Paint Large Developing your Artistic Style…
Grades 9 - College
Lesson plan and art work by Edwin Leary, School Specialty-Sax Art Consultant, Florida
Description
Whether your interest/technique/painting style is: Alla Prima, Impasto, Over Painting, Wash or New Realism. These, 32” x 63.5” Gessoed,
Canvases with grommets are ready to paint and hang. Perfect for: Acrylics, Oils, Mixed Media, Mural Paints or Air Brush
Objectives
Students synthesize an idea in response to the creative challenge of painting on a large canvas. And demonstrate their ability to
communicate visually their artwork in terms of message, organization and idea.
Materials
Fredrix® Mural Canvas – 32”W x 63.5”H, (9-1394935)
Sax® True Flow® Acrylics, 12-pints assorted colors, (9-439304-705)
Sax® True Flow® Artist Acrylics, 500 ml Jars in:
Bright Yellow (9-1371109-705)
Bright Red
(9-1371112-705)
Phthalo Blue (9-1371117-705)
Phthalo Green (9-1371121-705)
Chrome Orange (9-1371111-705)
Violet
(9-1371115-705)
Titanium White (9-1371132-705)
Sax® True Flow® Fluorescent Acrylics, 6-pints assorted colors, (9-402434-705)
Sax® True Flow® Platinum Acrylic Medium, Qt. (9-403535-705)
Strathmore® Paper Palette, 12” x 16”, 40 sheets, (9-223032-705)
Sax® Multi-Purpose Brushes, Assorted Set/7, (9-462092-705)
Liquitex® Free·Style™ Universal Flat Mural Brushes:
1“ (9-1367739-705)
2” (9-1367740-705)
3“ (9-1367741-705)
Liquitex® Painting Knives, Large Stainless Steel, Set/4, (9-411189)
Sax® Individual Artist Easel – 36”W x 73”H, (9-1394953)
Resources
Dropping in on Andy Warhol, DVD, 20 Minutes, (9-410555-705)
How Does an Artist See? Unmounted Shorewood Prints, Set/12, (9-452888-705)
Art from Intuition, 166 page book, (9-1300692-705)
Finding your Visual Voice, 176 page book, (9-411786-705)
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Paint Large Developing your Artistic Style…
Grades 9 - College
Directions
1. Discuss with students various painting processes, styles, sources of inspiration and subject matters of known large canvas artists.
For example; Robert Rauschenberg, William DeKooning, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Charles Demuth and others.
2. Sharpen advanced student skills through experimentation, knowledge of paint properties, brush-painting tool techniques,
surface treatments, special effects, Art Elements-perspective, etc.
3. Decide on the Orientation and scale of this large work. Gather materials needed.
4. Getting started; choose a subject and medium that you feel comfortable with…Be bold and confident and let the painting lead
as it’s an opportunity to be yourself.
5. Sketches can be transferred to the canvas; they maybe in the simplest form, (A few lines/wash drawing), to painting direct in
an intuitive way or a meticulous rendering.
6. Remember using large brushes first, paint from the background to the foreground, light colors to dark colors.
7. Evaluating the large canvas is and ongoing process…Step back to ensure that the colors, opacity, color build, surface textures
and composition are achieved.
8. Dialogic encounters serve as an on-going assessment between students and teacher. Thus, increasing the opportunity
for examination and reflection upon the “Paint Large” work.
9. Curate the completed the “Paint Large” work, by signing, dating and titling it.
National Standards
Content Standard #1. Understanding and applying media, techniques and processes.
Content Standard #3, Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas.
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