After learning about all the different genres of art, it is time to play around with some of our newfound knowledge!
Today, you will be creating a piece of historical art—and then re-creating it in two different genres.
For this activity, you will need the following materials:
Two pieces of large, white paper
Pencils
Paintbrushes
Paints of varying colors
Cup of water to wash paintbrushes
Instructions:
Choose a situation in history that you will paint or draw. If you need to, refer back to your history book or look up some historical events online. Some ideas are:
Martin Luther King’s speech
The sinking Titanic
Neil Armstrong on the moon
The Boston Tea Party
There are hundreds of moments in history to choose from—pick one that you feel comfortable re-creating and that speaks to you!
Use paint or pencils to create a history art piece of your chosen moment in history.
When you feel that you have completed your history art piece to your best ability and captured the moment well, fold your work into thirds.
If you chose to use paint, make sure that your painting is fully dry before doing so.
Take your second sheet of paper and fold it into thirds as well. You will be using each section to re-create the exact picture that you just made but showing three sections in three different genres.
Section one will be pointillism. Remember pointillism uses lots of tiny dots to create a whole picture. Look at the first third of your original painting. Recreate this section using pointillism on the first third of your blank paper.
Section two will use geometric art. Try to recreate the middle section of your original painting in the middle of your second sheet but use only geometric shapes and figures to express it.
Section three will use abstract art. Recreate the last section of your original work in the last section of your second sheet of paper but try using the idea of abstract art when re-creating it.
Refer to the example below if you are confused.
Original History Art piece: simply paint or draw your moment in time and then fold your paper into sections like below when you are finished.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Recreated History Art: Fold your second sheet of paper into 3 sections and recreate each section according to the different genres.
Pointillism:
Recreate section 1 from your original piece here using Pointillism.
Geometric Art:
Recreate section 2 from your original piece here using Geometric Art.
Abstract Art:
Recreate section 3 from your original piece here using Abstract Art.
Summary + Reflection:
Write a short summary describing how you felt about this activity. Some things to include in your reflection and summary:
Was it difficult? Easy?
Which genre did you enjoy working with the most?
Is there a genre you would have preferred to work with over the ones required for this activity?
