Extra Art-Working as Artists-Using a Template

Tracing lines and Shapes

What geometric shapes do you see in these paintings?

What kinds of lines do you see? 

You can make a picture with straight lines and geometric shapes using templates.

Lesson and Pictures from:
http://www.craftykidsathome.com


1. Use cardboard to make straight lines and circle templates to trace circles.

2. Color shapes with Oil Pastel

Thinking and Working as Artists--Making a Collage

Creating a Collage





Today, we are going to make a collage. 
A collage is a picture made by gluing items to a surface. 
To make a collage, we need to be able to use glue with control.

Using glue with control

Meet Gus, the Glue bottle

1. To openthe glue bottle, twist the orange cap until the white dot disappears

       

2.Turn him upside down and softly squeeze his tummy.  

3.One small squeeze will make one little dot.

4.To close the bottle, twist the orange cap until you see the white dot.

5.Wipe any extra glue off the top with a paper towel.

Practice making baby dots...
on practice sheets

Making a Collage

1.  2.

3.  4.

Finished!

Share/Reflect:

Where should the tip of the glue bottle be when you squeeze it to glue?

How do you clean up extra glue?

Describe your collage...

Extra Art Working as Artists--Bean Mosaics

A mosaic is a picture made of a lot of tiny parts. 

Mosaics were originally made out of tiles, but artists today make mosaics out of many things!  Today we are going to make bean mosaics! 

My son Seth and his bean Pikachu! Now he can make a background out of beans too.

Demonstrate making a bean mosaic. 

1. Have students line up and get cardboard and a sharpie
2. Students write their name on the cardboard. 
3. Turn cardboard over so that name is on the back. 
4. Distribute glue and paintbrushes.
5. Students work independently creating a bean mosaic. 
6. When students finish, have them pick up any stray beans, and sort all their beans, so that the cups are organized for the next classs. 
7. Have students leave their work on their tables, and have them come to the carpet to watch the video (If there is time.)
8. After the video, have students return to their seats and stand behind their chair. Remind students to hold their work flat as they line up.
9. Students may take their bean mosaics home. 

Original Lesson on ReggioArtRoomBlogspot.com

Bean Mosaic 1
Bean Mosaic 2

Thinking and Working as Artists-Meet the Paintbrush

Painting at Last!!!
Today, we are going to become friends with our paintbrush.
We are going to learn different ways to hold and control the marks we make with this new tool.

Every painting begins with a brushstroke.
What kinds of brushstrokes do you see in these paintings?

Wassily Kandinsky, Untitled

Franz Kline, Mahoning

Exploring the Paintbrush, how to hold, and control movement:

• parts of paintbrush--bristle, ferrule, handle
• how to hold a paintbrush
• Children locate shoulder, elbow wrist and finger, hold joint with free hand. Pretend to paint in air moving each joint. Notice how the length of the brushstroke changes.

Artists at Work:

Guided Practice

• 2 sizes of tempera brushes
• 12x18 paper

Paint:

Long straight line, leave a space, paint another

Curved line

Wavy line

Zig-zag

Dashed line

Clean Up:

1. Set brush in tray
2. Carry painting to teacher (by the drying rack)
3. Carry paintbrush to the sink, and put in brush bucket
4. Wipe hands and table with rag or sponge
5. Come to carpet and choose a book

Ma Lien and the Magic Brush, Hisako Kimishima

Extra Art- Thinking and Working as Artists-Artists Use Their Imaginations

Using Our Imagination, 

What Can We Make With Ten Black Dots?

Thinking and Working as Artists-Tearing and Cutting Paper

Paper Play! 

Tearing Paper
Artists sometimes use their hands to tear paper. 
What kind of shapes do you see?
Why do you think this artist used torn shapes? 

from Leo Lionni's book Frederick

Paper tearing:

• With the grain
• Against the grain
• Finger position
• Tearing a Line
• Tearing a Shape

Cutting Paper

Artists use scissors to change the shape of paper.  

How can you tell that the artist cut these shapes with scissors?
What shapes do you see?

The Snail by Henri Matisse

Cutting Shapes:

• Using Scissors
  -safety-how to hold
  -scissors poem
• Cutting squares, rectangles, and triangles
  -using more than one strategy

Arranging Shapes: 

What will you think about as you arrange your shapes? 

Try several arrangements

Dog made by Kindergarten student

Share Time/Reflection:
What two ways can you make shapes with paper? 
What kind of shapes can you make by tearing? cutting? 
Which method to you enjoy most?