What Is Unity?
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Students will identify geometric and organic shapes, negative space, and unity to create an abstract work of art. Students will create an artwork using oil pastels inspired by abstract artist Reggie Laurent’s work.
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Students will view, discuss, and understand what non-objective abstract art is.
Students will discuss artist Reggie Laurent's artwork, his artmaking process and develop their own ideas and artwork.
Students will identify and use vocabulary terms such as organic shapes, negative space, and unity.
Teaching Strategies
- Facilitate a discussion and explanation on non-objective art with students.
- Discuss and encourage student opinions and views on the work and how they feel when they look at it.
- Model the drawing of organic lines as well as organic and geometric shapes.
- Introduce the work of artist Reggie Laurent
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Elaborate visual information by adding details in an artwork to enhance emerging meaning.
VA:Cr3.1.3aExperiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.
VA:Cr2.1.5aTime Requirements
Teacher Prep Time
15 minutes
Demonstration Time
10 minutes
Student Studio Time
1 hour and 30 minutes
Supplies and Materials
- Black paper, 9” x 12”
- Oil pastels
- Examples/reproductions of Reggie Laurent’s abstract artwork
National Standards
Create
Elaborate visual information by adding details in an artwork to enhance emerging meaning.
VA:Cr3.1.3aExperiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.
VA:Cr2.1.5a
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Draw Organic Line
Create a wavy organic line from one end of the paper to the other to separate the paper.
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