Painting

This was a peer taught lesson on the art media of painting.  In this lesson we learned about Jackson Pollock and his action panting.  We were given history about his paintings and his life.  We then experimented action painting techniques with sticks, marbles, yarn, pipe cleaners, toothbrushes, and toy cars.  We were then allowed to create our own action painting using the different techniques.  I choose to use 3 warm colors: red, orange, and yellow.  I also used the sticks to paint with and the toy cars.  It was fun to play with the different techniques and use toy cars and toothbrushes to paint with.  I named my painting sunshine because it reminded me of the colors of the sun and warmth.

An extension activity could be to integrate this into a science lesson and use materials from outside on a nature walk and see what type of textures and patterns they make when painting with them.  The students could find different types of leaves or rocks.