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Identity
Students analyze identify in art. In this art analysis lesson, students discuss what identify means and discuss how Otto Dix, Pablo Picasso, Dorothea Lange, and Alberto Giacometti represent identities in portraiture. Students complete...
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Inside Scoop: Bearden
Students read paragraphs and examine images of the artist Romare Bearden. In this art analysis lesson, students read text about the life and art of Romare Bearden. Students study his medium of montages and then create their own example.
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Touch-Drawings
Pupils explore an object without seeing it then draw what s/he felt. In this touch-drawings lesson, students partner and place objects in a paper bag so the other person cannot see it. Then pupils use their hands and imagination to...
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Life size figures - Moveable Murals
Students create life-size human figures and decorate them in a collage style with torn colored pieces of pictures from magazines. They display them around the school, creating life-size murals.
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Expressive Self Portrait - Mixed Media
Students create self-portraits using prior artistic knowledge and personal experiences. Emphasis is placed on the works of Albrecht Durer, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Romare Bearden, and Chuck Close for inspiration.
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Torn Paper Collage Portrait
Young scholars watch demonstrations on how to create a collage out of different materials. Using town paper, they create their self-portrait and view art by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. To end the lesson, they discuss a career in...
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Who Am I? Exploring Identity
Students create an artistic representation of their identities. In this identity lesson, students discover the different facets that make up their own identities. Students work in small groups to find a favorite image and provide an...
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Portrait and Figure Drawing
Young scholars investigate the self-portraits and figure drawings of famous artists such as Käthe Kollowitz, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt and others following their own attempts to create their expressive original drawings.
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2oth-Century Painters: Master of Color
Students describe how the work of the artists reflected the their lives and times, and how they inspired new artistic movements. They compare and contrast the works of the two artists at different periods in their lives. Students view a...
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Painting Modern Life
Students analyze two works by Pablo Picasso and how he represents female figures. For this art analysis lesson, students analyze the female figures in the two artworks and discuss them. Students research a topic of social importance and...
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Computer Aided Cubism
Young scholars engage in a study of the artistic style of cubism with the integration of technology to aid them create a unique work of art. They are shown the works of Picasso and Braque in order to serve as examples to create a context.
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The Red Studio Turns 100!
Students observe the art of Henri Matisse and discuss the ideas and feelings his art brings about. In this Henri Matisse lesson plan, students look at many of his artistic paintings and discuss and write in a journal the point of view...
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Finding Your Feelings
Students examine different slides of artwork from different artists. They discuss how art can show feelings and emotions. They share their opinion of the artwork.
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Color Me Happy: Color, Mood, and Tone
Students examine how artists use color to set the tone of a painting. They analyze and discuss various paintings, complete a chart comparing the artists' color schemes and tones, and write a paragraph comparing two images.
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Parts of a Whole
Fourth graders explore fractions through the analysis of various paintings. They view and discuss paintings by Picasso and Seurat, discuss the fractional examples in the paintings, and create a bar graph.
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Cubism a Fractured Reality - Still Life With Collage Elements
Young scholars gain an understanding and awareness for the cubist style of artists. They create a multi-media composition showing multiple views of various objects and a variety of textures.
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Monochromatic Photo Painting
Students use Photoshop to manipulate a digital photograph. They mix and paint a full range of values demonstrating care of materials and craftsmanship in painting. Color relationship is examined using copyright free images.
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Sculpture of the Twentieth Century
Eighth graders examine various 20th century artists and their sculptures. They view and analyze slides, compare/contrast the artists' styles, and create an original sculpture.
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Drawing -Scratchboard
Students choose subject of composition and do sketches in computer lab of flora and fauna contained within their environment.
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Texture Scavenger Hunt
Students work together to complete a scavenger hunt searching for objects with different textures. After finding the object, they make full page rubbings of each and later make a complete drawing of the item. They collect all of their...
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"3-D" Painting
Students experiment with color using tints and shades of at least 2 hues and create a 3-D painting/mobile.
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Pranks With Paint
Young scholars consider what they already know about graffiti and explore the pranks and work of a graffiti artist. They research a famous painting and create original artwork by adding thoughtful graffiti to it.
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Your Body Within Your Community
Students identify and discuss the function of each of the major body systems. As a class, they discover how this relates each one of them in their community. They discuss their role as a member of their community and how people depend...
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Distortion Unleashed
Students view examples of man-made structures and create a building that matches the style. Using the internet, they research the style of Frank Lloyd Wright and create plans for creating their own community. They use a painting of...