Complete Mini Art Project: Image Investigation and Making

This project booklet contains enough material to cover 4 or possibly 5 90 minute sessions.
Students are encouraged to choose an image from a magazine or newspaper and then conduct a series of creative tasks that stem from the image.

TIP:
Magazines such as National Geographic are ideal for this task as they are packed with fantastic imagery. You could provide your students with an image if you wanted more control over the outcome, this could be random or connected to their wider projects.

Task 1: VISUAL ANALYSIS - students recreate all or parts of the image using a variety of techniques and media (a list of 10 possible options is provided)

Task 2: ANALYTICAL RESPONSE
Students follow a series of prompts which will lead them to write a short passage about their own personal response to the image.

Task 3: PERSONAL INVESTIGATION
Students will gather additional images that are related to the themes / emotions / cultural connotations of the original image. They could organise these in a moodboard.

Task 4: MAKING IN RESPONSE
Students will use non traditional materials gathered from their home environments to make a series of small models/sculptures/maquettes that are inspired by the original image and subsequent findings.
They will then draw these sculptures.

This project translates extremely well to remote or blended learning and was originally designed for this purpose during the first lockdown.

The download contains one PDF document, containing everything you need. Why not use it as a mini workbook and get your group to complete 1 task per week over the next 4 weeks?

I’d love to hear how this project worked out for you. Please leave me a review to let me know how you get on :-)
Best wishes
Hannah