Jackson Pollock Electric Guitars
| Author: | Rebecca Ory-Hernandez |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Artform: | Music & Visual Art |
| Subjects: | Social Studies |
| Grade: | 6th Grade |
| Duration: | 2 or 3 sessions |
| Overview: | Integrating art with literature, reading, social studies, history, music and popular culture. |
SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT & RESOURCES
- Solid colored paper for background
- White ½ poster sheet
- Colored paints
- Paint Brushes
- Black markers
RESOURCES
Download PDF Lesson PlanStandards & Objectives
Teaching and Timeline
Introduction
Jackson Pollock & Abstract Expressionism
Paul Jackson Pollock /ˈpɒlək/. January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956, American painter and major figure in the abstract-expressionist movement who employed “Action Painting.”
Abstract Expressionism, broad movement in American painting that began in the late 1940s and became a dominant trend in Western painting during the 1950s. One of the most prominent American Abstract Expressionist painters was Jackson Pollock.
Show students examples of Jackson Pollock paintings.
- Free Form, 1946 at MOMA
- Guggenheim Online Collection
- Video: How to paint like Jackson Pollock
Introduce Rock & Roll
Meanwhile…in the world of music and popular culture (Pop) – Rock & Roll is beginning to take the USA by storm. The electric guitar is what the musician Chuck Berry is “playing like the guitar can sing” unlike what most people have heard before.
Let’s have a listen!
- Start with the 1969 Chuck Berry – Rock and Roll Music clip… Ties in to their reading about R&R history.
- Second clip – CHUCK BERRY & KEITH RICHARDS – Nadine 2011 – this one is fun to teach style of sound… old-fashioned R&R. It will get rowdy!
The Parts of a Guitar
- Soundhole
- Neck
- Bridge
- Tuning pegs (6)
- Picguard – or playguard
- Electrical components
Electric Guitars
Electric guitars come in many styles.
Show Pattern examples – you are welcome to create your own.
Work Period
DAY 1:
- Choose 2-3 paint colors only
- Splatter on white ½ poster sheet for design.
Teacher Notes
Teaching/while listening to music in background for painting time.
DAY 2:
- Choose a solid colored paper for background.
- Draw and cut out guitar body shape on the back of splattered painting for “pattern” of piece. (See templates at end of lesson.)
- Paste it down along with the neck and headstock.
- Review part of the guitar:
- Soundhole
- Neck
- Bridge
- Tuning pegs (6)
- Picguard – or playguard
- Electrical components
- Draw a shadow against one side of the guitar
