Students will look at the piece of art for 1 minute without speaking.
You will then introduce the concept of observing shapes in pieces of art.
Have students take 1 more minute and have them write down the different shapes that they observe in the piece of art. Make sure they are just writing instead of sharing.
Lead a discussion with the students on what they observed in the art pieces.
Students will then create a drawing of a “creature” using only the shapes that we have been introduced to. See student example.
Students will write about what shapes they used to create their “creature” and cityscape (in art room) and compare that with the art pieces seen in the classroom and art room.
Students will choose either the “creature” or cityscape (see example of watercolor background here) and share with their peers how they used the shapes to create art piece in creative ways.
Written by Denise Knowles and Alison Milstead
Assessments
Students will be able to identify the 6 important shapes and their attributes (triangle, circle, quadrilaterals, pentagon, and hexagon) discussed while studying the pieces of art chosen.
Students will create an artwork with a given number of shapes used to create their artwork.