5-12 Wed. 5/20

Online Resources:

-ArtNet: Jean-Michel Basquiat

-The Broad: Basquiat Bio

Google Images:

-Jean-Michel Basquiat Paintings

Lesson Inspiration Step-By-Step Video Guidance:

-Video Lesson Guidance

YouTube:

-Radiant Child Read Aloud

-The Chaotic Brilliance of Basquiat

-Who Was Basquiat?

Steps:

Have fun! Enjoy this! Explore Your Creativity! Relax! **Be sure to follow along with the step-by-step YouTube video inspiration and/or the written out lessons. **And don’t forget to check out all of the Online Resources to help with inspiration!

1. Read and Research Artist.
   Look through all online source materials for project inspiration. You want to know who Basquiat was and how he was a Neo-Expressionist Master!

2. Turn Paper Vertical.
   Remember, vertical is turning it tall instead of wide. This is the “portrait orientation” of your paper. *Check out the video lesson guidance starting now!* Mixed-media means combining more than one (mixed) drawing and painting tool (media) to make an image.

3. Draw Rough Head Shape and Face.
   With any drawing tool, draw a big skull/head shape. You can add a neck and shoulders if you would like. Draw the face- Add eyes, nose, eyebrows, mouth. Make the face parts off center and not realistic.

4. Add Bold Color Marks.
   Use your paint to add bold color marks throughout the skull. Don't be shy! Then let the paint dry.

5. Draw More Marks.
   Once your first layer of paint is dried, add more drawn marks. Use crayons, markers, colored pencils, or oil pastels like Basquiat did. Get wild and bold with this next layer of marks.

6. Paint More Color.
   Add more paint on top of and around what you have created already. Try to fill the rest of your project with big and bold marks and blocks of color.

7. Add Words.
   If you want, you may add written words to this mixed media piece! Keep it school appropriate, but get creative with what you want it to say.