Sonia Delaunay(November 14, 1885 – December 5, 1979)

• Jewish- French artist

• Art uses geometric shapes

• Use of repetition of shapes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Delaunay

Reason for selecting artist

• It can be used and created with many different types of techniques and different grades

Cross curricular • Math PLO’s

– 2D and 3D shapes• Construct 2D shapes, including

– Triangles– Squares– Rectangles– circles

• Art PLO’s– Visual Arts

• A5 - create 2D and 3D images• B2 describe and apply the use of specific elements and principles in images, including

– Colour– Shape– Line– Pattern– Symmetrical– balance

Rational

• To create a cross curricular art lesson • Have students learn how to use different

materials in one piece of artwork• Expand on ability to draw shapes and the

sense of repetition

Lesson Overview

• Looks at both math and art PLO’s for grade 2• Get the students to practice drawing shapes• Having the students choose a few different

colours to create a pattern with their shapes• Student will learn how to use a side of one

shape to create the same shape next to it

Materials

• Card stock paper• White crayons• Different colours of water colour paint• Paint brushes• Water dish - water

Preparation

• Have an example to show them– Have each step done to show

• Have all the materials• Work space – cleaned off desks

Techniques

• Drawing the shapes

• Learning what crayons and water colours do– How the paint repels off the crayons

Children examples