Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Ambiguous Pictures/abstract Art
In this lesson learners will use art, writing, and technology to explore abstract art. Students will use digital cameras to take extreme close up shots of objects that will resemble abstract art.
Other
Abc: Abstraction
Alma Woodsey Thomas is the focus of this lesson plan that introduces students to abstract art. Students will come to understand how the art elements can be used to express emotion and communicate ideas without including objects in the...
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Abstract Art: Line, Shape, and Color
KinderArt provides an art project idea with the objective of creating an abstract artwork.
Crayola
Crayola: Counting 'Til the Pigs Come Home (Lesson Plan)
A fun lesson plan for younger students incorporating art, math, and writing. Student create their own counting stories, and illustrate them. Also provides resources and adaptations. (To access this lesson plan, you must register with...
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Mondrian Style Painting (Lesson Plan)
At this site students are encouraged to create a Mondrian style painting which will consist of geometric shapes and primary colors.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Abstract Expressionism?
If you visit a museum with a collection of modern and contemporary art, you're likely to see works that sometimes elicit the response, "My cat could make that, so how is it art?" But is it true? Could anyone create one of Jackson...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Abstract Sculpture & Cubes
In this lesson, students will form cubes and discuss their attributes including edges, faces, vertices, and angles. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Abstract Sculpture & the Attributes of Cubes
In this lesson, students will create cubes and identify the attributes of a cube, including discussion of edges, faces, vertices, and angles. Teacher resources are provided.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: The Elements of Art: Line
Students will be introduced to one of the basic elements of art-line-by analyzing types of lines used in various works of art to help students understand how artists use line to convey movement and mood. They will then create an abstract...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Circle Designs
In this lesson, students explore circumference and diameter by creating an abstract design with circles. Media resources and teacher materials are included.