Art Lesson Plan

Title: Contour Drawings Unit: African art

Grade level (s): 3-6 Grade Medium: Drawing
uggested Time: !"# to $ class %eriods
Instructional Objectives (2-3):
&T'e student uses s'eet of %a%er and creates an a(stract design () s*etc'ing African
cul%tures"
&Anal)+es wor*s created t'oug' t'e activit) in an instructional e,am%le () com%aring
t'e design to t'e original scul%ture"
Elements of Art (!-3) line- color- s'a%e- form- s%ace- te,ture- value
&.ine
&'a%e
&/orm
Principles of Desin (!-3) re%etition- %attern- movement- (alance- em%'asis- contrast- unit)
&0alance
&1m%'asis
&Unit)
!aterials an" E#uipment:
$% & ' (( paper
$% & ' (( construction paper
)ocabular* (+-,):
$-ontour
$.lin" contour
$Portrait
$Observational
$-omposition
Art Pro"uction ((ased on Madeline 2unter model)
!"antici%ator) set $" state o(3ectives 3" 4n%ut: art 'istor)- instructions 5"demonstration- modeling
#" c'ec* for understanding 6" guided %ractice 6" inde%endent %ractice 7" closure
!" tarted off () s'owing classroom famil) %ortraits on com%uter"
$" 'owed us t'e e,am%le of t'e outcome
3".oo* at t'e scul%ture
5" 'ow students 'ow to draw a scul%ture
#" tudents t'en will draw scul%ture
6" Do a (lind contour drawing on regular drawings"
6" Go around ta(les and draw four different scul%tures"
7" 8e-draw t'e drawings and cut t'e s'a%es and %aste on construction %a%er"