Thursday, January 13, 2022
Tempera Paint-Using a Viewfinder and drawing large
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
How do we tell stories?
What are some favorite stories from when you were little?
Did someone read to you from a book?
Did someone tell you the story from memory?
Is your favorite story make believe, or from real life like a family story?
Do you ever tell stories to your friends about things that have happened to you?
Stories don't have to come from books, they can also come from movies.
Can you use your artwork to tell a story?
Today we are going to look at two artworks by the children's book illustrator, Melissa Iwai.
Unit 3 - Who are we, and what do we care about?
Who are we, and what do we care about?
Name some people who are important to you.
Today we are going to look at some artwork that shows people alone and people who are together.
Artists pay attention to how people show that they care about each other.
The also pay attention to the places that are important to people.
Can you show special people and places in your life in your artwork?
What do you see in this painting?
What is happening in this picture?
Do you think the people are enjoying themselves?
What makes you think that?
What do you notice that makes this picture interesting?
Raise your hand when I name a person or a place you could show in an artwork.
Monday, January 3, 2022
Chopped ART Edition
Have you ever seen the cooking show Chopped?
What do you know about it?
It is a cooking contest where the contestants are given a 'mystery basket' full of ingredients that they have to use to make a delicious meal. Besides the 'mystery ingredients' they can also use the shows pantry of items.
We are going to have our own version of Chopped today for those that choose. You will get a 'mystery bag' of items. You must use all the ingredients in your bag, don't leave anything out.
You can also use items from our pantry,
Scissors
Glue
Paper (1 big and any number of smalls)
Tape
Crayons
Markers
Sharpies
Monday, December 13, 2021
Snowmen At Night - Black Paper
Snowman At Night
Book:
Pastel Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCJpQ3mxmm8
http://elementsoftheartroom.blogspot.com/2020/01/3rd-grade-oil-pastel-snowmen-at-night.html
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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?
Friday, November 12, 2021
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.











