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Kansas State Standard VA:Basic:1.1.1
Standard 1: Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
Benchmark 1: The student explores a variety of art media, techniques, and
processes.
Indicator 1: manipulates a variety of media, such as paint, dough, clay, crayons,
paper, and fibers.
Objectives
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Students will identify and use positive and negative space within their
artwork.
Students will experiment with a variety of media and select one to produce
a final artwork with.
Materials
9x12in Drawing Paper
8X8in Drawing Paper
Colored Pencils
Crayons
Watercolors & Brushes
Pastels
Black Colored Pencils (for signing names)
10x10in Yellow Construction Paper
Yellow Sharpie Marker
2.5-3in lids (to use as template)
6in lids (to use as template)
Elements of Art
Shape, Space
Art Production
Principles of Design
Emphasis
Vocabulary
Medium materials used to create a work
of art.
Monochrome one color
Minimalism a trend in art that uses
simple forms and shapes.
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Art History/Resources
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
TheDot.PPT (Google Drive)
Kazimir Malevich, Black Square, 1913
Kazimir Malevich, Black Circle, 1923
Yves Klein, IKB 191, 1961
using IKB. We call these paintings monochrome paintings. Mono means one
and chroma means color, so a monochrome painting is a painting that only
includes one color.
Ask the students: Do you think something this simple is art? Could it be in a
museum?
Modifications/Notes
If time remains after painting or after
reading and discussion, read Peter H.
Reynoldss other books, Ish & Sky Color.
Demonstrate: Show exemplars. Talk about the various media & methods the
students could use to create their dot.
Check for Understanding: What should you do when you feel stuck and think
you cant draw? (Make a mark and see where it takes you). When we make our
dots, should yours be exactly like mine? (No). Could you make a not dot? (Yes).
What would you say to someone who thinks they cant draw?
Closure: Talk about blank page syndrome, sometimes you just need to make a
mark and see where it takes you. I cant wait to see what types of dots you all
come up with next time!
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should use the white lids to trace an outline of their dot then color in using
whatever medium is at their table. Set a timer for 7 minutes; when timer sounds
(hands in the air, behind the chair) rotate the groups. Students at the painting
table will take their mats with them, by the end; every student will have a painting
mat. Every time the students rotate, remind them that they have to also make a notdot at the painting station. When the experimentation dot page is done, all students
will line up in the middle of the room holding their painting mats.
Pass out 8x8 papers by calling names. Ask each student what they want to make
their dot out of: paint, colored pencils, or crayon. Place their 8x8 page next to
their test page and send each student to the appropriate table to complete their dots.
When there are four students at a table, that table is full and closed. The student
will have to go to the next table. If both tables of a medium are full then that
medium is closed and the student must choose another one. Students will then have
15 minutes to carefully draw and paint their final dot. Using the black lids, students
should trace their circle on their paper. Then they may color it in with their
medium, or color the outside to create a not-dot. When students are finished they
should raise their hand and the teacher will come to give them a black colored
pencil to sign their name on the bottom. Once finished the teacher will place
painted pieces on the drying rack.
Closure: Show students an example of a framed dot with a yellow mount paper
decorated with swirls. Ask students what their favorite medium was (five answers).
Ask again what the two Elements of Art we talked about were, and what types of
space do we have. (Shape, Space Positive, Negative)
Aesthetic Questions
Can something as simple as a dot still be called art?
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