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Museum Art Lesson Plan.docx
Museum Art Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: K – 2nd grade
Duration: 20-30 minutes
Performing Arts -Standard 1: Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Arts Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.
Blueprints for Learning in the Arts: Grade 2
Create a drawing that demonstrates:
1. experimentation with various drawing tools such as, oil pastels, pencils, colored pencils, crayons
2. use of varied lines and colors to convey expression

Art Work Depiction urban scenery
Objectives: At the end of this activity the students will be able to:
• Describe Artist’s use of lines and shapes to create picture
• List at least 5 visual details in the picture
• Identify, colors, patterns, shapes and other elements in artwork
• Use visual details from the drawing to make a picture of their own.
• Express creativity
• Learn appreciation for art created not only by them but by others as well
• Learn art-related vocabulary
Art Concept: lines, shades, colors, shapes,
Art Skills: fine motor, following direction, spatial awareness, creating, and language development.
Time: Circle time
Duration 20-30 minutes (1-2 lessons)
Reading Text: Matthew’s Dream by Leo Lioni
Materials Needed: Artwork Printout or display on smartboard, construction paper, crayons, colored pencils, shapes, patterns and pictures
Activities
• Read the students a book about art appreciation, Matthew’s Dream by Leo Lionni. Ask students if they have ever seen paintings in a museum or another location. Ask them to describe some of the paintings they viewed. Today you are going to examine a piece of artwork to find out what the artist is saying to us through his work
• Display artwork on smart board and invite students to look at the picture, then ask
What do you see in the drawing?
Where have you seen some of these things?
What shapes have you seen?
Do you see any patterns, triangles, squares, rectangles?
Do you see any shapes that look like living things?

Have volunteers point out what they see in the picture
• Point out examples of each element of art on the drawing such as.
Colors- red, blue, yellow, etc. Explain that some paintings have many colors, and some have none.
Line: A mark on a painting with length and direction. Types of lines include horizontal, vertical, wavy, curved, bent, straight, etc.
Shape: Forms such as circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, ovals, etc.
Shade: The lightness or darkness of the colors used in a painting
• Instruct children that they are going to use ideas from the artwork to given to create their own pictures. Distribute construction paper, crayons, glue and shapes and pictures to each student to design a picture. Encourage students to draw lines to connect their pictures and shapes
• Display students work alongside artwork on bulletin board.
Assessment: Classroom observation of students participation in discussion and as they manipulate their shapes to create their pictures.
Modification Students with special needs will get assistance placing their pictures appropriately.