LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSSPACE CEZANNE STILL LIFE COLLAGELesson Objectives: Students will learn about space by using overlapping, size, and perspective while creating a still life in the style of Cezanne. Artist: Paul Cezanne, Still Life Time Required: 1 hourMaterials: White tablecloth, tall vase, various … [Read more...]
CAMOUFLAGE HANDS
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSPATTERNCAMOUFLAGE HANDS Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about pattern while creating a close-up painting of animal skin or fur. They will then paint their own hand, camouflaging it in their painting.Time Required: 2 sessionsArtist: Lui Bolin (available online) Materials (Day 1):9x12 tag boardAcrylic paintsPaintbrushesExamples of patterned animal skin and … [Read more...]
MAGIC SQUARES
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSCOLORMAGIC SQUARES Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about color and the controlled use of watercolor.Time Required: 1 sessionArtist: Paul Klee, Once Emerged From the Gray of Night, 1918 (available online) Source: http://www.svam.org/education/10c.pdfMaterials:Watercolor paper taped to cardboard and divided into 1-inch squares(consider cutting down the size of … [Read more...]
BLAZING BANYAN TREE
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSCOLOR BLAZING BANYAN TREELesson Objectives: Students will learn about color while creating an intertwining banyan tree.Time Required: 2 sessions Artist: Ricardo Ruiz, El Corrido del Mocho Eugenio, Mathis, TexasSource: Dynamic Art Projects for Children, pgs 38-40Materials (Day 1):White construction paper 12x18Black tempera paintPaintbrushesMaterials (Day 2):Oil … [Read more...]
BLACK FOIL REPOUSSE
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSTEXTURE BLACK FOIL REPOUSSELesson Objectives: To learn how artists use texture in art. To introduce the students to the art of Repousse.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Teach the students about the art form of Repousse and how it has been used over the centuries and by the many cultures that have used it. Website: There is a lot of information on line on techniques … [Read more...]
SILHOUETTES ON VALUE: OPTION 2
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LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONSVALUESILHOUETTES ON VALUE: OPTION 2FALL NIGHT SKYLesson Objectives: To learn how to create different values of the same hue.Time Required: 2 sessions, First session 45 minutes, Second session 20 minutesArtist: Arthur Dove, FoghornMaterials (Day 1):White construction paper 9x12 or poster boardTempera paint: purple or blue, black and whitePaper plates or white plastic … [Read more...]
RADIAL SYMMETRY IN DESIGN: OPTION 1
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSPATTERN RADIAL SYMMETRY IN DESIGN: OPTION 1Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about pattern and radial symmetry. Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Chuck Thurston, Radial Symmetry #3 (Scroll down on website for Radial Symmetry # 1, 2, 3 & 4)Website: http://www.thurstondesign.us/ct-art.html Materials:12x12 white sulfite drawing paper (or any sturdy paper … [Read more...]
TROPICAL FISH
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSCOLORTROPICAL FISH Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about color and chalk pastel techniques.Time Required: 1 hourArtist: Paul Klee, Golden Fish, 1925 (available online)Materials:Plain fabric, white or beigeChalk pastelsMilk or buttermilkIronScrap paper.Butcher paper to cover desksExamples of tropical fish Presentation:Discuss color and how colorful … [Read more...]
BLUE GUITAR COLLAGE
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSSHAPE BLUE GUITAR COLLAGE Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about collage, Picasso and cubism.Time Required: 2 sessions: Day 1 30 minutes, Day 2 1 hourArtist: Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist, 1903 (available online) Materials (Day 1):White construction paper 9x12Newspaper, tissue paper, brown paper bags, scraps of paper from various sourcesElmer’s … [Read more...]
CLAY SLAB VASE
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LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONSTEXTURE AND FORM CLAY SLAB VASELesson Objectives: Students learn how to create texture on a slab, then make a vase from the slab.Time Required: 2 sessions, 60 minutes eachArtist: Edgar Degas, The Little Dancer of 14 Years, after 1922 (available online) Materials (Day 1):Clay slab for each studentTools to create textureMaterials (Day 2):GlazePaintbrushesDixie … [Read more...]
