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11-15-2010What is “Non-objective”

art?

Non-Objective Art

Art that does not look like anything else It doesn’t represent anything that we can recognize

Doesn’t look like anything• Looks like something we know

What do you see

Have you ever looked up at the clouds and thought they looked like something, but your friend didn’t see it?

Non-objective art is similar, it can look like a lot of different things to different people

Wassily Kandinsky

•Russian artist•Didn’t paint from life, but from emotion•Color and shape important

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What is a geometric shape?

Geometric shapes

Can you think of any more?

What to do•Draw as many geometric shapes as you can in 10 minutes

•Trace (outline) each shape with the crayons at your desk

• Makes sure you share!!

•Makes sure your name and grade are on the back.

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What are organic shapes?

Organic shapes

The dot went on a walkAs I tell you the story of a dot that went on a walk, draw the path that the dot took using pencil on the back of your painting. We are going to make a large organic shape!

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Why would we make non-objective art?

Finishing up!

Carefully cut out the organic shape drewPick a piece of colored paper and glue it down on the

paper, make sure the side you painted is facing up and the side that we drew the shape on is facing down (if you are worried, ask me!) Write your name and grade on the back of the colored paper now,

before it gets glue-y!Use liquid glue to glue it to the colored paperUse the liquid glue to make designs on the whole paper.

When finished raise your hand and I will come over with glitter!!

Put your finished artwork on the drying rack for the glue to dry