NATALIE NOVAK
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  • Ballerina Music Box
  • Meditations / Manifestations
  • Live, Laugh, Rococo
  • Hair Cut pt. 2
  • Bunion Bath
  • Discharge Diary
  • Goodie Bags
  • Untitled
  • You Left a Tissue
  • Fear Foods
  • On Habituation
  • 7,160
  • Paintings + Drawings
  • About
  • Contact
NATALIE NOVAK

CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Fall 2019 & Spring 2020
​Grades 9-12

Lesson: Repetition Portraits

Students reflected on the person they admire through the creation of a portrait with a repeating background motif.
​Kehinde Wiley, Takashi Murakami, Andy Warhol
Lesson Plans
Assessment
Instructional Materials
Student 1 Work Sample
Student 2 Work Sample
Student 3 Work Sample

Lesson: Pastels and Proportion

Students explored Proportion and Scale in an extreme close-up drawing of an object that's interesting to them. Students photographed and edited their chosen objects to draw using pastel techniques.
Lesson Plans
Assessment
Presentation
Formative Handout
Project Handout
Presentation: How to Take a Picture on Your Chromebook

Lesson: Printmaking and Identity

Students learned about contemporary artists who explore identity and created their own piece that expresses an important aspect about who they are. In this lesson, students learned about printmaking and experimented with various methods including monotype, collagraph, and relief (linocut).
Presentation
Assessment
The Complexity of Identity Handout
Printmaking Techniques Handout
Formative Handout
Project Handout
Artist List

Lesson: Spooky Still Life

In this 3-part lesson, students are introduced to new drawing techniques through the concept of the still life while also building on their previously-learned skills in value and shading. By drawing from life, students are experiencing objects and forms in three-dimensional space and learning how to interpret what they see into a two-dimensional drawing. They will also utilize composition and scale to make a more interesting drawing, as well as the use of charcoal with drawing techniques such as toning, blending, hatching, and contouring to create an illusion of depth, which will be applied to future drawing assignments.
Lesson Plans 1-3 and Assessment
Presentation
Quick Write Activity
Picture

Part 1

Students learned how certain design choices can affect the meaning of art works. After discussing composition, scale, and showing some examples of still lifes, the students collaborated with others at their table to assemble their own unique October-themed still life which they will draw over the course of 3 days. The students toned their paper using vine charcoal and started sketching in their composition, noting where the lights and darks (highlights and shadows) are.

Part 2

On the second day, the students set up their still life and continued working. They were challenged to think about lighting, background, and meaning:

Did the lighting of the still life change or is it the same?
What will the background be? 
How do these decisions affect the meaning of the artwork? 

Students were encouraged to draw what they see, now what they think they see. At this point in the process, students were breaking down the forms of their still lifes into simple shapes and separating lights from darks. For students who were close to finished, I challenge them to push their drawings even further by incorporating texture.

Part 3

On the third day, the students engaged in an in-progress T.A.G. critique activity. The students were instructed to do a Gallery Walk and leave sticky notes by their peers' work. For each note, they had to option to: 1) tell the artist about something specific they like, 2) ask the artist a question about the work, or 3) give the artist a suggestion. After the critique, the students continued working and improved their drawing based off the suggestions made by their peers.

OTHER COURSEWORK

Text Talking Point- Chapter 2

Lesson Plan for In-class Activity
Presentation for In-class Activity
Lesson Plan for Secondary 
Handout

7-week Curriculum Grid with Rubrics
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