Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Lesson Title: Modrian Composition
Objectives:
Students will create a Modrian “masterpiece” of their own using vertical and horizontal lines.
Frameworks/Standards:
(A.1.3) Students will distinguish parallels between art created by students and artists from different times and places.
(A.2.3) Students will demonstrate that change for improvement is part of problem solving in are and there can be more than one solution.
(A.3.6) Students will recognize and acknowledge that artists/students develop individual styles.
Vocabulary:
Primary Colors, Line, Composition, Horizontal, Vertical, Intersecting, Parallel, Perpendicular, Segments
Materials:
12 x 18 white paper
1/2” strips of black paper
glue
red, yellow, blue tempera
brushes
Resources:
Various samples of artwork
Introduction/Set:
Teacher will discuss how to create horizontal and vertical lines that intersect to form segments by gluing down black strips of paper.
Procedure:
• Teacher will discuss and demonstrate how to arrange black strips of paper before gluing down.
• Teacher will show samples of the process.
• Students will follow teacher’s lead in creating their own intersecting patterns.
• Students will tempera to color the segments of their project like Modrian (one red, one blue, one yellow)
Assessment/Evaluation:
Skill Development, Individual Participation, Reflection for Error Correction
Curriculum Integration:
Math – terms of geometry, Social Studies – artist from different time and place
Reflection/Refinements:
Students’ work will be kept for display in the school.
