Working as Artists: Painting Shapes

 With a Paintbrush We Can Create Shapes.

Create

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

A. Skill Acquisition

Through experimentation on, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.

How do you think this artist moved his brush to create these shapes?

August Light, Hans Hoffmann

What shapes do you see?

Can you tell if the artist was painting a shape with up and down brushstrokes or side to side brushstrokes?

2 ways to create shapes:

Blob Method

• Dip brush in water to water
• Load your brush with paint
• Move the paint up and down, or back and forth until you have a shape that resembles a square.

Outline Method

• Paint two vertical lines. 
• Cross them with two horizontal lines so that you have a square.
• Fill the square with paint. Demonstrate both methods of painting another shape, such as a circle or a triangle.

Paint the white spaces, leave the shapes so we can see them.

Remember to rinse and wipe the brush.

• Give students tiny brushes and black tempera to paint on top of their shapes.

Art talk questions:

1. Did you paint shapes in different sizes?

2. Did you paint any geometric shapes? How about free-form shapes?

We like the Shapes!

Supplies:
Paper
Paint (tempera, cake tempera, watercolors)
If you don't use paint, markers, crayons or oil pastels can be used)

Thinking and Working As Artists-Chalk Pastel

 

Thinking and Working as Artists-Chalk Pastel

Create

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

A. Skill Acquisition

Through experimentation on, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.

What happens when you put one color on top of another?

What happens when you blend with your finger?

What happens when you press harder/lighter when you color with a pastel?

What can I do with a Chalk Pastel?

A chalk pastel is made from a powdery substance that is used for drawing and comes in many different colors.

Chalk pastels are like cousins to sidewalk chalk. 

Chalk pastels have a soft look, and can be blended easily.

Mary Cassatt-Little Girl in a Big Hat

On the Cliff-Theodore Robinson

Lynn Morgan-The OrangeWoods

Today we are going to explore and discover how to use chalk pastels!

• Two ways to hold a pastel, tip and side
• Changing pressure 
• Layering colors
• Blending with one finger

Technique Video for Chalk Pastels

Supplies:

-A few sticks of colored chalk, sidewalk chalk or chalk pastels.

-Your printmaking project from last week or a drawing done with a black marker or black paint.

Printmaking

 Thinking and Working as Artists-Printmaking

Create

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

A. Skill Acquisition

Through experimentation on, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.

How is printing different than painting?

Can you think of something else you could dip in paint to make a print?

Lines Make Shapes-- PRINTING!

Be a shape detective...
What shapes can you find in these pictures?

How might you print these shapes with the straight line tool? 

Where a Line Bends a Shape Begins 

(Play before shape discussion)

Printing shapes with a straight line tool.

Video of printmaking techniques

1. Demonstrate making basic geometric shapes. 

2. Have students practice first without paint to understand how to place their printing tool.

3. Students may get a second sheet of paper to create their own composition, or they may continue on with their first. 

Supplies:

- Tempera paint

- Paper

- Cardboard pieces