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Title/Description: Screen Printing Posters and T-shirts Level: Middle/High School Duration: One 45-minute class period Historical Overview: To introduce silk screen printmaking and graphics techniques Materials: Silk screen, 250-watt photo bulb, poly gloves, letter set, squeegees, photo emulsion, textile ink, t-shirts, poster paper, brush, cardboard Procedures: Day 1 Students make their …
Title/Description: Clay Containers Level: Elementary School Duration: Four 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Chinese ceramics Goals and Objectives: To introduce sculpting techniques Vocabulary: Positive and negative space, carving additive and subtractive methods, coils, pinch pots, slab, scraffito Materials: Clay, carving tools, wire and washer clay cutting tools, sponges, water containers, …
Title/Description: Etching with Scratchboard and Styrofoam Level: Elementary School Duration: Two 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Picasso Goals and Objectives: To introduce etching and printmaking techniques with scratchboard paper and Styrofoam Vocabulary: Etching, printmaking Materials: Black and white scratchboard, textured scratchboard, rainbow scratchboard, positive and negative space, stylus, oil pastels, …
Title/Description: Glass Etching Level: Elementary School Duration: One 45-minute class period Historical Overview: Hand-blown glass from Egypt to now Goals and Objectives: To introduce craft medium Vocabulary: Adhere, rubbing transfer, etch, bite Materials: Glass bottles, acid, brushes, decals, popsicle sticks, scissors, tape Procedures: Day 1 Wash containers and dry. Cut …
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Target Goals: Displaying finished animation movies at City Hall. For the final product/project of the course the maximum video length that can be expected is approximately fifty (50) seconds. This would also be with double-framing, functionally 12 frames per second, so the stop motion effect would be more pronounced. Materials …
RADIAL DESIGNS Level: 5-8 Duration: 1, 55 minute class period Historical Overview: Cambodian Art CAMBODIA’S EXEMPLARY CENTRE OF TIME AND SPACE Materials: -pencils -crayons -watered down, black tempera paint -rulers -manila or white paper Directions: 1. What do a dart board, a starfish, a ferris wheel, and a flower have …
3-D Hands Objective: To teach not to judge by having students create art based off the outline of their hand. Materials: White computer paper, pencils, colored pencils, markers, crayons Prep: Provide an example of a 3-D hand. Start by tracing your hand. Then draw lines horizontally. Have the lines outside …
