Collaborative project
You Are the Architect of your own life
1. Choose a piece of paper Large, medium or small
2. Think carefully about the following questions and answer them in the form below
a. What do you already know about drawing/painting? Are you good at it? Do you like drawing/painting?
b. What do you hope to get out of this class? Why are you taking it? What is your idea of an interesting class?
c. How comfortable are you with making your own choices and working with open guidelines?
d. Tell me three extremely boring or extremely interesting things about yourself
3. On you piece of paper think about a way to incorporate your answer to the first question into a foundation for your architectural piece. What is your building built on?
4. On your piece of paper create an architectural structure that represents you. Think about your answer to the second question and try to build something that represents your hopes and fears.
5. On your piece of paper start to add the small little details that make up you as a person, and demonstrate your abiity to make your own choices and work within open guidelines.
You can paint, draw, use 3D elements, you can glue, tape, sew, you can cut, tear , collaborate, collage, print, use magazines, colored papers or writing. OR you can use the pre-printed coloring sheet avaiable at the front of the classroom. The choices you make tell me a lot about who you are, what you value and is the first impression you have to make.
2. Think carefully about the following questions and answer them in the form below
a. What do you already know about drawing/painting? Are you good at it? Do you like drawing/painting?
b. What do you hope to get out of this class? Why are you taking it? What is your idea of an interesting class?
c. How comfortable are you with making your own choices and working with open guidelines?
d. Tell me three extremely boring or extremely interesting things about yourself
3. On you piece of paper think about a way to incorporate your answer to the first question into a foundation for your architectural piece. What is your building built on?
4. On your piece of paper create an architectural structure that represents you. Think about your answer to the second question and try to build something that represents your hopes and fears.
5. On your piece of paper start to add the small little details that make up you as a person, and demonstrate your abiity to make your own choices and work within open guidelines.
You can paint, draw, use 3D elements, you can glue, tape, sew, you can cut, tear , collaborate, collage, print, use magazines, colored papers or writing. OR you can use the pre-printed coloring sheet avaiable at the front of the classroom. The choices you make tell me a lot about who you are, what you value and is the first impression you have to make.