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Josey’s Art School
Presents
Studying Art with the Masters
By
Robin Norgren, M.A.
This Lesson: Jean-Michel Basquiat - “Untitled”
Discussion
· Basquiat’s mom instilled a love for art in her young son by taking him to art museums in Manhattan and enrolling him as a junior member of the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
· Basquiat was a precocious child who learned how to read and write by age four and was a gifted artist.
· His paintings are typically covered with text and codes of all kinds: words, letters, numerals, pictograms, logos, map symbols, diagrams and more.
· Basquiat doodled often; they were often colored pencil on paper with a loose and spontaneous style. His work across all mediums displays a childlike fascination with the process of creating.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Michel_Basquiat
Materials needed
Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)
Black pen (optional)
8.5x11 piece of copy paper. If you plan on painting the drawing it would be best to use a heavier grade paper.
This is a lesson that can be adapted in many ways depending on the age and skill level of your classroom.
Tempura or Acrylic paints – blue, green, white, black
Cardboard fragments
Scrap paper
Rounded larger than the usual thin Paint brushes
Water/water bowls
Aprons
Length of Time/Duration of project:
30-40 minutes
Prep work:
Gather the materials
Create a sample
Cut your cardboard into squares/triangles/rectangles
This should take no more than about 20 -30 minutes
Instructions
1. Take your piece of paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.
2. Take the paintbrush and begin to paint with your blue paint in a circular motion.
3. Fill the page but be careful not to soak the page; leave about an inch of page around the edge.
4. Paint the outside edge with your green paint. Add a white circle in one of the corners. If you notice that the paintings need a bit of drying time, put off to the side and start step 5. If you can do this step. Complete it and move the paintings to a drying area.
5. Take the scrap paper and practice using the cardboard as a paintbrush. With the perforated edge, create different practice shapes.
6. Move back to the original painting and add yellow paint to the center of the circle. Begin painting a ladder using white paint.
7. Add curved shapes, windows, scene details.
2. Add a crown somewhere on the page. Take the black paint and etch in some details in a few areas along your white lines.
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