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Engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of the natural world.
How do artists share the beauty of a snowy day in their art? How can you?
Today we will focus on creating a frame for our portraits that can add to the information we can share about who we are.
In the U.S., over 10 billion paper bags are consumed each year, requiring the felling of 14 million trees. Paper bags are made from a renewable resource and are biodegradable.
Paper bags, with their biodegradable materials and recyclable disposal, are often considered to be the environmentally friendly choice when compared with their plastic counterparts.
Renewable Resource
The pulp used to make paper grocery bags comes from quick growing trees that can be replanted to produce more pulp, which is good, but if we are using trees to make a bag, why not reuse the bag?
What do I think about?
What is important to me?
We know a self-portrait is a picture of what we look like. But there is so much more about us that is important!
Can you create a self-portrait that also shows what is important to you?
Marc Chagall painted this self-portrait. He wanted to show some of the things that were important to him.
What is he thinking about? Where did he place the things he was thinking about?
Tempera Paint Self-Portrait Video
If you are going to create a self-portrait ask yourself these questions.
- Where will you place your head?
- What shape will you draw first?
- What things will you include in your self-portrait to show what you think and care about?
New Unit: Who I Am
*Face Maps
*What do I look like?
*My Favorite Things
*My Personality!
Lesson One: Focusing on Faces
Objectives:
Observe and discuss proportion in portraits
Make a face map
Today we are going to make a face map so that we can practice placing the eyes, nose and mouth on the face.
First, we begin with an oval for the face. Then we divide the face in half with a horizontal line. This helps us with eye placement.
Now, we will draw a vertical line down the center of the oval.
This will help us make our faces symmetrical, or the same on each side.
Third, we will draw a short line halfway between our horizontal line and the bottom of the face.
This will be where the bottom of the nose is placed.
Finally, we will draw a slightly longer line between the nose line in the chin for the mouth.
Then you are ready to add your eyes, nose and mouth.
What does it mean to Recycle?
Recycling means making trash into something new. Every time you throw something away it gets sent to a landfill. More and more rubbish is piled on top until it is too big and the landfill has to be closed. The great thing is that most things can be recycled.
But recycling isn't the only way to keep the planet healthier, we can also reuse and reduce the items in our lives.
In fact the art room is a GREAT place to REUSE items.
Lets watch what this might look like for you.
Lets think about magazines in particular.
Cut shapes out of a magazine page. Here they cut out the shapes of houses.
Cut out shapes to create texture in your art.
You could use lots of different colors, or try to stay in the same color family, like all greens or all blues.
Paper Beads
Collage instead of using construction paper, use magazine papers
Find images you like, cut them out and create a story.
