Personal Collages: 4th and 5th Grade We read the book Emily’s Blue Period, which is about a girl whose parents are divorcing and now she has two homes. Emily was learning about Pablo Picasso, his Blue Period and his collages in her art class. She goes through her own “blue period” of sadness. Her art teacher asks the class to make personal collages about their homes. She doesn’t know what to do because she has two homes now. She ends up … Read more... →
This unit could definitely be done with younger grades, but I went more in depth with abstraction and creating mood in an artwork with 5th graders. I did it with this age because of the time I had with them (five classes) and they had just done something observational, so I wanted them to do something more hands-on. The artist example was Picasso (obviously) and on the first day, before any instruction, the students filled out a see, think, wonder worksheet about this artwork. They filled it out again on the last day for my evidence of student learning. On the first day, we talked about how color can be used to show mood and feelings in a work of art. I had the students pick a mood word from the bucket, which they had to paint non-objectively. Later, the students had to guess the mood that was painted. (From top left to bottom right: anxious, playful, mellow, jealous, angry, and gloomy). On the second day, the students learned about different ways to abstract an object. They made a few practice sketches (student example above). Then we talked about all the parts on a guitar (using my examples and my ukulele to help them visualize how I abstracted the different parts). Then, they made a larger sketch of what they wanted their final piece to look like (student example below). Lastly, they transferred their guitar's outline onto their final, large paper. On the third day, we talked about tints and shades. The students painted their guitar shape with either a tint or a shade of blue after practicing making a gradient. On the last two days we talked about monochromatic and mixed media artwork. Then they cut paper and news paper to create their guitar parts, adding their strings last. Then they filled out a self assessment and an artist statement about their guitar. Some student examples are pictured below.
Back in Highschool, (grade 10, I believe) we had to do the alphabet in pen and ink. We could pick the font, use rulers, circle templates and french curves along with a bottle of ink, a pen to dip into it and a brush. I looked through books until I found a font that was all straight lines and round circles. I did this because I knew by then that letters, even when they look round, are not. Circles are ovoid in shape and what reads as a straight line when we read words, say the back of the letter "h" for example, is often a gently curved arc. Well, that's too much work, so I found a short cut. Our instructor, Mrs. Braitenback always told us to be on the lookout for shortcuts. A lesson I took to heart. We're not in art class, after all, just get the job done and out the door... to paraphrase.
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Tupandactylus perched on an outcrop during the Early Cretaceous Period of Brazil.
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Periods are that time of the month when a woman is capable of showcasing all her avatars. We’re so sure no one would dare to disagree with that. But, women also have a tendency to hide the problems they face during their periods.
The goal of this kitchen? Cottage vibes. As in English cottage with traditional elements that feel upscale but also like they belong in a kitchen where cooking and baking actually take place. We selected inset cabinetry in a neutral off white (BM Natural Cream), an alcove style hood in a plaster-like limewash paint, and used
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A lesson plan in cut paper collage. “You get an education in school and in college, and then you start to work– and that’s when you really learn!” – Mary Blair 1911-1978 A lesson plan in cut paper collage for grades 2nd - 12th, completed in 3 45 minute class periods. Objective: Students learn about the life and car
Your students can create great art featuring 3 of the most common ancient column styles: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian. This product is aligned to the National Visual Arts Standards. It includes printable I CAN statements, printable vocabulary words to display, examples, and helpful video links. You will need black paper, light color chalk (even sidewalk chalk!), and charcoal sticks or charcoal pencils. We used charcoal pencils from Amazon like these: https://a.co/d/5cCdYmd All of my products have been first tried in my own classroom before I publish. Please leave a review to let me know what you liked or what I could do differently!
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