LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSVALUE WATERCOLOR LEAVESLesson Objectives: Students will use different watercolor techniques to make a leaf design. Artist: Laura Tasheiko, Fall Leaves #22 (available online)Time Required: 1 hourMaterials: Watercolor paper taped to cardboardPencilsPaintbrushes: thin and regular1-2 … [Read more...]
TUNNEL OP ART
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSPERSPECTIVE/SPACE TUNNEL OP ARTLesson Objectives: To introduce the children to the art form of Optical Art and to show how artists use color and line to trick the eye.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Youri Messen-Jaschin, Broadway, 1998 Website: … [Read more...]
RADIATING SAND ART
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSPATTERNRADIATING SAND ARTLesson Objectives: Students will learn about pattern while creating concentric circles in a radial design.Time Required: 1 sessionArtist: Chuck Thurston, Radial Symmetry #3 (Scroll down on website for Radial Symmetry # 1, 2, 3 & 4) Website: http://www.thurstondesign.us/ct-art.htmlMaterials:Rectangular pieces of cardboard or leftover mat … [Read more...]
CITY CORNER
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSSPACE CITY CORNER Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about 2-point perspective.Time Required: 1 sessionArtist: M.C. Escher, Ascending and Descending Website: http://www.coolschool.k12.or.us/courses/116200/lessons/11/index.phpMaterials:White 9x12 construction paper12x18 construction paperBlue painter’s tapeColored pencilsRulersPresentation: Discuss 2-point … [Read more...]
PLASTER MASKS
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSFORM PLASTER MASKSLesson Objectives: Students will understand the importance and relevance of masks in African culture. An understanding of form as it relates to sculpture is demonstrated.Students will create and design a three dimensional mask using their own face as a model.Artist: African, Nigeria, Yoruba Peoples, George Segal, Dancers (available online) Time … [Read more...]
PEN AND WATERCOLOR FACES
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSLINEPEN AND WATERCOLOR FACESLesson Objectives: Students will learn how to use line to define a face, possibly their own for a self-portrait.Time Required: 1 hour Artist: Amedeo Modigliani, Self-Portrait, 1919 (available online)Source: Usborne Art Ideas Drawing Faces, pg 34-35Materials:Watercolor paperWatercolorsPaintbrushesWater and cupsPaper towelsBlack … [Read more...]
MAGRITTE SURREALISM
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSLINEMAGRITTE SURREALISMLesson Objectives: Students will learn how to use line to create a painting in the style of Magritte.Time Required: 2 sessions, 1 hour each Artist: Rene Magritte, Golconde, 1953 (available online) Source: http://www.thatartistwoman.org/2008/07/one-way-to-mask.htmlMaterials (Day 1):Scratch paperSticker paperScissorsWatercolor paper taped to … [Read more...]
GEOMETRIC MOBILES
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSSHAPEGEOMETRIC MOBILESLesson Objectives: Students will learn about shape and balance will create a mobile.Time Required: 1 sessionArtist: Alexander Calder, Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, Timothy Rose, Mobile 007, 2003 (available online) Source: Dynamic Art Projects for Children, pgs 89-92Materials:Colored paper clipsPaper pre-cut in a variety of shapesScraps of colored … [Read more...]
DESERT LANDSCAPE
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSTEXTUREDESERT LANDSCAPELesson Objectives: Students will learn about texture and collageTime Required: 2 sessionsArtist: David Hockney, Nichols Canyon (available online) Source: Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas, pgs 10-11Materials (Day 1):6x9 pieces of white construction paperTempera paints: brown, yellow, green, purple, red, blueTexture toolsMaterials (Day 2):Painted … [Read more...]
COFFEE ART
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS VALUE COFFEE ART Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about value while creating a painting in the style of Van Gogh’s Harvest-The Plain of La Crau Time Required: 1 hour Artist: Vincent Van Gogh, Harvest-The Plain of La Crau, 1988 Materials: Watercolor paper taped to cardboard Water Instant coffee (Safeway brand is … [Read more...]
