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Lesson Plan

Chalk and Glue Still Lifes

This lesson is a beautiful twist on the classic still life with contrasting colors and bold outlines!
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Learning Objectives

Students will:

  • Draw from observation.
  • Familiarize themselves with chalk pastels and the chalk and glue technique.
  • Discuss their work and others with constructive feedback.

This art lesson corresponds to California Visual and Performing Arts Standards:

  • 2.4 Create a work of art based on the observation of objects and scenes in daily life, emphasizing value changes.
  • 4.2 Identify successful and less successful compositional and expressive qualities of their own works of art and describe what might be done to improve them.
  • 4.3 Select an artist's work and, using appropriate vocabulary of art, explain its successful compositional and communicative qualities.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Tell students that today we will make an art project of objects called a still life. We will spend time observing before and while we draw.
  • Tell students we will complete this project on black paper and add bright colors for contrast.
  • Ask students to make observations about shapes and colors of their still life arrangements with students sitting near them (pair share or groups), then share out.