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Lesson Title Introduction to the Artist: Brian Mock

Grade Level 4th Grade
Central Focus Students will be introduced to metal sculptor Brian Mock. Students will
analyze and respond to works of art created by Brian Mock and focus on
his creation of representational artwork created with materials that are
dissimilar to the subject.
Learning The student will learn about the artist Brian Mock and the use of dissimilar
Objectives ideas to create representational artwork through a presentation of Brian
Mock’s Sculptures. They will be able to generate ideas of how to use
materials representationally by creating and turning in 3 sketches showing
their ideas.
Standards 5.A.1.1
Foundations
Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and
presenting artistic work.

5.4.2.2.1
Create
Generate and develop original artistic ideas
- Benchmark: Generate new ideas by combining dissimilar ideas
together.
Supplies 1. PowerPoint Presentation
2. Pencils
3. Student Sketchbooks / Sketch paper
4. Whiteboard
5. Paper towels
6. Example materials for student use
a. Toilet paper roll, Pipe cleaners, Paper/plastic cups, Paper
plates, Blank CD/DVD’s, Balloons, Marbles, Buttons, Paper
Clips, Bottle caps, Cereal boxes, Clothespin, Corks, Sponges,
ETC.
b. Materials would change based on the year this lesson is
being taught and what could be donated.
Informal 1. What shapes do you see?
Assessments 2. What materials do you see used?
3. Brainstorming how to use materials (pt. 8 of the script)
Formal Students will draw 2 sketches in their sketchbooks illustrating how they
Assessments will use the objects provided to create an animal. Each sketch should be of
a different animal and contain at least 3 different materials. Each sketch
should be labeled with what materials they are using and what part of the
animal they represent.
Steps in the **Before students arrive to class, the teacher should have the PowerPoint
lesson (script) about Brian Mock up on the screen. The teacher should also set out the
student sketchbooks, the pencil bin, and the eraser bin at the front of the
Write out all
classroom
the instruction
1. As students arrive the teacher should instruct the students to grab
and possible
responses from their sketchbook from the front of the classroom. The teacher
students. should also instruct each student to grab a pencil and an eraser.
Assume this will 2. Slide One: Once Students have settled in their seats, draw attention
be followed by to the PowerPoint and instruct students to begin sharing their
a substitute. answers to the pair-share question with a partner. “What is your
favorite animal? What does it look like?” Give the students 1-2
PowerPoint: 15- minutes to discuss.
20 Minutes 3. Slide Two: Ask a few students to share their favorite animals and
describe how they look. Prompt the students to describe the
animals on the slide. “What do their ears look like?” “Do they have
skin like we do?” “How are they different?” “What shape is this
cat’s ear?”
4. Slide Three: Ask students what animal is on the slide and ask them
to compare this dog to the animals on the last slide. Prompt them
to tell explain to you what makes the dog different. “Does this dog
meet our expectations of what a dog is?” “It looks like the shape of
a dog, even though we all know dogs aren’t made of metal.
5. Slide Four: Introduce artist Brian Mock. Explain that Brian created
the dog on the last slide and the pieces of art that the class will look
at today. Explain that Brian creates work from recycled metal, and
he taught himself how to weld the pieces of metal together.
6. Slide 5-11: For each slide introduce the artwork. The title of each
artwork is on the slide. Ask the students “What do you see?” “Do
you recognize any of the materials he used?” “How did he
represent each part of the animal?”
Leave PowerPoint on last slide throughout the rest of class.
7. Project Intro: Explain to students that the project they will be
working on is creating a sculpture of an animal out of recycled
materials. “Although we will not be using metal like Brian Mock, we
will use everyday materials to create our sculpture.” “We will
create animals using materials that might not be our first choice
when replicating something like fur.” Tell the students that their
project will need to be taller than 6 inches, but shorter than 2ft.
Brainstorm: 10 8. Brainstorm: Pick up the paper towel and explain to the students
Minutes that we will spend some time brainstorming ways to use our
recycled material. Start with giving the students an example. “Can
we think of different ways to use this paper towel to represent a
part of an animal? If I crumple this paper up into a ball what could
it be?” Crumple the paper towel into a ball, give the students a
moment to come up with ideas. Use student ideas, or if they can’t
think of something begin drawing a simple bunny on the
whiteboard. Hold the paper towel ball up to the bunny’s tail. “What
about a bunny tail? Could our paper towel ball be a bunny’s tail?”
Discuss with the students. Have the students come up with
different ways to use the paper towel to create some part of an
animal. Use the following examples to move along ideas if needed
or start brainstorming with a different material.
a. Cutting out triangles to create cat ears
b. Cutting long strips to create the mane of a horse.
9. Worktime: Have the students think of an animal they want to
Worktime: 15-
create their sculpture of. Instruct the students to continue
20 Minutes
brainstorming what materials they could use for their own project.
Instruct the students to create at least 2 different sketches, each
sketch must be of a different animal and the students must label
their drawings with what materials they are going to use to
represent the different parts of the animal. They must show at
least 3 different materials in their sketches.
With the last 5 minutes of class begin having each table clean up their
Clean-up/
Dismissal: 5 space, returning their pencils, erasers, and sketchbooks to the front of
Minutes the room.

Vocabulary Brian Mock – Metal Sculpture Artist

Representational – Material being used to recreate or mimic something
else.
Dissimilar Ideas – Two or more concepts, ideas, or materials, that are not
the same.
Resources used https://www.brianmock.com/animals
to engage
students in
learning (tools)