Doodle art is a warm-up exercise that allows students to learn how an artist thinks using elements of art and principles of design, It is how an artist plays and it is fun!

1. Doodle Artists
Joan Miro
Paul Klee
Wassily Kandinsky
Created by Margo Dupre, EDCI 571
Concordia University – Oregon
What is
Doodle Art?
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2. Doodle Art is a form of scribbling to
create a design or composition using
lines, shapes and color.
*** The only rule in doodle art is that no
doodles should overlap or interfere
with other doodles.****

3. Learning Objectives:
ISET standards for students:
2. Communication and collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to
communicate and work collaboratively,
including at a distance, to support individual
learning and contribute to the learning of others.
2a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers,
experts, or others employing a variety of digital
environments and media
2d. Contribute to project teams to produce
original works or solve problems
3. Research and information fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate,
and use information.
3C: Evaluate and select information sources
and digital tools based on the appropriateness
to specific tasks
Course Overview
You will participate in the doodling process
necessary for understanding how an artist thinks,
using elements of art and principles of design.
You will transfer the learning into creating and
completing a finished original art work.
You and a classmate will participate in team
research of a Doodle artist using the internet
links provided and create a PowerPoint
to assist classmates in learning.
Warm-up with
Doodling
It will be a
portrait
of you.
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4. Doodle Portrait
Let’s have some fun!
I want you to draw a picture of yourself screaming.
I mean really letting it go! Show me all of the things that your
face would be doing if your scream could be heard around
the world!
You are going to have to think about all kinds of lines and
shapes that would show me the energy to scream.
Your paper should be filled with lines and shapes showing lots
and lots of energy and power. All of your paper should be
filled with marks that express how you would look and feel.
Draw a picture of yourself screaming right now! Show me
what you’ve got!
Don’t be shy, after all you’re screaming.
You have 15 minutes.
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5. As soon as you’re done;
send your doodle portrait to
me by taking a photo with
your phone and emailing it
as an attachment.
Then check out mine.
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There are many ways to show emotion using
elements of art and principles of visual design.
Think about lines: thick and thin, short and long, wavy,
jagged, etc. What lines can you group together to
create patterns that might show movement in your
face when they are repeated? You are only limited by
your imagination.
Think about shape: geometric or organic shapes can
help express emotion. What shapes can you use to
show screaming in eyes, mouth, lips, ears, hair, etc.
Think about color: in this case the color will be the black
marker to express the feeling of screaming by creating
patterns.
Think about space: how will you fill the negative space
around your portrait and the positive space within your
portrait?

6. Here’s me screaming.
Get a paper and pencil and collect information by
using your visual literacy skills.
1. Write down all the names of the lines and shapes
that you can find.
2. Tell me how those shapes and lines are being used to
show me screaming.
3. Did you use any of the same lines that I used? Explain
your answer.
4. Describe how I filled in all the space (negative and
positive) on the paper .
5. Which Doodle artist do you want to know more
about?
Joan Miro – uses bright color and many curved shapes;
Paul Klee – likes primitive and children’s art or
Wassily Kandinsky – uses bright swirling colors and
geometric shapes?
Use proper headings and type your answers, then email
your paper . On the next slide, you will find a link to your
doodle artist. Artist: Margo Dupre, Oct 2014

7. Linking you to your selected Doodle Artist
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Klee
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky
 You two will create a 2-slide presentation. You each will be asked to
add an extra piece of information that you find interesting about the
artist or his work to share in the slide presentation.
 The rubric for this assignment is on the next slide.
 I know you two will do an awesome job. Good Luck!

8. Send the
PowerPoint to me
as an
attachment.
Presentation Rubric
1. On slide one: show name of each student at bottom right corner.
Place name of the artist in center of slide and upload (1) photo of the
artist. Write a famous quote or saying known to be said by the artist
under the photo. Write a short summary (5) lines or less describing the
artist style of work.
2. On slide two: Use the template that divides the slide in half. Upload
photos of two pieces of the artist work. Place a photo on each side
along with the name of the artwork, date of completion and medium.
Below the artwork , each student will complete the following answers
for one of the chosen art works using visual literacy skills. Write these
answers into your PowerPoint for each work under the
Photo.
A. Identify the image or images in the artwork
B. Tell what colors or color group is dominate
C. What do you think is most important to the artist in the work?
D. Is there a variety of lines to create movement or texture?
E. Is there a variety of shapes (geometric or organic)?
F. Do the shapes or directional lines connect pieces
together within the work?
Finally, Why did you choose this particular piece of art work?
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9. Class Doodle Portraits
Gentle Reminder: Check Back::::
Now that you have completed your doodle, taken a photo of it
with your cell phone and emailed it to me. I will upload each
one to the doodle portrait page. So let’s get ready for more fun
as we’ll all get to see each other screaming.