Assignment: Design your own clothing

Afiya's magical dress filled up with the pictures of the things she did each day: animals if she went to the zoo, flowers if she went to a garden, etc. Think about what you do each day and draw on the clothing to create your own special garment. You may draw on a separate piece of paper or use the template in google draw to make you garment. You only have to do one piece of clothing but you are welcome to do as many as you wish. If you are working on paper, you may use any media you wish.

Design your fabric

When Afiya went to the zoo, she brought 2 tigers backon her dress. How would you draw those tiger?? There are som any ways to design fabric to make you clothing. If you need ideas, you can explore www.spoonflower.com for inspiration . Designing fabric for use in making clothing is a real job that an artist can have. In addition to clothing design, you can design fabric that people use in making clothing.

With one theme, you can have hundreds of variations. By changing the colors, secondary elements, size or patterns, you can change the mood and style of your fabric design.

Cassie Stephens, art teacher from Nashville, Tennesse Makes outrageous outfits to inspire her students.

Vocabulary

surface design

pattern

contrasting colors

Why This Project

Standards, objectives, reasons and connections

Questions:

• How does this relate to future needs in life or current interests
• how is it related to curriculum
• how is it related to current events
• How does it relate to other curricula
• what does this mean to you
• how does it astethics effect you and your vision of art or life
• does this inspire you?
• what was your initial reaction to this art
• what relationships do you see in this art ( art movement, daily life, other artwork you are familiar)
• What is the purpose of this art

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2. When was the piece created?
3. What events were happening in the world at the time the piece was created?
4. Where is the piece located?
5. How is the location of the piece significant?
6. What is the subject matter?
7. Who is the artist?
8. What was this artist known for?
9. What colors are prominent throughout the piece?
10. Where can you see movement being represented?
11. How does the piece feel balanced or unbalanced?
12. Where are there areas of high or low contrast?
13. Which shapes do you see represented?
14. What media was used to create it?
15. What equipment would have been needed to create it?
16. How long do you think it would have taken the artist to create it?What challenges does this type of media pose?
17. Why do you think this media was chosen for this piece?
18. If the piece you are looking at is a sculpture, how would you represent it as a painting (or vice versa)?
19. Is the style of the piece realistic, abstract, or something else?
20. Would the piece have the same impact if it were done in a different style? Why or why not?
21. Can you see brushstrokes? What kind of energy do they have?
22. Is the sculpture smooth or rough? How is this important?
23. Is the piece to scale or is it smaller/bigger? How does this change the way you feel? If it were bigger or smaller, would it change the impact of the piece?
24. What is the piece doing? Does it tell a story? Evoke a feeling? Document an event? Present an idea?
25. What do you think the artist was feeling?
26. How does it make you feel?
27. What emotions are captured in the piece? If there are people in the piece, what are their expressions?
28. What parts of the piece make you feel the way you do?
29. Does the piece bring to mind any of your own life events or memories?
30. How has your opinion changed about this piece from the time you started looking at it until now?