This is a blog that will post Art Lesson that will always include a video that you can show directly to your students. It's like having a visiting Art Teacher in your room. It is my hope that this will be a great resource for new Art Teachers and Classroom Teacher who are required to teach art.
Kindergarteners "built" their houses by printing lines from cardboard strips. Students were encouraged to make houses like the ones seen around their neighborhood. Students then were taught techniques to color in neatly and completely. Students were encouraged to color in as neatly and completely as they could.
Simple printing to learn line direction this is a simple printing project that helps you very young students learn line direction: horizontal vertical and diagonal. It also helps assess if students are able to recognize and create a pattern using lines. This project is the first part of a unit of printing with the cardboard strips.
Winter is upon us and I know that you are looking for a good winter landscape projects for your kiddos. Here are some great projects that will look great and sell well on Artsonia.
In this winter landscape, students learned how to make a value study while creating a serine moonlight sky. They then learned about silhouettes and created the silhouettes of evergreen trees and a winter cabin. Lastly, students used blue chalk pastels to create shadows.
VA:Cr1.2.5a - Identify and demonstrate diverse methods of artistic investigation to choose an approach for beginning a work of art.
VA:Cr2.1.5a - Experiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.
VA:Cr2.2.5a - Demonstrate quality craftsmanship through care for and use of materials, tools, and equipment.
VA:Cr2.1.6a - Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.
VA:Pr5.1.6a - Individually or collaboratively, develop a visual plan for displaying works of art, analyzing exhibit space, the needs of the viewer, and the layout of the exhibit.
VA:Pr6.1.6a - Assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or other venues reflect history and values of a community.
VA:Re7.2.6a - Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.
taught by Beth Koon
Materials
Blue tempera
White tempera
12x9 white 80lb paper
12x6 white construction paper
3x4 black construction paper
blue chalk pastels
