Let me start out by saying this has been one of the most successful and visually stunning projects that I've ever done with my students. It ...

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After many watercolor projects behind us, I was looking for a quick project to do with my kids in a dry technique that would give reliable and bold results. We had not done any oil pastel projects in ages, so I though I'd start there. I discovered this amazing artist on youtube: Art Arena. He creates stunning, bright oil pastel landscapes using a blending technique, and incorporates silhouetted images with soft graphite for a powerful effect. This project is directly inspired by his 'Aurora Night Drawing' piece. I loved the mixed media aspect and the process, and since my kids love drawing in graphite, I thought I'd give this one a go. In the video, the artist draws the deer out by hand. This is a difficult task for any aged student. I wanted the deer to be spot on for a strong and graphic effect, so I opted for a trace-and-transfer technique, and created a stencil to trace on their paper, which would allow my kids to incorporate a perfect deer of their choice .... and learning a trace-and-tranfer technique plus making a stencil are added benefit, AND fun processes. In prep for this stage, I printed out many different deer in silhouette (google search 'deer silhouette') and sized them to be able to fit nicely on our A4 (8x12 inches) sized paper (so the deer are roughly 6x8cm or 2.5x3 inches without antlers). The artist uses a super soft and dark B10 graphite pencil. I could not find these anywhere, so purchased B9 pencils which did the job. In a pinch, I'm sure a B8 would also work, but the darker and softer the better. He also uses a 'glass marking pencil' for the aurora.... which I also purchased cheaply in a 10 pack from Amazon. A white colored pencil will not substitute for this, since it won't mark over top of oil pastel. For the pine trees I also printed out several different silhouetted styles of pine trees, to give the kids some individual options on how to draw them. To begin: Borders: Students taped down the borders of their paper with painters tape or washi tape. We love how this gives our work a crisp white border when done. Coloring background: Students choose 4 oil pastel colors plus black - light, medium and dark green, and dark blue. These colors were laid down with light pressure from bottom to top of paper, from lightest to darkest. The top of the sky was colored black. Lightly applied oil pastel *Use oil pastels lightly when coloring. We discovered that they blend much better when not applied too thickly. Thickly applied oil pastel blends difficultly, and leaves blobs of unblended pastel. No good. *Since oil pastels smear easily, we did the bottom strip (the ground) in black LAST, to prevent it from dirtying our light green. A graphite pencil was used to draw a clean line of black between the black and the light green, to cover up any remaining white of the paper, and to add some bumps here and there to recreate an uneven, earthy ground. Blending: Using a tissue paper that we folded as many times as we could into a triangle, we blended out colors, starting with the lighter color first (light green) and working out way up to the top. This required serious arm muscles. Working in a circular motion on lightly applied oil pastel is key. Stencil: Students chose a deer silhouette they like. Deers were traced with tracing paper. Tracing paper was flipped over onto cardstock and the lines were retraced through the back, which transfers our deer onto our cardstock. Deers were carefully cut out. Tracing the deer * We chose NOT to trace the antlers because cutting them out would be nearly impossible. Instead, we free-hand drew them on our deer once our deer was traced onto our paper. Trace and transfer. Making a stencil Tracing our stencil: Students placed their deer stencil in the middle of their paper, with feet firmly planted on the ground (no flouting deer, please!) and they traced the deer stencil. They then free-hand drew their antlers. Deer were colored in graphite pencil AFTER drawing the trees, to prevent smudging the soft graphite. Trees: Students drew 5-7 vertical lines on either side of their deer. Trees are longer towards the outer edge of their paper and getting increasingly short as they get closer to the deer. This give the illusion of depth. Trees were colored in with graphite pencil. I demo'd some ways to do this on the white board, and students had pine tree silhouette visuals to look at too. Important is that trees are dark, super pointy at the top and slightly wider as they go down, and that they get increasing short towards the deer. After trees were drawn in darkly, the deer was colored in darkly with graphite. Aurora: Using a white glass marking pencil, students created flowing aurora across their sky. Students were encouraged to think of their aurora as flowing waves, or like pouring milk, NOT streaks of white scratchy lines. This requires using our white pencil lightly in a careful back-and-forth motion until we achieve the clean shape and creamy white. Stars: With a white paint pen (we used Posca) students created stars. For added depth, we included small and larger stars. Small stars are further away and closer together, while large stars are closer to us and appear wider apart. Hands were wiped down with baby wipes (this is a messy project) and then the taped borders were carefully removed to reveal a crisp white border. This is a fun project with lots of techniques, and gives bright, strong, boldly contrasting results. Ages 8-11 Ages 9-11 Adult class Adult class Examples of aurora Blending with a tissue Creating the aurora

Additional artwork below!! This easy and fun 2 day art lesson focused on the elements of art; Line, Shape, Color and Value. Students also learned about a new watercolor resist technique using rubbe…

Your students will love learning about the issues behind the The Constitutional Convention with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans! Resource Includes:  • Passage A - leveled for 4th Grade • Passage B - leveled for 3rd Grade • Graphic Organizer • Matching Vocabulary • Multiple Choice Questions • Constructed Response • Answer Keys For my Georgia Teachers: ❏ Georgia Standards of Excellence SS4H2 Analyze the challenges faced by the framers of the Constitution. b. Evaluate the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention: the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the rights of states to govern themselves (federal system), the Great Compromise, and slavery (Three-Fifths Compromise).GSE: SS4H6, SS4H6a Want more Social Studies Resources? Check these out! ⭐ Westward Expansion Digital Differentiated Reading | DISTANCE LEARNING (SS4H3c) ⭐ Freedmen's Bureau Digital Differentiated Reading | DISTANCE LEARNING (SS4H6b) ⭐ Inventions of Industrial Revolution Reading & Writing Activity (SS4E1, SS4E1f) Don't forget to leave feedback! I love hearing it, plus you will earn TpT credits towards a FREE product!  Be sure to FOLLOW ME on TpT so you can receive notifications of my brand new resources! You don't want to miss out! Let's Connect! Get some FREEBIES! ⇨ Instagram ⇨ Facebook ⇨ Pinterest ⇨ Website

Contour line is a big part of Art. Whether we are talking about form, perspective, eye level. Many artist use contour line as part of their main focus. See below. ARTIST MYRORNA SWEDEN Uses contour line, pattern, and objects to show form in her art. Karan Singh Art Dana Martin Art See objects in CONTOUR LINE Put them together in a Still LIfe. Image from www.dreamstime.com From DaVinci Art Studio Using Contour line, cool/warm colors, primary, & secondary used for emphasis. From InsideOutArtTeacher on Instagram https://insideoutartteacher.com/ Using Cross Contour, warm and cool colors. MMS Student Work 2023-8th grade Shyli Rushing Grayson DuPont Natalie Morales WHAT DO DO Before you begin, Start "seeing" in Contour Line... if you are having trouble doing this, watch videos below to help you. 1. Find 3 objects that you know you can draw. They can be around the room, pictures from Internet, or shapes you pull from your head. 2. Draw the outside shapes of the objects. Define the space with a horizontal line dividing background from foreground. 3. Use contour lines on the object. This can be contour in 1 direction or cross contour going both ways (more challenging). Usually, the Center (eye level) should be a straight line. As the shape goes outward from center, lines gradually change to match the outer line. 4. Color using color theory to add emphasis: Warm and Cool Primary and Secondary Complimentary Colors. STEP BY STEP visuals 1 &2. 3. 4. You can color solid with lighter colors. then go over them with darker analogous colors to add pattern. Watch these videos below to get your mind on seeing in Contour Line and understanding Cross Contour line.

Let me begin by apologizing to any parents of fourth graders who realized they were suddenly out of aluminum foil... I encouraged practicing at home :) This lesson is such a hit year after year, and it is a great sculpture lesson because it only takes one day - no storage issues! We begin with a few live gesture drawings, about 30 seconds each, to warm up and get posing ideas, then we create the sculptures using about a foot of aluminum foil. I also run through some famous figural sculptures by Giacometti, Degas, and Henry Moore on the whiteboard projector to get in the sculpting spirit! Start the scrunching slowly, to keep from tearing the foil, and then once it's starting to take shape, you can refine te pose. If a limb gets torn off, it is easily repaired at the end with the hot glue gun. Next, we trace the figure on the mat board base and shade it in. I attach them myself with a spot of hot glue. This would be a great tie-in to the upcoming Olympics - doesn't this look like a figure skater? I have seen several Olympics inspired projects floating around out there recently that were cool. Get your free handout right here on my Teachers Pay Teachers store to try it out: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Foil-Figure-Sculpture-art-lesson-2796822

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Students learn how to practice drawing quick rectangular shapes and paint warm and cool colors into those shapes using Paul Klee art inspiration and

Esta vez os traigo una actividad para trabajar en clase. Concretamente, para trabajar en la asignatura de Arts & Crafts (vamos, la plástica...