Unit Title: Japanese Sumi-e Bird Painting
Art Lesson Title: Signature Stamp
Grade Level: 3rd
- Lesson Objectives: Students will create a stamp to sign their finished painting. They
will understand composition and a new media as they will have to understand
reverse imaging. They will understand some aspects of Japanese culture and
practical uses of the art work the have created
- MLR’s: A1: Artist’s Purpose, A2: Elements of Art and Principles of Design, A3:
Media, Tools, Techniques and Processes, B1: Media Skills, B2: Composition
Skills, B3: Making Meaning, C1: Application of creative process, D1: Aesthetics
and Criticism, E1: Arts, History and World cultures, E3: Goal Setting, E5:
Interpersonal Skills.
- Integrated with: Japanese History and Culture
- Number of Class Meetings: 1
- Differentiation strategies: Educational technicians are on staff to help students with
disabilities.
- Materials: white paper, red paint, paint brushes, Styrofoam, cardboard, pencils,
scissors, scrap paper, visual and demo materials.
- Preparation: Make a completed work, cut styrofoam and cardboard to appropriate size,
hand out paper, hot glue Styrofoam to cardboard, sharpen pencils and portion paint.
Tables will be already covered with paper.
- Introduction: The topic of this lesson is the continuation on the Japanese Shoji screen
with the emphasis on the signature stamp. Students will be given a brief history
and culture lesson as well as the practical uses of the stamp. Students will be
creating their own stamp using styrofoam and cardboard. They will use the stamp
to sign their painting in order to complete their work. The introduction will
last 5-7 minutes. The class will sit on the carpet for the introduction and then go
to their art seat at one of 6 tables.
- Activity Instructions: After the intro students will be given a piece of white paper, a
piece of Styrofoam, and a pencil .They will begin by designing their stamp on the
scrap paper. The next step will have them trace their design from the backside by
putting it up against the window. They will then trace the reverse image onto the
Styrofoam. When this is done I will attach their Styrofoam to cardboard with hot
glue and return it to the student to test. They will test their stamp out on a piece of
scrap paper by brushing red paint onto their stamp and pressing it onto the paper.
When they are satisfied with the look of their stamp, they may then apply it to
their painting. After this is complete student will wipe off their stamp and bring it,
as well as their finished piece to the drying rack and begin cleaning up.
- Clean-up: Students will be responsible for picking up pencils, putting away brushes
and paint, and pushing in their chairs before making there way to the carpet for
line up. Students will be given 5 minutes to clean up.
- Assessment: Students will be assessed by the rubric provided. They will be assessed
on the final product in 2 ways. On the concept of line and the skill of painting
- Lesson Resources: Becky Wheeler, Audrey Grumbling