Amelia & Jakob Mrs.

Squire Pinterest Board Plans

Landscape: (Oil Pastel/Crayon)
Art Vocabulary to talk about:

Landscape- a picture or scene of the outdoor environment

Line soft curving line for land/hills
Shape rounded triangles for mountains, circles for the sky
Overlapping gives the feeling that some things are closer and others farther
away.
Color warm (orange, red and yellow) cool (green, purple, blue)

Class 1:

Talk about what a landscape is, discuss the other vocab as you are using it.
Use soft, curving lines to divide the bottom 1/3 of the paper into the land
Use triangular lines to create the mountains be sure to overlap to give
depth
In the background draw repeating circles that get larger and larger to fill in
the sky area and represent the sun

Bring their drawings to me and I will outline with black glue before the next class.
To me this will add texture and also be a modification to help them color in the lines
better.

Class 2:

Talk about warm and cool colors. I usually ask the kids which colors remind
them of being warm or cool.

For them, I think it would be better to use crayon than oil pastels. I have different
kinds of crayons if you want something more exciting than regular crayons.

Using cool colors- color in the mountains and land

Using warm colors color in the sun/sky, you could use a pattern

Abstract Design
Art Vocabulary to talk about:
Line: vertical, horizontal, diagonal
Shape: triangle, square, circle
Abstract: a design that is simplified- sometimes it is just shapes and colors,
sometimes it is a
picture of a specific thing.

Drawing- Day 1:

On a square piece of paper, draw 3 large geometric shapes 1 square, 1

circle, 1 triangle. Then put a hole in one of the shapes.
Draw a curving line that goes from the top to the bottom. If possible, have it
go behind some shapes and in front of others.
Draw 3 straight lines- one vertical in the middle, one horizontal in the middle,
one diagonal corner to corner

Painting? Day 2: (we can use some sort of dry media rather than paint)

Apply color the original directions say 4 different color combinations- but for
them just applying any color will be fine.
I would suggest making a mask that will cover 3 areas and just have one
available while applying color make a square the same size as their paper
and cut away a small square of paper. This wont work if painting though.

Warm & Cool Seascape (Paper Collage)

Art Vocabulary to talk about:

Warm (orange, yellow, red) & cool colors (Blue, purple, green)
Seascape scene of the ocean or sea

Day 1:

Draw a horizontal line across the paper, this will be the horizon where the sky
and sea meet
Rip strips of warm colored paper and glue to the sky filling the space
Rip strips of cool colored paper and glue to the bottom to make the water

Day 2:

Finish torn paper on sky and water

Cut a oval from black for the boat and glue in the water
Cut a triangle for the sail and glue above the boat
Add V shaped bird if you want

Model Magic Owl (clay)

Art Vocabulary to talk about:

Texture the ways something feels or appears to feel)

Sculpture- art that is 3-d
Impress- to push something into the clay
Repetition- to do something more than once in your artwork

Steps: (the great thing about model magic is that you can start over again any time)

Open model magic package and work the clay into a ball
On the matboard, press the ball into a flat circle
Use a Crayola marker lid to texture the bottom of the circle to show
feathers
Fold in the 2 sides to meet in the middle
Fold down the top to make the head. Shape the top into a curve forming the
ears.
Use the marker lid to make the eyes.
Use something straight to impress for the beak
Allow to dry on the matboard

City Scape Collage (Paper, glitter glue or paint)

Art Vocabulary to talk about:

Cityscape a scene of the city

Background the area furthest away- sky and tallest, lightest buildings
Middle-ground the center area the medium buildings
Foreground the front the darkest buildings
Collage use cut materials and gluing them together to make a picture
Overlapping makes somethings look closer and others farther away
Contrast a large difference between things grays vs. yellow

Steps:

Using the lightest gray shapes, glue to the paper across the blue sky
background to make a series of vertical, tall buildings (line up edges at the
bottom of the blue paper)
Using the middle gray paper shapes, create an overlapped vertical row of
buildings on the light gray row. Still line up the bottom edge at the bottom of
the paper.
Using the black paper shapes, create another overlapped vertical row of
buildings on the middle gray row.
Using the small yellow (glow in the dark paper) shapes, add windows to the
buildings
Using a yellow circle, create your moon. It could be a full or crescent moon.
Using glitter glue or paint, dot on stars. I like using the end of a paintbrush
handle end to create small dots.

Cezanne Still Life (markers?)

Art Vocabulary to talk about:

Shape Circles
Repetition circles are used several times
Line straight, zig-zag, wavy, dotted, dashed
Pattern using repetition in an organized way
Contrast Two things that are really different
Warm colors (yellow, red, orange) and Cool colors (blue, purple, green)

Artist Connection: Paul Cezanne look at some of his works

Drawing Steps:

Draw 3 circles in a triangular arrangement near the center of the paper

Inside each circle, make a U shape with a vertical line inside to show the
stem
Draw a large circle around the other 3 circles
Using lines, make a pattern behind the apples and bowl

Coloring Steps:

Color the apples using warm colors

Color the inside of the bowl with cool colors so it contrasts with the apples
Color the background with a variety of colors in a pattern

Joan Miro Abstract Stick Man (Crayon and watercolor)

Art Vocabulary to talk about:

Abstract - a design that is simplified- sometimes it is just shapes and colors,

sometimes it is a
picture of a specific thing.
Shapes

Artist Connection: Joan Miro look at his works

Drawing Steps: (with black crayon or pencil and then outline with black crayon)

Draw a circle for the head

Draw a vertical line for the body
Draw a horizontal line for the shoulders
Draw a horizontal line for the hips
Draw the arms each with 2 line segments
Draw the legs each with 2 line segments
Draw dots at the ends of the arms and legs
Draw dots for the eye
Connect the eyes with a U shape for the nose
Maybe ask the kids how the figure has been simplified- what is it missing
In the background, draw some shapes you can look at the examples for
ideas

Painting:
Using watercolor paint in the background area- the crayon will resist the paint so
they can go wild.

Watercolor Leaves: (watercolor paint)

Art Vocabulary to talk about:

Balance- arrange the parts of an artwork to keep them even using color,
shape, size, etc. (not always equal)
Stencil a tool used to trace the edge of a shape
Overlapping putting things on top of one another

Project Steps:

Tape a leaf down to the paper using rolls under the leave
Use a brush and apply the paint going off the edge of the leave so that it will
leave an outline of the leaf
Remove leaf

Repeat the steps with additional leaves to fill the space- be sure to do some
overlapping and talk about placement of leaves and colors to help give the
design balance

Pop Art Gumball Machine (Paper, dot markers)

Art Vocabulary to talk about:

Shape (circle, semi-circle, rectangle)

Repetition- circles mostly and colors of gumballs
Pop Art 1960s art about popular cultural icons or items that people take for
granted

Artist Connection: Wayne Theibaud look at his pop art paintings

Project Steps:

Trace and cut a large red rectangle for the based of the gumball machine and
glue it to the background
Trace and cut a large white circle for the top of the gumball machine and glue
down being sure to overlap the red rectangle
Trace part of the large circle (an arc) and connect with a straight line. Cut
and glue at the top for the cap
Cut a smaller gray rectangle from gray and put on the base
Cut a black circle and place it on the rectangle
Cut 2 small rectangles 1 red for handle, 1 black for the money hole and glue
in place see Pinterest example
Cut a yellow semi-circle and glue at the bottom of the gray rectangle
Use the dot markers to put gumballs in the machine

Woven Blanket (Paper weaving, drawing)

Art Vocabulary to talk about:

Weaving using an over and under technique to connect pieces together

Portrait- artwork of a specific person
Self-portrait artwork you make of yourself

Weaving Steps:

Glue the ends of 5 strips at the bottom of the background be sure the strips
are placed vertically
Using remaining strips, weave one at a time horizontally into the vertically
base strips it should be fairly ease at the base strips can be lifted as needed
Once the strips are woven in, secure all remaining ends

Drawing Steps:

Draw 2 vertical, short lines above the weaving for a neck

Draw an oval for the head
Add ears
Add hair
Add a face sleeping or yawning
Draw a rectangle behind the head
Color if you want