Shapely Polar Bear for the Winter Extravaganza Party

Shapely Polar Bear for the Winter Extravaganza Party

Materials:  

• 9x11 Black construction paper (body of the bear)
• 9x11 Dark blue construction paper (background)
• 9x11 White construction paper halved (snow)
• White and Black chalk/soft pastels
• Black oil pastels
• Scissors
• Glue

Prep Time:  20 minutes

Preparation prior to class:  9x11 white paper needs to be cut in half.  Gather additional supplies for the classroom.  Students can use their own scissors and glue.

Class Time:  1 hour

Reason for Lesson:  This lesson was chosen to show the kids that through the use of basic shapes (Element of Art) an artist can create a more complex object, in this case, a polar bear.   The finished product will be displayed during the Winter Extravaganza.

Instructions: 

STEP 1:  Preparing the background

                    Each student should have one dark blue paper and 1/2 of a white paper.  Carefully tearing along one of the longer ends of the white paper will create the snow effect for our background.  Next, glue the white paper to the bottom of the dark blue construction paper.  Matching up the clean edges on both.

STEP 2: Polar Bear

                     Using the white chalk on the black construction paper the student is ready to make their bear!  Starting with the head of the bear, use the side of the chalk to make a large round shape in the middle of the paper, filling in with the chalk.  Next, the body will extend down from the head to the bottom of the paper.  The neck of the polar bear should be more tapered than the body.  Again, fill in the body with the side of the chalk.  To create the ears, the student will make small circles on either side of the head, fill them in.  Students will then use their fingers to gently blend the chalk to remove any harsh lines, adding more chalk if necessary.

STEP 3:  Creating the Face

                       Using the black oil pastel, the students will make the facial features of the polar bear.  First is the nose.  In the lower half of the round head, start by drawing an upside down triangle and fill it in with the oil pastel.  From the bottom tip create the mouth by making a "J" and a backwards "J".  ***Optional:  from the top corners of the nose the students can draw short inward angled lines***  Next, come the eyes.  The student can choose to draw round or almond shaped eyes and then add a black circle for the pupil.  Now, fill in the inner ear with the black pastel.  Finally, by using the black chalk the student will rub a little under the chin to create a shadow.

STEP 4:  Cutting the Bear Out

                    The students will cut their bear out, following along the edge of the chalk line.  The students can now glue their bear onto the prepared background paper.

          

STEP 5:  Finishing Touches

                     The students will add snowflakes and wind to their pieces using the white chalk.

                 

Credit:  www.artventurous.blogspot.com

Mixed Up Names: Line Drawing

Mixed Up Names: Line Drawing 

Medium:  Markers

Reason for Lesson:  Lesson was designed to create an understanding of lines and negative space.

Label:  Line drawing

Prep Time: 5 mins, get a piece of paper and sharpie for each student.  

Preparation prior to lesson:  Collect one 8x11 piece of white contruction paper for each student. 

Class Time: 1 hour.

Materials:  

• 1 8x11 piece of white watercolor paper for each student
• Pencil
• Sharpie

Instructions to Lead Lesson: Discuss line drawings, talk about negative space.  Discuss how different lines can add texture to an art piece. Demonstrate how to write block letters.  I learned the easiest way was to have the children lightly write their letter then trace around it.

Step 1:  Draw the first letter of your first name in block form at the bottom of the page.

Continue filling the page up with all the letters of your name.  Mix them up, but always have them touching. Color in the letters with marker.

Step 2: Talk about the different textures different lines can have.  Discuss again negative space. Make areas of negative space by drawing lines between each letter.

Step 3:  Fill in the negative space with different line patters.  

Credit: http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2009/07/02/line-drawing-part-iii-name-designs/
Docent:  Kristin Wallace

Pumpkin in Contrast ...a Positive and a Negative Side

Pumpkin in Balance...a Positive and a Negative Side 

Medium:  Oil Pastels

Reason for Lesson: This is a lesson on Balance, and negative and positive space

Prep Time:  15 minutes

Class Time:  1-hour

Materials:  

• 12x18, or 9x12 Base Construction Paper, 
• 9 x 12, or 9 x 6 Orange Construction Paper, 
• Scissors, 
• Glue/Glue Stick
• Pencil
• Black Oil Pastel, or Black Crayon, or Black Pencil
• White Oil Pastel, or White Crayon, or White Pencil
• Raffia

Instructions to Lead Lesson: 

Step 1:   Cut out half side of Pumpkin.  Cut out two blocks in bulk of pumpkin.  NOTHING is garbage!! ... save it as it's the Reverse Side of picture (Negative Side)

Step 2:  Aligned and glue down positive side of pumpkin, then do exactly the same on negative side of pumpkin

Step 3:  Using Black and White Oil Crayons, color in base paper in shapes and lines using white crayon and use the black crayon on the orange paper.  Be sure each side reflects the other.

Step 4:  Optional...add raffia to finish off top.

Credit:  From Art-A-Baloo Past Resources

Colorful Apples

Colorful Apples

Medium:  Tempera Paint and oil pastels

Reason for Lesson:  Lesson was designed to create an understanding of mixing colors and warm and cool color.  Also negative space

Prep Time:  20 mins, need to make a paint tray for each child on a paper plate.  A quarter size drop of paint of each of 2 primary colors: red and yellow.  And dime size drop of blue.

Preparation prior to lesson:  Make a template for each child in the shape of an apple, cut it out of cardstock so it is strong.  

Class Time: 1 hour.

Materials: 

• 1-12x18 piece of white construction paper for each student, 
• 1-12x18 piece of blue, purple or green construction paper for the background, 
• a paint tray plate for each student, 
• a water cup for each student, 
• two paper towels for wiping the students brushes, 
• paint brush for each student, 
• tempera paint, red, yellow, and blue, 
• Pencil, 
• Apple template, 
• Brown and black oil pastels, 
• Scissors 

Instructions to Lead Lesson: Have a discussion on how we mix colors and how every color comes from our 3 primary colors. Discuss how we make the color orange.  Next discuss what a warm color is a what a cool color is.  Warm: red, yellow, orange.  Cool, blue, green, purple.  Finally discuss how negative space is the background color.  

Step One: Trace The Apple


Using a pencil trace three apples.  Draw a stem and a couple of leaves.  Next go over all your lines will and oil pastel.  This will help keep the paint in the right spot.

Step Two:  Paint The Apples

Now comes the fun part: painting! I placed the tempera primary colors on a paper plate and had the children paint one apple yellow. They used very little water and cleaned their brushes by sweeping the bristles over the paper towel. Next, they dipped their paintbrush into the red paint and painted the second apple red. Now, without cleaning brush, dip paint brush in yellow paint again and paint 3rd apple. The children will notice right away that the yellow and red on their brush creates orange. If they need more paint, they can add more yellow or red directly to the apple.

After cleaning their brush, they painted the leaves yellow, then dipped paint brush into blue paint and painted directly over yellow leaves. Don’t worry about the stems for now.

Step Three: Color the Stems and Cut out the Apples

With an oil pastel, color the stem in brown.

Step Four:  Glue onto a Cool Color Background.

Credit:  http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2012/10/15/apple-art-project/

Tint and Pattern Circles, a Lesson in Color and Negative Space

Tint and Pattern Circles

Medium:  Tempera Paint

Reason for Lesson:  Lesson was designed to create an understanding of color, tint and negative space.

Prep Time:  20 mins, need to make a paint tray for each child.  A half dollar size drop of paint of each of the 3 primary colors, red, yellow and blue and a drop of white which will be used to tint the colors.

Preparation prior to lesson:  Collect circles for the students to trace.  I’m planning on using some small plastic cups.

Class Time: 1 hour.

Materials: 

• 1 - 8x11 piece of white construction paper for each student, 
• a paint tray plate for each student, 
• a water cup for each student, 
• two paper towels for wiping the students brushes, 
• paint brush for each student, 
• tempera paint - red, yellow, blue and white, 
• Pencil and 
• plastic lids or cups

Instructions to Lead Lesson: Have a brief reminder discussion on how we mix colors and how every color comes from our 3 primary colors.  Introduce white as a tinting color.  Discuss how white is actually and absent of color and it make the colors lighter. Finally talk about negative space, it is the space in the background.  

Step One: Trace Circles on a Paper

Using a plastic lid, trace circles around paper. Encourage overlapping and going “off” the edge of the paper. Of course, you don’t have to use this method of drawing circles, but it’s an efficient way to get to the good stuff.

Step Two:  Paint Negative space

Mix one primary color and white together on the tray. This color will be the background color or negative space. Sticking to one color is pretty hard for this age group but reassure them that the opportunity to mix more colors with the white will be coming up. Paint all areas of background.  Go over proper painting techenique, a little goes a long way, a glob will take a long time to dry.

Step Three: Paint the Circles

Have the students paint each of the circles in a different color.  Making sure they have one circle each of a Primary Color, and then have them mix the colors to fill in the rest.  Encouraging them to use the white to tint the color.

Credit:  http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2010/10/11/tint-and-pattern-circles/

Walk Like an Egyptian

Egyptian Art

Reason for Lesson:  To provide a lesson that supports the 6th grade curriculum.  Nutcracker. This lesson is about lines, measurement and proportion and uses the same concept used in the Nutcracker lesson.   

Class Time: 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Lesson can be started to with folding and drawing of the lines.  

Prep for Lesson: Create your own sample to show in class.  

Materials:  Large size paper 18 x12 or 8 1/2 x 11, ruler, pencil, eraser, black sharpie, scissors, oil pastels/water color markers or another medium that provides brilliant color option. 

Instructions to Lead Lesson: 

Look at samples of Egyptian art.  Show pictures of head shots of Egyptians. 

Discuss the flatness of the art.  Look at the detail.  Notice how large the eyes are in relation to the nose and mouth.  Point out the heavy makeup used in the artwork.  Look at the detail in the head pieces. 

Start by folding your paper 'hamburger' style in half.  Then fold each end into the center, creating 4 sections with three folds.  Label each section lightly with a pencil (1,2,3,4)  beginning at the top.  Doing this provides for easy instruction and reference to each section. 

Before you begin instruction, notice how the face is broken down into 4 areas.  Area #1 contains the hat/hair. Area #2 contains upper part of the nose, large eyes and half of the ears. Area #3 contains the mouth.  Area #4 is the chin neck and shirt. 

Begin in area #1 and instruct the students to create line for the hat/hair.  Continue on to the forehead and nose in area #2.  Continue on in area #3 with the lips. Note the 'heart' shape of the mouth. Continue on to the chin.  Go back up to the head band and instruct the students to create a headband.  Create the hair and ear to the right side of the paper. Notice the size of the eyes in paintings.  Translate that to the page of each students artwork. 

 Once the art is drawn, have the students use color to finish piece of work. 

Pop Art

Romero Britto Style

Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc. In pop art, material is sometimes visually removed from its known context, isolated, and/or combined with unrelated material. The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.

Pop art often takes on its imagery that which is currently in use in advertising. Product labeling and logos figure prominently in the imagery chosen by pop artists, like in the Campbell's Soup Cans labels, by Andy Warhol. Even the labeling on the shipping box containing retail items has been used as subject matter in pop art, for example in Warhol's Campbell's Tomato Juice Box 1964.

With the 6^th graders, we discussed and looked at artwork from Andy Worhol, and discussed his impact on the Pop Art world. We also discussed a more current pop artist, Romero Britto.  Born 6 October 1963, is a Brazilian-American Neo-pop artist, painter and sculptor. He combines elements of cubism, pop art and graffiti painting in his work. Consistently challenging himself, Britto has completed many corporate works for Movado, Disney, Enrico Coveri, Pepsi, the United Nations, BMW and Royal Caribbean Cruises. Britto has one main art gallery in Miami, on South Beach, FL.

Our art lesson took on the elements of Pop Artist Romero Britto, emphasizing his loud, bright and colorful influence with bold shapes and lines.  We spent some time looking at Britto’s work discussing his use of color, lines and shapes. 

This lesson was created by our Art Coordinator using elements of Romero Britto’s work.  Using strong POWER WORDS (such as friendly, interesting, fun, social, athletic, etc) and INTEREST WORDS that describes their individual interests (such as soccer, math, reading, video, baseball, makeup, etc). Here we have artwork created by our 6^th grade artists!!

Materials:  Watercolor markers, Black Sharpies, 12 x 18 white cardstock, 12 x 18 black cardstock, scissors and pencil.

Medium: Black sharpies and watercolor markers.

Prep Time: Including the taking of pictures, formatting into a document all the images and having them printed. Gathering materials. 1 ½ hours total.Reason for Lesson:  Lesson addresses the Principle of Art as it relates to movement, and variety. The basic fundamental element of art used is line and color.

Preparation prior to lesson: 

This lesson can take a while to prep. Arrange to photograph each of the 6th grade students, could take one hour total. Take photos in black and white format OR change format to black and white post images. Create a document for each 6th grade class that includes a large 81/2 x 11 image of each student. Save on a USB and have it printed at Staples or Office Depot. Cost is approximately .10 per page printed. Submit receipt to Art A Baloo Leaders to reimbursement.

Instructions to lead lesson:
Discuss the concept of pop art. Features famous Pop Artists Andy Worhol and Romero Britto. The art lesson will take on the same affect as Romero Britto with bright color, dark lines and large shapes. Discuss the idea of lines and how they can be wide, thin, straight, curvy, dotted, etc.

Spend some time looking at Britto’s work and have the students point out, as a class, the features of Britto’s art…loud, bright, colorful. EMPHASIZE that the shapes and lines should be LARGE and LOUD to get the same effect as Romero Britto. Make sure the students MINIMIZE the use of small items on their drawing.

1. Provide a picture of each student (copied onto 8 1/2 x 11 paper) that was taken prior to the art lesson.
2. Have the students cut out their entire body and lay the piece on the bottom right hand side of the white paper. 
3. Trace around the picture so you have a starting point for the lines. 
4. With a pencil, create random lines beginning from different areas of the head and extending randomly to the edge of the paper.
5. Remove the picture and set it aside. 
6. Using a black sharpie, go over the pencil marking but NOT the outline of the head/body. 
7. Using the sharpie, begin creating random shapes and lines within the lined area. 

Create BIG, BOLD LINES and SHAPES. Add POWER WORDS and PERSONAL INTEREST WORDS randomly through the artwork.

Along with creating lines and shapes have the students add POWER WORDS to describe themselves. Help the class come up with POWER WORDS. Ideas: Funny, Smart, Kind, Fun, Social, Thoughtful, Friendly, Capable, Interesting, Crazy, Athletic, etc. Words that help describe their PERSONAL INTEREST WORDS. Examples: Soccer, Volleyball, Swimming, Music, iPod, iphone, makeup, Football, Softball, Baseball, Reading, Math, Video, drums, violin, instruments, singing, etc.

We will be cutting out the colored area and mounting colored area and ‘face’ on a black piece of construction paper.

Credit:  This lesson was created by PV Art Coordinator Deanna Haggerty with inspiration from artists Romero Britto and Andy Warhol.

MoMMA Event ...a Quick Peek with more to come!

Our 1st Annual Art Show, MoMMA, started last night and ends tonight.  Last night was amazing!  With much excitement and pride, our kiddos showed what magnificent artists they are!  

Tonight is the night for a intermediate grades of 4, 5, and 6.  Starts at 7 and ends at 8.  If you wish, please consider a donation of $1 or more which supports our growing program for more art supplies!!!

So here is a peek:

PTO President, Kelly, placing SOLD on a students purchased artwork

6th Grade POPART Collection

5th Grade

A quick review on the Elements of Art

Our 3rd Graders tribute and artwork like artist Fred Babb

1st Grader's Silhouette Art...Beautiful!

What does a Kindergartner "what to be when grown up" Art

Paint Brush Treats!  Yummy!!

Picasso inspired Artists are in this School!

Amazing greeter and Co-Author of this blog...Deanna!

Proud Parent with her Kindergartner

See how fun this is!!!!  Thank you PV PTO!!!

There are more pictures and a event review coming...check back next week after we are all cleaned up!!

Happy Creations!