Third Grade: Concert Art Presenting and Responding

2nd Grade - Painted Paper

Artist Statement

1st Grade - Drawing with a brush

Often we start our paintings with a pencil drawing. But what if you started your painting by "drawing" with a brush?

How could it be different to draw with paint first?

Is it important to have an idea before you begin?

Macy's Day Parade

Design your own balloon for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day  Parade!!!

Inspired by Fall

Paper Sculpture-New Skills, More Ideas

What can you do with paper in the Sculpture studio?With a little bit of planning, skill, and perseverance, you can make almost anything with just paper, scissors, and glue!

Folding shapes to make them stand

Slot construction

Fold and cut, cone construction

Folding papers to make them stand, using drawings and paintings in sculpture

Building Strong with Rectangular prisms and Cylinders

Review: Making a cylinder, flanging, tabbing a wall

Introduce: New stronger walls, Making flat objects stand, Slots, Cones

Leaves

Why do leaves change color in the fall?

(mystery science)

First Grade - Ideas

Before you begin to make art, you need an idea.

What can you create at your studio?

Talk to your classmates to make a list of ideas.

Ideas

How do artists come up with ideas?

Should artists have an idea before they start?  Do you?

We are going to practice coming up with lots of ideas for each studio you are working in today.

You should talk to your table mates and work together to come up with the most ideas.



Drawing

What can you make with a rectangle?


Painting

Can you draw with a brush? 
Choose 3 subjects off the idea board.


Collage

What pictures can  you make with the shapes on your table?
Keep a list of all the ideas.


Sculpture

What can you make with a cardboard tubes?
Keep a list of your ideas.

Presenting-planning artwork for a show

Tis the season for our art show! 

At your winter program, each one of you will select a piece of art to display. 

Where do we display our art at concerts?

What does the space look like?

How will your art be viewed? From Close up or far away? Will it be on the wall or on the stage?

What are some things you can do to make sure your artwork stands out?

How can you make sure it conveys your idea?

•Investigate and discuss possibilities and limitations of spaces, including electronic, for exhibiting artwork.

Drawing on Black Paper

How is drawing on black paper different from drawing on white paper?

When would you choose black paper?

What would look good on black paper?

night pictures...wolves...owls...

superhero pictures... what else?

*testing colors/experimenting on back of paper
*use black as an eraser

Near and Far

How can You make things on a flat page look like they are up close and far away?

Near and Far

Draw the closest thing first, and draw LARGE

What is the largest thing in this picture?

Draw things that are far smaller and higher up on the page.

What appears far away in this picture.

In art, we call the objects that appear the closest, the foreground.

Objects that are medium-sized and a little higher on the page are called the middle ground.

Objects that you want to appear far away are drawn the smallest and highest on the page.

 The line where the ground and sky appear to meet is called the horizon line.

Where is the horizon line in this picture.

Fiber Art Studio 2nd and 3rd Grade

Second Grade Video

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Third Grade Video

Sculpture Studio Opener

The Sculpture Studio

Welcome to the Sculpture Studio!

Today we are learning about Sculpture, Shape and Form. 

We will use paper to create sculptures that stand.

In the sculpture studio, we will be creating forms from paper, and practicing two kinds of attachments.

Paper Cylinder-Flange
Wall- Fold and Cut & Tabs
Rectangular Prism

1st grade- Make a Cylinder, Flange a cylinder, Fold and cut paper to make it stand

2nd and 3rd grade-Make a Cylinder, Flange a cylinder, Tab a wall, Rectangular Prism

Share/Reflect:

1st grade:

What could you make using a cylinder?

What could you make using tabs? 

What could you make bending and folding paper?

2nd and 3rd grade:

When do you flange, when do you tab?

How do you think tabs will be useful for you in the sculpture studio?

Which work do you prefer to make? 2-D or 3-D? Why?