Unit 7: Identifying Feelings

The psychological connection between Color Theory and emotion; the concept of Gestural Mark-Making.

The concept of Body Mapping and how emotions manifest as physical sensations (tension, heat, emptiness).

The principles of Surrealism and Metaphorical Imagery.

The difference between Primary Emotions (fear, anger) and Nuanced Emotions (longing, envy); the concept of Visual Brainstorming.

The Communicative Power of Media (e.g., why watercolor feels "soft" vs. why charcoal feels "gritty"); the principle of Emphasis.

Create a personal color key for their feelings and "scrub" those colors into a dense, tangled ball on paper.

Trace a human silhouette and place their color-coded emotions from Lesson 1 into the specific body parts where they feel them most.

Draw an emotion from a hat, journal about a time they felt that specific way, and create three small thumbnail sketches that represent that emotion through line and shape.

Choose one color/feeling from their previous maps and turn it into a world (e.g., a "Red Desert of Rage" or a "Blue Ocean of Calm").

Execute their Day 1 plan using their chosen medium (paints, pastels, ink, etc.), focusing on how the way they apply the material reflects the emotion.

A "Tangled Emotion Map" with a corresponding color-coded legend.

An "Emotional Anatomy Map" with labels describing the physical sensation (e.g., "Heavy Blue" in the chest).

A finished landscape painting/drawing that uses environmental elements to describe an internal mood.

A journal entry detailing a personal connection to the word and a finalized "action plan" (sketch and medium choice) for Day 2.

 A finished expressive artwork and a "silent" gallery walk where peers guess the emotion based solely on the visual cues.