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Art Masterpiece:
Silver over Black, White, Yellow, and Red, 1948
by
Jackson Pollock
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Keywords:
Grade:
Activity:
Month:
Extras:
Abstract Expressionism, Action
Painting, Tempera
2nd Grade
Marble Painting-Pollock Style
November
Takeaway & Website Fun
Meet The Artist:
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Jackson Pollock was born in Wyoming in 1912.
He is best known for the huge paintings he made by splattering,
throwing and dripping paint onto his canvas.
To him, the important part of his art was how he did it. He liked to
call his work Action Painting- He would tack his canvas to the floor
and quickly walk around it while throwing, splattering and dripping his
paint.
He wanted people to see and feel the energy he used when he painted.
His goal was to fill his paintings with movement, color and energy.
Sometimes the paint created beautiful and colorful shapes, other
times - there were no shapes at all. When a painting has no
recognizable or natural objects in it, it is called Abstract. When
abstract art represents a lot of emotions and feelings it is called
Abstract Expressionism.
Jackson died in a car accident in 1956. He was 44 years old.
Today people still recognize his work and the original style he created.
Possible Questions
o How does this painting make you feel?
o What makes you feel that way? Do you think the artist felt that way?
o How many different colors do you see? How do the colors make you
feel?
o Pick a line in the print-is it possible to follow it through the painting?
Hard to tell where it starts, stops or starts again. Do you think Pollock
planned out his art?
o Do you think Pollock used only a brush? What else would he paint
with-where does it look that way?
o Why do you think he called his style of art action painting?
Activity: Marble Madness
*Note to Art Guide: Little Prep to this activity but CLEAN-UP is a bit of
work washing & drying the trays so THANK YOU !!
Place newspaper in area will you can dry the work when finished & all
covering the desks.
Each student will get a baking sheet/tray & 1 piece of paper.
Have students write their name on the back, turn over & place in tray.
Give students 3 marbles to practice rolling around in trays WITHOUT having
them come out.
They do this OVER their desks & siting down.
Once they are ready you will add several colors of paint in the middle of
their trays.
Shake paint bottles well and add VERY LITTLE DOTS OF PAINT !!!
** If you squirt a glob of paint on the paper, the marble will get stuck & not
be able to roll thru it. **
Students should not being using their fingers or hands in the paint, just
simply tilting the tray to get the marble to roll thru the paint.
Repeat process until they have used all the colors they. If they would like to
revisit one of the colors, let them do so but as to not saturate the paper.
Clean up classroom & trays, let art dry. Discuss with teacher if you would
like to display, hold for portfolio, or send home.
ART MASTERPIECE ~ NOVEMEBER ~ 2ND GRADE
Silver over Black, White, Yellow and Red
Artist – Jackson Pollock
Today we studied “Silver over Black, White,
Yellow and Red”, 1948, by Jackson Pollock.
He is best known for the huge paintings he made by
splattering, throwing and dripping paint onto his
canvas. To him, the important part of his art was how
he did it. He liked to call his work Action PaintingHe was nicknamed Action Jackson. He would tack his
canvas to the floor and quickly walk around it while
throwing, splattering and dripping his paint. He
wanted people to see and feel the energy he used when
he painted. His goal was to fill his paintings with movement, color and energy. Students
were able to create their own interpretation of action painting using marbles & paint.
Try this website at home to have more fun ~ http://jacksonpollack.weebly.com/
ART MASTERPIECE ~ NOVEMEBER ~ 2ND GRADE
Silver over Black, White, Yellow and Red
Artist – Jackson Pollock
Today we studied “Silver over Black, White,
Yellow and Red”, 1948, by Jackson Pollock.
He is best known for the huge paintings he made by
splattering, throwing and dripping paint onto his
canvas. To him, the important part of his art was how
he did it. He liked to call his work Action PaintingHe was nicknamed Action Jackson. He would tack his
canvas to the floor and quickly walk around it while
throwing, splattering and dripping his paint. He
wanted people to see and feel the energy he used when
he painted. His goal was to fill his paintings with movement, color and energy. Students
were able to create their own interpretation of action painting using marbles & paint.
Try this website at home to have more fun ~ http://jacksonpollack.weebly.com/