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

Invented Worlds: Where can our imaginations take us?

 Thinking and working as artists, we can dream of imaginary lands.

-Imaginative art often has things that are real, but we can put them together in strange ways.

Play this video First: Tate Kids - Intro to Surrealism

Play this Lesson Second:

How Do We Remember Special Times-Unit Intro.

 In this unit, we will explore the essential question: 

How do we remember special times?

We will consider two big ideas:

1. We all remember and look forward to special times.

2. Artists and designers help us remember, celebrate and look forward to special times in our lives.

VIDEO

William H. Johnson, Ferry Boat Trip
Carole Spandeau, A Child's Birthday Party Backyard Fun
T.F. Chen, Olympic Flame
John Singer Sargent, A Tent in the Rockies
Marc Chagall, The Wedding

Brainstorm: 

What are some special times that you remember? List these on the board
ex:
birthday parties
weddings
holiday celebrations
school concerts
special sports events
visits to relatives
family vacations

How could you create a piece of art that shows a memory of a special time? 

    

3rd Grade - Imaginary Animals in Sculpture

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79xCuM82LDw

Drawing Spring AMI Day April 5, 2022

 

AMI Day Lesson- Drawing Spring

 Drawing Spring

In the Spring, the Earth seems to be waking up from a deep sleep.
The grass starts growing again, and leaves come out of the trees. There are so many colors! 

We start to notice baby animals... bunnies, deer and birds are some I've seen. Also, some things I don't love happen in Spring, like I start to notice bugs again, but I know that bugs help our ecosystem too.

As an artist all these are very inspiring to me. Are they inspiring to you?

This week can you think about some of the changes you have noticed that happen in Spring?

This video can help you with ideas...

What do you like best about Earth?

When you watch the video, notice all the different supplies they used to create their drawings. I bet you have some of these things around your house.

Pencils    Crayons    Pens     Markers     Chalk    Oil Pastels     Colored Pencils


I think this would be a good idea for me to draw, a mama bird built a nest in my gutter. I've been watching her for weeks carefully building, and now she sits on the eggs all day and all night.

Music helps me with my art too. Here are some songs about birds you might like to listen to while you draw.

Ziggy Marley-wings of an eagle

Elizabeth Mitchell-Little Bird Little Bird

Story Cards

                      STORYCARDS                               

Our World is filled with interesting stories. 

In this mini lesson, we are going to create 4 story cards. 

You will draw pictures on 4 cards that can be put together like a book. 

Next week we will make a pocketbook to put them in. 

Use pictures and words to create a story with a beginning, middle, and end

                                                                My Storyboard

                            First                         Next                        Then                     Last

Each story card should show one story action in appropriate detail.

How To Book:

•     walk your dog
•      make a PBJ sandwich
•      how to be a friend
  
•      to play Minecraft

OR 

Create a story using your original character

What story will your pocket book tell? 

Will it be real or make believe? 

Who will the characters be? 

What kind of setting will you show?

What actions will you show?

Photography - AMI

 Photography is when you create an image or a picture using a camera. 

A photograph (photo) is a picture you take with a camera. 

Photographers take pictures, or images that paint a picture, tell a story, or record an event.

photo by Sydney J.

Toy: Lego Minifigure
Location: on the kitchen counter in the sugar bowl

What is the story? I love baking shows and my minifigure is baking!
















Taking Photos
You can use any phone, tablet or camera to take photos. If you already know how to take pictures, great! If you don't, have your grown up show you to turn on the camera, point and shoot! Pointing is when you can see what you are taking a picture of, and the area surrounding your subject. That area is just as important as your actual subject, just like in drawing or painting, your background is as important to your work as the subject-especially if you are telling a story. When you 'shoot' in photography you are pressing the button that takes the picture. Your adult can also show you how to zoom in to get close ups, and use filters to make changes to the colors in your pictures! 

* If you don't have access to something that takes pictures, you can still set up a scene with a toy, find an interesting background and you can draw what you see. Or just practice setting up stories with different toys and backgrounds.

Now that you know some camera basics, think of what kind of toy you want to photograph...
Lego minifigures (like my kids chose)
LOL dolls
Pokemon toys
Littlest Pet Shop
Small stuffed animals
Action figures
what else could you choose

Where will you photograph your toy? 
Will you be outside or inside? 
What kind of story do you want to tell? 
Location is very important. In the photo below, the minifigure is standing behind the fishtank, on the table. Notice the minifig is wearing diving gear. My son stood in front of the aquarium and took the picture. He took several pictures and chose the best one to save. 

photo by Seth J

Toy: lego minifigure
Location: behind the fishtank
What is the story? 
This photo is about his minifigure
 looking at fish in the ocean .

photo by Seth J

Toy: lego minifigure
Location: in the dining room plant
What is the story? This photo is about me hiking in the rainforest.

photo by Seth J

Toy: Bionacle and Lego Minifigure
Location: on the table by the salt lamp
What is the story? This photo is about an epic battle!

photo by Sydney 

Toy: lego minifigure
Location: in the laundry basket
What is the story? This photo is about me hiking in the snowy mountains.


My children really enjoyed this project, I hope you do too!