Cut Out Project

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Lesson Plan Guidelines

Teacher: Colleen Keeley
Subject: Drawing & Painting
Title of Lesson: Self Portrait Paper Cut
Date: November 6, 2015

Grade Level: 9-12
Lesson Length: 45 mins
Overview of the Lesson

Lesson Summary:
In this lesson, students will continue to learn the importance of Positive and
negative space and used in art by creating a self-portrait cutout. The students
will first be introduced to the lesson through a PowerPoint, showing examples
of artists work that use paper cutouts. We will discuss positive and negative
space, and contrast used throughout the project, to help with the composition.
Massachusetts Framework Standards:
1.9Demonstratetheabilitytocreate2Dand3Dworksthatshowgrades912
knowledgeofuniquecharacteristicsofparticularmedia,materials,andtools.
3.11Demonstratetheabilitytoportrayemotionsandpersonalitythroughgrades912
therenderingofphysicalcharacteristicsin2Dand3DworkForexample,astudent
createsanexpressive,yetrecognizable,portraitorselfportraitindrawing,painting,
sculpture,printmaking,film,photography,orcomputergraphics.
Lesson Objectives: The students will be able to
By the end of this project, each student will have created a cut out selfportrait, identifying positive / negative space, and contrast.
Materials/Equipment to be Used in Teaching the Lesson:

PowerPoint
Self Portrait Photo (print out)
Exacto Knife
Black Paper
Cutting board
Glue
Background paper (students choice on materials for background)
Enduring Understandings: These are the ideas students will remember
forever.
Big Ideas:
The students will understand the importance of positive and negative
space in a composition.
Good design has a balance of light and dark.
Using the Notan concept of light and dark enhances design.
Concepts:
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Positive space
Negative Space
Contrast
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Essential Questions:
In visual art, what is positive and negative space?
What is contrast, and why is it important in visual art?
How can we show positive/negative space and contrast from cut paper?
How I can break down something so realistic as a self-portrait into a
simple shape and still see/get the sense of what the image is of.
Why is Contrast important in art?
Content
Factual Content:
The students will learn about Positive/ Negative Space, contrast and how
it is an important element used in art, with creating any composition.
Vocabulary: Black, White, Contrast, , Positive Space, Negative Space, Cutout
Tier 1: Black, White
Tier 2: Cutout, gluing, exacto knife
Tier 3: Contrast, Positive Space, Negative Space,
Critical Thinking Skills Reading, Writing, Speech, Listening, Other
Critical Thinking Skills The students will practice making cutout to show a positive and negative space.
The students will be able to identify contrast.
The students will be able to identify positive and negative space.
The students will be able create a self portrait using simplistic shapes to create contrast and
positive and negative space with in their composition.
The students will be able to use a exacto knife to successfully cut out their image.
Assessments (Performance Tasks/Tests/Quizzes Formative/Summative,
Informal/Formal)
Assessment: (Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening)
Performance Task: The students will work to crate a self-portrait cut from paper, showing their
understanding of positive and negative space, and contrast.
Informal Assessments: After the student completes the project they will fill out a self-assessment
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rubric and grade themselves based on how they think they did. They will also fill out a response
part reflecting on the project and if they successfully used the proper element intended in the
project (meeting the objective). They will then show us the rubric and their project and we will
have a conversation about if the graded they gave them selves and if we agree.
Action/Instructional Procedures
Phase
Anticipatory Set
(Hook)
Explanation
Attendance
Go over what we are doing in class today, and

sketch book assignment for the week.
Procedures/Transitio Procedures:
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PowerPoint: Cut out project.

1. Title
2. Lesson Objective:
1. By the end of this project, each student will have created
a self-portrait cutout, identifying positive / negative
space, and contrast.
3. Essential Questions:
In visual art, what is positive and negative space?
What is contrast, and why is it important in visual art?
How can we show positive/negative space and contrast from cut
paper?
4. Example of Artists Work:
1. Nikki McClure cut paper artwork. Fist example, talk
about positive and negative space. (ask: Does anyone
know what positive and negative space is?) Explain: that
positive space is the image that you are seeing, and
everything in the background surrounding the positive
space is the negative space.
2. More examples of her work.(talk about how her art work
is created using black cut paper placed on top of white,
and sometimes she uses a pop of bold color.) Also talk
about how the entire black piece of paper that is cut is all
connected together as one whole piece, we will be doing
the same with our image.
3. Examples of Shepard Faireys art work: he uses stencils
and silk screening to create his art work, we are more so
going to be focusing on the portrait style seen in his
work and how its broken down into a simplistic form, yet
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you can still tell who the person is and see the features. \
4. Explain why I chose to show the two different artist and
how we are take a little piece of each style to create our
own self portrait cutout.
5. Project Steps: Project: From a self-portrait style photograph, you
will edit the image to a simplified form of just black and white.
You will then take the steps of cutting paper to make a stencil
like cut out of your self-portrait.
1. Editing your image and connecting all your features.
Using a sharpie you will create new lines connecting all
the features together so it becomes one whole image you
can cut out. (Show on white board)
2. Cutting out your image.(DEMO) First you will layer
your printed picture over a piece of black paper, and tape
them together so they dont move when youre cutting.
Make sure the matte (dull side) of the paper is facing up.
3. Using a cutting board and an exacto knife start cutting
your image from the center working your way out. (show
how to properly cut, making sure hands and fingers are
safe.)
4. You are only cutting out the white of the image.
Remember that all of the black paper is connected and is
one whole cutout.
5. Creating your background: students will have the choice
to create their background how ever they want (show
examples of what I created) They can use paint, colored
pencils, collage, watercolors ect.
6. Gluing, the students will take their time glueing their
image. They will first put a piece of white paper just
behind the face and glue that down to their background
piece of paper. Using the same gluing technique that they
did for their collage project. (Taking a small scrap piece
of paper and glue and slowly applying it and smoothing
it out.
7. Students need to slowly glue section-by-section, placing
a piece of paper on one half that they havent glued yet
and weighting it down with something. Then pulling up
the exposed side and slowly gluing it down section by
section.
8. Show the students how to store their cutout when it
comes time to clean up, by taking two pieces of paper
and placing the cutout in between. Then they will each
make their own packet folder out of manila paper and
staples.
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Closure
Students will have applied what they just learned

by starting their cut out project.
Clean up: Students will return any supplies that they

used to the proper place, and put their work back I the
bin.
Homework/Extensio
n Activities
Reflection
The Lesson Plan
Teaching
Skills
The Students
What
did I learn today about:

What went well?
What areas of weakness need addressing?
What could have been done to improve this lesson?
Which objectives were met? What is the evidence?
Which students did not meet objectives? Why?
What did you do well in this lesson?
What areas of weakness need addressing?
What could be done to provide better instruction in
the future?
Were you pleased with the performance of the
students?
What did they do well? What did they struggle with?
What can be done to help them do better in the
future?

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Lesson Plan Guidelines

Date: November 6, 2015

Overview of the Lesson

Lesson Objectives: The students will be able to

Materials/Equipment to be Used in Teaching the Lesson:

Go over what we are doing in class today, and

PowerPoint: Cut out project.

Students will have applied what they just learned

Clean up: Students will return any supplies that they

did I learn today about:

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