BIG IDEA: EMOTIONTOPIC 7 Memories

By Carly Seyferth

Key Concepts

• Memories can have an emotional impact on the lives of others– Give some examples

• Memories can influence the emotional choices and ideas of individuals– Give examples

Supportive Activity • Where did most of your favorite memories occur?

– Home?– Playground?

• What happened in this place that appeals to you?– Anything exciting, upbeat, happy?

• What did this place look like, how do you remember it when these memories happened? – Draw them

• How have these memories influenced your reactions to certain situations in this present time?– Would you react differently if your memory was more

negative or positive?

Artist: Franco Magonani

How can an artist express his or her emotional and personal ties to his or her home town through the use of art?

Franco Magonani

• born in the small Tuscan Village of Pontito in 1934

• He paints his hometown• Began to draw and paint

scenes from his childhood after suffering a mysterious illness during which he had vibrant dreams about

All pictures are from http://www.exploratorium.edu

Panorama di Pontito 1987vs Susan Schwartzenberg

http://www.exploratorium.edu

Veduta della casa della famiglia Albino 1985

vs Susan Schwartzenberg

Prima pittura, veduta della casa Magnani 1967 vs. Photo

Prima pittura, veduta della casa Magnani 1967

• This is a picture of Franco’s home

• He portrays the memory of his mother cooking the family meal

• The feelings of home and love are present here but the author is outside, reluctant to enter

• That is because during this time he painted it, his mother had already died.

WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES

• We will be using watercolor for our final project.• We will discuss the different techniques of water

color

• I will do a class demonstration• You will take that demonstration and make your

own examples of each technique • At least three techniques must be used in the final

project

FINAL ACTIVITY CONTINUED

• With the things you have learned about Franco you should pick one of the places that you depicted in your supportive activity

• You must have something in the foreground, mid ground and background

• You must have at least three watercolor techniques• You must have a written reflection

– compare and contrast the composition of how you remembered that place to the current picture of how it looks now

– Include what memories you had there and how they shaped you as a person

– Express what would of happened or how you would respond to things differently if your memories were different

FINAL PROJECT AN EXAMPLE FROM FRANCO

• There is something in the background

• There is something in the foreground

• There is something in the mid ground

• There is a sense of space• This piece is colorful