2nd Grade - Mixed Up Animals

 

1st Grade - Special Hats - Sculpture Day 2

 

Imagined Worlds Painting Lesson 1-Third Grade

 

Observation vs Imagination- Second Grade

 

Drawing Bugs

Have you ever heard someone say,

"Stop and smell the roses?"

It means slow down. and notice the little things. 

When you observe, you take time to pay careful attention to the world around you.  

Artists get inspiration from things they observe in the world. 
Artists learn see detail by practicing drawing from observation.

Drawing from observation: 

• It can be an animal, a person, a landscape , or a still life. 
• Observational drawing  is drawing what you see in front of you as realistically, and as true to life as possible.
• When we look at an object that we are going to draw look carefully, noticing shapes, light, shadow, colors, textures and details.

ACTIVITY: 

1. DRAW A BUG FROM IMAGINATION OR MEMORY ON ONE SIDE OF YOUR PAPER.
2. DRAW THE INSECT MODEL IN DETAIL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR PAPER.
   
   QUESTIONS: DO YOU FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE DRAWING FROM YOUR IMAGINATION OR FROM OBSERVATION? EXPLAIN WHY.
   WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD DRAW FROM IMAGINATION AND OBSERVATION? GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

Share/Reflect:

The detail that captured my imagination was…

I never noticed before that…

I practiced my ability to observe closely by…

1st Grade - How do we celebrate special times?

 We often celebrate special times by wearing hats. 

A birthday hat on our birthday

Dr. Suess hat to celebrate Dr. Suess week,

A Santa hat on Christmas

What special time important to you?

Can you make a hat to help celebrate?

What would you include to your hat?

https://www.artisbasic.com/2015/05/paper-hats-with-2nd-graders.html

Hats