Abstract art: painting using different stimuli
I can understand how artists interact with stimuli and create abstract paintings.
- Year 8
Abstract art: painting using different stimuli
I can understand how artists interact with stimuli and create abstract paintings.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Abstract painting uses shapes, colours, and forms to convey emotions or ideas, without aiming to represent reality.
- Artists can be inspired by different stimuli when creating abstract art.
- In art, stimuli can be visual, auditory or tactile elements that evoke reactions.
- Expressive artworks use dynamic brushstrokes and bold colours to communicate feelings rather than depict reality.
Keywords
Abstract art - conveys ideas or emotions without directly representing objects or scenes
Stimulus/stimuli - a source of inspiration or reference that sparks ideas for artwork, such as a real-life object, scene, or image
Expressive - conveying thought and feeling
Common misconception
Abstract art is easy to create.
Abstract art does not try to show things as they look in real life. Instead, it focuses on expressing emotions, ideas, or movement which is not an easy task.
Equipment
Fine liners, watercolours, poster paint (or matt emulsion, or acrylic paint), brushes and images or objects to use as visual stimuli.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What defines abstract art?
Q2.Which of these is not a common feature of abstract art?
Q3.Match the terms with their correct descriptions.
Q4.The depiction of light and dark in a drawing or painting is known as ...
Q5.Which of the following is a type of balance in art?
Q6.What is the term for a repeated decorative design in art?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Abstract art is defined as art that does not represent objects or scenes but instead focuses on elements like colour, shape, and form.
Q2.What are the reasons that artists are encouraged to respond to a range of different stimuli?
Q3.What type of stimulus is involved when an artist is inspired by the sound of ocean waves?
Q4.Abstract art is easy to create because it lacks recognisable subjects.
Q5.Match the word with the description.
