate,and create with Photoshop they will be required to continually evaluate their image and judge whether or not they are paying attention to the Principles of Art: repetition, balance, and emphasis. Students will use the Elements of Art: line, space, and color, to make decisions on what to draw and to demonstrate knowledge of perspective, and acceptable composition in their digital "Moody Landscapes."

Visual and Performing Arts Standards:
CREATIVE EXPRESSION
2.1 Interpret reality and fantasy in original two-dimensional artwork.
2.3 Create an original artwork based upon a selected mood or emotional state.
TECHNICAL SKILL
3.2 Demonstrate an understanding of the illusion of space on a two dimensional surface through such methods as placement, overlapping, relative size, atmospheric perspective, and linear perspective.
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
4.0 Understanding the historical contributions and cultural dimensions of the visual arts.
AESTHETIC VALUING
5.1 Explain the intent of a personal work of art and draw possible parallels between that artwork and artwork of a recognized artist.
CONNECTIONS RELATIONSHIPS, AND APPLICATIONS
6.1 Explore and identify the connections between the art of a selected historical era and note how each reflects the time and culture.
HABITS OF MIND
7.2 Take risks and experiment with their work in order to make discoveries. (Photoshop)
7.3 Take proper care of tools, equipment and materials at all times while working in the classroom studio. (Laptops)