Thursday, July 13, 2017

SONIA DELAUNAY ABSTRACT PAINTINGS

Sonia Delaunay Abstract Paintings

Learning Targets:

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Create an abstract painting using techniques learned in class
Use color (achromatic, monochromatic), shape (geometric, organic), and line (curved, straight, wavy)
Use Design Principles (contrast, composition, movement) to replicate different historical or traditional art forms from the Orphism Art Movement

Define Simultaneous (two colors placed next to each other to create an overall effect on the viewers eye)

Lesson One

Day One, Art Start

1. Interactive Painting Electric Prism (1913-1914) by Sonia Delaunay

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/electric-prisms/CQE0BUzOPgkH1g

2. Read "Sonia Delaunay- A Life Of Color" by Cara Manes & Fatina Romas

3. Sonia Delaunay would use common household items to create complex forms and visual interest through the use of design elements (color, shape, line). Some paintings were inspired by images, places, and events around her home town such as "Red Eiffel Tower" Sonia Delaunay was the first female artist to have an exhibition at the Louvre (1964).

Lesson Activities

1. Use Three Geometric Shapes (circle, oval, eclipse) to represent creativity (use of imagination to product original ideas in an artistic work)
2. Look at images or photographs of cultural icons (Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Wat Xieng Khuan) as inspiration when choosing design principles (composition, rhythm, movement)

Reminder:

Initials & Home Teacher on Back of Paper

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Abstract Painting for Assigned Table
2. Retrieve Protractor, Ruler, & Compass

Lesson Activities

1. Add Three Different Lines (diagonal, vertical, horizontal) to help add visual interest within ones abstract painting
2. Look at images or photographs of cultural icons (Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Wat Xieng Khuan) as inspiration when choosing design principles (composition, rhythm, movement)
3. Use Colored Pencils to fill up the positive & negative space with the design element: color

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Abstract Painting for Assigned Table
2. Set Up Studio Area (colored pencils, sharpener, eraser)

Lesson Activities

1. Finish adding three different lines to help add visual interest within ones abstract painting
2. Look at images or photographs of cultural icons (Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Wat Xieng Khuan) as inspiration when choosing design principles (composition, rhythm, movement)
3. Use different colored pencil techniques (crosshatching, scraping, burnishing) to add Design Principle: Color to their abstract paintings