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What You’ll Need
Abstract shape painting
5
Topics Covered Shape, Color & Painting Techniques
Time Needed 3 Sessions at 50 Minutes
I N S P I R E D BY J A I M E G I L I
ABOUT THE ARTIST JAIME GILI (1972) is a contemporary painter. He was born in Caracas, VENEZUELA and
now lives in London. Gili is known for his large acrylic paintings that feature shapes and bold
color. He has also created murals as well as other public works and was even chosen to
create a design for 16 large industrial tanks as part of a project by the Maine Center for
Creativity called “Art All Around.” The project,
completed between 2009-2014, is one of the
world’s largest public art projects and is located
along the Fore River in South Portland, Maine.
Fifth-graders will love learning a new painting technique in this
abstract painting lesson inspired by the Venezuelan artist
Jaime Gili. Not only will they focus on color
and shape but they will also explore the
painting process of masking with painter’s
tape. To get started, students will plan their
color scheme with the included planning
worksheet. Then they will begin painting
layer upon layer with tempera. Once
their painting is dry, they can add fine
lines with a liner brush or Posca
pen and even deconstruct their
work and reassemble it to give it a
“pieced-together” look.
What You’ll Need: 12” x 18” white paper (2)
Painter’s tape
Liquid tempera paint
Large flat paintbrush
Scissors & glue
Optional: sponges or assorted
paintbrushes, Posca pens
Abstract shape painting
Gili, Jaime. Art All Around. Image from HERE.
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Prepping the materials• Before getting started with paint, choose a COLOR SCHEME for your painting. A color scheme is a
planned combination of colors. You can use the
handout on page six as a planning
worksheet. Here are some examples:
• COMPLEMENTARY COLORS: colors that sit across from one
another on the COLOR WHEEL.
• TRIADIC COLORS: three colors
that are evenly spaced on the
color wheel.
• WARM/COOL COLORS: colors that
remind us of different
temperatures like red,
orange and yellow for
heat and blue, green
and violet for water.
• To create different
layers in his painting, Jaimie Gili uses a technique
called MASKING. Masking is a process in painting
where a material such as painter’s tape is applied to the
surface to keep the paint off.
• Prep a few long pieces of tape by tearing it off the roll and sticking it along the
edge of the table. It is important to stick it to your shirt or pant leg a few times
before sticking it to the paper to make it a bit less sticky to avoid ripping.
• Mask a few areas of the 12” x 18” white sulphite paper with painter’s tape to
create the different sections of the first layer. Using a piece of colored 12” x 18”
paper that corresponds with your chosen color scheme is fine, too.
Handout on page 6
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Painting the paper• Once you have masked off areas of your paper
and chosen your color scheme, begin painting.
• For the first layer, use the DRY-BRUSH TECHNIQUE to fill in some of the sections. To do
this, dip a dry brush into the paint and quickly brush
the paint on the paper. It will have a rougher
appearance and should dry quickly. I like to use my
lightest color first and get darker as I go.
• Slowly peel off the tape, one strip at a time,
starting with the one you laid down last. You can
stick this tape to the table’s edge and use it again
once any paint on it is dry.
• When the paint on the paper is dry, repeat the
process again to create another layer, this time
masking off different areas. It is okay if the new
sections OVERLAP the first ones.
• Continue the same process, building up layers and
focusing on a specific shape.
• TIP: Make sure that
each layer is dry before
you put tape on top of it.
• Emphasizing the same
shape in layer after layer
will also create
REPETITION in the
design.
• Add as many different painted layers as time
permits and then allow the painting to dry.
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Finishing touches• There are a couple different options to finish the
painting:
• Stop here and call it complete.
• Use painter’s tape to mask off some additional areas
and add lines that CONTRAST, or stand out, with a
liner brush or Posca pen.
• Deconstruct your painting and then reassemble it so
that it has the “pieced-together” look found in some of
Jaime Gili’s paintings.
• In my example, I have chosen to add lines and then
deconstruct my painting to further ABSTRACT it by
cutting it apart and then reassembling it on another
12” x 18” piece of white paper.
To cut apart and reassemble:
• Turn your painted paper VERTICAL and fold it in half
so that you have two skinny HALVES.
• Flip your paper over to the back side so that
it is HORIZONTAL and fold one side in a
THIRD of the way. Open it up and fold the
other side to your fold line. You should end up
with six sections. For a simpler option, you can
fold it in half to make four sections instead of six.
• Use scissors to cut your paper apart on the fold
lines. Try your best to cut straight lines so that your
pieces come back together nicely.
• Reassemble your pieces on the other piece of 12” x
18” paper and then glue them down. Trim any edges if
necessary.
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Color scheme P L A N N I N G W O R K S H E E T
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Name: ________________________________ Class: _________________________
COLOR SCHEMES are combinations of colors. Here are a few examples of different
color schemes that artist use in their artwork:
Choose a color scheme to use in your abstract shape painting. Color in those colors on the color wheel.
Which color scheme did you choose to use?
__________________If you have chosen a monochromatic color scheme, use the boxes below to create a tint and shade of your color.
• Warm colors: red, orange and yellow
• Cool colors: blue, green and violet
• Primary colors: red, yellow and blue
• Secondary colors: orange, green and violet
• Analogous colors: groups of colors that sit next to each other on the color
wheel and have a color in common
• Triadic colors: three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel
• Split complementary: a group of three colors made up of one color and the
two colors on either side of its complement.
• Monochromatic: tints and shades of one color
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Yellow-
green
GreenBlue-
green
Blue
Blue-
violetViolet
Red-violet
Red
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Orange
Red- orange
The Color Wheel
ColorShade Tint
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National Core Arts Standards - 5th GradeA B S T R A C T S H A P E P A I N T I N G
C R E AT I N G
Common Core StandardsCCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view
with reasons and information.
As students complete an artist statement (located in Teacher Aids),
they are supporting claims about what their artwork means. This
requires them to build their answer based on how they created the
work as evidence pointing toward the composition’s meaning.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when
writing or speaking.
You can emphasize to students the importance of using conventions of standard English
grammar when writing their answers to the artist statement worksheet This is a wonderful way to
help students see cross-curricular connections between subjects.
CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.B.3 Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all
subcategories of that category. For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares
are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles.
You can have students identify similar attributes among the shapes that they used in their
abstract paintings. For example, “what do all of the triangles have in common that you used to
create your artwork?”
VA:Cr1.1.5a - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work - Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making.
VA:Cr2.1.5a - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work - Experiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.
VA:Cr3.1.5a - Refine and complete artistic work - Create artist statements using art vocabulary to describe personal choices in artmaking.
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Today I will learn about the artist JA
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Today I will learn about SH
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REPETITION
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Time to evaluate your work! Review your project and check the box with your answer.
Criteria
Craftsmanship
Effort
Composition
Did you follow all steps?
Were you satisfied with the end result?
Did you use the supplies correctly?
Did you do your best?
Excellent Needs WorkSuccessful Progressing
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Student Name:__________________ Class:__________ Project: Abstract Shape Painting
Student Name:__________________ Class:__________ Project: Abstract Shape Painting
TEACHER ASSESSMENT
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
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Can the student tell me three facts about Jaime Gili and his artwork?
Did the student use a planned color scheme throughout their artwork?
Did the student use masking to create shapes and show repetition in their artwork?
Abstract
Color scheme
Dry-brush technique
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Jaime gili
Half
Masking
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Third
Triadic colors
Venezuela
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