SWBAT:

1...define ABSTRACT

2...explain what the difference between OBJECTIVE and NON OBJECTIVE abstract art is

3...explain what the difference between ORGANIC and GEOMETRIC shapes are

4...use SHARPIES and PASTELS to create original ABSTRACT COMPOSITIONS

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Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (16 December 1866 – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. ... He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship ...)—Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.

In 1896, Kandinsky settled in Munich, Germany...He returned to Moscow, Russia in 1914, after the outbreak of World War I. ... "His spiritual outlook... was foreign to the argumentative materialism of Soviet society", and opportunities beckoned in Germany, to which he returned in 1920. There he taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933. He then moved to France, where he lived for the rest of his life, becoming a French citizen in 1939 and producing some of his most prominent art. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France in 1944, three days prior to his 78th birthday.

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1. Review your learning from the Color Studies assignment

2. Choose 2 color schemes from that assignment or (choose new one(s)) to explore in your 2 sketches

3. Share your choices for the DEQ dated 4/24/23

4. Use colored pencils to plan out the color schemes you chose on your 2 sketches

Clean Up

1. Shake loose pastel powder into blue bin 

2. Cover pastel drawing with newsprint (avoid smudging)

3. Put pastels away carefully

4. Put table bin away

5. Spray and wipe table

6. Wash hands last

7. Dust off clothes as needed (do not wet try to remove pastel from clothes with water)

PEER REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS

1. PLACE your DRAWING on your TABLE

2. Grab a POST-IT NOTE, a RUBRIC and Walk over to a CLASSMATE'S DRAWING

3. PLACE the POST-IT note NEXT TO your classmate's DRAWING 

4. On the Post-It note, WRITE 1 COMPLIMENT and 1 SUGGESTION both BASED on the RUBRIC.

5. Add YOUR NAME

6. Go BACK to YOUR DRAWING

7. Take a PHOTO of the PEER REVIEW that your CLASSMATE WROTE for you.

8. Upload the PEER REVIEW to the "MA 3/9/24 Surreal Environment" assignment posting

1. Review your Peer Feedback, Rubric, and assignment instructions

2. Ask for more feedback/help if you need it

3. Make changes/additions to your project as needed

5 points --- PAPER: The drawing is done on the provided 15" x 18" pastel paper

10 points --- UNDERSTANDING of ABSTRACT: The drawing shows understanding of abstract

10 points --- BALANCED COMPOSITION:  The visual elements are arranged on the page in a way that creates visual balance

15 points --- DETAIL:  The drawing is detailed

15 points --- GRADUAL BLENDING:  There is a large amount of gradual blending

10 points --- LAYERING:  Some lines and shapes were drawn on top of solid colors (layering)

10 points --- PASTEL & PENCIL: Both pastels and colored pencils were used.

15 points --- NEAT & COMPLETE: The drawing is neat and looks carefully done.  The entire paper is covered.

5 points --- PEER REVIEW: A photo of a hand written peer review was uploaded to the assignment posting.

5 points --- REFLECTION and SELF-GRADING: Private comment with reflection and self-grading is included