October: Intro to Art. Theme: Color theory. Primary/Secondary Colors. Media: Acrylic or Tempera Project: Warhol Shapes. Students trace draw a shape and trace it 4 times onto a white piece of paper by pencilling on the back and tracing over. Shapes are painted using the primary and complementary secondary colors. November: Theme: Warm & Cool Colors. Blending. Media: Chalk Pastels (on black paper) Project: Pumpkins http://www.gilbertdesigns.net/freimanishotcoldpump.html December: Theme: Value Studies. Shading. Media: Charcoal Project: 3D Snowmen. Shading is illustrated using 3 styrofoam balls with direct light on them. January: Theme: Symmetry. Media: Yarn Project: "God's Eye" (yarn + popsicle stick). February: 2nd Grade: Theme: Shapes. Positive and Negative. Repetition. Media: Paper Project: Positive Negative Collages, where one of the shapes is a heart http://www.artsonia.com/museum/art.asp?id=3519174&exhibit=137057&gallery=y 4th Grade: Theme: Where does paint come from Media: Salmon eggs and pigment on wood Project: Painting with Salmon Eggs - discuss how native Americans developed a medium for painting. Grind own pigments (using charcoal). Mix with salmon egg oil and paint a picture on woodblock. March: Theme: Critical Thinking. Writing Media: Art Prints Project: Lead focused discussion on art prints. Have kids look at prints and write a story about what is happening. April: Theme: Texture. Media: Clay. Project:
May: Theme: Environmental Art Media: Rocks/Soil/Natural materials Project: Kids build an environmental art piece (outside in the forest area). Kids take pictures of their piece (can do a collage of the pictures afterward?). June: Theme: Different ways to make art. Media: Tempera? Projects: Jackson Pollack. Show video of Pollack painting. Kids replicate Pollack painting (using garbage bag raincoats) outdoors. |
Lesson Plan 2008-09 |