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Five Families |
*What are the Five Families?
*How can I use the Five Families to create designs, draw and write letters and numerals? |
* Creativity
*Analytical Thinking
*Aesthetic Appreciation
*Deductive Thinking
*Pleasure in self expression through visual arts
*Respect for others' creations
*Development of personal style and taste
*Building on past knowledge
*Applying new knowledge outside of art lesson
*Enjoying the process
* Thoughtful risk taking
* Communication
* Working interdependently |
*Five families: straight line, zigzag line, dot, curved line
*Strategies for using five families to paint, draw, and write letters and numerals
*Letter and numeral formation (exploratory) |
*Explore lines and shapes
-Straight Line
-Curved Line
-Angled Line (zig-zag)
-Circle (closed curved line)
-Dot
*Find the Five Families in pictures and objects in the room
*Explore and create with lines and shapes
* Develop small muscle coordination
*Find The Five Families in the surroundings
*Use five families as a new tool in:
-drawing
-painting
-observational renderings
-illustrating own stories |
*Teacher observation and guidance
*Children's participation |
*Art books, materials, tools
*Examples of art |
* Awareness of likenesses and differences
*The universality of visual arts creation and appreciation |
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Color! |
*How can I make different colors?
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*Curiosity
*Experimentation
*Creativity
*Keen observation |
*Primary colors: red, yellow and cyan (blue)
*Most colors are made by mixing differing proportions of the primary colors
*Red and yellow make orange
*Blue and yellow make green
*Blue and red make purple
*Changing proportions of two colors makes different shades
*Adding black makes a color darker
*Adding white makes a color lighter- pastel.
*You can mix colors using two or more paints, colored pencils, crayons
*Color families: Hot colors, cold colors, neutral colors, neon, pastel, etc.
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*How to mix and create colors
*Experiment with paint
*Create a recipe for the colors they create
*Create names for the colors created
*Use materials with care
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*Teacher observation
*Anecdotal records
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Art materials
Book: Mouse Paint, E.S. Walsh |
People colors- skin tones, hair colors, eye colors...
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Portraits |
• What is a portrait and how can we make one?
• What features are included in a portrait?
• In what ways are people's faces the same and in what ways are they unique?
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* Observing accurately
* Persevering
* Planning
* Reflecting
* Making decisions
* Identifying likenesses and differences
* Responding appropriately to others' feelings and ideas
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*Portraits are a likeness of a person
*Portraits include: eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair, neck, sometimes shoulders and any details such as freckles, dimples, missing teeth, hair accoutrements
*Faces vary by shape, skin tone, hair texture, and color, size and shape of features, and eye color
*Features usually include two eyes, two eyebrows, eyelashes on top and bottom, one nose with two nostrils, one mouth, with or without teeth depending on smile, age, etc., chin, forehead, cheeks, neck, shoulders, etc.
*How faces are arranged
*Portraits can be made of different materials using a variety of techniques
*Portraits help us practice looking at ourselves and others in detail, and explore ways that we are alike and unique
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*Study individual parts of a face
* Use a mirror for close observation
* Represent faces using a pencil, colored pencil, paint, clay, etc.
* Look at one's own features and features of others in detail
* Match skin tone, eye color, hair color & texture
*Recognize and represent emotions |
* Studies of various facial features
* Portraits painted of self and others
* Amount of detail and precision increases (shape, color, texture matching)
* Teachers observation: developing skills in representing faces and using tools of expression
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Famous and infamous prints of portraits
Various books
Teacher created original song- by a.s.w.- Hair, shoulders, neck, and chin....
Invitation to local artist to give demo
Occasional visits to school art gallery |
* All over the world and throughout time people have been making portraits
* People come in many colors, sizes, shapes
* The way a person looks is a form of self-expression and family resemblance
* One cannot always tell a person's gender by a person's face, hair, clothing
* Race plays a role in how a person looks
* Culture can play a role in how a person looks
* Masks can be a representation of a face
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Button project |
* What are buttons for?
* How might we use them for other things?
* Understanding the importance of top-bottom, up-down in sewing by hand |
* Listening
* Planning, following through, persevering
* Decision-making
* Attending to detail
* Celebrating your own handiwork and accomplishment (and that of others)
* Creative thinking |
* Sewing process
* Using needles safely
* Sewing tools |
* Following instructions
* Design and patterning
* Sewing process & how to use it for various purposes
* How to sew using needle and thread
* Counting
* Developing small motor skills and hand-eye coordination
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* Teacher observation
* Product |
* Buttons
* Found objects (eg keys)
* Crochet cotton
* Crochet hoops
* Needles
* Felt and stuffing |
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