Pattern POP trees with Andy Warhol

Discussion: Pattern, Stripes and stars
To have a pattern with stripes, they must repeat. 
Where do we find stripes? what animals have stripes?
Do tree’s have stripes? where are they?
Horizontal, this word means side to side or across. 

Show Warhol’s Tiiffany and Co work of the stripes tree with stars
What do you think of this piece?
Does it remind you of anything?
Where do we find stars?

look at this print of Warhol's:
http://www.bandagedear.com/featured-product/christmas-tree-ca-1950-1955-multi-by-andy-warhol

Andy Warhol
(August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987), 
Born Andrew Warhola 
An American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker 
leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. 
After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, 
During this time he created holiday prints for Tiffany's
Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter
He was also filmmaker, record producer, author, 
Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films.
He coined the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame." 
The Andy Warhol Museum exists in memory of his life and artwork.
The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is $100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises. 
Died during routine gallbladder surgery in 1987

PROJECT: Create tree with wrapping paper
Step1: using your Wrapping paper scrapes, add largest part of tree first 
Step 2: Using another wrapping paper scrap, slightly smaller, add it above the first
Step3: Using another wrapping paper scrap, slightly smaller, add it above the last
step 4; Using another wrapping paper scrap, slightly smaller, add it above the last
Step5: Repeat with the smallest on top
Step6: add a star to The top

MATERIALS: 
Wrapping paper in all patterns
Glue stick
stars

Collaboration: Mixed Movement Dot Circles with Sonya Delaunay, Elizabeth Murray and Seurat

THREE WEEK COLLABORATION PROJECT

Final Project at the end of third class 

WEEK 1

Discussion: 
Primary Color
Secondary color
Mixing colors to make new colors
Show a piece of Delaunay's artwork
Discuss color and shape

Artist:

Sonia Delaunay
(November 14, 1885 – December 5, 1979) 
Jewish-French artist 
Married to  Robert Delaunay 
Co-founded the Orphism art movement: noted for its use of strong colors and geometric shapes. 
Her work extends to painting, textile design and stage set design. 
She was the first living female artist to have a retrospective exhibition at the Louvre in 1964, and in 1975 was named an officer of the French Legion of Honor.
Her work in modern design included the concepts of geometric abstraction, the integration of furniture, fabrics, wall coverings, and clothing.

Project: Create mixed color circles for colloboraration canvas
Step1: Studenst mix two colors together in a small cup
Step2: studenst paint large circle on canvas

Materials: 
Tempura paint: primary secondary black and white
Paint brushes
30x40 canvas


WEEK 2

Discussion: Movement
Talk about movement and music in art work
Show Elizabeth Murray's work and ask if they see music
iPAD: Use the MOMA art app to add music to Murray's work and let studenst here the noises
No iPad: Study Keith Haring and talk about black movement lines

Artist: Elizabeth Murray (1940-2007):
Inspired by Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock’s work, as well as Pablo Picasso’s Cubist works 
American painter Elizabeth Murray’s oeuvre span styles from a Minimalist use form and color to bold, cartoonish Surrealism. 
Her works push the boundaries of a two-dimensional medium; the irregular triangles in the “Giant Maiden” series (1972) strain against the edges of canvases painted in high relief, while the explosive colors on an intricate collage-like canvas in Do the Dance (2005) lend the painting a kinetic, almost optical quality.

Project: using medium brushes have students add lines to circles
Step1: grab a brush with black paint and add one curved line 
step2: add a few straight lines

Materials: 
Black paint
Brushes
Circles canvas; see above. 

WEEK 3

Discussion: Dots
Mixing colors with your eye balls
Look at the Seurat work: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884
Ask students what they see (make sure they see the monkey) 
Have a close up of one spot on the final work that shows the dots. 
How does  the view mix the dots? Is this science? 

Artist: Georges Seurat 

(1859-1891)

French Painter

Invented pointillism

Took informal art lessons as a teen

Attended art school in Paris

He studied the relationship between lines and images and the effect light had on color

He wanted to know more about the emotional effect of color

He influenced science with his studies of colors

Project: add dots to the movement circles

Step1: using q-tips add put color dots to the final work

Materials

Tempura Paint

Q-tips

Warm and Cool Imagination Drawings with Chagall

Discussion: 

Warm and cool colors 

What are warm colors? 

How can they make us feel? 

Excited angry hungry

What are cool colors? 

How do they makes us feel? 

Relax, calm, sad

Imagination: what does it mean to have imagination

Dreams, creative

Artist: Marc Chagall

1887-1985

Russian Born. French painter

Known for his use of colors

Known for his dreamlike images

He used clear colors and geometric forms

Mastered stain glass in his sixties

Project: 

Step1: using a pencil draw a tree in the middle of the paper long ways

Step2: turn the paper

Step3: draw a house square triangle add windows and details

Step4: turn the paper

Step5: draw circles and stars

Step6: turn the paper

Step7: draw a person like they are flying 

Step8: color the objects in using warm colors

Step9: add white oil pastels to any object that you want to be white

Step10: add black to outline objects or add movement

Step11: using liquid watercolor in cool colors

Materials: 

Pencil

Card stock

Oil pastels in warm colors

Liquid watercolors in cool colors

This lesson was adapted from: The Incredible Art Department. Thanks!!!

Movement Color Wheels with Elizabeth Murray

Discussion: 

Primary colors, RED YELLOW Blue 

What are they? Why are they so important? 

What does Primary Mean

Why are they so important/what do they do? 

Secondary colors ORANGE GREEN PURPLE

What are they

Create a color wheel

Show the colors mixing

Show Murray’s work

Discuss color

Discuss shape 

        If you could go into the artwork, where would you travel first?

Discuss Music

Discuss movement

Bring MoMA app on Ipad if you have it. 

ARTIST: Elizabeth Murray (1940-2007):

Inspired by Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock’s work, as well as Pablo Picasso’s Cubist works, American painter Elizabeth Murray’s oeuvre span styles from a Minimalist use form and color to bold, cartoonish Surrealism. 

Her works push the boundaries of a two-dimensional medium;

The irregular triangles in the “Giant Maiden” series (1972) strain against the edges of canvases painted in high relief, 

While the explosive colors on an intricate collage-like canvas in Do the Dance (2005) lend the Painting a kinetic, almost optical quality.

Project: Create Murray inspired shape drawing and mix primary and secondary colors

Step1: draw a circle on the left part of your page, the size of your fist

Step2: Draw an organic shape/circle next to the first, lower and on the right side but have it touching the first

Step3: Draw a third organic shape/circle next to the second, below and in the middle of the two but have it touching both

Step4: draw a line from each shape to an edge

Step4: Color the shapes in primary colors

Step5: in the background behind the red and blue shapes mix the two to make purple

Step6: in the background behind the red and yellow shapes mix the two to make orange

Step7: in the background behind the yellow and blue shapes mix the two to make green

Step8: add music and movement line line Murray. 

Materials: 

Oil pastels in Yellow red blue and Black

Tag board

pencils

Color Wheel hand prints with Picasso

Discussion: 
Picasso's artwork, Hands with Flowers
What do you see in this drawing
What is the hand doing? 
What colors do you see? 
How many colors? 
How do we make color? 
What is primary color? 
Red Yellow Blue
Why are they special? What do they do? 

They make secondary colors: show a color wheel
Red and blue get too close they make: Purple
Yellow and blue get too close they make green 
Red and yellow get too close they make orange

ARTIST: Pablo Picasso 
(25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973)

He was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. 

He is one of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art. 
He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Picasso demonstrated uncanny artistic talent in his early years, 
He painted in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence; 
During the first decade of the twentieth century his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. 
Picasso’s creativity manifested itself in numerous mediums, including painting, sculpture, drawing, and architecture. His revolutionary artistic accomplishments brought him universal renown and immense fortunes throughout his life, making him the best-known figure in twentieth century art.

Project: Create printed flowers with hand print
Step1: using a circle stamp print a red center
Step2: using another circle stamp print a blue flower center
Step3: using a third print a yellow flower center
Step4: add orange petals with oil pastels
Step5: add green lines for stems with oil pastels 
Step6: paint and print your hand in purple paint

Materials: 
3 Foam circles and wine corks hot glued together for circle stamp
Red, blue, purple, and yellow tempura paint
orange and green oil pastels 


This lesson was adapted from a wonderful lesson found here: splishsplashsplatterart.blogspot.com.

Organic shape and geometric shape movement figures with Keith Haring

Discussion: 

Organic Shape VS Geometric shape

Geometric shapes: 

Name some....Square, circle, rectangle, 

Can they be solved with MATH: Yes!

Organic Shapes: 

Name Some....Bird, Tree, you and me!!!

Can they be solved with Math??? NO!

Movement: 

How does Haring show movement? 

What color does he use when the figures move

ARTIST: Keith Haring

Born 1958

Age 19 first show

1978 went to school in NY

Created subway drawings on blank ad space

Worked with children

Wanted everyone to be able to have his work

Worked with causes

Died young in 1988

Wanted everyone to make art especially kids

Show Keith Haring’s work

Project: Create a haring like art work with primary colors and shapes

Step1: in pencil: using Geometric shape: Draw  a circle head

Step2: using a square, draw a body

Step 3 using a rectangle draw two arms (show movement)

Step4: using rectangles, draw two legs (show movement) 

Step5: using ovals, draw hands and feet

Step6: Using organic shape, draw around your figure two times

Step7: paint your figure in red

Step8: paint your first organic shape in yellow

Step9: paint your next organic shape in blue

Step10: outline your figure in BLACK

Step11: create at least one set of movement lines 

Materials: 

Brushes

Water

Card stock

Red blue and yellow paint

Black paint

Organic Shape Drawing with Scissors and Matisse

Discussion

Organic Shape? What is organic shape? 

Where do you hear the word organic? 

Where do you find organic shapes? 

Matisse
 Drawing with scissors

He worked very large, we will work smaller

Show his work

What do you think of this piece? Color? Shapes? 

What would you do first if you were inside the artwork? 

Henri Matisse
1869-1954
French Painter,
Studied law until he was 21

Mother gave him a paint box after surgery and he discovered painting

He returned to work, and every morning before work, he attended drawing classes; at lunch time he would paint for an hour or so, and then return to work. After work he would paint till night fell. It was his life. 

In 1891 set off for Paris. 

Matisse began his journey of studies which ultimately lead him to his love of line, shape and color. 

Matisse felt that his greatest influence had been the work of the artist Cezanne (1839 – 1906, French). 

In the 1950‘s, Matisse began creating paintings using paint and paper cut outs. 

In his last years, as he aged and fell ill, Matisse continued to paint, this time on the walls of his room, using a piece of charcoal attached to the end of a bamboo pole. He painted until his death in 1954. 

Matisse had strong feelings about only one thing, the act of painting. 

The purpose of these pictures, he always asserted, was to give pleasure. 

For Matisse, painting was the rhythmic arrangement of line and color on a flat plane. 

He had created the technique of striking contrasts, unmixed hues, flat planes of color (similar to Gauguin, 1848 – 1903, French) 

expressive brush strokes (similar to Van Gogh, 1853 – 1890, Dutch). 

Light was expressed, not in the method of the Impressionists, but with a harmony of intensely covered surfaces. 

PROJECT: Create a matisse style organic shape composition

Step1: glue one large block of color to your white sheet

Step2: glue a second block of color to your white sheet

Step3: begin to cut organic shapes in all colors and glue them to your paper

Step4: create a composition from your random shapes

Step5: pull the piece together by adding smaller pieces in a pattern

Materials: 

Glue stick

Construction paper

Scissors

Shape with Rothko

Discussion: shape

What is a shape

How are they made? 

What are they used for? 

Did they help you get to school today? 

Let’s name some shapes

Mark Rothko (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970)

He was a Russian-American painter.

Rothko believed that his art could free the unconscious energies previously liberated by mythological images, symbols, and rituals. 

He considered himself a "mythmaker," and proclaimed "the exhilarated tragic experience, is for me the only source of art."

In 1949, Rothko became fascinated by Matisse’s Red Studio, acquired by the Museum of Modern Art that year. He later credited it as a key source of inspiration for his later abstract paintings.

The year 1946 saw the creation of Rothko’s transitional "multiform" paintings. 

The term "multiform" has been applied by art critics; this word was never used by Rothko himself, yet it is an accurate description of these paintings. 

He employed natural substances such as egg and glue, as well as artificial materials including acrylic resins, phenol formaldehyde, modified alkyd, and others.[9] 

One of his objectives was to make the various layers of the painting dry quickly, without mixing of colors, such that he could soon create new layers on top of the earlier ones.

He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".

Project: 

Step 1: One tag board, draw a red square with oil pastels

Step 2: Above the square draw a blue rectangle

Step3: paint the rest yellow

MATERIALS: 

Liquid watercolor, yellow

Red and blue oil pastel

White tag board.