Grade 10 Visual Art Abstract Expressionism! 1

Grade 10 Visual Art
Abstract Expressionism! 1
Title: Abstract
Subject/Course: AVI20
Time: 75 Minutes
Expressionism
Strand: Visual Art
Grade: 10
Lesson Description
In this lesson, students will learn a brief history of the Abstract Expressionism
period of art. They will then take what they have learned about techniques and
tools used to create abstract expressionist art and apply it to their own
assigned work. Students should be able to use their thoughts and emotions to
create gestural marks on a canvas that will result in a very personal and
abstract painting.
Stage 1: Desired Results
Fundamental Concepts/ Skills
-Understand how and why emotions can be portrayed through abstract
painting with specific focus on the use of colour and gestural mark making
-Understanding of Tachism, Colour Field Painting, and the difference between
Abstract Expressionism and Abstraction and how they are incorporated in the
timeline of art history
Big Ideas/ Essential Question
-How will you, the student, portray an emotion through the use of art? What
emotion will you choose?
-Abstract Expressionism has been seen as controversial in the history of art.
What makes the period such a fundamental part of the art history timeline?
Ontario Curricular Overall Expectations
The Creative Process
-Apply the creative process to create a variety of art works, individually and/or
collaboratively. (A1)
The Elements and Principles of Design
-Apply elements and principles of design to create art works for the purpose
of self-expression and to communicate ideas, information, and/or messages.
(A2)
Terminology
-Use appropriate vocabulary to describe techniques, materials, and tools when
creating and presenting visual art works. (C1)
Conventions and Techniques
-Demonstrates an understanding of conventions and techniques used in the
creation of visual art works. (C2)
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Ontario Curricular Specific Expectations

The Creative Process
-Use a variety of strategies, individually and/or collaboratively, to generate
ideas and to develop plans for the creation of art works. (A1.1)
The Elements and Principles of Design
-Use various elements and principles of design to create art works that express
personal feelings and/or communicate emotions to an audience. (A2.1)
Terminology
-Use appropriate vocabulary to describe techniques, materials, and tools when
creating and presenting visual art works. (C1.2)
Conventions and Techniques
-Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of techniques that artists use to
achieve specific effects. (C2.1)
Lesson Goals
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
-Name and describe the techniques of at least three artists from the Abstract
Expressionism period
-Portray an emotion or thought through their painting
-Mimic the painting techniques used by artists from the Abstract
Expressionism period
Key concepts and/or skills to be
Background Knowledge:
learned/applied:
-Emotions and thoughts can be
Basic painting techniques
portrayed through mark making
-Colour mixing
-Understanding of Tachism, Colour
-Brush techniques
Field Painting, and the difference
-Use of some mark making materials
between Abstraction and Abstract
History
Expressionism
-Some knowledge of previous periods
of art
Stage 2: Planning learning experience and instruction
Student Groupings
Instructional Strategies
-Entire class for in class activity
-Presentation of lesson
-Independent study
-Class Discussion
-Hands-on activity
-Independent study
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Materials
Considerations
-Smart Board
-Tell students the week before to
-Powerpoint Presentation
bring a smock or painting shirt with
-Handouts
them so they wont get paint on
-Large Papers (newsprint or white craft themselves.
paper)
-At the beginning of class, have the
-Coloured markers and pencils
students clear off their desks. This will
-Cupcakes
keep distractions down as well as keep
-Various types of icing
their personal belongings clean during
-Plastic Knives
the activities.
-Camera
-For students who finish the
-Masonite
assignment in class and still have
-Acrylic Paint
some extra time, the reflection part of
-Primer
the assignment can be worked on to
-Paint brushes, painting knives, sticks, take up that extra time. They can also
sponges, and various other mark
help in the classroom by cleaning
making tools
paint brushes and pallets.
-Water
-Newspaper
-Paint pallets
-Cups or containers for rinsing
brushes
Accommodations
-Handout: Something for students to refer back to at a later date when
studying for the quiz. Also allows students to pay attention to the teacher
during the presentation instead of trying to understand the information and
write notes at the same time.
-Activities: Act as an icebreaker for the students to discuss ideas and compare
work. Also allows the teacher to see how students will care for the assignment.
Stage 3: Learning experience and instruction
Motivational Hook ( 10 Minutes):
To help students become familiar with the idea behind todays lesson, students
will receive a large piece of paper and various coloured pencils and markers.
The teacher will yell out different thoughts and emotions and using the
materials provided, the class must do their best to portray those emotions on
their paper without drawing recognizable objects or words. The entire class will
then compare their drawings to see if they can recognize each others emotions
as they are drawn on the paper. The class will see patterns of what types of
marks and colours are used for certain thoughts or emotions. (Eg. Anger might
be seen as red or black with jagged and bold lines or shapes.)
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Open ( 25 Minutes):
Presentation of Lesson
-The first activity will be followed by a short Powerpoint Presentation on the
fundamentals of Abstract Expressionism. It will discuss a brief history before
moving into specific artists and their works. The primary focus of this
presentation is to discuss the techniques used by different artists to show
feeling through their works. (15 minutes)
Activity
-Afterwards students will be provided with a cupcake and a plastic knife each
and several different colours of icings to share. In this activity, students are
encouraged to decorate their cupcakes using the materials provided to make it
look like a small abstract painting. (8 minutes)
-Once finished, the class must group all of their cupcakes together on one
table so that they are touching. The teacher can then take a picture of the
grouped cupcakes. By grouping the cupcakes together and taking a picture,
the class has made one large abstract painting out of all of their smaller ones.
This briefly touches on the idea of collaborative work and gets the students
excited to create larger pieces of work. (2 minutes)
Body ( 30 Minutes):
Assignment
-Once the activity has been finished up, the students will be given their
assignment. In order to prepare the classroom, students must help to move all
the desks and tables towards the outside of the room. This will leave a large
enough space so that the students can put their paintings on the floor and
work from above. Newsprint should be spread across the floor so it does not
get covered in paint during this process. (5 minutes)
-The students must then collect their materials, prime their boards, and place
them on the floor. It is now time to paint. (5 minutes)
-Encourage the students to refer back to the material given at the beginning
of class in order to look for inspiration. They should be painting until the end
of class and for those who dont finish it will become homework. (20 minutes)
Close ( 10 Minutes):
-Allow the students time to clean up and put the tables back to where they
were.
-Discuss the assignment and its due date and rubric.
-Mention the short quiz to be given at the end of the week based on this
lesson and that the students should study the handouts received in class.
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Link to Future Lessons

-Looking at different periods in art history and how art has changed
-Discuss emotions portrayed in different styles of art
-Painting of objects as well as canvases
-Abstract sculpture
Assessment
Assignment
-Due at the end of the week before the quiz
-Students will be given a rubric to follow and will be asked to write a quick
reflection on their finished work
Quiz
-A small quiz worth 5% will be given at the end of the week
Participation
-Students will be given marks for participating in the in-class activities

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