This art lesson plan teaches students about cubist portraits using oil pastels. The lesson begins with an anticipatory activity where students observe and comment on cubist paintings. Then, the teacher provides step-by-step guided instruction for students to follow to draw their own cubist self-portraits, focusing on distortion and expression over realism. Students are assessed based on their completed cubist portraits. The lesson aims to help students develop artistic skills while learning about the cubist style.

1. Art Lesson Plan
Art Teacher: Grade Level: Date:
Mr. Glorvigen Fifth Current Instructional Activities:
Anticipatory Set/Hook
Teacher Guided Practice
Art QCC Standards Objectives Communicated
FAVA 5.2 Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge:
Creating, Performing, Producing Ongoing Art Objectives: The students are The teacher will give
Standard: Plans, organizes, and creates artworks • Develop construction (cutting, gluing, asked to observe step by step instructions
using: form, color expressing emotion, linear and make (guided practice) for the
manipulating, etc.), drawing, painting, etc.,
perspective, proportion, contrast.
(See Introduction: Matrix.)
skills (Application, Synthesis; ongoing comments about a students to follow as
objective, see art matrix). cubist painting(s). they complete the
FAVA 5.3 Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge:
Creating, Performing, Producing • Demonstrates proper care and safe use of drawing of their face.
Standard: Creates artworks in the areas of drawing, art materials and tools (Application
painting, sculpture, printmaking, pottery, fiber arts, Evaluation; ongoing objective; 5.5). The students will follow
mixed media, and digital images. • Appraise/Evaluate artwork for quality the step by step
(See Introduction: Matrix.) (thoughtfulness & carefulness) and instructions (guided
FAVA 5.4 Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: accuracy (following directions & project
Creating, Performing, Producing
practice) and then create
guidelines) (ongoing).
Standard: Creates a separate work of art that their cubist portrait with
imitates nature (Realism), is concerned with design oil pastels. The
and composition (Structuralism/Formalism), emphasis will be on
expresses a feeling or emotion (Emotionalism/ Project Specific Objectives: distortion, emotions and
Expressionism). • Create a cubist portrait with oil expression, not realism.
FAVA 5.10 Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic pastels.
Understanding
Standard: Analyzes proportion in artworks as the
relationship of one part to another or in the whole.
FAVA 5.15 Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic
Understanding
Standard: Develops, judges, and communicates
personal decisions about artwork.
Objective Aligned with Standards:
Create/compose/arrange a cubist portrait.
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2. Art Lesson Plan
Higher-Order Thinking Questions: Differentiated Assessment Procedures: Lesson Closure Materials Homework
Practice Activities:
1. From what direction/angle/point Differentiated activities As Needed: A review of today’s
are largely determined As Needed: Sketch your
of view are you seeing or lesson and a preview of Overhead Projector
by independent skill
the next.
face by
viewing this picture/image? level. 1. Worksheets and or tests transparency
2. How are you distorting the on the human face and
looking in a
Television mirror.
human face? Low: cubism. DVD Player
3. Is the face distorted? Special point of view 2. The culminating Personality
worksheet. Step by step activity: The cubist
assistance by the
Charts
portrait. Examples
teacher or student.
Essential Question: Average: 3. Observation. Worksheets
What is the cubist style? Teacher will start the Pencils & Erasers
student with the 9 by 12 or other size
drawing. Oil Pastels
High: Picasso
The student must Reproductions
complete the entire self-
Alexandra Nechita
portrait.
Video/DVD
Resources Integrate
Technology and/or
Media
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