Joan Miro Portrait Art Game
Ready to liven up your elementary art curriculum with a fun Hispanic Heritage Month activity? This Joan Miro portrait art project will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be delighted by his child-like, dreamscape paintings and sculptures of people and places. Moreover, they’ll connect with his painting style called Surrealism.
And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create lesson plans based on modern artists like Joan Miro.
During this surrealism art lesson, your class will learn about how he used lines and symbols in his paintings. And, they’ll discover that he also created public art and ceramics, too. Students will create an abstract portrait using oil pastels and tempera paint using the step-by-step guide and PowerPoint.
Plan lessons for students about contemporary artists and art appreciation in a way that excites them. Finally feel confident in your art curriculum and be organized and prepared to teach art!
What’s Included In Elementary Art Project
Can I be honest with you? Art history can sometimes be boring for kids. There, I said it. Teaching about artists and cultures doesn’t have to be a snoozer, though!
I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt this Joan Miro art lesson. All will engage kids to create! Choose which way works best for your classes:
- Roll a dice game to add randomness to your student’s artwork
- “You Pick” art worksheet for kids to choose their own elements
- Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick elements and you can integrate technology in the art room
- Printable dice template in case you have no dice
- Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
- Drawing practice worksheet, for kids who want to sketch out their ideas
- Joan Miro Artist biography about the life and work of this Spanish abstract painter, so you don’t need to research
- “Big Ideas” reflection worksheet where students write about their art process
- Self-assessment worksheet so kids can think about how they performed during the project
- Art grading rubric which assesses expectations, craftsmanship, work habits, creativity, and clean-up
- 8 “I CAN” Statements aligned to the Studio Habits of Mind to use during instruction or post on your bulletin board
- 4 Art exit tickets with quick, thought-provoking prompts
- Art history coloring pages to keep kids inspired by Joan Miro’s whimsical artwork outside of the art room
Ways to Use This Joan Miro Portrait Project
This Joan Miro lesson plan is flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your art room and beyond. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, and even for virtual art class or an after-school art club.
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Joan Miro Art Project)
- 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint
- 5 Digital Spinner Videos (downloadable, and links to them on Google Slides and YouTube)
- Paperless Google Drive Digital Resource
Why You’ll Love It
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My classes LOVED this activity! They wanted to do multiple artworks and they were engaged the whole time. Very little prep work and if you make a big deal about how the randomness is actually very cool – they are less likely to “choose” their own number!
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I left this packet for a guest teacher on a day I had to teach art to all grade levels. I didn’t write much except, “Have a great day. See the attached packet.” These directions and the accompanying PowerPoint were not only easy for the teacher to follow, the stuff the kids produced looked great.
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I am the STEM teacher at my school, but had to be the art teacher for a week. I had to find something fast for lessons and boy, did these really deliver! These had everything that I wanted – art history, examples, and fun projects that I used for everyone, Kindies on up to the 5th grade. 2 of their pieces from these lessons even ended up in the district art show! LOVE THEM!!
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My students absolutely love the worksheets that came with this. The projects have turned out a lot better this year because of the worksheets, compared to how they looked last year.
Great start to art, drawing, and history of artist, Latin heritage month tie in also.
I’ve used this activity when we are studying las partes del cuerpo. It’s a fun, creative activity, and I love that they’re able to learn about Joan Mir— as well. The spinner was perfect and easy to use. Muchas gracias.
This is a great resource. My students were totally engaged!
I teach my high school students how to identify different Spanish artists–and the unit can sometimes be tedious. This is a fun activity to just relax and have a “fun day” with the Spanish artists!