Skyscrapers

James Rizzi Skyscraper Lesson Plan

By Patty Palmer and adapted by E. Luna

Grade: 5

Goal: in this lesson students will become familiar with the work of James Rizzi. They will create a painting of skyscrapers. If the students use the painting style of James Rizzi then they have achieved the goal of this lesson.

Time Needed: two 50 minute class periods.

Objectives:

·        Identify the work of James Rizzi

·        Demonstrate good use of design, color and composition by painting a cityscape

·        Painting must contain an animated art style and happy expressions

·        Use two watercolor techniques; salt and rubbing alcohol

Vocabulary:

·        Composition- to combine parts of elements to form a whole

·        Cityscape- an artistic representation such as a painting of the physical aspect of a city

·        Skyscraper- is a tall building of many stories

Teks:

§117.17. Art, Grade 5.

(a) Introduction.

(1) Four basic strands--perception, creative expression/performance, historical and cultural heritage, and critical evaluation--provide broad, unifying structures for organizing the knowledge and skills students are expected to acquire. Students rely on their perceptions of the environment, developed through increasing visual awareness and sensitivity to surroundings, memory, imagination, and life experiences, as a source for creating artworks. They express their thoughts and ideas creatively, while challenging their imagination, fostering reflective thinking, and developing disciplined effort and problem-solving skills.

(2) By analyzing artistic styles and historical periods students develop respect for the traditions and contributions of diverse cultures. Students respond to and analyze artworks, thus contributing to the development of lifelong skills of making informed judgments and evaluations.

(b) Knowledge and skills.

(5.1) Perception The student develops and organizes ideas from the environment. The student is expected to:

(A) Communicate ideas about feelings and community, using sensory knowledge and

(B) Identify in artworks that color, texture, form, line, and space are basic art elements and that the principles such as emphasis, balance and proportion serve as organizers.

(5.2) Creative expression/performance- the student expresses ideas through original artworks, using assign media with appropriate skill. The student is expected to:

(A) Combine information from experience and imagination to express ideas

(C) Create original artwork.

(5.4) Response/evaluation- the student makes informed judgments about personal artwork and the artworks of others. The student is expected to:

(B) Analyze original artwork from artist of inspiration to form conclusions about properties.

Materials Needed:

·        Watercolor paper

·        Watercolor paint

·        Brushes

·        Containers

·        Paper towels

·        Pencil

·        Black sharpie marker

·        Examples of James Rizzi’s artwork. http://jamesrizzi.com/

Lesson procedure

Day 1

Welcome students

They will be sited at the carpet

Today’s subject is painting a cityscape. We will focus on James Rizzi’s artwork. James Rizzi created hundreds of prints, paintings and drawings. He also designed his artwork for vehicles like airplanes and cars, buildings and the well known cow sculptures.

Now we are going to look and discuss his artwork in his website http://jamesrizzi.com/

Pay close attention to his colorful paintings. His skyscrapers have happy faces and sometimes have people in them who show expression like happiness, joy and excitement. His art expresses feelings of love and friendship. Students will have a turn to talk about the artwork.

Next we will move on to the objectives posted on the board.

Objectives of the day;

·        Draw on watercolor paper a composition of skyscrapers in pencil

·        The composition should have four tall buildings

·        Add a sky, clouds, sun or moon and stars

·        Trace the pencil lines with a black sharpie marker

Here I will show students an example

The materials are already on your (students) tables.

On the board there is a “To Do List” that you can check if you (students) want/need to check what to do first and so on.

“To Do List”

1.       On your watercolor paper draw 4 tall buildings in pencil

2.       Your 4 buildings should have faces; eyes, nose and mouth

3.       Add windows and doors to your buildings

4.       add a sky; sun and clouds or moon and stars

5.       trace pencil lines with black sharpie marker

6.       write down your name on the back of your paper

Students will have the rest of the class period to work. I will assist them as needed. When getting close to the end of the class, about 10 minutes left I will tell students that next time we meet; we will get to finish our project with watercolor paint.

Students will have about 3 minutes for clean up; to put away materials- pencils, erasers, sharpener back in their black case and black oil pastels on their container from each table. Push in chairs. I’ll collect their work. Students will line up to leave the art room.

Day 2

Welcome students and sit at the carpet.

Talk about the objectives for the day:

·        finish cityscape project

·        apply watercolor paint

Discuss painting procedures and demonstrate. Questions

The materials are already on your (students) tables.

On the board there is a “To Do List” that you can check if you need to check what to do first and so on.

“To Do List”

1.       start by painting the sky

2.       Next paint the 4 tall buildings. They can be any color.

3.       When painting remember to clean your brush after done using a color

Students will have the rest of the class period to work. I will assist them as needed. They will have about 6 minutes for clean up. Work has to be lay flat on the drying rack, take brushes to the sink, watercolor containers aside the sink and disposed of paper towels. When closing the lesson, I will announce that next week Mr. Schuppert will be teaching his class again. My six week student teaching has come to end. It has been fun having you as a class. I have enjoyed every moment we shared as a class. I hope you guys did too. Thank you for respecting me, showing motivation and staying on task.

Students will line up to leave the art room.

Rubric

	4	3	2	1
Technique	Student understands the technique being taught and applies it effectively	Student understands the technique being taught and applies it to most of the painting	Student understands the technique being taught and applies it to part of the painting	Student does not apply technique being taught
Painting	Student applies paint in a preplanned and logical way, covering entire surface	Students applies paint carefully and consistently, leaving minimal white space	Students applies paint consistent with the technique, but leaves too much white space	Student needs to work on paint application and following technique instructions
Use of Materials	Student shows respect for the materials and keeps them and area clean	Student adequately cleans materials and work area at the end of session without being told	Student has to be reminded to clean up after themselves	Student misuses materials and does not clean up at all
Time/Effort	Student uses time wisely, completing in a timely manner without rushing	Students uses time well and finishes in the time allowed	Student needs to work on time management. Artwork is either completed too quickly or takes too long	Student does not use time wisely at all

 

My example

Students' work