Creating Art Using Your 5 Senses

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Shape and Texture
Medium: Water Color

Reason for Lesson: Not all art is created by using our eyes.  Art is created by using our other senses too!  What if we couldn't see?  Could we create a piece of art by using ONLY our ability to touch with our fingers, smell with our nose or hear with our ears?  Could we create art by using only these three senses? Could we create art by using only one of these senses?   

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Classroom Time: 1 Hour

Materials: two bags filled with3-4 items to touch, something to smell, music, music player, 81/2 x 11 paper, pencil, colored pencils.

Instructions to Lead Lesson: Discuss the idea of creating art using our senses.  Discuss how most ART is created using our sense of SIGHT. Explain how we will be creating art using ONLY SMELL, TOUCH and HEARING. 

You could use the idea of the Ocean or any other idea...BUT don't tell the class you are using the ocean .  They MUST conclude this after they have a chance to experience all the senses.    Bring in a SMELL- use a candle that smells like the ocean, or an air fresher that smells like the ocean. TOUCH:  Fill a bag with items you'd find at the ocean, i.e sea shell, sand, piece of a towel, etc. BUT don't let them look in the bag!  HEARING: Play music that sounds like the ocean. 

For a little bit a fun you could blind fold each student with a strip of fabric!   This would force them to really use their senses.  OR you could turn off the lights during the sensing part!

Other sensing IDEAS: Baking Cookies, Fall (leaves, flowers, etc), etc.

Credit: Art Attack