To accommodate visual impairments, students can use yarn and glue to create their abstract line drawings. Remind students that selection of media is very important markers create a much bolder impression than watercolors so they should think about the whole picture they wish to depict. Using Stella’s Jarama II as their inspiration, students will create an abstract line art piece in a medium of their choice that evokes the feeling of their activity. For example, watching a ballet may be soft, thin, wavy lines in pastel colors, while jumping rope may be thick, zigzag lines in bold hues. Then, students will write next to each adjective what type of line and color would reflect this activity best. They will list adjectives that describe both the activity and feelings they have while doing or viewing this activity.
Students will select an activity they enjoy watching or participating in that involves movement such as playing a sport, dancing, climbing a tree, biking, jumping rope, etc. Slideshow: Exploring Lines in Works of Art View the slideshow below and have students answer the questions beneath each image:
Here, Stella used winding, curving strips of metal painted in bright, dynamic colors to forcefully carry the motion and excitement of professional racing. This metal relief painting, Jarama II, is named after an automobile racetrack outside Madrid, Spain. But they are there, shown in the way the artist arranges the objects in the painting.Īrtist Frank Stella is a racing fan. Some lines in paintings are invisible-you don't actually see the dark mark of the line. Lines are basic tools for artists-though some artists show their lines more than others.
There are many types of lines: thick, thin, horizontal, vertical, zigzag, diagonal, curly, curved, spiral, etc. Line is a mark made using a drawing tool or brush. If this painting could move, would it move quickly or slowly? Is there something about the lines that make you think so?
Variety of art media for students to choose from (suggestions: markers, watercolors, colored pencils, colored paper for collage, oil pastel, tempera paint, yarn, etc.).Smart Board or computer with ability to project images from slideshow.