ENDURING UNDERSTANDING

• Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches.

• Individual aesthetic and empathetic awareness developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments.

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NATIONAL STANDARDS

1. VA:Cr2.1.6a: Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design. 

2. VA:Re.7.2.6a: Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.

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OBJECTIVES

1. Students will demonstrate openness to engaging in a multistep art-making approach by offering thoughtfulness and organizing ideas before executing their projects.

2. Analyze components of historical works of art from different cultures and determine what the message or meaning is and how they connect to the unit learning concept.

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MATERIALS NEEDED

1. Watercolor paper 

2. Circle Stencils (Optional)

3. Pencil

4. Watercolor Pencil

5. Paintbrush 

6. Ruler

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ASSESSMENT 

1. Pre and Post Test used to assess each student’s understanding of unit vocabulary. 

2. Planning Documents will be assessed for each student’s understanding of learning concepts and process of thought while planning out the composition. 

3. Exit Ticket strategy is used to assess students’ process of thought in connection to trial and error and how it applies to their artmaking process. 

4. Exit Ticket strategy is used to assess the process of thought and connections made to historical art examples.

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ACTIVITY

1. Students will observe and discuss examples of historical examples of mandalas from different cultural groups. 

2. The class will review the concept of shape, including geometric and organic shapes. The class will review the color wheel and color relationships. 

3. Students will use a planning page to play out the shape patterns for each ring in their mandalas. They will also plan out which color relationships they will use in their piece. 

4. Once students have completed their planning page, they will begin to design their mandalas. 

5. After they draw their design, students follow their color plan as they add color using watercolor pencils, water, and a paintbrush.

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