To make a dog’s head: 1. Start with a square. 2. Fold paper in half on a diagonal making a triangle. 3. Fold down triangle on each side for ears. 4. Fold top part of base of triangle up for mouth. 5. Fold top part of triangle down for nose. 6. …
Create a paper heart…with a single strip of paper! After cutting a sheet of paper (8 1/2″ x 11″ ) into a square for other origami projects, we use the leftover paper (2.5″ x 8″ ) for this project so we don’t have any waste. 1. Position narrow sheet of paper horizontally …
(Projects can be Community Service, MLK or Valentine Holiday Related) 3-D Lion Cut Paper Project Vocabulary: Symmetry and asymmetry Showing students how to make a paper lion that’s three-dimensional, which can be used as a model for making other animals. Materials: Glue, scissors, and pencil, markers, colored pencils or crayons, …
Birds: A Picture Resource Book, by Donald Rice, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, NY Laton Educational Publishing Inc.
American Portrait Drawings, by Maruin Sadix and Harold Francis, Smithsonian Institute Press Washington, 1980. Drawing Portraits, by Douglas R. Graves, Watson Guptill Publications, NY, 1974. A Guide to Drawing, by Daniel M. Mendelowitz, Reinhart & Winston, NY 1976 Drawing People for Fun, by Roger Vernam Drawing People, Colin Caket Portraits, …
A Method to Learn to Design the PassionsCharles Lebrun, Augustan Reprint Society, LA 1980 Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist, Stephen Rogers Peck, Oxford University Press, NY, 1970 Dynamic Anatomy and Physiology, Dynamic Anatomy, Burne Hogart, Watson Guptill Publications, NY, 1958
Auguste Rodin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Level: Middle School Duration: Six 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Artist Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and France Goals and Objectives: To introduce sculpting techniques. Vocabulary: positive and negative space, carving additive and subtractive methods, proportion, scale Materials: clay, wire, wood, nails, armature, carving tools, wire …
Käthe Kollwitz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Utagawa Hiroshige, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Level: Middle School Duration: Six 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Kathe Kollowitz and German Expressionism, and the history of Japanese wood block printing Goals and Objectives: To introduce printmaking techniques. Vocabulary: positive and negative space, relief …
