JIM DINE HEARTS

Jim Dine Hearts

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create a Jim Dine Heart using mixed media techniques learned in class
• Use warm/cool colors (red orange yellow; green blue purple), texture (camouflage, decoupage, painterly), and space (positive, negative, foreground, background) inspired by Pop Artist (1935-Present) Jim Dine
• Use social studies connections (emotional response, common objects) and design principles (repetition, variation, balance) relating to Neo-Dada Movement
• Define Expressive (convey a thought or feeling through a picture)

Lesson Activities
Day One, Art Start

1. The Technicolor Heart (2011) Jim Dine at Fredrick Meijer

3. Discussion Questions "What does this artwork make you feel? If the artwork were only a shade of red, would it be as interesting? How do you think he created this piece? Why do you think he chose these items to represent himself? Why do you think he continues to repeat the same everyday objects like tools, robes, paint palettes, and hearts? What does his work mean? Could we create a story about it?"

Lesson Activities

1. Choose a 9" by 9" White Paper
2. Use a template to trace a geometric shape (heart) in the center of the Paper
3. Use white paint to fill in the positive space of the Jim Dine Heart

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Jim Dine Heart for Assigned Table
2. Confetti Heart (1985) Jim Dine
3. Expressive- convey a thought or feeling through a picture. "What do you think is familiar and symbolic about a heart? What new, important meaning comes from his imagery of hearts? How did Dine explore pattern, color, and texture in this two-dimensional work?" 

Lesson Activities

1. Use different brushstrokes to overlap colors within the positive space (heart)
2. Use different brushstrokes to overlap colors within the negative space (background)
3. Use black acrylic paint to outline the geometric shape (heart)

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Jim Dine Heart for Assigned Table
2. Set Up Studio Area (paintbrushes, paint, water buckets)

Lesson Activities

1. Use toothbrushes to splatter black paint within the positive space (heart)
2. Use toothbrushes to create a border around the negative space (background)
3. Use Mod Podge to add a protective coating over the Jim Dine Heart

Artist Examples 

Student Examples