Amazing Abstract Art

Description:

This activity included learning about abstract art and then creating our own abstract art.

Warmup: To get students comfortable with creating their own piece of abstract art, we started by making similar designs by following the teachers instructions (place four circles in the bottom right, add two triangles in to the left in the middle, add four lines on the top right corner.)

After making similar designs we were tasked with creating our own abstract art using different lines and shapes. We made the initial design with pencil and then traced using sharpie markers.

To color them, we made patterns on tinfoil using washable markers. The paper with the sharpie design was sprayed with water and placed on the tinfoil to transfer the colors.

Extension:
An extension activity that would work well with this lesson would be to incorporate learning shapes into an abstract art lesson for younger grades.

Example: Students must include five lines, four triangles, three circles, two squares, and one shape of choice on their paper. Each student would be showing their knowledge of common shapes while also creating a unique piece of abstract art!

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