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Abstract Art with Phillip Martin
Lesson Plan
Learner Outcomes:
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Color:
Understand that colors can be transparent and opaque
Realize that color can be used as a perspective tool
Design:
Realize that the contrast of value causes the eye movement over a picture
Line:
Appreciate line is used to represent the world around us
Space:
Understand that positive and negative space is used to enhance aesthetics
Realize that overlapping is a way of showing perspective
Texture:
Appreciate that texture is used to enhance realism
Appreciate that texture is used to enhance aesthetics
Materials:
25 ink pens
25 black colored pencils
colored pencils
25 erasers
 
25 rulers
 
assorted markers
pastels
Vocabulary:
Transparent, Opaque, Perspective, Value, Line, Positive and Negative Space, Texture

Okay, it's really going to help you if you check out Mona Brookes' "Drawing for Older Children and Teens". It gives so much information to help you get started. But, as I said, when we started drawing -- way back when -- we started doodling. Give the students markers and pens and allow them to experiment. You can't do it wrong. And, just like I do with all student artwork, I mount and display the work.

Pastels are an unusual treat in my classroom. I never really used them much. But, I found them a fun tool to use with abstract experimentation. The red, yellow, and blue abstract on the previous page was made with pastels.

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