Abstract Shape Drawing-Painting
Submitted by Chrissy Poinsett, Art Teacher
Grades 6 - 8
West Bloomfield Schools- Our Lady of Refuge

 

 

 

 

Procedure:

Experimenting with Tracers, Rulers, and Compasses, middle schoolers created small pencil sketches maquette drawings that were then enlarged and became larger Painting-Drawings.

They were given various layout and color options such as Radial-Symmetrical, Emerging from Opposite Corners, Zig-Zag Traveling Shape, or Opposite Mirror Layout. Color combinations such as Cool, Warm, Complementary, Earth Tones, and High Contrast Options (Black plus Neon) were introduced. We also discussed revealing value changes to give depth to shapes and areas of their drawing-designs. Students can brain-storm new layout ideas as well. The initial maquette drawings led to an enlarged better version of their drawing. This assignment can also be annotated and become a Mandela relating to Culture or a personal theme relating to students.

Vocabulary

Maquette- Scale model, sometimes referred to by the Italian names plastico or modello) is a small scale model or rough draft of an unfinished architectural work or a sculpture. It is used to visualize and test shapes and ideas without incurring the cost and effort of producing a full scale product. It is the analogue of the painter's cartoon, modello, oil sketch or drawn sketch.

Supplies

6x6 Sketch sheets (For pre-sketch mini Maquette)
Pencils
18x 18 (any square size) Watercolor Paper
Shape tracers, Compasses, Rulers
Colored Pencils (Neon and Regular Colors)
Black Sharpie Fine Point Markers
Tempera Cakes
Paint Brushes
Markers