Student Teacher: Arianna Pieragostini
Cooperating Teacher: Brent Tharp
Cooperating School: Manchester Middle School
Concept Statement: Color and pattern can be use to convey whimsy and liveliness.
Rationale: Color is a vital aspect to understanding the creation of art. Color has the ability to set moods, evoke emotions, and enhance imagery into multiple dimensions and perspectives. Artists have used color and patterns to create visual wonderlands for the viewer. For example, the contemporary artist Niki de
Saint Phalle embellishes her sculptural forms with colorful mosaic patterns in order to produce images of amusement, whimsy, and liveliness.
Grade: 7 th , heterogeneous
Time Required: 2 class periods; 90-minute periods
Time Flow:
10 minutes: Attendance & Review
20 minutes: Artist Reference and Guided Practice
50 minutes: Independent Practice
10 minutes: Closure & Clean Up
Objective: After the student is familiarized with and discussed Niki de Saint
Phalle’s sculptures, the student will be able to add color to their figure sculptures in order to convey whimsy and liveliness.
Visual Standards of Learning:
7.1 The student will identify and use analogous, complementary, and monochromatic color relationships in works of art.
7.14 The student will use problem-solving skills to create a work of art that communicates ideas or emotions.
7.21 The student will identify and apply criteria for judging works of art.
7.29 The student will describe personal responses to the visual qualities of a work of art.
Teaching Resources:
Niki de Saint Phalle Power Point
Color Wheel
Line & Pattern Review
Materials:
Paintbrushes
Water cans
Acrylic paint & trays
Ready-made sculptures
Pencils
Vocabulary:
Niki de Saint Phalle
Contemporary artist
Whimsy
Acrylic paint
Line Families
—straight, curve, angle
Pattern

Student Teacher: Arianna Pieragostini
Cooperating Teacher: Brent Tharp
Cooperating School: Manchester Middle School
Vocabulary Con’t:
Analogous colors
Complementary colors
Primary Colors
Secondary colors
Lesson Itinerary:
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Review
– o Figure proportion rules o Realistic and abstract figure sculptures
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Introduce —Niki de Saint Phalle o Contemporary artist; known for her curvaceous female figures known as Nanas o How would you describe Phalle’s sculptures?
 Abstract or realistic?
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Does the figure look proportional?
 How has Phalle decorated her sculptures?
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Introduce Color Wheel and Patterning (using Line Families) o Primary and secondary colors o Complementary and analogous o Straight line, curved line, angled line
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Guided Practice and Demonstration o Review plaster casting o Using acrylic paint o Cleaning brushes
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Independent Practice: o “Using the acrylic paint, decorate and embellish the figural sculptures. Use patterns and vibrant color combination in order to convey whimsy and liveliness. It is more important that the figure is exciting to look at, rather then resembling an actual person (don’t get caught up in the details. It’s okay if the figure does not look like a real person).”
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Closure:
Exit Ticket:
I was surprised that ____________________.
I want to know more about_________________.
Today I used ______________ to create______________.
Assessment : Refer to Unit overview.
Additions & Supplemental Activities:
Filed trip to VMFA