Visual Art Activity:

Hummingbird and Haida Art

Elements of Design• Line:

– curved, straight, jagged, horizontal, vertical…– Thick, thin, dotted, hatchmarks

• Shape and Form:– Outline of an image produced by lines– Geometric / organic; positive;negative

• Colour– Hue / value / intensity / temperature

Overall Expectations (Big Ideas)

D1. Creating and Presenting

… produce art works … to communicate feelings, ideas.. using elements, principles and techniques of visual arts

D3. Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts

… demonstrate an understanding of… art forms, styles and techniques…. and their sociocultural and historical contexts

Specific Expectations

• D1.3 Use elements of design to communicate ideas, messages and understandings

• D3.2 demonstrate awareness of ways in which arts reflect beliefs and traditions of a people

-Reflect on the shapes/forms

-Identify “breaks” in the colours

-Notice the thin / thick lines

Haida Hummingbird

• Examine pictures of hummingbirds in nature

• Discuss:– Lines and forms– Identify shapes

1. Identify shapes and forms

2. Determine where the colours will break

3. Add lines/shapes/forms typical of Haida art

Culminating Tasks

• Create the fire on mural paper– Think about lines you use– Think about shapes you use– Relate them to lines/shapes in Haida art

• Draw a hummingbird– Identify the shapes and forms– Determine colour breaks– Add Haida symbols– Use thick and thin lines– Cut out shapes and use as a template– Printing options: air-brush, solid, pastel…

Anchor Chart• Look at Haida art samples

– Forms– Colours– Lines

• Look for forms in the hummingbird picture– Triangle / square / circle…..

• Draw forms to create your bird• Determine colour breaks• Add Haida symbols• Adjust thickness / thinness of lines

Criterion-Based Assessment

• D1.3 Use elements of design to communicate ideas, messages and understandings

• D3.2 demonstrate awareness of ways in which arts reflect beliefs and traditions of a people

• The student will:– Use form, line and colour to

create a hummingbird in the Haida Gwaii style

• The student will:– Identify similarities in use of

line, form and colour in Haida art

– Identify the relationship of elements of art to Haida beliefs and traditions

Assessment as Learning

Have I…. Need to modify

I’m satisfied

Used different forms to draw my bird

Drawn my “colour breaks” and decided on colours

Drawn my forms in the Haida style

Used lines of different thickness

Assessment of LearningAssessment of Learning

Criteria 1 2 3 4

Uses different forms in drawing a bird

Uses “colour breaks” relating to the forms used

Work reflects the Haida style

Uses lines of different thickness

Extension Activity

• Watch the animé representation of the story on Youtube:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi5u7A9DRAc

• Develop an animé presentation (this would be a lesson for another time!)