Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Glazing Clay

 





Start at 2:35

3 Things to Remember

1. Apply 3 coats of glaze

2. Cover any white spots remaining by dabbing with your brush

3. Leave the bottom unglazed so the glaze doesn't melt and stick onto the kiln shelf



Art Show

  What is an Art Show?


What is an art show? 

What things do artists do to get ready for an art show?

They make art, select which artwork to show, find a location, they promote their show (tell people about it) and they talk about their art.

 

Art Show Slides 


Curating is the act of selecting, organizing, and presenting objects for display.

 

  • Select a piece of art that you have worked on 2 or more art classes.

 

  • You work should be a piece that you are proud of creating.

 

  • Your art should be complete and be your personal best work. 

 

We will organize our work by class, with each student having a special place to display their work (by their name).

We will prepare it for display in a later lesson on framing and our artist statement. 


Friday, January 19, 2024

self portrait 2

 

Self-Portraits Lesson 2

 Self Portraits- Coloring 


Instructions: 
Book: "Colors of Us" by Karen Katz
Help students choose their skin color and students color their skin with crayon
Students look in mirror at eye color and color eyes and lips in crayon
Materials Needed: 
Crayons
End of Class Book: "The Skin You Live In" by Michael Tyler



The Colors of Us by Karen Katz


Lesson Demo.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Portraits Can Show Who I Am

 

Portraits Can Show Who I Am

Who Am I?

A portrait is one way we can show the world Who I Am

But people are more than just what they look like.

Today we will focus on creating a frame for our portraits that can add to the information we can share about who we are.






Worry Dolls










Tuesday, January 9, 2024

K Self Portrait

 Kindergarten Self-Portraits



Instructions Day 1 :
Intro. Video
Demo Video-Drawing a self-portrait:
Draw Face and Trace in Sharpie
Materials:
12x18 white paper
pencil & eraser
Mirror
Sharpie

Intro Video: Self-Portraits



Self-Portrait Demo.









Constructed Spaces - Bedrooms

 My Bedroom

Responding

7. Perceive and analyze artistic work.

A. Perceive

Identify uses of art within one's personal environment

Do you have any art in your home or in your bedroom? Do you have a lamp that is shaped like a dinosaur or a unicorn? A designer made that. 

We spent several weeks exploring buildings in art class. But everything so far has been about the outside.  Today let's explore the inside of houses.  The inside is certainly just as important!







Draw a Picture of your Bedroom!




Bedroom Furniture


Art with Mati and Dada: Van Gogh

Tempera Portrait - Who Am I

  What do I think about?

What is important to me?


We know a self-portrait is a picture of what we look like. But there is so much more about us that is important! 

Can you create a self-portrait that also shows what is important to you?


Marc Chagall painted this self-portrait. He wanted to show some of the things that were important to him. 

What is he thinking about? Where did he place the things he was thinking about?


Tempera Paint Self-Portrait Video




If you are going to create a self-portrait ask yourself these questions.

- Where will you place your head?

- What shape will you draw first?

- What things will you include in your self-portrait to show what you think 


Other tempera inspiration:

What animal are you?




Paint paper in different ways, cut it up and bring to collage




Create shades and tints with tempera





Create a portrait using MONOCHROMATIC colors



Monday, January 1, 2024

Who Am I

 

Who I Am- Focusing on Faces


New Unit: Who I Am

*Face Maps
*What do I look like?
*My Favorite Things
*My Personality!


Lesson One: Focusing on Faces

Objectives:
Observe and discuss proportion in portraits 
Make a face map

Today we are going to make a face map so that we can practice placing the eyes, nose and mouth on the face. 



First, we begin with an oval for the face. Then we divide the face in half with a horizontal line. This helps us with eye placement.

Now, we will draw a vertical line down the center of the oval. 
This will help us make our faces symmetrical, or the same on each side. 

Third, we will draw a short line halfway between our  horizontal line and the bottom of the face. 
This will be where the bottom of the nose is placed.

Finally, we will draw a slightly longer line between the nose line in the chin for the mouth. 

Then you are ready to add your eyes, nose and mouth.



My Favorite Things

 

My Favorite Things

 

I am an Artist-These are a few of my Favorite Things 


Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...



What were some of the children's favorite things?


Artists are inspired by things they like and do. 
Today we are going to be drawing some of our favorite things. 

Supplies:
Large piece of paper
Sharpie or marker
Crayons/markers to color after drawing (optional)

Demo Video





What are your favorite things?
Favorite animal?
Favorite food?
Favorite season?
Favorite insect?
Favorite activity?
Favorite toy?
Favorite game?
Favorite outfit?
Favorite movie character?
Favorite holiday?
Favorite people?





Circle the drawing of your most favorite thing!
Color if you have time!

Share/Reflect: Share your one very favorite thing



Mini Sketchbook