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ISP: Mixed Media Environmental Issue

ISP: Mixed Media Environmental Issue

Definition • Mixed Media in visual art, refers to an artwork that is made

Definition • Mixed Media in visual art, refers to an artwork that is made out of more than one medium. • Medium refers to the material used to create an artwork (example: charcoal, clay, paint, graphite…)

Examples of Mixed Media

Examples of Mixed Media

üPaint üCloth üMisc. Object from around the house (bottle caps, string, spoon, wire, buttons,

üPaint üCloth üMisc. Object from around the house (bottle caps, string, spoon, wire, buttons, junk)

ü Map ü Paint ü Tissue paper ü Newspaper clippings

ü Map ü Paint ü Tissue paper ü Newspaper clippings

üPaint üButtons

üPaint üButtons

üPaint üFoil üPlastic straws üButtons

üPaint üFoil üPlastic straws üButtons

üToothpicks üPaint üBeads üRice

üToothpicks üPaint üBeads üRice

üPaint üBeans üSparkles

üPaint üBeans üSparkles

ü Button ü Rope ü Feathers

ü Button ü Rope ü Feathers

üFeathers üRope üGlitter üFoil üBeads

üFeathers üRope üGlitter üFoil üBeads

üPaint üScrubbing sponge üSticks üStyrofoam balls

üPaint üScrubbing sponge üSticks üStyrofoam balls

YOUR TASK: • Create a MIXED MEDIA artwork based on an ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE •

YOUR TASK: • Create a MIXED MEDIA artwork based on an ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE • Your work can be representational or partly non-objective or symbolic • Along with your work, you will write a 1 page (250 words) research paper based on your chosen environmental issue

Possible Environmental Issue Topics: • • pesticides water pollution air pollution over population shark

Possible Environmental Issue Topics: • • pesticides water pollution air pollution over population shark finning deforestation toxic waste landfills • • climate change global warming endangered species energy conservation renewable energy habitat destruction invasive species genetically modified foods controversies

STEPS: 1. Research and brainstorm as many ideas as possible for your chosen environmental

STEPS: 1. Research and brainstorm as many ideas as possible for your chosen environmental issue. 2. Come up with sketches and references (pictures from magazines, books or the internet) and a rough draft of your artwork. Label what materials you will use and where. 3. Propose your idea to me (your idea, your sketches, a rough draft, why you want to do it and the materials that you will need). 4. Create your artwork. 5. Write and edit your research paper (must be at least 1 page, typed, double-spaced, telling about the environmental issue and why it is important to you). – What is the issue? – Why is it occurring, what are its causes? – Where is it occurring? – Who/what is affected? How? – What can be done to help/fix the problem? – How have you exhibited the issue in your art?

üPaint üPlastic grocery bags

üPaint üPlastic grocery bags