Design Your Mask

Before we start to actually use clay, we need to draw sketches of our mask ideas. 

• First, draw 5 small sketches of different ideas.

• Next, pick your favorite and draw a full size skecth with all of the details you will add to your mask.

Exploring Masks

For this unit we are going to create a mask based on a tribal culture.
Print out this graphic organizer and use the links below for your answers:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson395/organizer5.pdf

After you complete the questions you will create 5 thumbnail sketches of mask ideas. Discuss your ideas with me then draw a full size sketch of the mask design.

AfricanMasks
African Mask History, Rebirth African Art:http://www.rebirth.co.za/African_mask_history_and_meaning.htm

 Art of the African Mask, University of Virginia: http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask.html

Faces of the Dead: Egyptian Mummy Masks: 
http://www.akhet.co.uk/faces.htm

Masks of Africa, Museum of Ancient and Modern Art: http://www.mama.org/collection/afc/afc001.html

Asian Masks
Ceremonial Masks from Java and Bali Indonesia:
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/indonesi/masksjbc.htm

Ceremonial Masks of Mongolia:
http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/mongolia/tsam.html
http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=1617

Masks of India:
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/masks/

Masks: Reflection of Culture and Religion (India): http://www.dollsofindia.com/mask.htm
New Guinea Masks:
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/maskspko.htm
http://www.jungleoutpost.com/cart/masks-papua-guinea-c-23.html

Japanese Noh and Oni Masks:
http://www.nohmask21.com/
http://www.thefind.com/movies/browse-japanese-noh-mask
Noh Mask History, Media Information Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan: 
http://www.nohmask21.com/

Central and South America
Dominican Republic:
http://dominicanmasks.com/
Guatemalan Masks:
http://www.coloresdelpueblo.org/Masks.htm
Maya Masks;
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mayan-masks.htm

European Masks
Masks in the Ancient Greek Theatre:
http://www.greektheatre.gr/masks.html 

Venetian Masks: http://www.bergencounty.com/costumes/maskitalia/history.html

North American Masks
Alaska: The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks: http://www.tribalarts.com/feature/riordan/
Mexican Masks:
http://www.mexicanmasks.us/
Aztec Masks:
http://aztec-empire.com/masks.htm
West Coast Indian Art Tribal Masks: http://www.freespiritgallery.ca/nwartmasks.htm


More Masks Examples
Masks from Around the World

Post Your Zentangle

Upload your Eyes, Nose, Mouth, and Water drop

After you upload your drawings answer the following:

1. Rank the difficulty of your drawings. Which was the easiset? The most difficult?

2. In which drawing did you use the least amount of LINE?

3. Which drawing used the most amount of VALUE?

4. What would you improve upon next time? What will you do differently?

5. On a scale of 1-10, how well did you perservere while drawing? If you think you gave up easily give yourself a lower score, but if you really stuck to it, even though you got discouraged, give yourself a higher score.

Post Pumpkin Drawings and Self - Evaluation

Post both drawings of your pumpkin. For each specific drawing answer the questions.

1.Drawing from observation

a. Describe how you used different tones, effects, techniques and why.

b. Describe the difficulties you had and how you tried to overcome them.

2.Drawing using the grid

a. Why might an artist choose to use a grid?  In what ways is it helpful? 

b. In what part of your drawing is your lightest value used?  

c. How did you use Value? Where are the two middle values used?  Where does your darkest value appear in your drawing?  

3. Overall questions

a. What is your favorite part of this art project? Observational or Grid?

b. If you were to do these drawings again, what would you do differently? 
c. What did you find most difficult about these drawings? 

4. What letter grade do you believe you deserve for this project?  Why?

Pumpkin

Line - Shape - Form

line

Shape

Form - Warm and Cool Color

Form -  - Grayscale - Value