Doodle Animals
Grade 5
Lesson submitted by Clare DiPaolo
Shrewsbury Borough School
Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
Objective: - To learn about Paul Klee.
- To learn about Abstract painting
- To review how to create a contour line
- To create design with lines within an animal contour
Materials: - 12 x 18 white drawing paper
- pencil
- colored pencils
- colored construction paper for frame
Begin lesson by showing prints of Paul Klee. "Howling Dog". Discuss the style of abstract painting. Klee painted an abstract dog by emphasizing line, shape, color and texture instead of including details to make his dog naturalistic.
Vocabulary: abstract, contour, line, shape, color texture, and design
The
Assignment:
The
student will create a contour of an animal and create an interesting design using line, shape, color and texture.
Procedure:
- The student will decide what
animal he or she will be designing. It's helpful to look in National Geographic Magazine.
- The student will start with a
contour line.
- The student will look at the
shape of the animal and decide where to place the animal to create an
interesting composition
- The student will start to
create texture with lines. The animal will be interesting if there is a variety of lines.
- When the student is done
deciding he or she can consider the color choice he or she might use to create an interesting animal: hot/cold, complementary tints, shades, etc.
- Color the animal with colored
pencils.
- The animal will be the most
important image in the composition.
- The background will be colored with muted color or images.
- Mount the piece.
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Critique and display
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