Samantha Hutzley

Lesson Plan: Art Fundamentals

Title: Repetition, Rhythm, and Pattern Grade Level: 11

The Big Idea (Overall Concept): Place & Environment

How/why do we assign meaning to particular places or environments? How can we use pattern
and design to enhance our work?

Description of Lesson (Brief Summary):

Students will immerse into the world of patterns. What do patterns mean and how can we use
them create layers of meaning? Place can be defined rather broadly. Somewhere tangible, a
memory, something fictional. For this lesson students will delve into a place that holds value to
them. They can create from memory and/or use reference photos to create a drawing or painting
(watercolor/gouache). Students must include pattern into various components of the work to
create an overall balanced composition. At the end students will write a brief creative narrative
(substitutes artist statement) about this place and why it is significant to them, this will be
followed by a brief critique.

Time: ~2 weeks
Enduring Understandings:
 Artist and designers develop
excellence through practice and
constructive critique, reflecting on,
revising, and refining work over
time.
 Creativity and innovative thinking
are essential life skills that can be
developed.
21st Century Skills:
 Collaborating- being open and
responsive to diverse perspectives
 Creating and Innovating- acting on
creative ideas
 Problem Solving- determining
relationships
Studio Habits:
 Develop Craft-learning to use tools
 Express- create works that convey an
idea, a feeling, or personal meaning
 Observe- learning to attend to visual
contexts more closely, to see things that
otherwise might not be seen
 Engage and Persist- embrace
problems.
 Envision- picture mentally what cannot
be directly observed.
 Stretch and Explore- learning to reach
beyond ones capacities.
 Reflect- question and explain

Essential Questions: Technical Skills:

Why do certain places hold high value?  Patterning
How can we make an artwork more  Zen Doodle
personal? How can art help us to  Drawing
communicate about our own memories  Painting
and experiences? How can pattern be used as a
tool for emphasis, highlighting, shading, etc.?

National Core Art Standard’s: http://www.nationalartsstandards.org/

Creating- Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present- day life using a contemporary
practice of art or design.
Presenting- Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social,
cultural, and political history.
Responding- Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human
experiences.
Connecting- Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history may influence personal
responses to art.

Instruction – daily plan:

Day 1: Introduction to pattern. Students will begin by drawing blank circles and squares in their
notebooks. Students will then be required to create different patterns of their own designs in
each.

Discuss artists:
 Hulya Ozdemir (Instagram)
 Yayoi Kusama
 Gustav Klimt
 Agnes Martin
 Frank Stella
 Damien Hirst
 Sol Lewitt

Day 2: WORK DAY- Zen Doodles

Day 3: WORD DAY- Zen Doodles

Day 4: Introduction to assignment (PowerPoint with various artists). Students will brainstorm
ideas in their sketchbooks and create 3 thumbnails of possible composition ideas. Teacher will
meet with students individually.

HW: bring in reference photos and/or inspiration

Day 5: WORK DAY, individual meetings

Day 6: WORK DAY, individual meetings
Day 7: WORK DAY, individual meetings
Day 8: WORK DAY, individual meetings, students will walk around and give feedback to each
other
Day 9: WORK DAY, individual meetings
Day 10: WORK DAY (+ or -)

Day 11: Finalize work/work on narrative

Day 12: Finalize work/work on narrative
HW: Narrative due next class, brief critique

Day 13: Collect narratives, class critique.

Resources: (Websites, Books, Music, etc…)

SOME ARTISTS:
 Hulya Ozdemir (Instagram)
 Yayoi Kusama
 Gustav Klimt
 Agnes Martin
 Frank Stella
 Damien Hirst
 Sol Lewitt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPTNX9rXFCw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRz5ZFDO0hk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldYsoTIun8

http://flyeschool.com/content/repetition­rhythm­and­pattern
Materials Needed:
 Pencils
 Paint brushes
 Paint (options: watercolor or gouache)
 18x24 drawing paper
 18x24 watercolor paper
 Rulers
 Tape
 Erasers
 Reference materials
Evaluations:

Formative:
Direct Observation/Individual Meetings

Summative:
Rubric- 10/10 student and teacher grade

General Rubric

TEACHER EVALUATION STUDENT EVALUATION

Aesthetic/Visual Appeal /10 /10

Creativity & Originality /10 /10

Craftsmanship & Intent /10 /10

Effort & Perseverance /10 /10

Application of Elements & /10 /10

Principles of Design

(Elements: Line, Shape,

Texture, Value, Color

Principles: Unity, Harmony,

Variety, Balance, Contrast,
Proportion, Pattern, Rhythm,
Emphasis)

TOTAL:

Project Specific: Pattern

TEACHER EVALUATION STUDENT EVALUATION

Overall Composition /10 /10

(Was there attention to the
overall layout/design of the
place? Is the composition of
this place well balanced?)

Rendering/Likeness of the /10 /10

Forms

(Does the rendering capture

the overall likeness, mood or
feel of this place?)

Incorporating Pattern /10 /10

(Does the composition

demonstrate an understanding
of pattern? Does the work
include a thoughtful use of
pattern?)

Application/Craftsmanship /10 /10

(Is the line work done neatly?

Is there a strong understanding
of techniques?)

Narrative/ Critique /10 /10

Participation

(Marked for completion)

Total: /100 /100

Notes:

Example:

(Artist unknown, Pinterest)

  Hulya Ozdemir