BIG MARBLES

LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS

SPACE

BIG MARBLES

Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about space in art by creating overlapping marbles.

Time Required:      1 hour

Artist: Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Basket

Source: http://www.thatartistwoman.org/2010/04/big-blue-marble.html

Materials:

Black construction paper 9×12

White construction paper pre-cut into different sized circles

White chalk pastel

Markers

Rulers

Presentation:

Discuss space in art: how you can make something look closer or further away by overlapping objects.

Procedure:

1. Pass out black paper. Write names on back.
2. Guiding the students step by step and using the ruler, draw the 3 lines with white chalk pastel to make the paper look like the corner of a room (see sample).
3. Color circles of all different sizes with markers.
4. Glue on the marbles (circles) using these 2 rules:

                   a)     They must be on the floor! (No floating marbles!)

                   b)    They must overlap! (1 or 2 can be on their own, but the majority should overlap each other in some combination.

5. With white chalk pastel, shade one wall and add shadows underneath the marbles.