Cloud Painting

 Have You Ever Made Art Inspired by Clouds in the Sky? 

Create	2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
		C. Creating Interactions with Art	Create art that represents natural and constructed environments

Today we are going to imagine that we are looking up at the clouds in the sky. Paint what you see.

Natural environments are outside in nature. When we paint nature we use organic shapes. Do you prefer using the outline method to paint your clouds or the blob method?

Materials: 

Large White Paper

Blue Watercolor

Paintbrush

Water

Sharpie and Crayons

Video Lesson

The Cloud Painter

Music To Watch Clouds By: music to play while drawing and painting c

Working as Artists: Painting Shapes

 With a Paintbrush We Can Create Shapes.

Create

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

A. Skill Acquisition

Through experimentation on, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.

How do you think this artist moved his brush to create these shapes?

August Light, Hans Hoffmann

What shapes do you see?

A brushstroke is the mark a paintbrush makes.

Can you tell if the artist was painting a shape with up and down brushstrokes or side to side brushstrokes?

2 ways to create shapes:

Blob Method

• Dip brush in water to water
• Load your brush with paint
• Move the paint up and down, or back and forth until you have a shape that resembles a square.

Outline Method

• Paint two vertical lines. 
• Cross them with two horizontal lines so that you have a square.
• Fill the square with paint. Demonstrate both methods of painting another shape, such as a circle or a triangle.

Paint the white spaces, leave the shapes so we can see them.

Remember to rinse and wipe the brush.

• Give students tiny brushes and black tempera to paint on top of their shapes.

Art talk questions:

1. Did you paint shapes in different sizes?

2. Did you paint any geometric shapes? How about free-form shapes?

We like the Shapes!

Supplies:
Paper
Paint (tempera, cake tempera, watercolors)
If you don't use paint, markers, crayons or oil pastels can be used)

Thinking and Working As Artists-Chalk Pastel

 

Thinking and Working as Artists-Chalk Pastel

Create

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

A. Skill Acquisition

Through experimentation on, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.

What happens when you put one color on top of another?

What happens when you blend with your finger?

What happens when you press harder/lighter when you color with a pastel?

What can I do with a Chalk Pastel?

A chalk pastel is made from a powdery substance that is used for drawing and comes in many different colors.

Chalk pastels are like cousins to sidewalk chalk. 

Chalk pastels have a soft look, and can be blended easily.

Mary Cassatt-Little Girl in a Big Hat

On the Cliff-Theodore Robinson

Lynn Morgan-The OrangeWoods

Today we are going to explore and discover how to use chalk pastels!

• Two ways to hold a pastel, tip and side
• Changing pressure 
• Layering colors
• Blending with one finger

Technique Video for Chalk Pastels

Supplies:

-A few sticks of colored chalk, sidewalk chalk or chalk pastels.

-Your printmaking project from last week or a drawing done with a black marker or black paint.

Printmaking

 Thinking and Working as Artists-Printmaking

Create

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

A. Skill Acquisition

Through experimentation on, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.

How is printing different than painting?

Can you think of something else you could dip in paint to make a print?

Lines Make Shapes-- PRINTING!

Be a shape detective...
What geometric shapes can you find in these pictures?

How might you print these shapes with the straight line tool? 

Where a Line Bends a Shape Begins 

(Play before shape discussion)

Printing shapes with a straight line tool.

Video of printmaking techniques

What motion do you make when you print?
What motion do you make when you paint?

1. Demonstrate making basic geometric shapes. 

2. Have students practice first without paint to understand how to place their printing tool.

3. Students may get a second sheet of paper to create their own composition, or they may continue on with their first. 

Have students identify geometric shapes in their art. 

Supplies:

- Tempera paint

- Paper

- Cardboard pieces

Artists at Work: Meet the Paintbrush

 Painting at Last!!!

Create

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

A. Skill Acquisition

Through experimentation on, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.

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. A brushstroke is a mark made by a paintbrush.
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 Video

Paint:
Long straight line, leave a space, paint another
Curved line
Wavy line
Zig-zag
Dashed line

Ma Lien and the Magic Brush, Hisako Kimishima

Sculpture- Paper Playground- Making Paper Stand Up

 

Artists at Work: Kindergarten Playground Sculptures

 Making a Paper Playground Sculpture:

Create

1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

A. Play & Ideation

Engage in exploration and imaginative play with materials

Create

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

A. Skill Acquisition

Through experimentation on, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.

Today we are going to make a paper sculpture of a playground.

Sculpture is three-dimensional. You can see it from many sides because it stands up from the base. 

When we make paper sculpture, we cut, fold, curl and glue the paper to make it stand. 

Think about last time you played on a playground...

What were some of your favorite things to play on?

Paper sculpture techniques:

Roll

Accordian Fold 

Fringe

Video for techniques:

Paper Play-Cutting and Tearing Paper

 Paper Play! 

Create

1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

A. Play & Ideation

Engage in exploration and imaginative play with materials

Create

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

A. Skill Acquisition

Through experimentation on, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.

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: Using your hands as tools to change the shape of paper

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

    

Video for tearing and cutting

Cutting Video

Cutting Paper

Artists use scissors as tools 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?