Creating Visual Metaphors for Esperanza Rising A Metaphor

Creating Visual Metaphors for Esperanza Rising

A Metaphor • is a word or words used to represent something else. • is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making a comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All the world's a stage" (Shakespeare).

A Visual Metaphor is an image used to suggest something other than what it is.

Examples of visual metaphors What do the following images mean to you? • Heart • Lightbulb • Tear

Examples of visual metaphors used on maps • Gas stations • Camping sites • Food • High ways • Rivers

Examples of visual metaphors used in cartoons What do you think the artist wanted you to think when he drew this?

Examples of visual metaphors used in our environment • Bathrooms • Logos

Metaphors used in Esperanza Rising • Why did Pam Munoz Ryan use fruits and vegetables to title her chapters? • What do you think the figs represent in the 3 rd chapter?

Examples of visual metaphors used in Esperanza Rising Today you are going to create a painting of one of the following. • Uvas – grapes • papayas - papayas • higos – figs • Guayabas - guavas • Melones - cantaloupes • Cebollas - onions • Almendras - almonds • Ciruelas – plums • Las papas - potatoes • Los Aguacates - avocados • Los Esparragos - asparagus • Duraznos – peaches

What you will need: • • Cup of water Paper (put your name on the back) Pencil Brushes Paint Paper towels Fruit and Fruit stencils

Step 1 Setting up your desk • Cover desk with newspapers • Cup or bowl of clean water • Brushes • Palette (paper plate) to mix paint • Two pieces of paper – one for practice. • Paper towels for spills and brushes • Prepare the papers (write your name on the back)

Step 2: Looking at your subject • What shapes do you see? • What colors do you see?

Step 3: Drawing your subject Choose a stencil that is the shape of your fruit.

Step 3: Drawing your subject Using this stencil, draw the fruit or vegetable three times. Overlap the shapes and touch three sides of the paper.

The Color Wheel • • • Primary Secondary Analogous Complementary Warm Cool

Step 5: Oil Pastel Now take the paper with your pencil drawing and fill these shapes with a basic color

Step 5: Oil Pastel Add white to show where the light is coming from. Add a darker color to show what is in the shadow.

Step 6 - Adding a complementary color Look again at the color wheel and find a color opposite your colors on the color wheel. Use this color to paint the background of your painting.

Step 6 - Adding a complementary color Look again at the color wheel and find a color opposite your colors on the color wheel. Use this color to paint the background of your painting.

Step 6 - Adding a complementary color • If you have yellows and orange , choose blue or green. • If you have greens and blues, choose red. • If you have blues and purples choose yellow.

Step 5: Oil Pastel Choose a color for the background that is opposite on the color wheel from the color of your fruit or vegetable. Use this color to paint the entire background.

Step 6: Oil Pastel Think about the fruit you have drawn and the chapter of Esperanza Rising that used this fruit for a title. Why do you think the author chose this fruit for the chapter. What ideas come to mind when you see it? Ripeness, dryness, whithered, full of hope?

Step 7 - Clean up • Clean your brush in your leftover water • Return water and brushes to the sink • Move your painting to the drying rack • Complete the check list.

Pamela Hunt Lee

Pamela Hunt Lee

Pamela Hunt Lee

Pamela Hunt Lee

Pamela Hunt Lee