Broadway Boogie Woogie (1943)-Piet Mondrian

Objective: Create an abstract painting using water-soluble oil pastels. The challenge will be to figure out how to connect the imagery to make it have an overall focused composition while at the same time evoke an emotional response from the viewer. We will be using an artist that we have researched to draw inspiration.

Abstract Oil Pastel Collage(Research Assignment)

Targets Creative Process Your design is original. Did you challenge yourself in creating your work? Does your work emit an emotional response?

Technical Skills Pattern, Texture & Value: Pattern and Texture are evident as extensions of the magazine pieces.

Critical AnalysisUsing an a chosen artist, I can make connections and draw inspiration in my own art work.

Evaluation (Critique) Using he vocabulary of our classroom, I can participate in a group discussion while we evaluate our artwork.

Abstract Artists: (Check them out!)Pablo Picasso, Richard Diebenkorn, Piet Mondrian, Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse, etc…

Steps:

1. Watch the presentation and listen to the discussion about what abstract art is. Make mental notes of how to create art through different inspirational modes: feelings, music, poems, stories, experiences, etc…

2. Gather magazines and start to carefully cut out 4 to 5 different 2”x2” squares. Pick two or three of your favorites. Reshape the squares into rectangles or smaller squares. Arrange them on your watercolor paper and lightly trace their outline. Do NOT glue them down yet.

3.Think about what type of mood you would like the viewer to feel when looking at your art.

4. Start lightly drawing patterns, lines, and textures that will morph away from the magazine squares out into the rest of the work. When working on this part reintroduce different aspects of the drawing out in other parts of the piece.

5. Start laying light layers of water-soluble oil pastel down. Carefully keep adding layers on different areas of your piece. Think of each layer as a layer of glass. Some areas are thin and easy to see through but as you add layers of glass, areas of oil pastel become thick and the area is opaque.

6.When done with the first layers of water-soluble oil pastel start using regular oil pastel to make the thicker areas on your piece.

7. Keep working on developing textures, patterns, and value.

8. If you find you need to emphasis a hardedge or add texture use a scratch tool to introduce something new to an area. This is the act of SGRAFFITO: Taking the top layer off to see the contrast underneath.

9. Remember, if you think you’re done…you’re not. Destroy your work. Rework areas. Add new layers. This is going to be your SEVEN LAYER BEAN DIP!!!

10. When finished drawing, glue magazine pieces to the paper.

Ab-stract Art: nounArt that does not attempt to represent external, recognizable reality but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures. The departure from accurate representation can be only slight, or it can be partial, or it can be complete.

Art 1 – ISB

Materials: Pencil, Magazines, glue, X-acto Knives, Watercolor Paper, Brushes, Water-Soluble & Regular Oil Pastels, and Various Scratch Tools.

Global Context: Personal & Cultural Expression

Statement of Inquiry: An abstract artist always tries to express or communicate a statement through interpretation