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

Draw a person using basic shapes

 Drawing a Person Using Basic Shapes

Today we are going to use basic shapes to draw people more realistically, because realistically, our bodies arms and legs are not sticks! One way to draw a person, is to use

basic geometric shapes such as circles, rectangles, ovals and triangles when drawing people. 

               

             

1st Grade - Painting with Shapes

 

First Grade Painting Studio Lesson

Painted Animals

Drawing first in the Painting Studio

Responding

8. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

A. Interpret

Interpret art by categorizing subject matter and identifying the characteristic s of form

We can learn to see shapes in everything around us.

Knowing the names of shapes can help us describe and understand a work of art.

What shapes did you use to create your artwork today?

 

Draw Big!

What shapes do you see?

what would you draw first?

Drawing With Shapes in pencil/sharpie, Painting in Watercolor

Portrait Collage

 We Belong Together

Create

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

A. Skill Acquisition

Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.

Last week we started exploring how artists get ideas. 

We spent some time looking at flowers, leaves and birds, because artists look more closely at things than most people do.

Another way artists get ideas are finding beauty in everyday things and situations. Like the people who are important to them.

All people have other people they are close to and care about.

We share our lives with them in different ways.

Important moments like the birth of a new baby.

When we spend time together, like at school.

We create memories together, what is happening in this picture?

As artists we share our lives with others.

Our memories?

Me and My PaPa Snuggling

Who we are and what makes us special?

Our family and friends?

Me with my cousins at the waterpark

Who do you feel close to?

Review

Big Ideas

1. All people have others they are close too and care about.

2. As artists we can share ourselves and our feelings for others.

William Johnson.   Art Class

People enjoy spending time with their friends.

Today you might choose to make artwork about one of your friends. 

What do you like to do with your friend?

What do you know about your friend?

Can you make a portrait of your friend by remembering what they look like?

Remember a portrait is a picture of a person.

Nature's Beauty: Observing Nature Up Close

 

Nature's Beauty: Observing Nature Up Close

Create

1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

B. Investigation

Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

Today we will learn to look carefully at flowers and leaves to discover the beautiful details in the natural world.

During this week, you can look for other natural objects that you might like to observe closely and draw.

Have you ever looked at a flower up close?

What did you notice that you didn't see from far away?

Here is a painting from far away of a field of poppies

Here is a painting close up of a single poppy

Do you think this artist could paint this flower from memory? 

Or would the artist need to see the flower in real life?

This artist, Georgia O'Keefe would study flowers in real life so she could notice all the lines, shapes and colors.

Some artists like to observe nature from a distance, far away

Some artists like to observe nature up close

Which way do you like to observe nature?

Paper Sculpture

 

The Sculpture Studio

Create	1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.	A. Play & Ideation	Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials
		B. Investigation	Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

Welcome to the Sculpture Studio!

This week we are learning about working in the sculpture studio, using construction paper!

Materials Needed:

Colored construction paper

Scissors

Glue (bottle)

First Grade Sculpture Lesson

Second Grade Sculpture Lesson

Third Grade Sculpture Lesson

Marisol Escobar, otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City.

Marisol created wooden sculptures out of rectangular pieces of wood and wooden boxes.

"...it is my goal as an artist to create works that expose injustice and reveal beauty. the rainbow is literally a spectrum of color while...a symbol of hope and promise."
— Betye Saar

Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan explore the idea of moving, community and memory in their cities and structures made of cardboard

Other artists who work with boxes  

Mark Dion is a contemporary artist who explores our curiosity. A shed packed with hundreds of small boxes, containers, and tins – each filled with old trinkets, toys, debris, or dried plants. Few visitors know that you can enter and open any box (do it!) You are invited in and are welcome to take out the boxes and look inside.

Memory boxes can be all shapes and sizes. Objects inside bring about the senses of sight, touch, smell or sound will evoke some of the strongest memories.

Each box has an object or several objects that are waiting for discovery.

Artist Ibrahim Mahama transforms materials and found objects to explore themes.


Ibrahim lives and works in Ghana.

As you watch this clip:

What were the boxes in this artwork originally used for?

What doe Ibrahim compare the boxes to?

Ibrahim creates walls and installations constructed in common materials. He often works with found objects, transforming them and giving them new meaning.