LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSSPACEBIG MARBLESLesson Objectives: Students will learn about space in art by creating overlapping marbles.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Paul Cezanne, Still Life with BasketSource: http://www.thatartistwoman.org/2010/04/big-blue-marble.htmlMaterials:Black construction paper 9x12White construction paper pre-cut into different sized circlesWhite chalk … [Read more...]
WATERCOLOR TREES
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSVALUEWATERCOLOR TREESLesson Objectives: Students will paint a realistic tree and its background using watercolors to see the different that can be made.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: John Constable, A View On The Stour Near DenhamMaterials:Watercolor paperWatercolor paintsPaintbrushesDixie cups for waterPaper towelsPresentation: Discuss what value is. Talk about how … [Read more...]
REPOUSSE FOIL FISH
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REPOUSSE FOIL FISHTEXTUREREPOUSSE FOIL FISHLesson Objectives: To introduce the students to the art of Repousse and how texture is used in art. Time Required: 1 hourArtist: The Great Plate of Bacchus, from the Roman Mildenhall Treasure, 4th Century AD, Discovered in 1942 (available online)Materials:Paper with plastic netting attached (in Texture bin in Explore Art … [Read more...]
QUILT BLOCK
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSPATTERNQUILT BLOCKLesson Objectives: Students will combine different shapes in a repeated pattern to make a quilt block.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Annie Bell Glenn Brooks, Economy Patch, Amish Quilt, Double Nine Patch Bring quilts from home to showWebsites: http://www.womenfolk.com/quilt_pattern_history/ … [Read more...]
DINOSAUR SILHOUETTES
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSVALUE DINOSAUR SILHOUETTESLesson Objectives: Students will learn about value by painting a watercolor sky from dark (low value) to light (high value). Students will learn proper watercolor technique.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Claude Monet, Sunset in Venice (available online) Materials:Watercolor paper (taped to a piece of cardboardwith blue painter’s … [Read more...]
COLOR ZOO
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSSHAPECOLOR ZOOLesson Objectives: Students will learn different types of geometric shapes. Using Lois Ehlert’s book Color Zoo, students will create an animal collage with shapes.Time Required: 45 minutes to 1 hourArtist: Deborah Butterfield, Palma Lois Ehlert, Color Zoo (book)Materials:Pre-cut geometric shapes such as rectangles, squares, circles, and … [Read more...]
VALUE LANDSCAPES
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSVALUEVALUE LANDSCAPELesson Objectives: Students will learn about value and Cezanne’s style of painting (with short and wide strokes).Time Required: 1 hour (if students don’t finish, they may do the final step at the next session: should take only a few minutes)Artist: Cezanne, Small Forest (available online) Presentation: Discuss what value is. Discuss how to make … [Read more...]
TORN PAPER OWLS
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSTEXTURETORN PAPER OWLSLesson Objectives: Students will learn about texture using torn pieces of paper.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Andre Derain, Henri Matisse, Portrait by Andre DerainSource: http://afaithfulattempt.blogspot.com/2011/01/torn-paper-owls.htmlMaterials:Black or blue construction paper 9x12White crayonsElmers glueQ-tipsBrown paper (can vary this: use … [Read more...]
CAVE DRAWINGS
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSTEXTURECAVE DRAWINGSLesson Objectives: Students will recognize how texture distinguishes different animals and creates a distressed look for their own cave art.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Douglas Mazonowicz (multiple prints)Paleolithic Chinese HorseWebsite: http://thedordogne.info/dordogne/vezere-valleys-prehistoric-underground-museums/Materials:Paper … [Read more...]
KANDINSKY BUBBLES
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS SPACEKANDINSKY BUBBLESLesson Objectives: Students will learn how using such tools as overlapping, size and perspective can make a flat (2-dimensional) image look like it has form (3-dimensional). Floating bubbles determine the initial composition of this abstract art. Students will use chalk pastels to color and add … [Read more...]
