Abstract Music Painting

Minnesota 9-12 Visual Art Standards
Used in this Lesson

  • 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of the arts area.
  • 1A. Analyze how the elements of visual art including color, line, shape, value, form, texture and space; and principles such as repetition, pattern, emphasis, contrast and balance are combined to communicate meaning in the creation of, presentation of, or response to visual artworks.

  • 1b. Evaluate how the principles of visual art such as repetition, pattern, emphasis, contrast and balance are used in the creation of, presentation of, or response to visual artworks.

  • 1c. Analyze how the characteristics of Western and non-Western styles, movements, and genres in art contribute to the creation of, presentation of, or response to artworks.

  • 1d. Apply understanding of the health and safety issues related to creating in art.

  • 2. Demonstrate knowledge and use of the technical skills of the art form, integrating technology when applicable.
  • 2a. Integrate the characteristics of the tools, materials and techniques of a selected media in original artworks to support artistic purposes.

  • 3. Demonstrate understanding of the personal, social, cultural and historical contexts that influence the arts areas.
  • 3a. Analyze how visual artworks influence and are influenced by personal, social, cultural or historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

  • 3b. Synthesize and express an individual view of the meaning and functions of visual art.
  • 4. Create or make in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations.
  • 4a. Create a single, complex artwork or multiple artworks to express ideas.

  • 4b. Revise artworks based on artistic intent and using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

  • 4c. Justify an artistic statement, including how audience and occasion influence creative choices.
  • 5. Perform or present in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations.
  • 5a. Present, exhibit, publish or demonstrate collections of artworks for different audiences and occasions.

  • 5b.Revise presentation based on artistic intent and using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

  • 5c. Justify artistic intent, including how audience and occasion influence presentation choices.
  • 6. Respond to or critique a variety of creations or performances using the artistic foundations.
  • 6a. Analyze, interpret and evaluate works of visual art by applying self-selected criteria within the traditions of the art form.

  • 6b. Justify choices of self-selected criteria based on knowledge of how criteria affects criticism.

    • Additional Tie-ins

  • Music
  • Abstract representations of feelings/moods
  • Rhythm/repetition in music and art
  • Art movements/styles in history

    • Images of abstract art are shown and discussed in class. (Or a slideshow is shown on art history and the [d]evolution of painting into the abstraction of the 30's through the present.) We discuss how the artworks make the viewers feel, what the works might represent, and what message (if any) the artist might have been trying to convey.

    Art Elements and Principles are discussed as they relate to each abstract artwork.

    Students are to listen to the music being played and make a composition using paint that "illustrates" the "feel" of the music.

    We paint three artworks while listening to three (very) different musical pieces. After each piece of music/drawing session the teacher asks students to share how it made them feel and how they interpreted the music in their drawings.


    (Made by Jayden Gray to the music of Dark River by Coil)

    (Made by McKenna Jagodzinski to the music of Sandstorm by Da Rude)

    (Made by Jayden Gray to the music of On One Knee by William Ackerman)

    ...

    Evaluation:
    Points are awarded for participation and following cleanup procedures.
    10 Points total