Acrylic Painting
8th Grade
Materials:
o Paper
o Acrylic paint
Resources:
o Paint brushes
o Palettes
o Palette knives
o Rinsing water
Vocabulary
o Rhythm:a regular repetition of elements of art
o Movement: the arrangement of the parts of an image (lines, shapes, forms, and textures) that cause the eye to move over the work
o Emphasis: the dominant (weight) feature or features of an artwork; something singled out, stressed, or drawn attention to
o Contrast:: A large difference between elements in an artwork; in color, value, texture, etc
o Naturalism: Represent a subject as it appears in the natural world -- precisely and objectively, as opposed to being represented in a stylized or intellectually manipulated manner (sometimes synonymous with Realism)
o Photo-realism: Realistic results which are nearly photographic; usually made from photographs
Objectives (Arkansas Dept. of Education Art Standards):
o Discuss how other artists created Naturalistic artworks and how they were affected by rhythm, movement, emphasis, contrast in artwork (A.1.1., A.1.2., A.1.3., A.1.11., A.3.1., A.3.3.)
o Make personal choice of subject to represent in artwork (A.1.4.)
o Understand use of thumbnail drawings to explore design options (A.1.1., A.2.3., A.3.1.)
o Create thumbnails to explore design options (A.1.1., A.1.4., A.2.1.,A.2.2., A.2.3., A.2.6., A.2.7.)
o Create painting from photograph (A.1.1., A.1.2., A.1.4., A.1.7., A.2.1., A.2.2., A.2.5., A.2.6., A.2.7., A.3.1.)
o Present and discuss own art work and artwork of others (A.1.2., A.1.11., A.3.1., A.3.3., A.3.5., A.3.6., A.3.9.)
Introduction:
o Review thumbnail drawing technique
o Show other artists' artwork to demonstrate Naturalism / Realism
o Demonstrate thumbnail sketches to explore design
o Demonstrate transferring thumbnail design onto “canvas”
Activity:
o Choose photograph to paint
o Make 3 thumbnail sketches of different ways to represent photograph, reducing shapes to basic forms
o Copy favorite thumbnail onto final “canvas”
o Paint photograph, matching colors
Critique:
o Discuss others' artwrork in these terms: rhythm, movement, emphasis, contrast
Assessment:
o Student participation during discussion
o Analysis of involvement in activity and final painting
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