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Below is the lesson that I developed for the Drawing and Painting classroom at Lift for Life Academy
Abstract Printmaking
In this unit students will explore the three defining categories of visual art, Representational Art (realism), Abstract Art and Non-Objective Art. Students will understand the concepts of abstraction, mass production, negative and positive space, cross contour drawing, and organic vs. geometric form. Students will experience working with watercolor painting techniques, analogous color, pencil drawing, linoleum carving and the relief printing process. Students will demonstrate proficiency through the concepts addressed by creating a 9 x 12 Linoleum block printed and watercolor series. Each of the finished artworks will exemplify the students ability to repeat the printed cross contour image consistently onto the different watercolor backgrounds.
The Three Categories of Art
Watercolor Paintings
Representational, Abstract and Non-Objective
Lesson #1
Students learned to determine if an artwork is Representational (realistic), Abstract (simplified form) or Non-Objective (entirely imaginative). Students created three watercolor paintings representing the major categories of the visual arts. For the first painting students created a still life of flowers and shells to draw and paint a realistic image of. Students drew the shapes and painted the analogous colors that they observed. During the second painting students created a composition with recognizable objects in a non-realistic way. The students learned how to simplify and play with the original forms and colors from the still life that they created. Students generated the third drawing and painting entirely from their imaginations. They image incorporated the same color scheme as the original still life subject but shapes and forms are not longer recognizable.
Artist Trading Cards
Lesson #2
Students learned how to create linoleum block carvings and prints. Students created textured analogous colored backgrounds and a carving of a symbol that represents who they are. The students created a print for each of the classmates. Once all the cards were made the students had a trade with the rest of the class. This lesson encouraged students to become familiar with the printmaking process that they will be continuing through the lesson.
Students completed a reading and notes over cross contour drawing and the printmaking process. This allowed students to work with cross curricular information and learn important information for the present and future lessons!
Abstract Printmaking Final Project
lesson #3
Students created cross-contour abstract block prints
Students created non-ojecive watercolor backgrounds to compliment their abstract line drawing ink prints. Each student created an edition of prints. The subject matter for the assignment was to choose an animal from nature. Cross-contour lines are curved lines that demonstrate the illusion of a three dimensional form on a two dimensional surface. Nature provides organic subject matters that allow the student to see and create curved cross-contour lines depicting the rounded forms.
Use the screencast below to learn how to use google drive to edit an image. These steps will demonstrate how to create a new document and research the web inside google drive. You will learn how to search and edit images by cropping, rotating and enlarging your photo. These images will be used to create the final cross-contour drawing.
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