On August 5, 2015 I decided to accept a challenge and try something new.  I am now an elementary art teacher! I am completely out of my comfort zone yet excited about what these students are teaching me.  Visit this page and see what we are learning.

Gustav Klimt Portraits

Right Vs. Left Brain

Right Vs. Left Brain 

I found this lesson on Pinterest and decided to try it with my advanced art students.  I will definitely be using this lesson again.

  Lesson Overview: Students will explore the findings between what makes the right brain different from the left brain and how they assist in learning. Students will take a survey to learn about whether or not they are more right brained or left brained and use those findings to create an illustration about their right or left brains.

The lesson will be introduced through a power point presentation. Students will learn about how the right brain and the left brain serve different functions for learning.I encourage students to take notes and complete rough sketches they may use in their drawings.   They will then participate in a survey to view results on which side is stronger. By summarizing their findings, they will then use these ideas in their artwork

Development : Using the research found from the survey, students will create an illustration inspired by right vs left brain concepts. Using any 2d media, the illustration should be an artistic interpretation of their findings. 

Tooling Foil

Sun Tooling 

 Step 1: We looked at pictures of Renaissance Suns.  A 6x6 outline of a sun is drawn on tracing paper and placed on top of a 6x6 piece of foil.  Put the tracing paper on top of the foil and trace over the sun using a ball point pen. This will transfer the sun image onto the foil.  

Step 2: With various tools ( popsicle sticks, embossing tools, wooden dowels). Outline  the sun.  Work from front to back to pull and push the foil into the desired shape.  

Step 3: Enhance details bu spray painting the foil.  Black and gold worked best.  

Last the dry foil sun image is glued to a 12x12 sheet of paper and designs and patterns were drawn in.  Work was colored with color pencil.  

Oil Pastels

Oil Pastels

Patterned Cars   

Students had to choose a mode of transportation.  Next the object was drawn large on white paper and outlined in black sharpie.  We used oil pastels to color in the car.  We did a light color layer followed by a dark color on top of the light.  Black oil pastels were colored on top of the existing layers of pastels.  Careful not to use to much black. We added black in various areas to add variety to the work.  

Mosaics

Animal Mosaics

After viewing many examples of mosaics students created their own mosaics.  A mosaic is a picture or design made of tiny pieces of glass, paper, or tile and adhered to a surface.Students used marker to simulate the appearance of tile.  A template of an animal was provided.  

Students then carefully cut out the shape and glued it to colored or textured paper.  

    

This is a good quick project to end the week with.  

Resource: Arteascuola.com 

Warm and Cool Colors

Water Color Grids 

We measured 1 in. boxes on 12 X 18 paper.

Next an image was drawn in over the boxes.  Students then chose the foreground or background to add warm or cool colors.  

We painted with watercolor. Once work is dry students may outline some areas with black sharpie to enhance the image.    

Tissue Paper Animal Portraits

Expressive Animals 

Objectives

1.Gain an understanding and appreciation of how animals are often used as subjects in art 2. Draw animals from direct observation and photographs

3. Create drawings that explore animals as symbol

4. Students will be able to define Expressionism and apply the concept in a work of art. 

Expressionism- An attitude conveyed by the set of a person's facial features. Also, a quality of inner experience, the emotions of the artist (expressive qualities) communicated through emphasis and distortion, which can be found in works of art of any period.

Students will choose an animal based on what it represents or symbolizes. EX: Dog- Loyalty

Students used a glue wash and torn colored tissue paper to create their backgrounds.
After the background is dry, students drew an animal using black ink and pencil.  Students are encouraged to use expressive line to add interest.

Fine tip pens and sharpies were used to create texture

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Cubist Superhero

With  this lesson students will gain an understanding and awareness for the cubist style of artists

    such as Picasso, Braque, and Gris. Create a multi-media composition showing multiple views of various

    objects -- fracturing the planes in the manner of the cubists.  The subject of this lesson is Superheroes.  

Students had to draw Superheros in the manner of cubists artists.   

Illusions and Perspective

Color pencil and sharpies were used to create this illusion.  

Shading Still Life

We made a simple still life drawing more interesting by adding patterns in the background.

Self Portrait Line Drawings

Students will draw a self portrait. No shading just contour lines.  After portraits have been drawn, lines are placed inside of the drawing to add texture. 

 

Some lines begin to resemble wood.

Advanced students

Victorian Houses

Victorian architecture refers to the architectural style present in the middle as well as latter part of the 19th century. Since this particular architectural renaissance happened during the period of Queen Victoria, it is popularly called Victorian style. It emphasized historical styles in various interpretations

We viewed many examples of Victorian Style Houses.

Students looked at examples and drew a Victorian style house.  Students had the option to use watercolor pencils or shade using charcoal pencils.  

Funny Money

Students will produce an enlarged image based on money.  Students will choose a character, we used mostly cartoons because they are easier to draw.  

   

Students are given a template to help them draw

 Include numerical signs, writing on the bill, a title, a slogan or quote. Remember to include  elaborate drawings of plants, ribbons and scrolls. 

Next we pick a monetary denomination, $1, $5, $10.