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Alternative Self Portrait

Alternative �Self-Portrait

Lesson 8

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Exploring Shape in Composition

Take a look at the shape you created in Lesson 7.

What type of emotions does your shape convey?

What kind of character does it have?

How would you describe your shape to a friend?

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Close Looking

How would you describe the shapes in this artwork?

What emotions do the shapes convey to you?

Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled, 2006, �Metropolitan Museum of Art�(On cover)

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Sketchbook

Look at the shape that you created in Lesson 7 and make a few sketches of it.

Try different sizes and play with repetition in your drawings.

How does the feeling of your shape change when it is repeated?

How does the feeling of your shape change when it is drawn large or small?

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Remote Arts Learning Partnership

Module One �

Studio in a School NYC Team

Julie Applebaum, Senior Director

Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project DIrector

Writing Team Project Team

Anne-Marie McIntyre Josef Zutelgte Belinda Blum Nicola Giardina Paul Urevitch

Jamie Powell Andrea Burgay Katherine Huala

Graphic Design

Don Giordano

NYC Department of Education OASP Team

Karen Rosner, Director of Visual Arts

Amber Lodman, Arts Program Manager Kaitlin Trammell, Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project Coordinator

NYC Department of Education Visual Arts Teacher Team

Maria Bonilla Susan Bricker Amie Robinson Lara Tyson

These educational materials were created through a partnership with Studio in a School NYC and The New York City Department of Education Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP) and made possible by the generosity of The New York Community Trust.