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BlurredBoundaries(1stGrade)

Artist:KatherinaGrosseBigIdea:Illusion

KatherinaGrosseisapainterbornin1961inGermany.
Sheusessprayedacryliccolorstocreatelarge-scalesculpturalenvironmentsandsmallerwallworks.
She uses her surroundings ofbotharchitectureandthenaturalworld,includingeverydayobjectsasarmaturefor
herexpressivecompositions.
Shepaintswithlayersofcolorstoachieveanillusionistic,expressivework.
Shecallsherselfapaintingtrickster!

Centralfocus:
This learningsegmentforfirstgradestudentsexplorestheuseofcolorinabstractExpressionism. Studentswillblur
the boundaries to create an illusion between a cardboard 2D surface and a 3D clay surface through the use of
continuouscolor.Usingtemperapaints,studentswillfurtherexplorehowtomakenewcolorsfromthethreeprimary
colors: red, blue and yellow. The final composition will be unique to every students use of color, placement, and
layering techniques. This lesson will provide experimentation with clay forms, colors, and thearrangementofcolor
onasurface.

Objectives:
Thestudentwillbeabletocreateatleastthreedifferentformsofclay/modelmagic.
Thestudentwillbeabletocreatea2Dand3Dcomposition.
The student will be able to analyze the work of Katharina Grosse to understandtheconceptofillusionandthen
applythisconcepttotheirartmaking.
Thestudentwillbeabletoidentifynewcolorsmadebyuseofprimarycolorsusingthelayeringtechnique.

Artmakingactivity:
Studentswilluseflat/2Drectangularcardboardbasetomaketheirbaseofartwork.
Studentswillthenusemodelmagic/airdryclaytoform3to5shapesbasedontheirimagination.
Next,studentswillgluethese3Dshapesonthecardboardtocreatetheirowncompositions.
Once dried, students will paint over their 2D cardboard and 3D shapesusingprimarycolorsincontinuitytoblur
theboundariesbetween2Dand3Dshapes.

Assessment:
Thestudentsuccessfullycreatesthreedifferentvarietiesofformsofclayoncardboard.
Thestudentsuccessfullyuseslayeringtechnique(postmodernprinciple)tocreateavarietyofformswithclay.
Thestudentsuccessfullyidentifiesandusesallprimarycolors.
The student successfullycreatesasmoothtransitionbetweenallthreeclayformsandcardboardbysmoothening
theedgesofclayoncardboard.
The student paints with a smooth flow of colors that shows exemplary transition between clay forms and
cardboard.
The student successfullymakesthreesecondarycolorswiththeuseofprimarycolorswithoutanyhintsofmuddy
colors.
Thestudentsuccessfullyusesmultiplelayersofcolorstomakesecondarycolors.

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