ART357BCurriculumandDevelopmentthroughArtEducation

LessonPlanTemplate
TITLE:RelativityofColor:PartI
TIMELINE:2classperiods
GRADELEVEL:912
GOALOROVERVIEW:Studentswillexperimentwiththerelationshipsthatcolors
haveandhowitcanchangeourvisualperceptionofacolordependingonthecontextof
thecolorsthatsurroundit.
CONTENTSTANDARDS:
ArtisticPerceptionDevelopPerceptualSkillsandVisualArtsVocabulary
1.1 Identify and use the principles of design to discuss, analyze, and write about visual
aspects in the environment and in works of art, including their own.

CreativeExpressionSkills,Processes,Materials,andTools:
2.1Studentswillbecreatingcoloropticalillusionsusinggouache.Creatingatemplate
liketheoneshown,studentsmustchoose2contrastingcolorsandpainteachcolorinthe
largerdefinedsquares.Thenstudentswillmixthetwocolors;thisnewcolorwillbe
paintedinthesmallersquaresoneachside.Makesuretousethesamemixedcolorfor
bothsquares!
Historical/CulturalContextRoleandDevelopmentoftheVisualArts:
3.2Advancementsintechnologyinpainthasgivenussyntheticpigmentsandmore
optionsinreadymadecolors.Thishasallowedartiststoexperimentwithcolorandlearn
moreabouthowoureyesperceiveit.JosefAlbers'studiesinthevisualperceptionof
colorhasgivenusabetterunderstandingoftherelationshipofcolorandhowitcantrick

oureyesintoseeingthesamecolordifferentlydependingonthecontextofthecolors
surroundingit.
AestheticValuingMakeInformedJudgments
4.4Didthecolorsyouchosefortheassignmentworkwellwiththeillusion?Ifyes,how
hasthecolorchangedInrelationtothelargersquares?Ifnot,trytheassignmentagain
usingdifferentcolors(maybeusecomplimentary,oranalogousforexample).
Connections,Relationships,ApplicationsConnectionsandApplications
5.1Howiscolorusedingraphicartsandcommercialmedia?
LearningObjectives
Studentswillbeableto(SWBAT)
1.Underhowweperceivecolorbetter

Assessmentinformal,formal,
summative
1.

2.Utilizetheseskillstocreatevisually
interestingcompositionsthatplaywith
color

2.

VOCABULARY:
1. Colorcontext,Analogous,Complimentary,Contrast,JosefAlbers,Tone
2. ArtTermsGouache,Bristolpaper,paintbrushes,Tone,Color
MATERIALSANDEQUIPMENT:
InstructionalmaterialsPresentationofnewlessonandintroductionofJosefAlbers.
Plusashortandquickdemonstration.Sampleofpaintingtemplatewithinstructions.
ArtmaterialsGouachepaint,Bristolpaper,paintbrushes,water,emptycans/containers
forwater,paintrags,paletteformixingcolors,rulertomeasuredesign.
PREPARATION:
listartistsyourshowinginpresentation:JosefAlbers
HomagetotheSquare(s)
InteractionofColor(s)
INTRODUCTION:
LessonwillbeginwithaPowerPoint/presentationthatintroducesthetheoryofcolor
perceptionandcolorstudiesbyJosefAlbersandashortsynopsisofhiscontributionto
colortheory.
PROCEDURE:
Day1.Introducelesson,showPowerPoint,startoutliningtemplatelightlytopaintover
Day2.Demohowtousethesuppliesanddemothetechnique.Giveoutsuppliesfor
studentstouseandletthembegintheactivitythemselves.

CLOSURE:Postallthestudentsworksuponwallandhaveadiscussionoverwhich
onesworkedreallywellwiththeconceptandwhytheymighthavesucceededmoreso
thanotherones.
RUBRIC:Gradebasedonhowsuccessfultheillusionwasandhowwellthestudent
createdthedesign.