LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSPRINTMAKINGED EMBERLEY PRINTMAKINGLesson Objectives: Student will learn about printmaking and use their own thumb and fingers to make prints to create a picture.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Ed Emberley, Ed Emberley’s Complete FunPrint Drawing Book (in Explore Art room)Materials:White construction paper 9x12 or 12x18Ink padsWet Ones or diaper wipesFine black … [Read more...]
GIRAFFES CAN’T DANCE
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSMOVEMENT GIRAFFES CAN’T DANCELesson Objectives: Students will explore movement through the children’s book Giraffes Can’t Dance.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Guy Parker-Rees, Giraffes Can’t DanceSource: http://deepspacesparkle.blogspot.com/2008/02/giraffes-cant-dance.htmlMaterials: White paper 9 x 12 (2 per student) Pencils … [Read more...]
MATISSE CUT-OUTS
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSSHAPEMATISSE CUT-OUTSLesson Objectives: Students will learn about shapes while cutting and gluing a collage in the style of Matisse.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Henri Matisse, Icarus (available online) Materials:Construction paper, 9x12, different colorsGlueScissorsPresentation:Discuss Matisse. He worked on decoupage in his later years when he was in a wheelchair … [Read more...]
WILD THINGS
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSPATTERN WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARELesson Objectives: Students will create their own “wild things” incorporating pattern based on Maurice Sendak’s classic book.Time Required: 1 to 1 1/2 hoursArtist: Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things AreSource: http://deepspacesparkle.blogspot.com/2009/03/where-wild-things-are-watercolor.htmlMaterials: Watercolor paper … [Read more...]
PATTERN SNAKE
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSPATTERNPATTERN SNAKELesson Objectives: Students will use pattern and warm colors to create a painting in the style of Aboriginal Art.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Aboriginal ArtSource: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas, pages 14-15Materials:Tan construction paper or brown paper bag (can crumple/tear edges for added effect)Black, white, copper, brown, rust, gold … [Read more...]
CERAMIC MUSHROOMS
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSFORM CERAMIC MUSHROOMSLesson Objectives: Students will learn slab, pinch pot, and scoring techniques to make 1 or 2 mushrooms. Form is recognized when all three dimensions are present (length, width, and height).Time Required: 2 SessionsArtist: Viola Frey, Double Grandmothers in Black and White DressesMaterials (Session 1):ClayRolling pinsClay toolsShallow … [Read more...]
PATCHWORK TURTLE
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSPATTERN PATCHWORK TURTLE Lesson Objectives: Students demonstrate the ability to create patterns using a variety of line designs.Time Required: 1 hour Artist: Henri Matisse, Interior with Dog, Elmer by David McKee (book)Materials:9”x12” white construction paperBlack Fine Point SharpiesWatercolor pencilsPaintbrushesWaterPaper towelsPresentation:Read suggested … [Read more...]
LINE DELIGHT
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSLINELINE DELIGHTLesson Objectives: Students exercise divergent thinking while recognizing types of lines and how they can be used. Students use random lines as a basis for a design or image.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Marc Franz, Deer in ForestMaterials:9”x12” White construction paper, quarteredColored markers12”x18” Black construction paperScissorsGlue … [Read more...]
I AIN’T GONNA PAINT NO MORE
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSCOLOR I AIN’T GONNA PAINT NO MORELesson Objectives: Students will mix their own colors to make the six colors of the color wheel, and then use their colors to paint a picture of their own arm and hand in the style of David Catrow’s illustrations in the book I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More, by Karen Beaumont.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: David Catrow, I Ain’t Gonna Paint … [Read more...]
MOUNTAIN MAGIC
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSVALUE MOUNTAIN MAGIC Lesson Objectives: To introduce the children to the element of Value and how it is used to show space and perspective. Time Required: 1 hour Artist: Thomas Cole, Last of the Mohicans, 1826 Source: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas, page 62Materials:White 9x12 Watercolor paperPencilBlue or Purple watercolor paintsWatercolor brushes … [Read more...]
