1. What is media or medium in art?
• Both mean the type of material being used to
create the art!

2. What is mixed-media?
• Mixed media is
any art that has
multiple
mediums such
as using
paint, collage, p
hoto, and ink on
one canvas.
• What types of
mediums does
this artist use?

3. Mixed-Media Portraits
• Today we are creating
a mixed media portrait
of a classmate.
• We will learn how to
incorporate objects
and ideas into our art
to describe that
person. Got any ideas
you would like to
share?

4. What is the purpose of mixed media?
• A creative nontraditional art from that
explores material
combinations!
• Can tell a story
• Present a controversial
topic
• Describing who a person
or place is.(
depicting, illustrating, p
ortraying)
• What else?

5. Read- Write- Pair Share
• Write your answer to my questions on a
piece of paper and discuss it with your
neighbor! We will then go over a few answers
as a class.

6. Question 1.
1. What does
the colorfulness
tell us about
the dog? How
can color
describe
someone?

7. Question 2.
• How did the
artist show
something
personal about
JZ?
• What can we
guess about him
from looking at
this picture?

8. Question 3
• What do the
bottle caps do
to this work of
art?
• What kind of
found objects
might you
include to
describe
someone?

9. Question 4
• What does
text do for
image, how is
it used?
• How might you
use text for
your portrait?