Snowmen At Night - Black Paper

 Snowman At Night

Book:

Snowmen At Night

Pastel Demonstration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCJpQ3mxmm8

http://elementsoftheartroom.blogspot.com/2020/01/3rd-grade-oil-pastel-snowmen-at-night.html

If I was an animal...

Think about some characteristics that you have.  What words describe you?

Talkative?  Shy?  Funny?  Strong?  Loyal?

Could the words that describe you, also describe an animal?

What would that animal be?

Talkative?

Shy?

Funny?

Strong?

Loyal?

Powerpoint If I were an animal

Is there an animal you have a CONNECTION with?

If you were an animal, what would you want to be?

Why do you want to be this animal?

Could you use your animal match as inspiration for artwork?

More Ways to Show Who I Am

This week we continue to think about who we are, and how we can show that through our art.

We have been focusing on portraits which show what we LOOK like, but as artists we want to show more about WHO we are, WHAT we like and what is IMPORTANT to us.

Here are some examples of artists that have found interesting ways to solve that problem.

Portraits Can Show Who I Am

 Last week we learned how to make a Face Map to help us create a realistic portrait.

Did you create a portrait? Who did you make?

A portrait is one way we can show the world Who I Am

But people are more than just what they look like.

Can you show the things that are important to you in a portrait?

St. Louis Dairy Card Contest

 Sometimes artists enter contests with a theme.

You can enter a contest by creating a card about cows and Christmas!

What things make you think of cows and Christmas?

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=309104456593310

If you want to make a picture for the contest, you will draw first with a pencil, trace with a sharpie and color using colored pencils, crayons and markers.

If you decide to enter you will need to work on the picture 2 times and do your best. The winners will be announced on December 1st, so in about 4 weeks.

Good Luck!

Who I Am- Focusing on Faces- Second and Third Grade

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.

Beauty is all around us - 1st Grade

 

Beauty is all around us- First Grade

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 What do you find beautiful in the world?

What colors do you see in this picture?

Andre Derain - Charing Cross Bridge

What lines and shapes do you see in this pictures?

Andre Derain - The Trees

Andre Derain made many paintings of beautiful places. 

What makes these places beautiful?

What makes these paintings beautiful?

- People find things of beauty in the world around them.

- Artists share what they think is beautiful in their art.

OUR EXPERIENCES: We see beauty when we look closely at nature or when we view a landscape a distance. We see beauty in the parts of the world that are built by humans such as bridges and buildings

We also can "see" or feel beauty in our actions of kindness,  love and respect.

ARTISTS HELP US FIND AND SHOW BEAUTY IN OUR WORLD.

Can you think of a beautiful place you would like to share? 

Is it a building or is it in nature?

What lines, shapes and colors will you use?

On an index card, or small piece of paper, take 5 minutes to write about or draw something you find beautiful.