VISUAL ARTS ELEMENTS:
ILLUSTRATOR STUDY:
I got a snip of my study, so some of the edges may be gone.
Illustrator Lesson Plan:
Izak Erekson
8 March 2017
Illustrator Study:
Susan Jeffers
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Susan Jeffers
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http://susanjeffersart.com/BioFrameset.html
Blog interview: https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/illustrator-saturday-susan-jeffers/
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Loved stories as a child, and would think of how
she would draw the stories she loved.
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She has always loved horses.
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Likes to find a story she loves first, makes it
easier to stick with.
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Takes about one year to create a picture book.
(blog interview)
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She compares finding a story to being a dancer
who needs music first.
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Usually works in pen, ink, and guache (which is
an opaque watercolor)
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She makes thousands of little lines in a
cross-hatching style of art, then paints over.
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Makes small drawings called thumbnails to get
the right feel.
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Favorite scene to start after breaking text
apart for flow (blog).
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After thumbnail she uses pencil, then waterproof
ink, then the paint. (blog)
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Now she enjoys riding horses
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Graduated from the Pratt Institute in 1964.
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She worked in publishing for 3 years.
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She began her freelance work career in 1968.
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Published her first children’s book in 1970.
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She has won a Caldecott Honor.
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Won a Golden Apple Biennial Brataslava
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Won The ABBY American Booksellers Best Book
award
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Won Society of Illustrators Awards of Merit
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Won Golden Kite Society of Children’s Books
Author Illustrators
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Has a New York Times Best Seller with Brother
Eagle, Sister Sky.
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i.
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
ii.
Hiawatha
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The Snow Queen (found on blog where she
was interviewed, I can see the lines / cross-hatching style on the cover for
the book).
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Utah Visual Arts Core Standards: Standard
4.V.CR.3 (5th Grade visual art):
“Explore and invent art-making techniques
and approaches by utilizing and caring for materials, tools, and equipment in a
manner that prevents danger to oneself and others when making art, and by
documenting, describing, and representing regional constructed environments.”
Lesson:
Introduce Susan Jeffers, give brief
biography of her life
Show students her artwork, and the lines,
then painting over with watercolors
Demonstrate this technique by first
creating something, then painting over it
Have students create artwork based on this
method, choosing a story that means something to them, and having them depict their
favorite scene from this (as from the blog).
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Show pages from two books I have by Jeffers,
highlight the details she has in lines, then show the colors, then demonstrate
choosing a story, picking a favorite scene to depict, then draw a quick
thumbnail, then add the details in lines, then paint over.
g) See PDF
REFLECTION (questions from rubric):
What worked well?
Being able to work with my teacher to choose an illustrator
was helpful. And that she had two books in the classroom to use was also
helpful. It was good to choose an illustrator I had not heard of before.
What difficulties did you encounter?
I was not very good, or skilled, or correct about
cross-hatching, which was covered by my teacher knowing how to and adding
instruction, but I lacked the skill and understanding. It was also difficult to
have my teacher have an idea of the product of the lesson, while I had a
different idea that I feel aligned better with the author’s style. But, I
conceded the lesson idea to my teacher.
Did the students achieve the learning goals?
Some seemed to understand the method, and were able to
paint. Others did not paint, or seemed to misunderstand or misapply the idea of
cross-hatching.
What happened that was not planned?
My original idea was for students to pick a favorite scene
from a story they loved, and to illustrate that, then paint it. But, my teacher
liked the idea of shading to show form, and had them recreate (with some unique
elements addable) a picture from one of the books.
I also never did physically have a third book by the author.
RESOURCE:
I just used this document this morning to help me finish my Elements pages (though not glued together), for the definitions. I could reuse this activity, though.
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