Discover how to build your art foundation skills and express your creativity by learning different art techniques.
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 …
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Level: Middle School Duration: Two 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Goals and Objectives: To introduce figurative drawing styles by various artists and oils pastel techniques. Vocabulary: Oil pastels washes Materials: Oil pastels, paper towel, water soluble oil pastels, payons (water soluble crayons), water …
Card and Paper making Books from ASI Library (Projects can be Community Service, MLK or Valentine Holiday Related) Cards and Envelopes Vocabulary: Symmetry and asymmetry Materials: Glue, scissors, and pencil, markers, colored pencils or crayons can also be very useful, stencils or tracers for card making and envelope making Directions: …
(Projects can follow on consecutive weeks) Card House Project: Basic house project of folded paper that students can make into a card Vocabulary: Architecture, landscape, interior design Materials: Glue, scissors, and pencil, markers, colored pencils or crayons Directions: Demonstrate project and not cutting on fold line Students fold paper. Use …
Level: Elementary School Duration: 2, 45 minute class periods Historical Overview: August Rodin and France (For Adults: Judy Chicago) Goals and Objectives: To introduce sculpting techniques. Vocabulary: positive and negative space, carving additive and subtractive methods, proportion, scale Materials: clay, carving tools, wire and washer clay cutting tool, sponges, water containers, …
Title/ Description: Papermaking and paper casting Level: Middle School and High School Duration: 5, 45 minute class periods Historical Overview: Japanese Paper Goals and Objectives: To introduce papermaking process and the importance of recycling, reusing and recycling paper. Vocabulary: deckle, pulp, cotton, recycling, molds, press, iridescent Materials: paper making screen, …
Title/Description: Paper Sculpture Oyster Project Level: Elementary School Duration: 1, 45 minute class period Historical Overview: Andy Goldsworthy, Environmental Artist from the U.K. Goals and Objectives: To introduce collage process and the importance of recycling, reusing and recycling paper. Vocabulary: collage Materials: Reeves BFK or other cotton heavy weight paper …
