Art-A-Baloo Crew: 2014

Monday, November 17, 2014

Salvadore Dali Elephants

Medium: Crayons, water colors

Reason for Lesson: Help students understand the difference between realism and surrealism, with an emphasis on Salvadore Dali's style.

Label: Surrealism, Dali, 2nd grade

Preparation prior to class: Collect supplies. Cut water color paper. Draw line across top third of paper in pencil, very lightly. Print pics of Dali's work.

Class time: 1 hour

Materials: Water color paper (cut the large pieces in thirds - three long strips), pencils, black sharpies, crayons, water colors, cups, water, paper towels. Printed pics of Dali's work.

Lesson Instructions:

1. Discuss Surrealism and show pictures of Salvadore Dali's work.

2. Guide-draw elephants:

Forehead

Trunk..wrap under to mouth. Draw ears to connect from forehead to chin.

Eye and tusk.
Body and tail.

Four super long legs.

3. Outline with sharpie.

4. Color with crayons..white tusk (so paint doesn't bleed) and grey elephant.

5. Paint with water colors..the ground and sunset sky...trees/ mountains if desired.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Pablo Picasso Cubism and Portraits - 3rd Grade

Reason for lesson: To teach students about the life and work of Pablo Picasso

Prep time: 15 minutes

Preparation prior to class: only gathering of supplies

Class time: 1 hour (depending on work pace of students)

Supplies:
9x12 various colors of construction paper for each student
Multiple color cut out squares of construction paper for students to use for eyes, nose and mouth.
Black crayon for each student

Oil Pastels

Glue
Scissors

INSTRUCTIONS TO LEAD LESSON:
STEP 1:

Introduce students to artist Pablo Picasso by showing some of his artwork as well as sharing part or all of his bio with the students. Picasso BIO from: http://makingartfun.com/htm/f-maf-art-library/pablo-picasso-biography.htm

Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. He was the first child of Don Jose Ruiz y Blasco, an art teacher, and Maria Picasso y Lopez. At an early age Pablo showed an interest in drawing. His first words were "piz, piz", which is short for "lapiz", the Spanish word for pencil.

At the age of 7, Pablo began receiving art instruction from his father. His father believed that an artist's training should include copying the masters and drawing the human body from plaster casts and live models. The precision of Pablo's painting technique grew until it soon surpassed that of his father.

In 1895, Pablo's father accepted a position at Barcelona's School of Fine Arts. He asked officials to allow his son to take the entrance exam. The officials were impressed with Pablo's abilities and admitted him to the academy. As a student he lacked discipline but made friends and continued to grow as an artist.

At the age of 16, Pablo's father enrolled him in Spain's most distinguished art school, Madrid's Royal Academy of San Fernando. However, his instruction at the Royal Academy lasted only a short time as he struggled to accept formal instruction. In spite of these difficulties, his time in Madrid was not wasted. Pablo visited Madrid's museums and saw the paintings of Diego Velasquez and Francisco Goya, though it was the works of El Greco that he admired most.

In 1900, Picasso made his first trip to Paris. At that time Paris was considered to be the art capitol of Europe. While in Paris, Picasso's work began to attract the attention of art collectors. By 1905, he had become a favorite of American art collectors Leo and Gertrude Stein. It was through them that Picasso met French artist Henri Matisse. The two became lifelong friends.

In 1907, Picasso painted one of his most important works - Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, - creating with painter and sculptor Georges Braque the brand new art movement known as "Cubism". Cubism allowed the artist to show his/her model from many different viewpoints. In the paintings of earlier times, the artist showed his subject from one particular viewpoint. In cubist paintings the artist may show the front and the side of a person's face at the same time.

Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France. He is best remembered as the co-founder of Cubism, and for Cubist works Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), Three Musicians (1921) and Guernica (1937).

STEP 2:

Have students choose the construction paper to use for their projects. Show them various ways to draw Picasso eyes, nose and mouth. INSTRUCTIONS FROM: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/129971139219770944/

STEP 3: Have students choose one eye that is facing forward and one eye that is from a profile shot (side view). Then have them draw the eyes, nose and mouth on four different colors of construction paper with black crayon

STEP 4: Use oil pastels to color in eyes, nose, and mouth. Have fun with blending and adding special touches.

STEP 5: On 9x12 construction paper, have student draw shape of face, hair and neck with black crayon.

STEP 6: Glue eyes, nose, and mouth to picture.

STEP 7: Use oil pastels to color in and shade remaining

areas.

FINAL ART MASTERPIECES BY THIRD GRADERS

Kandinsky and Shapes - 3rd Grade Art

KANDINSKY and SHAPES – 3^rd Grade Art

Materials:

Watercolor Paper

Pencils

Rulers

Sharpies

Watercolor Paints

Geometric Shaped Items for students to trace (ex: DVD’s, Coins, etc.)

Classical Music

Intro to Lesson: Discuss with class how Kandinsky was influence by music to create Art. Show pictures of his abstract artwork and ask students to tell you what they see. Kandinsky has been attributed to being the first abstract artist. During the lesson students will listen to classical music while creating their masterpieces. Discuss how different types of music can reflect different shapes and colors. Encourage them to allow the music to help them create art.

Step 1: Begin playing classical music as students draw lines and shapes in pencil.

Step 2: Outline pencil lines with a Sharpie

Step 3: Use water color paint to fill in the different shapes and lines. Encourage them to use colors that they “feel” from the music.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Andy Warhol Style Pumpkins

Medium: Oil Pastels, Water Color Paint

Reason for Lesson: Help students understand pop art with an emphasis on contrasting warm and cool colors, and Andy Warhol's specific style.

Label: Pop Art, Warm and Cool Colors

Preparation prior to class: Collect supplies.

Class time: 1 hour

Materials: White cardstock 8x11", pencils, pumpkin cutouts (1 per student), oil pastels, water colors with brushes, cups, water, paper towels.

Lesson Instructions:

1. Have students fold paper in half hot dog style, then unfold and refold again in half hamburger style.

2. Using a pencil, lightly trace pumpkins in each of the four squares.

3. Using oil pastels, color in pumpkins with various warm colors.

4. Using water color paints, paint the squares around each pumpkin with contrasting cool colors.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Self Portraits done in Andy Warhol Style

Medium: Markers

Reason for Lesson: Give student an understanding of pop culture art, emphasizing Andy Warhol's style of art.

Label: Pop Culture, Color

Prep Time: Take pictures of each student…add 1 hour. 15 minutes prep time

Preparation prior to class: Photograph was taken of each student and developed in B&W to gain highest contrast for easy copying. Tracing paper of a 4x6 size was cut. Copy time for each student was done in class.

Class time: 1 hour

Materials: White cardstock, tracing paper, markers, pencil, sharpie and ruler

Instructions to Lead Lesson:

1. Trace Photograph using pencil lightly. Be sure to instruct students to leave large gaps for color. For example, large gap in eyebrows, lips, etc.

2. Trace over pencil using sharpie, erase any pencil markings

3. Photocopy the 4-image. See handout for how-to achieve this result using PV copier.

4. Use ruler to separate images

5. Use Markers, color in images. Instructed students to use one color in one section of an image so that many colors can be used. Encourage a white space for a more interesting effect.

Credit: The Crafty Classroom

Andy Warhol in Review for Class Lesson

Andy Warhol (/ˈwɔrhɒl/;^[1] August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.

Picture from Bio.com

His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s.

Warhol's art encompassed many forms of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music.

As age 8, Andy Warhol became very sick from complications from Chorea, a nervous system disorder. This left him bedridden for several months where he spent much of his time listening to the radio and collecting pictures of moviestars and growing in understanding of American culture of the period. His mother, an artist herself, also taught Andy how to draw. At age 9, Andy was given a camera and had a makeshift darkroom in his basement. He later stated, it was during this time of his life is where his artistic personality developed.

After graduating high school, Andy Warhol planned to become an art teacher, but then studied commercial art and began a career in magazine illustrating and advertising.

Warhol's work both as a commercial artist and later a fine artist displays a casual approach to image making, in which chance plays a role and mistakes and unintentional marks are tolerated.