Lesson Plans - Medium: Drawing
Objects as Identity
In this one-session lesson, students will use basic one-point perspective to make a perspective drawing of their own room (or an imaginary room) that houses objects of significance to them.
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Medium: Drawing
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
Portrait in Fruit
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) was born in Milan, Italy. He is most famous for his paintings completed for the Hapsburg Court of Vienna between 1562 and 1587. His distinctive style combined fruit, vegetables, meat, and other organic objects in the form of the human face.
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
Medium: Drawing
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, History - Social Science, Mathematics, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 40 minute sessions
Portrait Sculptures
In this four-session lesson, students will identify characteristics that they have in common with animals. Based on these similar characteristics, the students will create a self-portrait sculpture combining the body structures of different animals.
Grades: 3, 4, 5
Medium: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 90 minute session
Self Portrait on Paper
In this one-session lesson, students will be guided into creating their own self-portrait in steps using colored pastels. They will also use their self-portraits as a springboard to write a personal narrative.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
Medium: Drawing
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 90 minute session
Sketchy Business
In this two-session lesson, the students will identify and describe characteristics of contemporary artwork. Then, they will create gesture drawings, a drawing technique used to express the action of a subject in a short period of time.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Drawing
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
