Lesson 5: Mystery Feeling Day 2

How does the speed of your hand affect the mood of the piece? How does your choice of color palette support or contradict the feeling you are portraying?

Medium: The material used by an artist (plural: media). Visual Impact: The initial emotional or intellectual response a viewer has when looking at art.

VA:Cr2.1.HS: Through experimentation and practice, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form to convey meaning.

Evidence-Based Interpretation: When peers guess the emotion, they must point to specific "evidence" in the work (e.g., "The red jagged lines suggest anger").

Description: Final art creation. Purpose: Material mastery and emotional communication. DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking (synthesizing a word into a finished world).

Abstract Expressionism: Exploring how artists like Mark Rothko used only color to induce deep spiritual or emotional states in the public.

"It doesn't look like anything." Correction: If it makes the viewer feel the word on your slip of paper, it looks like everything.

Choice-Based: Allow students to work at their own pace; offer "fast-drying" media like pastels for students who work quickly or acrylics for those who like to layer.

Summative Rubric: Evaluation based on Intentionality (did the medium match the mood?) and Expressiveness (did the marks convey the emotion?).

Variety of media: Watercolors, acrylics, oil/soft pastels, pen/ink, colored pencils, heavy mixed-media paper.