Description: Still life drawing Objectives: Students develop a sense of form through the process of creating images with dots. Author: Kristin, edit by Blair Grade level or Target Age Range: Elementary to middle school Sample, Historical Art Examples, and References: Georges Seurat, France Vocabulary: Pointillism, Viewfinder Materials: Paper, pencil, scissors, and image in a magazine …
Description: Invented landscape, dinosaurs, or monsters Objectives:Students build images from their experiences making texture Author: Kristin, edit by Blair Grade level or Target Age Range: Elementary to middle school Sample, Historical Art Examples, and References:Max Ernst, Germany Vocabulary: Surrealism, Rubbings, and Texture Materials: Pencils, white paper, objects with various textures Anticipatory Set: Discuss the senses, show …
Description: Cubist-like portrait Objectives: Students have an opportunity to be the center of attention and practice observational drawing in a fun environment. Author: Kristin, edit by Blair Grade level or Target Age Range: preschool to middle school Sample, Historical Art Examples, and References: Pablo Picasso, Spain Vocabulary: Blind Contour Drawing, Texture Materials: Paper and pencil. Anticipatory …
Description: Repeated images of contradiction Objectives:Students practice shading without the risk of being unable to draw Author:Kristin, edit by Blair Grade level or Target Age Range: Elementary to middle school Sample, Historical Art Examples, and References: Rene Magritte, France Vocabulary: Stencils, Shading, Repetition Materials:Pencils, scissors, and paper Anticipatory Set: Show students an example …
Description: Maze in construction paper animal, a great way to introduce trust and trust worthiness. Life is like a maze. So we need to work together and trust each other when we face major obstacles. Project Ideas: Being trustworthy, trusting others, interpersonal, recycling, reusing materials Objectives: 1. Students appreciate a …
Description: Group project with each student in a group re-making a frame from a motion sequence of an animal moving. Each student-made frame will include drawings or text of the student’s favorite foods or activities as well as the diet and habits of the animal. Objectives: 1. Observation of animal motion …
project samples Egret Red Fox Description: Paper frames with negative space cut out in the shape of animas found at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Designs are added to frame and the frame then is layered on top of calendar nature images. Objectives: 1. Understanding of basic elements of design patterns. …
Description: Paper turtle shell or paper butterfly folded into sections for students’ reference drawings of plants at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge Objectives: 1. Familiarization and ability to identify some plants at JHNWR. 2. Knowledge of symmetry in organisms. 3. Both creative and scientific depiction of different plants and animals. Author: Blair …
